The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-21
Broadway IS
NAMED MEMBER
OFCHARTER BODY
Defeats Shipper Eleven to Eight
in Straight Reactionary and
Progressive Division
SMALL COUNCIL PLAN
WILL GO TO PEOPLE
Will Be Submitted as Substitute
Proposition When Char.
ter's Voted on

BY vote of IL to s. the charter
commission, Tuesday morning, elected
Judson Broadway. real estate dealer. q
member OF the commission, to AL the
| vacancy created by the death OF Wal
ter 8. Campbell. of the First ward.
The minority cast their votes for the
Rev Eugene r. Shipper, pastor of the
First Unitarian church. The vote
stood:
For Mr.. Broadway: Burton, Dandeii.
Fischer, Funk, Guthard. Hacker.
Kocher, Szymanski. Tossy, Wesch.
President Dust--1O
For DR.. Shippen; Ahern, DENLY,
Ferris, Ingram. JOY, Heating, Merreli.
Wreford-8.
On Mr.. Wreford's motion, Mr. Brad
ways election was made unanimous.
AS sop to the Progressives, the
convention then passed. without dis
sent. Mr.. lngram's motion that the
Question of the creation of a council
of nine members, elected at large, be
submitted to the people as an alter
rative proposition
The continued control OF the con-
vention by the reactionaries Is cauC
ing disgust among the members who
want TO see modern government in
Detroit.
II had a good notion said Com
missioner Merrell. after the session,
TO submit a resolution that we ad-
journ sine die. We have now been
In session four weeks. and have done
practically nothing"
In committee of the whole, the re-
port Of the committee on boundaries
was considered, and was finally re-re-
ferred TO the committee for correc-
ton, SO that the ward boundaries may
be made more specific.
Commissioner Ferris asked II the
committee had taken equality of popu-
lation into consideration in the franz
Ing OF ward boundaries.
I'VE couldn't do that" Mr. Burton
replied. I'VE tried to make the divis-
ion OF territory as equal as possible"
Would 1t not be wiser principle"
said Mr.. Ferris. mot to Ak definite
ward boundaries but to Ak the mum.
Der OF wards and let the common
council redistrict the city every ten
years. after the federal census"
President Dust said that the coun-
III ID dlWdyb III d pOolllOu 10 TeU1eQy
inequalities by changing precinct
boundaries.
Commissioner ingram said that such
change does not affect ward popu-
lations.
ITO leave ward boundaries to the
council would cause constant wrang-
ing and gerrymnndering.' President
Dust added.
Mr.. Ferris then introduced a resolu.
ton embodying his point.
The power to gerrymander is pos
sessed by the state legislature In the
creation OF Legislative districts, but
We get along very WE'LL" he said. Il
am inclined to believe that the com.
mon council may be fairly trusted--as
well trusted as the members OF this
commissioner determining ward
boundaries. do not intend that re-
mark as reflection on this commits
SION
Mr.. Ferris substitute was defeated,
and the committees report. recon-
mending the present ward system,
with three wards made of the Seven.
teenth and two Of the Eighteenth, will
be adopted as corrected In committee.
The PrOgressives will use the inc
quality OF population as an argument
that aldermen elected by wards will
not give proportional representation,
and that the new council should,
therefore, be elected at large.