The Detroit times., 1912-10-30

gets him votes, for his voice Is LOUD
and harsh and his mannertsms IN
terfere with eloquence. But there IL
sincerity behind his words. He speaks
a homely idiom, full OF hgures oil
speech which the ordinary man com
pr"hends. His oath Is by gum The
people like this sort OF talk, and In
spite OF HIS uncouth appearance they
gct at the real man and his real
ideas.
Il like 10 get my hands on the
shoulders OF the men In the crowd,
Earle says.
Boys seldom understand men. and
men almost never understand boys
Perhaps it's because they don't try Blu;
Fare has carried his own toyhood
into his later years. He likes boys
and he likes men; and the boys like
Earle. Especially he likes the boy
who has 10 work, and these boys have
considerable reason for repaying this
affection. He is always looking out
for them. He is a vice-president OF
the Detroit Newsboys association,
and every newsboy Is for Earle for
mayor.
Aids Boys to Education
Earle has carried his own boyhood
into later years-let Il be repeated.
What he wanted most as a boy was a
good education; but there was no op-
portunity. Earle is not rich man.
but for many years he has seen that
at least one boy year is put on the
road TO a good education. Hut the act
doesn't end there. Tho boy must stgn
a contract. This is tho contract:
/, ............, do hereby con-
tract and agree AS follows:
That, whereas 49,. -. has
agreed 10 render me financial aid
In securing ......... educa-
ton,
Therefore, do solemnly prom
Use that In consideration OF such
timely help, | will, as soon as my
financial ability permits, dis
charge the obligation so resting
upon me, by giving some other
boy the same financial aid my
! self received.
And further, will require
such boy receiving this assist
ance from me TO sign an agree
ment similar TO this one, and i'm
mediately Will forward such
i
alive at the time OF its signign
Mr.. Earle will not tell how many
boys have received assistance fro,l
him. That is a matter between the
boys and himself Nor does he ~
their names. That also IL their Sc
cret
| Nor is he alone in this work Other
men, by the force OF his example,
4 49,
! something TO boys. Mr.. Earles con
tract" has been adopted by them. A
prominent Jewish citizen in Boise.
Idaho, learning that Mr.. Earle had
sent Jewish boy TO college, prompt
ly adopted the scheme, and the first
boy he sent was a Christian That
man believed in reciprocity.
Most men don't want boys playing
on their vacant lots. When Earle
had vacant property on Fourth-ave.,
he invited the boys and girls 10 use
it as a playground. In winter, he
| flooded IL and made a skating rink.
The water board protested against
this use of water which IL was fur
nishing Mr.. Earle. Earle wrote back:
Il ask you TO fix price on enough
! OF Gods water TO cover q piece or
Gods land for a skating rink for
some OF Gods children" That let.
ter never received an answer. IL
found someone In the water board Of
fee whose humanity was not barn
acled by bureaucracy.
When Mr. Earle wanted to build on
the playground lot, he asked the boys
Of the neighborhood for permission.
They gave II unanimously. IL they
had refused, Earle wouldn't have built
on that lot.
In the principles of city govern
ment, Earle has made more daringiy
progressive declarations than eithei
of his opponents.
He believes in civil service that Will
relieve city employe of the neces.
slty OF campaigning for hls party.
He is an expert on pavements. He
knows that money Is being wasted in
Detroit pavements, and he knows
why. He believes In repairing pave
ments before the little hole becomes
big one, and the surface goes to
pieces. He believes In paving the al
leys. He believes In an expert al
the head OF the ID. p. w. Belief. with
Mr.. Earle, means action. He believed
in better roads for Wayne county. and
started the movement which tho
Board of Commerce and the county
road commission carried TO success
| II was Earle's canvass that obtained
315 signatures, representing 100000
900 in property, wcsch started the
good roads movement in Wayne.
For Public Ownership.
He believes in the peoples owner
ship OF public utflities-street rail-
ways. gas and electric light plants.
Above all, he believes In the peoples
ownership OF the city government
and he maintains that this Is just
what they haven't got at the present
time. He believes that Republican
machine has stolen half the govern
ment OF Detroit. and that a Demo
cratic machine has stolen the other
half. He believes in giving the whole
government back to the people. The
initiative, referendum and recall are
the weapons he would like to pu'
into the peoples hands. that they may
restore to themselves the government
stolen from them by the so-called
-(and very reaD Vote-Swappers
league.
He Is the only candidate pledged TO
this definite policy when the charter
/ is revised The others have prom
ised municipal ownership-that Is as
far as they have been willing TO 90.
Earle goes all the way.