The Detroit times., 1913-11-24
PLANS TAMMANY.
THAT WILL AIM
AT PUBLIC GOOD
Detroit Citizens League Will
Have an Organization in
Every Precinct
WILL WAR AGAINST
ELECTION FRAUDS
Ambitious Program Is Disclosed
At Banquet of Leaders of
Movement

An organization extending TO every
enrolled member In the Detroit pre-
cincts was disclosed at the dinner OF
the Detroit Citizens" league In the
Elliott Ia lor- w oolfenden cafe. Fri
day night The ward chairmen-the
majority OF them big-statured fellows
who seemed to mean business-were
introduced to the league. Precinc,
chairmen have been selected and sup
piled with the names OF members re-
siding In their territory. AS sam
pie of the caliber Of the ward lead
ers. one Of them challenged success
fully so votes IN the notorious first
Of the First. In the election last spring
The first time this formidable ma
chinery will be put to the test Will
be on the special charter election IN
February. In the meantime. the mem
bership, now over $500, will be boos
ted by precinct workers. and q
canvass of every precinct compiled
with q view to preventing the voting
OF dead men ana non-residents. Ac'
ton. not elocution was the watchword
at the big neal.
Probation Officer w. II. Venn gave
Detroit poolrooms first place as crime
producers. Saloons and speak-easy
cafes came next. He gave recent
incident from local criminal records
TO show that the Dresden cafe Is still
facilitating the wrecking OF youns
hives. The Detroit and Yondetega
clubs were held. responsible for main-
kaining open bars at times that com
belled the poor to become lawbreak-
ers to get q drink. Vicious theaters
supplied their quota OF first Offenders,
but Detroit vnudevilles and movies
were pretty strictly censored, as a
rule. the speaker said.
From 1900 replies from prisoners,
Mr.. Venn said the saloon was given
As the cause of the downfall of over
200.
I'VE legalize the pitfall for these
men," said he, land then brand them
BIS criminals because they stumble
Into It. There is a tragic inconsis-
kency in this that an awakened pub
(ic sentiment is going to smite hard
some day"
Another cause OF crime which came
10 the o!ficer In the performance OF
his microscopy labors for discharged
bonvicts, was the haunting OF wealth
before the desperately poor. He came
mon a laborer's family OF eight. living
n hut fronting on one OF Detroit's
klleys. They were sitting down 70
Ash dinner Of tainted sheepshead
md potatoes, all OF which cost 81
cents.
"When conditions exist under which
Lome people must be limited to four
lent meal. It Is little less than crime
(or one person to dine on an 8O-cent
teak. said Detroit's Bishop OF D.
James Schermerhorn, being called
mon. congratulated Mr.. Venn upon
his humane policy Of the open-door
or men who have slipped. A similar
tory was that moment being depicted
own the street by the films OF VIC
or Hugo's vivid novel, Les Miser.
blea" Mr.. Schermerhorn- quoted
rom a touching letter Mayor Gaynor
urote To a convict in acknowledgment
his expression of sympathy when
he was shot: "I am we'll aware that
narv os Won are not really bad men,
An1 unIOTIuUdJc ulCA, oAAN 'Aie-N
ees you. There are many OF us VINO
would be the same as you are II we
ad the same trouble and obstacles
our life. SO do not be discour'
ged."
While Mr.. venn Is helping men
ack to good citizenship and respect.
ble standing. what a shame tnat
nose who retain the full enjoyment
Z their privileges as American iree'
hen have to be fairly scourged 70
he polls to do their duty, Mr.. Scner-
nerhorn said. He congratulated the
eaeue upon appropriating the only
God thing Tammany has left-its
,euius for observation-disclosures or
limitation.
.If you share Mr.. venn's conclu-
.,ons as to the chief source OF Grim
naiity." said Mr.. Schermerhorn. IN
.Iosine. "step around and tell your
,uhlisher to stop soliciting Tor VIC.
inns in your own households. 1t VIII
Enoil one OF the distinctive features
y The Times. but We'll stand 1t Tor
he sake Of seeing all Of the Detroi'
,ress bring their business columns
an 70 the splendid standard OF their
-S,.~r,sI IA ce preachment."