The Detroit times., 1912-01-20
FIGHTING DESPERATELY TO
LAST DITCH, MAYOR STILL
REFUSES TOADMIT DEFEAT
"All Indications Point To Adop-
ton of Franchise by Hand
some Majority" He Says
SUNDAY MEETING PLANNED
Andrew H. Green May Engage
Light Guard Armory and Ask
Clergyman To Preside

Fighting gamely TO the last ditch,
Mayor Thompson, In spite of the
seemingly overwhelming sentiment
against the Thompson-Hutchins fran
chise. is still hopeful and refuses TO
admit defeat.
All indications point to the adop-
tion of the franchise next Tuesday by
a handsome majority" said the mayor
to The Times, Saturday afternoon.
Never have / met with such cordial
receptions as have been accorded me
In this campaign. The attacks made
on me have only made more friends.
/ believe the majority OF the people
are satisfied that / am trying to do
something for the city. that am try.
inS to help In concrete way, and IL
matters not, 30 far as / am concerned
whether the ordinance carries or not.
Time will tell who was right, and II
we are beaten, we shall probably re.
mind The Times and the News OF that
fact from time to time and ask them
when they are going to be ready with
their plan"
Andrew II. Green, Jr., who is work.
chise. Is considering the advisability
OF calling mass meeting On his own
hook in the Light Guard armory. Sun
day evening, for the purpose OF pre-
senting his arguments on the PROPOSE
ton. He cites the scripture in justin
cation Of meeting for such a pur
pose under the circumstances and II
he decides to call the meeting, will
probably ask a clergyman to preside
The anti-franchise people have engag
ed the armory for Monday night.
Mayor Thompson spoke for hii
franchise before upwards of 600 em
ployes OF the Northway Motor q Man
! ufacturing Co., Maybury Grandaye
and the Grand Trunk railroad, Satur
day morning. The factory closed
down at IL o'clock, half hour before
! the regular Saturday closing hour, II
| give the men an opportunity to heai
the mayor without being late for theil
dinners. The mayor was given
| good .harff' at the conclusion of hi
speech and several questions were
asked relative to the paving clause o
! the franchise. extensions and uni
versal transfers. Andrew II. Green
Jr., general manager or the Solva,
| Process Co.. also addressed the mer
on behalf OF the franchise.
Aid. McCarty, OF the Thirteenth
ward, who has held four anti-franchis,
meetings the past week in his ward
estimates that out of nearly 1000 mei
who attended these meetings, not more
than 20 have expressed themselves II
favor OF the franchise, while the ma
jority OF the others have declare,
against II.
"One thing in that franchise thinl
the people do not understand Is tn,
/ provision for so-called universe
transfers. said Aid. McCarty TO TIL
Times. "As a matter OF fact. tn
word universal does not appear Il
the franchise; II provides simply 70
uon-transferable transfer slips, goo
for a continuous ride over any othe
route operated by the grantee unde
certain conditions. I have met
number of people who think universe
transfers mean destination transfer
and they had an idea they could rid
to their destination, under the term
1 OF that franchise, no matter hoy
many times they had TO change cars
which, of course, is not true. So II 4
! misleading to speak OF universal trans
| fers. They are universal only In thi
way, that you can transfer from on'
! line 10 any other line. but X 20,
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