The Detroit times., 1912-08-02
BOARD OF COMMERCE NOT
SUPPORTING POLITICAL
FOUR-FLUSH, SAYS WARREN
President Makes Statement AZ
ter Conference With Mayor
on Graft Situation
TRAP ARoUsEs VERNON
Doesn't Approve of Executive
Having Detective Urge Al
dermen to Accept Money

"The Board OF Commerce heartily
indorses the efforts now being MADE
to expose the grafters in the city hall
but Il will not lend It's support TO
any political four.Hush, said Homer
! Warren. president of the Board OF
/ Commerce TO The Times Thursday
Mr. Warren called at Mayor Ihomp-
sons o1lce, Wednesday, and mad
private conference with the mayor
lasting a half hour, and his remarks
we've In reference TO that conference.
After me conference the mayor acted
\ rather peeved and when questioned as
TO what took place said shortly
''Nothing"
II developed, Thursday. however,
that the president of the Board or
Commerce called on the mayor after
the latter had telephoned Mr.. War
rem and asked him II the Board OF
Commerce is Sin the woods. Mr.
Warren did not like the manner in
which the mayor preached the sub
ject and he fastened to the mayors
ONCE 10 seek an explanation. There
was a rather warm session between
the mayor and Mr. Warren, other
matters pertaining to the boards at
titude Gu civic questions being
brought into dispute.
Did the mayor ask the board to
contribute financially to the work OF
stamping out graft in the city ball?"
Mr.. Warren was asked.
ia did not" replied Mr.. Warren.
He didn't quite seem to know what
he wanted the board TO do. The
board Is giving its moral support to
this crusade, and, believe, would be
willing to lend financial assistance,
If 1t we're asked to do So But the
mayor wasn't clear himself as TO what
he wanted of the board.
at has been the policy of some
people in this city to laugh and ridi-
Guile the Board of Commerce, but l
tell you il is great and pow erful
institution that is doing a world OF
good t. promote the welfare OF this
city. and / object to any one calling
me mp and asking me II the board
IS in the woods on this proposition.
The mayor ought to know better, but
excuse him on the ground that he
Is In rather poor health and this mat
ter has got on his nerves. The Board
OF Commerce is willing to do anything
Ia It's power to promote this investi-
CATION, and II there is anything more
that Il can do 1t wants Mr.. Thompson
or any one else to name IL. But We
will not stand for the board being
male. part or political campaign to
further any ones political ambitions
Sentiment Is beginning TO react or
the mayor for the means he employe ed
in arresting city officials, just prior 10
his campaign for. the mayotalty. On
every side IL is-Femarked that the
mayor plotted to have a detective
Lribe the aldermen so he could expose
them and thereby create political CAPT
tai. The fact that the mayor is feed
ing out the details OF the expose In
small quantities Is taken to indicate
very live one until the primaries, Aug.
"a, and, II nominated, thereafter until
election day
'I'll go up and down this town and
tell the people about this whole az
fair, exclaimed the mayor "Fll tell
them about II on the stump" indicat-
ing that the mayor Is keenly alive to
the possibilities Of the situation from
political standpoint
The mayor wanted the Board OF
Commerce to get in his bandwagon
and wave the Thompson standard to
promote his reelection. He did not
ask the board to do so in so many
words. but when he intimated II very
strongly and sought TO draw the
board into his political campaign the
boards president said: I'VE won't