The Detroit times., 1914-07-21
lake No Move to Name Mayoral
Candidate Pending Judges
Decision on Hurting Hat
Into the Ring
GOING TO RUN? ASK Me
'OMETHING THAT | KNOW"
I He Doesn't Enter Lists, JEFF
fries or Ingram
Will

With only a week left for candi
ates TO enter the race, none OF the
romlnent Democratic leaders In De.
Foit is willing TO even hazard a guess
TO who will be the party's standard
carer for mayor The situation is
ne of watchldl waiting in all quar-
ers OF the party with the eyes OF all
lrned upon Judge William f. Con
oily watching for him TO make the
rst move.
The Judge is calmly sitting tight,
batting for an inspiration TO tell hin
hether he is going to be candidate
not lie says that he has hopes
hc inspiration viii come sometime
efore next Saturday
He returned Monday morning, from
is usual weekly trip to his summer
ONE on Bots Blanc island near the
traits of Mackinac
'.Are you going to be a candidate
.pr nayor?" he was asked
ASK me something that know
,as the serene reply "All know on
Ioltics this morning is that ! have
| nst come back from spending a day
~ tho sparkling shores OF Bots Blanc
i'm the virgin wilderness behind and
| he virgin lake in front There | alb
|orbed peace, sunshine and good will
Ill / haven't a growl in me this morn
-nE. ! left Bots Blanc Yesterday aft
Irnoon shimmering like a diamond in
sea OF emefalds. II had more
+ ime. I'd get even more poetic about
other men who recognize the neces-
Its OF prompt eleventh hour activity
re al loss 70 know whether the
|u6ge Is playing the dog n the man
|,er sturt till he can pick out substi.
ute for himself or really IS undecided
! bout making the race Whatever his
|hotive for inactivity, he is succeed,
|ng in muddlng the situation mp nice
Is Something s bound 70 drop dur
|nE the week
There has been thus far only a
gathering OF Democratic candidates
hose names have been filed When
|rdge Connolly,s attention was called
10 this he disclaimed an active inter
ST in the matter
II understood that tho Progressive
Democratic league was going 10 look
but for that" he said They an
bounced that they were going 20 have
candidates for every place on the tick
IL I have always found II best
|rhen any individual or set OF in
|lividuals said they we're going 10 do
Eo-and-so 10 let them 80 ahead and try
heir hand az It."
Percy Grosc. chairman OF the
WAYNE county Democratic commit
co. said Monday morning that he
Expected no difficulty in having
enough candidates to FIJI up the
Eicket, but that he really had not
taken much interest in the matter
81 have never considered IL the
duty OF the committee TO get up a
slate" he said. And this year
have been even less active than usual
because OF the activities OF the Pro
gressive Democratic league. They
declared their intention Of getting
men out"
Thomas J Anketell, OF the Progress
sive Democratic league, proved just
as mum as anybody else on the may
orally situation The league, he said.
was not formed to play politics and
bring out a slate OF its own, but rath-
or 10 act as a general means OF in
SEPARATION and to make proper in
ouiries into the status Of candidates
who announced themselves.
The league, according 20 him, has
not thus far Endorsed any man for
mayor Whether II may do so this
week. he would not say
Justice r. j Jeffries would not dis
cuss the situation, Monday, but II is
understood that II Connol-
ly decides not 10 run that either JEFF
fries or F. r Ingram will be a can
didate.