The Detroit times., 1914-11-05
SMILE
EXPANDED BY
BIG VICTORY
Greets Friends Radiantly, and
Says He Was Sure Of Winning
From First
MIGRANTS SPIRITS NOT
DAMPENED BY DEFEAT
Declares Good Citizenship Can't
~ Triumph Until Special Inter-
ests Are Sterilized

Mayor Marx was In his once early
"wednesday morning receiving the
congratulations Of callers that came
IN steady stream. Most Of the well
Wishers were friends OF the mayor.
while others were ward workers seek
ing word Of commendstion from
his honor for their work. and third
class consisted Of hopeful jon seekers.
The mayor wore his usual genial
smile, little broader and more rad
liant than usual.
81 am deeply grateful for the splen-
DID vote OF confidence that the people
I Of Detroit have given me-" said the
mayor to Times reporter. II was
confident from the very start OF the
|campaign that would be reelected.
but the indoreement that the voters
have given me fulnlls the most op-
timis.ic expectations Of myself and
| my friends. ~
sMy reelection promise to the peo-
he Of Detroit is this: ! will continue
/ to conduct the affairs OF the city In
/ the future Just as ! have done In the
/ mast. Despite some criticism OF the
conduct of my once. can say have
always labored for the best interest
| OF the city. and II have made any
mistakes In the past they must be
attributed to zeal and not wrongful
intent. A great deal OF work that has
been started during my administration
remains to be accomplished In the
next two years. I hope that the prog
ress toward municipal ownership will
continue as favorable In the future az
k1n the past. II we encounter no un-
foreseen obstacles, hope to play the
role of motorman on the first car that
n operated over city-owned tracks.
The various city departments are all
IN good working order as any fair
citizen will admit. I will continue ts
demand efficiency In these ofiices.
have no sore spots as the result
Of the campaign and, the personal at
tacks made or me. feel that my
plurality IL both q vindlcation and q
refutation OF any and all such attacks.
The people had an opportunity TO
choose between me and those VINO
would attack and criticise me. The
fpeople have made known their de-
cision and am deeply gratihed with
the result"
Mayor Marx WIN go to the Flats
Tor q few days to rest up. Then he
win 60 to Philadelphia to attend the
annual convention OF American
mayors. He wfli be accompanied to
Philadelphia by d. p. w. Commis-
sstuner Fenkell, Police Commissioners
/ Gillespie, Park Commissioner Dust
and his secretary. Edward T. Fitz-
gerald
Frederick r. Ingram, who made q
gallant nght for mayor against big
odds, n not at all downcast over his
dofeat, a. witness the following state
ment that he made, Wednesday:
'Frederick Palmer, the only Amer
ican war correspondent permitted In
the European war zone. in his FIRST
article from the Belgium field, said:
Thus far all reverses In the Euro
pean war have gone to democracy
and all successes TO imperialism. I'm
perialism seeks to instill In all the
population o sense Of dutiful submis-
sion TO the autocratic will SO In
American city politics the people can
mot play the political game until spe-
cial interests, which are In them
1selves for other reasons repugnant
TO good citizenship, are stertlized.
sCity autocracy may occasionally
lose battles, but II Invariably wins
the war in the end. for with such IN
terests In combination. its power is
impregnable. II the law and order
citizenship really desires to rule, the
special interests must be suppressed
or their solidarity made harmless by
improved election laws that enforce
majority rule. amongst which the non.
partisan preferential ballot is OF first
importance"