The Detroit times., 1914-07-22
PLANNED TO FORCE CROUL
INTO RACE FOR MAYOR WITH
PETITION OF 10000 NAMES

! Prosecutor Allan "A. Frazer is not talk
/ ing about the matter. though friends
are making an effort 20 get his con
/ tinued services In the ONCE while inn
portant cases now pending are being
TRIED Hts name has not yet been
/ aled Proctor X. owens and Stewart
\ c Griswold are candidates for the 20
sition
In the probate court Judges Harry
Is Hubert and Stewart Hanley are
running for reelection. Judge Hanley
| Is a Democrat, appointed by Gov Fer
ris 10 All the place created by the
last legislature when IL gave Wayne
county an additional probate Judge
II IS conceded that Judge Hubert
viii be one OF the Republicans selected
lin the primaries. There will be a
three-cornered race for the other place
on the ticket, Edward Command. jus
tice 81 the peace Erwin Palmer. who
is employed in the probate Office, and
George II Carlisle whose petitions
were fled Tuesday
Justice Command is advanced BY
his supporters as a strong political
candidate, who viii help 20 strengthen
his ticket where II Will need strength
/; Is pointed out that Judge Hanley
is an exceedingly strong candidate
who Is likely 20 run ahead OF his party
on account OF his having been before
the public before as an assistant pros
ecuting attorney and because OF hts
service as judge. Therefore, Repub-
leans shorld have the strongest can.
didate from a political point OF view
10 oppose him. Commands supporters
argue
Command however, is finding oppo-
sition from the county machine, which
Is backing Palmer This is attributed
in part t. Commands leadership in
the abolition OF the practice Of split.
ting marriage fees with employees IN
the county building. The employees
who found themselves out OF easy
money which they formerly had re-
iceived for steering" couples who
wished 20 be married. 70 the justices.
carried their troubles 10 the auditors.
SO the story goes, and the kings OF
the county turned willing ear. Then
the edict went forth that the precinct
men, from whose ranks the county
employees are selected for the most
part, should all work against Com.
mand
Auditor Gutman declared, Tuesday.
that such tale was nothing but a
wild fancy
81 am opposed 70 Command and In
favor OF Palmer, IL is true" ne said
But for all that | am a friend OF
! Command lie was a candidate for
the judgeship OF the court OF domestic
relations and Palmer was candidate
for probate Judge When the domestic
relations court was knocked out By
the supreme court. Command should
have been willing TO step aside and
serve out his term as justice OF the
peace to which he was elected & year
ago"
Petitions for nomination for alder.
man fled Tuesday. were those OF Aid.
George A. owen and John c. Lodge.
OF the First Ward William n Smith.
in the Tenth; Aid Moses Wartell in
the Fifth. and Aid Robert ". Rutter
in the Fifteenth This makes ~ mem
hers OF the council who have fled thus
far
Richard Lindsay. city clerk. also
filed his petition for denomination
/ Tuesday morning and Fred Z. De
Cav fled for Justice OF the peace.
AID George c. Hess. OF the Tenth
ward, Harry J Dingeman, OF the
Seventeenth, Sherman Littlefeld Of
the Twelfth, and Elmer Case, or the
Eighth, fled their petitions, Monday
Two other petitions fled Monday
we're by Henry c. Nicol for circuit
court commissioner and Charles Nc
Cauley for state representative. Nc
Cauey Is from the First district.