The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-13
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Citizens league, in the Board o.
Commerce dining hall
Machine and gang rule in election
precincts. liuuor interest domination
I'm public affairs and unintelliecni
voting were dayed as contributory
evils which nourished while men
busted themselves In their greed for
gold
what is the heritage we are 70
leave our children" asked judge
Murphy, III this is 10 be- "A city sup
ported and corrodod IS the dollar
IGN and interest only IN material
lstic side OF life. while the ethical
side OF our community existence is
forgotten Let MS not place all the
blame on our men in public ONCE.
4 community gets just that class
OF service which its own zeal brings
forth
"Thc average mans mind Is not
fixed on the community life of De
troit. Ills main thought Is the &C
-nlp,ulalIna- at mngeN-If- we -c-ltlaoL
have free and intelligent oXpreS-
sion Of public opinion at the polls.
II we cannot enjoy the privilege of
having our ballot counted, tell
You gentlemen, would sooner live
under the rule Of benevolent mon
arch"
judge Murphy criticised the con
dition which divides voters in NUM-.
cipal elections into the opposing
camps of federal party lines. He
declared an election on municipal
problems should not be hampered
by political differences that divide
voters ir national elections Re ye-
ferred. without giving names, to
the regency row In which the hosts
Of Sheriff Cakman and County Clerk
Farrell sent individual delegations
10 the Republican convention iu
Grand Rapids, and wore denied
seats
1T is nothing to gloat over he
said when The delegations OF q
city which has one-siXth OF the
population OF the state and pays
spending share of the taxes, H.
prevented by the remainder of the
state from having voice In con.
yeptioa OF such importance. -
Judge Murphy who acted rs
postmaster. introduced Congress
man Cramton. and The gen lcman
from l.apecr Immediately took up
the references to the regency fight
Tho reason which deprived your
delegates of seat AMI voice IN the
Grand Rapids convention is the
same reason why no man from De,
lroit viii ever be governor Of this
state, or speaker Of our state house
of representatives" SAID Cramton.
II tell YOU, gentlemen. that we folk
from upstate We POOR rubes. as
some would say fear the class ~
men who control your government
we fear tho big city a. The greatest
ncnaco 10 tho welfare az the state.
Tor IL is In the city Ih1t tho gLils
of our social system, the cancer
sores of our government. breed end
grow grant that Detroit is doing
wo0drops things IN industrial do
y"lopment, but notroit's pilug IN
~ money does no moan that n can
ect up n government ol Is own sep.
aratc from the laws OF the state
You may have a home rule law.
hut We folk from upstate viii show
YOU that yonr home rule is not
greater than the law OF the state
We fear the menace OF your cleo.
ton manipuations, because they al.
feet the entire state. Only a short
time ago. one of your eminent citi.
zens said a certain state law Uhc
meant the Warner-Cramton law,
which bears his name) could not
apply TO Detroit
You've got twice as many sa-
looms as you need now Each year
there are couple of hundred trans.
fers OF licenses. sanctioned by your
aldermen, who ought 10 know that
such a transfer Is a voluntary sur
render. and should figure in the
gradual reduction OF the number OF
saloons Yet. when a body OF right
thinking citizens try 10 have the Law
in this regard enforced. your prose
cutting attorney cannot find time 20
lend his name to the petition. Your
politicians see to it that here is as
much delay as possible before the
mater finally gets to Judge
you talk ayout vice. Your pa
pers print columns and columns
about clean-ups of the vice district.
The chief sufferers are these fallen
women, who are chased from pillar
to post, and back again. Hut not
one word In said about the law pass
cd In the last session OF the legisla.
ture which gives n city the right TO
proceed against the owner OF prop
erty used for such purposes The
little towns OF Flint and Durand will
show you the way To deal with the
vice problem. They know we have
such a law, and they have made
use OF It."
Cramton assailed the voters for
sending the Roydi Ark ticket OF leg
islators TO Lansing
They'll represent the Royal Ark.
all right" he said, "but they won
you But, friends. there
is a great movement on foot in this