The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-04

! sentiment Is with him.
IT seems a pity that, any class or
element should throw itself in opposi.
/ ton TO a plan that restores the gov
ernment OF a city like our own To the
people .l.t.
| I The citizens charter committee IS
sued the following statement. Wedncs'
/ day, regarding saving under the new
charter:
I The new charter Win not increase,
but will decrease taxation. The great
est saving in the cost OF conducting
the government OF the city OF Detroit
viii come IN having a business ad.
ministration conduct the affairs OF
the city In the same manner as Henry
/ Ford conducts his factory or as any
other big business concern IS con
Quoted The greatest economy that
can be practiced in city government
/ Is preventing waste. Heretofore the
taxpayers money has been IN many
! instances actually thrown away With
| out any benefit TO those who are
/ forced TO pay the money. And the
assertion that the board or estima-
tors is saving SO much money does
not hold water inasmuCh as Il stands
To reason that with the members OF
| the common council acting on the
! budget With the responsibility rest
| ing squarely upon their shoulders. and
! being on the Job 365 days in the year
instead OF . days In the year as are
the present estimaturs. they can do
more saving OF taxpayers money than
any estimators body that Was ever
created This idea is COncurred in
by some OF the best men on the esti-
majors board, including Standish
BaCkUs. Frank u. Andrews and Jack
CoWan
What in The name OF common
sense Will make man better city
official under the title OF estimator
than under the title OF alderman?
Was Edward Barnett a better city Of
| fetal as an estimator than he is now
as an alderman?
The abolition OF the board of esti-
mates the primaries aud the reduc
ton In the number of elections VIII
save over 100000 year while the in
crease in the salaries OF city officials
amounts to $1,000 per annum.
Under the old charter each city de-
partment Is more or less independent
OF the mayor and OF one another. The
net result is that they work AT cross
purposes. TO ilMstrate-one depart
ment viii pave street and almost
Immediately another will tear IL up.
With the entire executive depart
ment under the control OF one man
harmonious action could be secured
In all the departments, the plans Of
each for the immediate future would
be known 20 all, and in that way inter
ference with. injury TO, or destruction
OF one anothers' work would be OBJ
Waited.
This is not theory-nnmerous
large cities are now using ii with uni
form results
In our opinion the federal plan
contained in the new charter viii
every year save the taxpayers hun.
dreds of thousands OF dollars
Antonio Entehza spoke in favor or
the charter TO the employees OF the
Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co, at noon,
Wednesday.
Meetings are scheduled. Wednesday
evening, as follows. Justice Jeffries.
in Kueliks hall. No 1902 Jefferson
ave, al o'clock, at Kronk's hall.
Michigan and Junction-ayes., at
o'clock: Thomas r. Ahern, in the ship
masters club in the Biddle block, at
1880: Sam Tobin at Lathers union
No. 5, at No. l0Z Brush-st.; Frederick
r. Ingram, in the United Brethren
church, Greenfield and Delaware-aves.,
al o'clock Thomas r. Dalton and
Abe Alderman. in Freedmans han,
No. 292 Hastines-st., at 9 o'clock.
Corporation Counsel Lawson is pre-
pairing TO answer the six questions
raised by Aid. James Vernon on the
legality OF the proposed new charter.
Il have started TO work on Aid. Yer
nors list OF questions said MI. Law
son, Wednesday morning, but | DO
not know when ! will be able TO make
my answers public | will have them
as soon as possible, and | hope can
comply with the order of the common
council and have them ready before
Feb. TO-"
The old conundrum, why is
mouse that spins" and its answer,
The higher. the fewer" have been
revived. accompanied by laugh at
Mayor Marx and Charter Commission
or Burton, by Edwin Denby's speech
before the Board of Commerce, Tues
day afternoon.
Mr. DENLY explained that he had
INDUCED in but one personality, and
that not vicious one, during the
charter campaign.
MIR Burton's attitude is so strange
that cannot comprehend IT, said Mr..
DENLY. Having worked with him on
the charter. and having seen him sign
1t, am absolutely astounded and non
plussed TO hear him say that the in
strument which is as much his child
as il Is mine, is bad. and IL would be
a fearful mistake TO adopt IL.
"A friend OF mine had two white
mice-the kind that whirl, and keep
whirling, as II that were their only
object in life. | told an audience
few days ago that when / saw those
mice spinning about | was iorcihly
reminded OF the attitude Of Mayor
Marx and Mr. Burton on the charter.
Il CHANGED TO meet my friend few
days after being shown the mice. and
asked him how they were getting
on. He said that he had put them
to death after he had discovered the
father mouse in the act of deyouring
his progeny Mr.. Burton has devoured
his offspring an action not consid-
cred good form even among white
mice"
George William Moore. who has
studied the street railway situation
as deeply. IL not more deeply, than
any other attorney I'm Detroit. has
made public the following statement
OF the relative value Of the provisions
of the new charter and the old amend
ment:
ON April last. the people amended