The Detroit times., 1915-11-06
Marx "TwinsSix'' Is
Not Hitting"
Properly
MAYOR ADVISED
TO CUT LIBER AIS
May Win Third Term
Despite Defeat of
Car Plan


plete over-hauling before the gen
eral election next fall. Those who
claim to be in the political conf
dcnces of the mayor freely confess
that the ''twin-six" developed al
most every kind of motor trouble
during the recent street car cam
patgn. The returns. show that most
OF the cylinders refused to hit
and There was surprising lack OF
power for the uphill pull.
Friends of Marx are asking
what effect will the defeat Of the
street car purchase plan have on
Marks chances for reelection next
fali?" Past performances OF other
mayors makes the outlook glum for
Marx on dope, Codd was buried
with the Codd- Hutchins franchise;
Thompson went down with the
Thompson Hally franchise, and
Phil. Breitmeyer fell with his com
mittee Of fifty plan. Will Marx 60
down. with the latest m. o. plan to
be rejected by the electors?
Mayor Marx does not think SO
He Is not easily discouraged. He
took the defeat OF the purchase plan
with smile and q wag OF his head.
I'VE will have to get busy on an
other plan" SAID the mayor. 1.-THE
people elected me on a municipal
ownership platform. and as long as
ain In ONCE the fight to municipal
ize the street car lines In Detroit
will not 30 backward"
Asked IL he thought the defeat of
ire plan would hurt him politically,
the mayer replied:
'No. My friends have not desert
ed me-. Many told me that, while
they were opposed to the street car
fplan, they we're with .me personally.
We put up q clean fight for the plan,
which did not, like other street car
Hans. contemplate a franchise"
Two defeats have been registered
against the Marx administration
this year. both on propositions in
which the voters were vitality inter
ested as taxpayers. On July 9 the
people turned down a plan to issue
S2,0OO,0OO worth OF city bonds for
the construction Of a new Belle Isle
bridge. The bridge plan. requiring
a three-nfths vote. was downed by
a narrow margin. The refusal OF
the administration to give to the
taxpayers q definite figure on the
estimated cost OF the bridge is what
actually killed the plan. The blank
check was also the Objectionable
feature of the car plan, devised by
the street railway commissioners
and their attorneys.
Two points In the mayors favor
when ne runs for a third term. next
fall, will be his personal popularity.
and. so far as can be seen now, the
absence OF strong opposition.
Judge william Z. Connolly, prob
ably the most powerful and capable
bipartisan politician in Detroit and
Wayne county. will not be candi-
date, preferring The duties Of re.
corder. Frank II. Croul. the best
police commissioner Detroit ever
had, has repeatedly said that he
has no desire to actively mix In pol
tiles. william B. Thompson. former
mayor, became quite active In the
recent special election on the pur.
chase plan, as president Of the Hon.
est Voters league. He denied to
The Times that he entertained any
desire to again hold political once.
This narrows the field of politi-
cal possibilities down to Frederick
r. ingram, Proctor Knott Owens,
John Mcvicar and others who are
sincere, but not successful, politi-
clans. Judge Edward ]. Jeffries has
long hankered after job in the
mayors ONCE, but his Arrangement
from police justice to Judge OF the
recorders court may curb his may
oral ambitions.
In a year the mayors political
lieutenants ought to be able to cor.
rect some of the knocks in the Marx
"twin-six." Also. some necessary
replacements must be made.
'If the mayor Is the shrewd poll
tician that think he is." said one
of the mayors friends. she will cut
Dose from the liberal element I
an q liberal myself. but experience
bitter experience-has taught me
that the support OF the liberal ele-
ment r. not worth the candle. The
average saloonkeeper thinks that a
liberal city government means H.
cense. He n not grateful for what
IL done for him in the way of rea-
sonable regulation. He will double
cross you at the FIRST opportunity.
what did the liberal element do
for Marx In the street car nght7
Did they help HIN out? No. they
openly went out against him. The
biggest kick that the opposition has
| against Oscar n. Marx is his sup
port of the liberal element.
MY advice to Oscar Is to cut
loose from that crowd. He will
strengthen himself politically by 90