The Detroit times., 1913-10-20


- aASDtson Of the new charter.
Nv S5sSiag. BY the charter com.
1(os .eavs rise to several CUES
20 III ,kspt the political wissAcrea
klIe 10y AL bssy. SATURDAY.
yennertnv cAaster - svoee1 saS
~ Guct vtal.the .euDse1Ae couece
I1lo ~ 10 fhe acooGtit utioAaltey 4ol
VS - 80 have o. the charter!
~ % suecess has ne char
ID Tee are some Of tho Qu>e-
o 1obated.
~. home rule act of 1909. It Il
6od in section 4. that the cleo
cannot be held until 30 days AZ
- charter has been hled with
a17fY clark. Corporation Counsei
1n sxid. Saturday. that he u
11Inpo of any succeeding act thet
\ kSn9ed this provision. He WIZ
l16 ~ Com missioner Ferris Tor
Ifnn opinion on the point. ana
r ~ e next week. -
w 8nassicHers believe that
81 Win return the charter
~ SnhyUvSI before the end OF
I'll. ft will thsn Be hled with
iS ,clAsik. and . special election
"a ~ SnIlad about Feb. 1. To OBJ
~ that an election In mid-winter
l1I;7y % bring out . light vote,
16nlv H. made that the vote on
Thompson,Hutchi :, agreement
fakSn In. January and was one
a, jazgest ~ the history OF the
= Is irter commission IL empow.
~ pet the date Of the election.
mandatory on the council to or
"a ~ city election board to provide
y ~ election on that day. What.
~ Ioppooition may develop among
Y o110gmen, they apparently have
&6oWog 70 hold up the charter.
~ verdier act II declared un-
11tutloaal BY the supreme court
EflAo ground that Il was not m
noncy measure, and hence could
- Into effect ct once, ~ the leg
eo crowded. the charter can still
1o 1870, under the act OF 1909, .
noeticns Of which are superseded
~ vordior law. The municipal
gu0ip provisions, Il n believed.
11 QtiII b saved under the act OF
1Ho great purpose OF the Yer
TN We % secure piecemeal
lment of charters; the proposed
<De u Z revision. and 10 governed
110nt ent1rUly By the 1909 enactment
&oeiolon adverse to the VerdieT
~ Oomn1osioners believe. would
lD the success Of the charter. -
unlcipal ownership amendment
E. Vhieh the city II now proceed.
1lH6 o6opked under that act. and
~ xn0cked out II the supreme
) nolds the act Illegal.
ohartDr commission majority
M that the new charter has q
IA chance Of success. There are
M lOomberS Of the charter board
Vim probably refuse to sign the
nout They are EikhofR. Fischer
Hacker, Kocher, Sxymanski and
144 The siknetures of tho othel
Z 3ombers are counted on. The,
heru, Bradway. Buch, Burton
oDy German, ingram. Joy, Heating
1o11, Tosoy and President DENLY
014 q them have stood solidly TO
&ryooujvo charter. Burch was con
~ 81 midsummer. and T0ssy wa
WI ooly after pressure had beef
g "a bear on him by the De
{10oorafi0n Of Labor.
- not believe that the bushes
Who are dissatisfied with tn
Doc provisions regarding labo
1DDooo the entire charter on tina
a said President DENLY, Sa,
whether the charter wins o
NH depend largely on the att
4 tho newspapers II they favo
uoleve that It will be adopted
10 soon to say just what tn
- e success are"
Missioner Ingram In optimisti,
W 0oly opposition will come fror
n11od po1tticians,' he said "Th
- moo who are protesting d
11gotono what We have don,
I'D provided that policemen ca
10to0 tor special duty. such. q
IS OQly with the censeut Of IN
~ e6uncil, TIA tr1ae: hui ths
l A1m1or the police commit
- Appointing - many sp
rDea - IL inquiries to tab
D11uo0cioo. He can appoir
- Aeoiroe, under that ne
W Ooortor which says th,
uo0t special oGDcers in cal
m1> flGt o00fl)onco. inv
~ 1sr5is believes Il
~ ~ epposlu