The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-02-04
BOTH FORCES
CLAIM VICTORY
In COP. CAUCUS
Kiefer Crowd Insists It Has 200
Delegates Leland Men Are
Confident, Too
VOTING IS FARCE; FRAUD
CHARGES ARE RAMPANT
Sheriff Oalkman Defeats Colored
Opponent Charlie Gadd Has
Easy Win

Both the Kiefer and Leland forces
claim to have been victorious In We'd
nesdays Republican caucuses for the
election Of Delegates to the county
convention. to be- held In Moose
temple. Friday morning, and the out
look II for lively battle.
" the ESQ or more delegates chosen
In the county, Sherif1 Milton Onkman.
who ts given credit with having con-
troll Of the convention machinery.
claims that 200 ara pledged to sup-
port DR.. Guy l.. Kiefer for the nom
nation for regent OF the University
OF Michigan. On the other hand.
George b. Yerkes, who IL looking
after the interests OF Frank b. IL,
land, candidate for denomination n
regent. says that reports received
Wednesday night. tended to show that
the Leland delegates were In the ma
Ill. q. vs.-sssssss,.. ss.a<,u z. ~.
squarely licked. I'm through" said
Mr. Yerkes. Thursday morning. But
! don't think we are, and In that
event we are going to be heard
John ID. MacKay, a staunch Leland
advocate, and the man about whom
the fight really centers, according to
Sheriff Oakman. said Wednesday
night that the Leland forces were
victorious In the caucuses by to
vote. Oakman made the statement
some time ago that the paramount
issue OF the convention would be the
attempted elimination OF MacKay
from Wayne county politics.
1t is possible that an attempt will
be made to exclude from the hall
many Of those who claim to have
been regularly elected as Leland dele
gates. The Republican, county COM
mittee. a few weeks ago, appointed q
committee to preserve order and au-
thorized the members to hold up at
the door any person without proper
credentials. The chairman OF this
committee is John w. Smith, chief
deputy sheriff.
Every Leland man honestly elect
ed will be admitted to the conven-
tion," says Smith. There will not
be enough Of them to cut any figure
anyway"
Smith was elected delegate from
the second precinct OF the Seventh
WaIu ONCI WditCI l<ankiCJ.
The caucus appears to have been q
good deal OF a farce, and rumors OF
all sorts OF crooked work were afioat
Wednesday night. In The second pre-
cinct OF the Third ward. Sheriff Oak
mans home precinct, the sheriff him
self was the Kiefer candidates for del
egate and defeated q colored man by
an overwhelming majority. There
were about 700 votes cast, although
the registered vote OF the district is
In the neighborhood OF 500.
It was given out that BILLY" Burns
the Kiefer candidate, had beaten
Charles A. Gadd In the second Of the
Ninth. Gadd's homo precinct. Gadd
however, claims the victory by a
vote of GA to 3s, and has his creden.
tials from the ward committee.
1t was reported that Billy" Bou.
shaw. boss OF the FIRST OF the First,
attempted to vote % OF his First ward
boys I'm the seventh precinct OF the
Twenty-hrst ward, where he lives.
but the police interfered. The first
OF the First was solid for the Kefer
delegate.
When the booth In Sheriff Oak
mans precinct was opened q man pre-
senting credentials from the city COM
mittee stated that he would act as
chairman. The sheriff recognized
him as a Democratic worker and
shooed him from the booth.
"Dick" kramer. estimator and boss
OF the first precinct Of the Third
ward. will be delegate. Dick" used
large soap box to receive his votes,
while his opponent bad only small
cigar box. Naturally the estimator
won out.
Voting was so light in the third OF
the Third that a two-handed game OF
cards ran continuously from 2 to 4
o'clock. Abe Ascher was elected del
eaate. Abe claimed that HIS oppo-
nent had only one vote.
~But we are going to conduct every
thing on the square" said ABB. II
will see to Il myself that my 0ppo-
nent gets credit for his vote. Things
are done ~up on the square in this
precinct"
The rich Turk rarely eats with his
wives. Esli