The Detroit times., 1915-11-03
WE'LL keep
RIGHT on
FIGHTING
MAYOR MARX.
Executive Receiv e 8
News of Plans De-
| feat With Smile
ISAYS HE HAS
KEPT PROMISES
lFait h f ul Henchmen
|Powerless to Stem Tide
of Adverse Sentiment

mo matter how the election goes.
I will still keep on smiling" said
Mayor Marx. Tuesday night. when
the early returns tabulated in the
executive once indicated that the
purchase. plan would bs defeated.
1T is the win OF the people," he
and II they are satisfied,
then I am. have kept my promise
to the people Of Detroit and have
worked faithfully to bring about the
Of municipal ownership.
Discouraged Not q bit Of 1t. We
will keep right on lighting. and some
day we are bound to win"
Railway Commission John F.
Dodge. Police Commissioner John
Gillespie, Corporation Counsel Harry
J. Dingeman, d. p. w. Commissioner
Fenkell, Fire Commissioner Charles
Clippert, Controller George Engel
and other members and friends Of
the administration gathered in the
mayors once before 9 o'clock, to
hear the early returns from the pre-
cincts. II the administration mem
hers lacked confidence over the out
come of the election. they did not
show II outwardly. They quietly
awaited the final result Of a hard
campaign. The mayor alone was In
. jovial mood.
''Come on, now. everybody smiie.-
urged the mayor. - ~ isn't -
bad. and II we don't wid We will gel
majority anyhow"
The first returns from the admin
istration's favored precincts brought
hope OF victory. This hopefulness
did not long endure when the re-
turns came In a little faster. AZ
thcy watched the vote sliding, the
members of the administration cross
ed their fingers and hoped for a
majority. When this last hope was
dissipated. the gathering In the
mayors once broke up and hiked
for homo.
The mayor and Commissioner
Dodge. accompanied by the latter's
brother, Horace e. Dodge, had left
the city hall earlier in the evening,
homeward bound.
II am going to take a two-weeks'
rest" said the mayor, as he bade
his friends good-bve.
Edward T. Fitzgerald. mayors Sec
retary, who handled the business
end OF the political organization that
supported the plan, conceded defeat
after the first dozen returns had
been tabulated. He kept tab on the
returns as they were telephoned.
While he filled in the spaces on q
big chart, Police Commissioner Gil.
lespic and Estimator Edward T.
Nichols worked ~ the adding ma
chimes and "Bill" Fisher doped out
the percentages.
"We are not getting the vote we
should in the lower precincts" said
Fitzgerald, ito Offset the blow the
plan will get in the upper ends of
the wards"
The later results showed that the
mayors secretary had the dope"
figured out right.
The precinct and ward vote 10 In.
teresting from many angles. For
instance, the ao-called controlled
precinct, and "Batty" McGraw, king
detectives were stationed In most
Of these booths. BILLY" Boushaw
kept his word and delivered the
"Foist Of Dc Foist." the vote being
1sS to - IN favor of the plan.
Boushaw's oolonists did better on
the annexation propositions. the
vote on all six being 2s2 to o. "Ds
boys" are strong on expansion.
Jim" Nevels, csretaker OF the
county morgue and boss Of the sec
ond Of the Third, was unable to pre-
vent the purchase plan from being
defeated by 36 votes in his precinct.
Abe Ascher was nor able 10 do very
much In support OF the plan in his
precinct, and "Batty" Mcc'raw, kind
Of the ninth Of the Fourth deliber-
atsly hit the plan swat to even
up an old Newspaper srudge. so his
friends say. The ninth voted 334
to 234 against the plan.
The Twenty-nrst ward gave the
plan . majority Of GAS, thanks to the
missionary work done by Corpora
tion Counsel Dingeman and Aid.
Julius krimmsl. The car plan made
the best showing IN this ward. Some
Of the boys" who were depended
on to swing their precincts fell down
on the job. Many OF those who car
ried their precincts came into the
mayors ONCE for a pat on the back.
while only a few OF the iuckless ones