The Detroit times., 1913-06-20
(ES TEADFAST
I'm M. 0. FAITH,
SAYS JEFFRIES
believes Dickering With d. u.
r. Will Only COmplicate the
Traction Situation
LID. DILL SQUARELY
AGAINST MARX PLAN
Declares Mayor Will Put Self
in Hole If He Persists
With 1t

Police Justice Edward j. Jeffries, a
launch municipal ownership advo.
Rte, believes that Mayor MARKS pro-
0sed street railway ordinance will
pdanger the very life OF municipal
wnership. He Is .unalterably oppos-
to any intermediate measure that
hight In any way tend to weaken the
nth OF the people In the municipal
wnership proposition.
Justice Jenries will oppose the Marx
Ian, a. he did the Lawson day-to-day
greement proposal, believing that
ny attempt TO decker with the ID.
X. when the road TO municipal
wnership Is being rapidly cleared VI
bstacles, VIII only tend to cOmpli-
ate matters and give the company
additional grounds on which TO base
nore long and tedious lawsuits.
1T would be unfair to those fran.
hg the Marx street car ordinance and
myself to discuss 1t fully without
laving first read the measure care
ully," said Justice Jeffries. When
be proposition Is formally presented
the common council. and am able
study II carefully, l will not hest
ate to tell the people what think OF
(, and my stand regarding the munich,
pal ownership proposition Is pretty
we'll known.
The decks OF the municipal owner
hip craft are cleared for action; and.
hnless l mistake the temper of the
people. nothing will be approved by
hem which will in any manner in-
rench the present position OF the ID.
3. r.
Those who are, by conviction. pub
&c ownership men will not rock the
BOAT. We are making progress, and
have made more progress In the last
TX months than In the previous 10
years. With steadfast conviction In
he justice OF our cause, Ii ought not
% be many months before the old
ines are purchased. or new ones are
IN process OF construction.
my motto for the people is BE
patient, careful and steadfast in your
FAITH
Mayor Marx left the city. again.
Thursday. being guest on the new
bteamer "Seeandbee" on her maiden
"trip to Cleveland. 1t Is probable that
egain confer with Peter Witt, the
cleveland railway expert. who recent
" advised the mayor to advocate me
purchase OF the d. U. r. system here.
even at high price, az being the
bhortest and surest road to municipal
ownership. Mr.. Witt, in his confer
ences with Mayor Marx and the lat
fer's advisers, strongly opposed any
plan that contemplated dickering with
the D. U. r.
Mayor Marx has not been able to
give his personal attention or super.
vision to the finishing touches of his
proposed ordinance. for he has been
|Out of town much of the time for
week past.
II am afraid that Mayor Marx will
put himself In hole II he attempts
Ito effect Temporary settlement with
the D. Y. r. at this time" said Aid.
Alexander Dill. Of the Sixteenth ward,
Thursday morning.
THE people want municipal owner
ship. as shown by the big spring vote
on the charter amendment, and IL Is
up to Mayor Marx to give II TO them.
He has declared himself for municipal
ownership. as have the people. There
ought to be no middle course. Talk Of
10 temporary settlement with the d.
u. r. IL dangerous, az the mayor must
realize.
I'VE have battled for 20 years to
reach the goal OF municipal owner
ship. The man who stands In the
way OF the wishes Of the people in
this respect, is endangering his politi-
cal life.
What Is the use of dickering with
the D. u. r.? Other mayors have -.
tempted this plan and failed miser-
ably. The d. U. r. never did and
never will live up to an agreement, no
matter what 1t Is. The people know
that; they will be suspicious of any
agreement that IL acceptable to the
D. u. r.
"The council Is willing to support
Mayor Marx In his fight against the
street railway company, but for one
fear that he has taken the wrong
path. which will lead him away from
the municipal ownership goal"
Edward Fitzgerald. the mayors sec
rotary, who 10 the only person au-
thorixed to speak officially for the
mayor on the proposed street car plan.
said, Thursday morning. that the pur-
chase clause In the Marx plan would
be slightly different from the one In
the Lawson ordinance.
Mr.. Lawson proposed to have the
city purchase the railway system at
it, option for fair and reasonable
price" II the city and the d. u. H.
failed to agree, the lawson ordinance
gave the city the right 10 file bill
IN chancery In the Wayne county
court, the court then to Ak the pur.
chase price.
Il cannot say just how the option
purchase clause has been changed but
I know that the mayor was not sat
isfled with that clause In the Lawson
ordnance" said Fitzgerald. The
mayors legal advisers are confident
that the clause as they have drafted
Il will be more effective
Meanwhile the aldermen are pa
tiently waitig for the mayor to spring
his ordinance. Apparently. most OF
the aldermen are content to follow the
dictum OF the mayor In street railway
matters and will support the measure
CMEnJ EY.pARKE DAVIS