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ter your early attention"
Merritt Replies,

ter your early attention. s.
Merritt Replies.
The letter was replied to very ably
by Commissioner Merritt in a. COM
munication addressed Ito the city
council Of the city Of Duluth"
After considerable discussion on the
merits of the proposal by Mr.. Burgess
of the Burgess Electric company, the
council unanimously adopted the re-
solution Of Commissioner Merritt de-
clining to attempt further dealings
with the Duluth Edison Electric COM
pany, and standing by the declara-
tions made to the people by the sew
eral commissioners previous to elec-
tion-
Mr.. Merritt's letter follows:
Text of Merritt's Reply.
To the City Council of the City of
Duluth.
Gentlemen:.
In response to the communication
or f.. A. Patrick, ct al, relative to
asking the council to call upon the
Duluth Edison Electric company to
submit to 1t its very best proposition
for two-year contract with the city,
and the submission of such proposition
to the voters, which communication
was referred tv me, I beg u say that
l have considered the matter and do
not believ. that it is the duty Of the
council to comply with such request,
for the following reasons:
1. The people elected us on an
express pledge made by each Of us
that, it elected, we would secure for
the city, not a contract, but an elec-
trio light, heat and power plant. It
would be a gross violation of our
pledges to the people for Us now to
go to the Duluth Edison Electric COM
pany, and ask them to make a. con-
tract of any kind with the city.
?. The people voted in 1912 for
an issue of bonds to build an electric
light, heat and power plant. Tho
campaign. aeas4 = thorough als,e
vote was the largest ever cast IN Du-
luth on a similar proposition and it
carried by over 1900 majority It
would be trifling with the people now
to submit any kind Of a contract to
them for consideration.
g. The only COMPACT you suggest,
and the only kind the city has any
ASSoI 44S14L " u1dhS, The" only Kind
that could have any binding effect
on the Duluth Edison Electric COM
pany, Is one for municipal lighting.
The total amount paid by the city to
the Duluth-Edison Electric company
for all its municipal lighting during
the year 1913 was seven (O per cent
OF its gross earnings. The thing the
people want relief from is, the OK
orbitant rates which the company Is
charging our citizens for their cleo
trio light and power. The company
can reduce it's rates to it's customers
whenever it wishes, without coming
to the city hall to ask our leave. Its
claim that it could not reduce it's
rates to its customers two or three
years ago, because the city'wo not
make a contract with 1T for municipal
lighting. is mere pretense for a
.
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CITY COMMISSIONERS STAND :
FIRM ON P[E:33s&{ TO PEOPLE
WeKnown Business Men Of Duluth & a. Attemut to In
duce City Officials to Deviate from oon. u Pro-
cedure Outlined Before Elected 4
NO DISAGREEMENT AMONG THE FIVE
DEPARTMENT HEADS OF THE CITY
Council Now Working In Perfect Harmony Unanimously Adopt
Opinions of Commissioner Merritt Who Explained
Situation In Letter.

All efforts on the. part of the press
and prominent Duluthians" to induce
the city council to veer from the
course outlined by the commissioners
to build an electric lighting plant met
with a much deserved rebuke at
meeting of the council last Monday
morning.
Big Men Write Letter.
A letter was read before the coun-
Gil meeting signed by F. A. Patrick,
Henry Nolte, Chas. F. Mcdonald,
Joseph B. Cotton, L. S. Loeb, r. B.
Knox, E. j. Filiatrault, ]. J. Moe, H.
r. Armstrong, S. w. Hill, John
Murphy, John Gonska, A. F. Krieger
and William Burgess. The letter was
read as follows:
ION the 2sth day Of September,
1914. you passed an ordinance ap-
propriating ss5,s00 for the purpose
of building unit of electric light
Ing plant. There has been a. great
deal of discussion as to the wisdom
of carrying out the provisions of this
ordinance. We have no doubt that
your honorable body is anxious to
follow, in this respect the will and
wish of the people Of the city, and
that you will welcome a vote of the
people upon this ordinances
Something like three years ago
the lighting company made pro-
position to the city of Duluth for a
! contract which involved substantial
reduction In rates both to the city
and to the public. This PROPOSE
ton was not accepted and the COM
pany continued to supply the light
in the city without any reduction of
rates.
Would Get Company Offer.
There is, as we believe, very
strong sentiment in the city in favor
Of securing at this time from the
present Ncompany a contract on as
favorable terms as possible. We be-
heve that your -hunoran1e Body 1s
anxious to abide by the will Of the
people with reference to this mat
ter as in all others.
1--WE therefore request your honor
able body that you call upon the
lighting company to submit to you
it's very best proposition for a two
year contract with the city, and also
request that you take the necessary
steps to cause such proposition. If
one is made, to be submitted to the
voters at a special election at the same
time you cause to be submitted the
ordinance you have already adopted,
providing for the construction of a
municipal plant
Early Action Urged.
"As we understand, the provisions
Of the city charter authorize you to
take the necessary steps to submit
these matters without putting the
citizens to the expense Of circulating
the necessary petitions and obtaining
signatures for referendum Of the
ordinance already passed or Of initiat-
ing a vote upon any proposition
which may be obtained from the elec-
trio company.
MAY we ask that you give this mat
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ALEX G. M''klI||eH|I ! ! [ II +. j.
OPENS CAMPAIGN
Candidate for Senate in 57th
District Issues a Strong >,
Declaration.

II want no mans vote on any mis-
understanding or misapprehenson of
my position on public questions I
hope that my statement Of principles
will indicate my position So clearly
that no such Misunderstanding can
arise" Is the formal declaration Of
Alex G. Mcknight, candidate for
state senator in the Fifty seventh dis
trict.
Those who intimately know Mr..
Mcknight can vouch for the sincerity
of the above statement. It is q key
note, characteristic Of the man, who
holds fundamental principles above
a mere desire to hold office such a
man as this Is what our state senate
is badly in need Of at this time.
The worst" thing we. have yet
heard of Mr.. Mcknight is that: he is
a Lee MANI Worse charges have
been made Of other men and we feel
confident that this mark Of odium"
can be successfully overcome.
Among the many progressive meas
ures Mr.. Mcknight, promises to sup
port, Is a bill submitting the question
Of woman's suffrage to the people Of
the state; to support amendments to
the workmen's compensation law in
creasing the amount of compensation
therein and otherwise nberalizing the
provisions Of the present law; TO- op-
pose any attempt to take away from
the cities Of the state their right to
control the public utilities operating
within their boundaries; to. vote. for
any legislation that will make it more
easy for cities to own their own pub
lie utilities.
Other legislation
Other matters of legislation which
Mr.. Mcknight is in favor Of and has
stipulated in his platform. are as fol-
lows: To work for a better system
of valuation Of real estate for taxing
purposes. He favors the raising Of
values on realty held for speculative
purposes and decreasing valuations on
improved property, thereby doing
away with a system OF taxation which
fines a man for making improve
ments.
He. favors disposing of all ques-
tions dealing with temperance dur
ing the first thirty days of the legis-
lative session SO that constructive leg
islatton can be adequately dealt with.
E"O course, l., favor the efnc1ency
Z and economy PRO gram; = aHayss1 O., Mo.
Knight "Everybody, does. Butsfswill
not forsaks the efficiency and, econ
onay program when the trading OF
votes begins" 49,.
Mr.. Mcknight also pledges himself
In favor Of a county option bill.
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as the proponents Of the Taylor sys-
tenn maintain. -
THE promoters of these various
systems of scientific management
are making determined effort to
have them generally adopted by
large manufacturing concerns, and
labor, both organized and unorganized
is most insistent in IT'S opposition,
1T can be readily seen that the ad-
vocates of the stop-watch system
would have won g. signal victory If
they were in a position to say, the
United States government has in
stalled this system in its workshops.
It cannot be inhuman or the Federal
authorities would not have adopted
it,
'"The committee does not believe
such an Endorsement should be- given
to a system which is 50 inimical to the
best interests of the toilers Of the ma
tion." .
The committee disagrees with Gem
eral Crozier, Chief Of Ordinance Of
the War Department, who, 1t is
stated, determined to install the
"stop-watch" and other Objectionable
speeding-rp features in the arsenals
in spite of the workmen and in spite
Of the denunciation of such methods
by special committee Of the House.
The report quotes testimony given
by Congressman: Tavenner of Illinois
before the committee on labor. He
held that as the workmen at Rock
Island and other arsenals were now
producing war materials 50 per cent
below the prices General Crozier. was
not justified in introducing an eff
cheney and speeding-up system In
order to force the Government em-
ployes to produce still more.
The committee is most emphatic IN
its .disapproval OF the Taylor and
allied systems, which have q tend
4 seTcy.s further aggrayate tIless ae-
c1dent disabilities and 3 mortality.
among American worknnen ana re-
duce the workman to a mere machine.
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WISCONSIN TOWN TAKES
OVER LIGHTING PLANT

MADISON, Wis, Oct. 16.-The
state railroad commission today fixed
the value of the electric light prop
erty Of the United Light and Power
company used in the village Of
Sharon, at $4,000. Last spring the
village voted to purchase. the exist
ing utility, and the commission has
just announced the final valuation of
the plat which 1t is required by law
to fix. The plant now becomes a mu-
nicipal enterprise.
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|.V|0|T|.I||Ed|1lN !. ! ! II n !.
+. Al|||[:N1||A|l|E| \ | J | |||l Z
Increase In Number Of Supreme
Court Judges Favored by
Minnesota Labor.
WILL TAKE FIVE JUDGES
j. TO NuLL1FY STATUTE
Lawyers, Onion Mon, Progress.
sives and othsts: The Favor Pas :: :
sage of Amendment.

Union men; shouM not overlook the
proposed Amendment No. 2: to the
Minnesota Constitution, which will bc
voted upon ID NE election next
month. g
This amendmsnf; provides. for an
increase in the humber of judges to
the supreme. court The court at
present is, compoaed dof five judges and
two commissioners ..:
Labors Measure.
At the inetdeonyention r-of the
State Federation pf Labor in. 1912
a resolution was pasaed calling upon
the legislature th submit an amend
ment to the Contribution. to- the vote
of the people, .p{ovfding that the su-
preme court shotldsno declare a law
unconstitutional Except by a unani-
nous vote. The fadinnesota Bar Asso-
citation had PREPARED q bill on the
same subject, inf freasing the: number
Of Judges from thveeS TO- seven. The
labor Representatives agreed with the
representatives .qf Sthes Bar :Associa-
ton, to support the latter's bill, and
1t was therefor( introduced as the
bill decided updh ~ both interests.
At present three bf The judges can. de-
clare a law. passf ID by the legislature
to be unconstitu| |honaL
If the proposal amendment car
ries, it will require hve judges to de-
clare unconstitutionaIssa law passed
by the Legislature. -. ,--.
A OpanFsuanise.
ur1.41> =. - &~~
that the representatives of labor at
the Brainerd. convection. destred, 1t is
step in the right direction and union
men all over the stata should take
advantage &of the opportunity on Nov.
3, to adopt this alnendnent, to the
Minnesota ConStitutfon,= r.. .s.:.,:
The fact thati thu proposed amend
zment will make itamore difhcult to
set aside a stat3fxs ths 9xound that
81 appeai
sufficiently to tthe id1als Of .union men
to induce -tham to support It actively
The increAse in the number Of judges
does not increase the salaries to be
paid by the state as the commissions
,ers': now draw the same salzry az the
new judges would, and would {. con-
IeAuo -AH,toIHce inc ameH0"euC
should not pass. 80
:Idnhts Courts Power.
AS a matter Of fact, the only prac-
tical effect Of the passage >of; the
amendment would be the limitation
Of the power Of the supreme court
to declare q statute Unconstitutional,
which is a contamination devoutly
to be wished" by all members Of
union labor. e
W. e. McEwen, former secretary
treasurer Of the Minnesota State Fed
Grafton Of Labor, in his annual re-
port to the convention urged the dele
gates, to: bring this matter to the at
tentton Of the various local unions.
The lawyers want it, said Mr..
McEwen. "Organizel labor wants it;
the members Of the court want It; tho
progressives want It, and the people
generally ought to get behind it and
give it the support 1t deserves"
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OHIO UNIONrsTs IN mrur

YOUNGSTOWN. Ohio, Oct. t.
Local unionists announce, that. pre-
parations have been completed for the
convention Of the Ohio. State: Fedora
ton Of. Labor, which convenes in this
city next week. It is believed all re-
cords for attendance will be broken.
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RAISE WAGES.

CLEVELAND, Oct: 16.-Moving
Picture Operators union has been sue
cessful in: establishing their new scale
which raises wages $3.50 a week. The
minimum is now $3.50.
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The most perfect xovernmeat II on0
8. In which an injury to the most !
insult to the whole constitution.-
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know I can beat him in the ring. II
the Ardmore promoters will give me a
chance at him in the ring. / promise you
that l will wipe out my defeats on the
mat"
And this bout would prove snappy
one at that
Young Montana and Young Thomas
who clash for the feather-weight cham
pionship of the District Thursday night
in the semi-wind-up at Ardmore are
training hard for this bout. Both boys are
anxious to make good showing. and the
battle should prove to be hummer. The
boys win weigh in at La pounds at !
O'Clock.
Kid Reason master of ceremonies of
the Battle Royals, has some or the best
battle royal experts in the South under
his wing. His shows have made big
hit with the Ardmore fans.
Tom McCarey, of Los Angeles, Is the
latest fight promoter in this country that
lis trying to get George Carpenter, the
French champion, to come to this ceun-
try for a fight. Tom cabied Carpenter
to name his own price to meet Jimmy
Clabby, OF Milwaukee. in Q 2o-round bat
tie at Vernon. Cal. in, March. .
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LEXINGTON GENERALS
ANNOUNCE SCHEDULE
Washington and Lee Gridiron Team
to Clash with Georgetown in j
Richmond. S,
Special To The w.ahinston Ben,d.

Special to The wsahinston He.h
Lexington. Va, Jan. N.-washinRtou
and Lees football team. which win. b.
coached next fan by Elcock.. Of Dart.
mouth, viii play nine games In 1915, &C.
cording to the schedule announced by
Manager 8. o. Laughiin. jr.. tonight
Four Of these contests will be stased on
Wilson Field. the other I'VE on foreign
gridirons. The games at home win be
with Marshall College. Of Huntington, W.
Va. on September Is; with Norris Har.
vey College. of Barboursville. W. Va, on
October 3: with Roanoke College, on o.
tober 10, and with Wake Forest College,
on October r. Marshall and Norris Har-
vey never before have figured on Wash
inston and Lees schedule; Roanoke ha I
not been met for long time. and Wake
Forest was beaten last year. g to o.
The first game away from home will be
with GEORGETOWN in Richmond on October
IL. This will be the first time the White
and Blue and the Blue and Gray eievens
have ciashed In any other city than
Washington, and will be their ffrst meet
ing since 1872. when the Catholic eleven
won. 20 to Q.
The game with ". p. l.. on October a,
possibly win be played in Roanoke.
though this matter has not been definitely
decided a. yet. On November Swarth-
more VIII be met In Lynchburs; on No
vember II the Generals will journey to
-Charieston, W. Va. to play the Univer-
sity Of West Virginia and on November
y the season will close with a game
against A. and NJ, of North Carolina,
In Norfolk.
onsrs Of games were Received by WASH
ington and Lee from Princeton. Penn
State. University of Tennessee. and Uni
verstty Of Alabama. but the applications
came after the schedule had been COM
pleted.
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Connie decided to send him on the road
with the bunch.
Tried Oat with Rockies.
On this trip Mack decided to try out
some of the big bunch of youngsters that
were upon the club roster. On account
Of his college connection Collins was
unwilling to play under his own name.
and the few who may remember details
OF that trip can recall that youngster
by the name OF Eddie Sullivan showed
up strongly as a try-out
The following spring when Collins start
ed to lead his Columbia team out for
early practice the dean OF the faculty
called him upon the carpet and charged
him with being a professional. Collins
tried to dodge the Issue. but when con-
fronted by a photograph OF Eddie Sui
Ivan" sliding into the bag under Jiggs
Donahue. he saw the folly of trying to
pose any longer as an amateur. The re-
suit Of this was that he resigned the
captaincy of the team and the news was
finally spread broadcast that Collins, of
Columbia. had become a professional and
a member Of the Philadelphia Athletics
When the college term closed and Col
Inns had graduated, he Joined the Mack
men openly. but in spite of his very
promising showing of the previous fall
he was not given a chance to play for
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many, many moons. Although he had
made great showing as a hitter. he
did not come anywhere near to expec-
tations in the cutfield. where Connie
Mack tried to break him in. Then Mack
decided to give him a show at infieid
work, and almost from the very jump
Collins began to loom up a. a star.
Finally Dannie Murphy, the veteran
second baseIpan. was moved out into the
right garden and the young Columbia
recruit given a show at second base
Mack did this in order to get the bene-
AZ of Collins ability as a hitter. Murphy
never got his job at second base back I;
Eddie Collins had come to stay, and
practically ever since his first year at
the keystone sack for the Mackmen he
has doomed up as the best in the BUSH
ness.
Those who have watched the Mackmen
In action for the last six or seven years
are well acquainted with Collins capa-
bAities. There are few cievefer base
runners in either big league. while he Ia
always up among the first three or four
batsmen. As ground coverer he In little
short of marvel and the speed with
which he and his side partner. Jack
Barry, execute double plays has done
much to make the Athletic infieid the
greatest that the game has ever seen.
Collins Is married and lives in Phila-
delphia-
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NATIONAL GUARDS TO.
. HOLD MAT TOURNEY
Big Amateur Athletic Federation
Wrestling Championships to Be
Held February Is and Is.

The amateur wrestling championship
tournament under the auspices of the
National Guard Athletic Association will
be held in the Militiamen's gymnasium
on February 1s and Is
The preliminaries will be staged on
Monday night with the final being held
on Wednesday. The entries will close on
Monday night at Z o'clock. and as Capt
c. Eugene Edward. Of the National
Guards. has already received ten entries
he expects this tournament to be the
largest that has ever been held In the
District for the local amateur mat artists.
Seven classes are on the list. with one
special 125-pound class. making eight
numbers on the program These bouts are
to be a thoroughly amateur affair, but
the athletes are required to be registered
in the local Amateur Athletic Federation
of the District. The winners of the Diff
ferent bouts in the finals will be pre-
scented with gold National Guard Ath-
letic Association championship medal A
team trophy to the winners Of the most
points Is also to be offered. providing that
there is entries in each event from two
or more clubs.
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CINDER PATH GOSSIP

NOTES

held this year, and in order to supply
an equally attractive event il is expected
that a mile relay race will be arranged
with either Princeton or Cornell
While no oficiai expression has been
obtained from Virginia authorities. there
ginia should not enter the Georgetown
meet. The meet is an open one-an in
vitation to which all colleges are in
vited to compete.
Georgetown will have two South At
lantic champions competing for the Blue
and Gray in the indoor NETS. in Mar
shah Low and Harry s. Weidman. The
first has made a name for himself in
the high jump. doing in the neighbor-
hood of six feet every time he COM
petes. weidman not only holds the
championship in the pole vault. but also
holds the S. A. 4. l.. record of twelve
fest. made at the Richmond meet last
year Both of these boys are In good
shape and can be relied on TO perform
as well as last year.
At the Melrose games, held couple
Of nights ago in New York City, the
intercity relay race between New York.
and Philadelphia was run. The New
York four, composed OF Mel. Sheppard.
Kuhn, Patton. and Baker. defeated the
Philadelphia team. composed Of Eddie
Hcrter and johnnie Gallagher, formerly
of G. T.: Humphries, Of Pennsylvania.
and Foster in the fast time of 3:S 20
Horter and Gallagher ran on George
towns famous indoor relay team of last
year. II. g. ROBERTSON.
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ne Wonder: ana Some Iacts About HIN
Resigned the captaincy Of
his college team to become a
member Of the Philsdelp hia

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