The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-03
Executive Re ceiv e 9
News of Plans De-
feat With Smile
SAYS HE HAS
KEPT PROMISES
Faith f III Henchmen
Powerless to Stem Tide
of Adverse Sentiment
MAYOR MARX.

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 DO defeated.
1T In the will Of the people" he
continued, "and II they are satisfied.
then am. have kept my promise
to the people Of Detroit and I have
worked faithfully to bring about the
realization Of municipal ownership.
Discouraged? Not a bit OF ii. We
will keep right on lighting. and some
day we are bound to win
Railway Commission John F.
Dodge. Police Commissioners John
Gillespie. Corporation Counsel Harry
]. Dingeman. ID. 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 it outwardly. They quietly
awaited the final result Of a hard
campaign. The may or alone was In
Q jovial mood.
Come on, now, everybody SMILE"
urged the mayor. This isn't so
bad. and IL We don't win we will get
. 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. As
they watched the vote sliding, the
members Of the administration cross
Cd their fingers and hoped for q
majority. When this last hope was
dissipated, the gathering In the
mayors ONCE broke mp and liked
for home.
The mayor and Commissioner
Dodge. accompanied by the latter's
brother. Horace 4. Dodge. had left
the city hall earlier In the evening,
homeward bound.
Il am going to take two-weeks'
rest said the mayor, as he babe
bis friends good-bvs.
Edward T. Fitzgerald. mayors Sec
rotary, 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 no filled in the spaces on a
big chart. Police Commissioner Gil
lespie and Estimator Edward T..
Nichols worked ~ the adding ma
chimes and "Bill" Fisher doped out
the percentages.
I'VE are not getting the vote we
should in the lower precincts" said
Fitzgerald, ito Offset the blow the
plan viii 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 IL In.
teresting from many angles. For
instance. the socalled controlled
precinct. and "Batty" McGraw, king
detectives were stationed in most
Of these booths. "Billy" Boushaw
kept his word and delivered the
"Foist Of de Foist," tho vote being
1875 to "a In favor Of the plan.
Boushaw's colonists did better on
the annexation propositions. the
vote on all six being 2s3 to o. de
boys" are strong on expansion.
Jim" Novels, caretaker Of the
county morgue and boss Of the sec.
ond Of the Third, was unable to pre-.
vent the purchase plan from beins
defeated by 36 votes in his precinct.
Abe Ascher was nor able to do very
much In support of the plan in his
precinct. and ''Batty" McGraw, kind
Of the ninth Of the Fourth deliber.
ately hit the plan swat to even
up an old newspaper grudge. 90 his
friends say. The ninth voted 33l
to ga agains. the plan.
The Twenty-nrst ward gave the
plan q majority Of GAS, thanks to the
missionary work done By Corpora.
tiOn Counsel DinReman and Aid
Julius Krimmet 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 q pat on the back
while only q fcw Of the luckless ones
came In to make belated excuses.
Henry Jenkins, who was born In
Yorkshire, England. In 1901, and
died In 1870, cut on at the tende,
age Of 1863, remembered well the
battle OF Flodden field, which took
place In 1913. In his young man
hood when q little over the century
mark, he was famed for his remark
able swimming.
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