The Detroit times., 1916-09-11

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Belle Isle bridge and library not
yet built. He asked the people OF
Detroit what they are getting for
their money.
Judge Connolly's hearers were per
sons living near his birthplace,
Many in The audience knew the
Judge when he WAS q boy, and the
address was delivered only stones
throw from the house In which Judge
Connolly was born. The candidate
said in part:
II is not my purpose TO indulge In
personal disparagement In this cam
paign. But the policy OF the Marx
administration as expressed in the
| official acts Of his appointees liz
proper subject for review and com
ment. II matters little. so far as the
well-beinE OF the community IN CON
cerned. that this or that personality
passes from the public gaze. II his
! policy persists. Assurances that
new face will be seen around police
headquarters do not necessarily carry
| any assurance that new policy VIII
| be put In effect there. In fact. the
present city administration Is making
It's appeal to the forces when cha1e
against the restraints OF law and or
der on the ground that after election
| the good old times OF unrestrained
| licentiousness will flourish without
| check-at least until the threat OF an
other impending election counsels a
temporary reefing OF the sails or tine
wide-open town.
We are 10 assess and reckon the
| worth OF the Marx administration not
In the light OF any death bed repent
ance. nor in the light Of any tempo
rary assun ption OF virtue on the eve
OF election. but in the light OF Us
1 Lat a VFft - A n
policy during the last three years ana
half 49,,
| a monk would be;
When the devil got well. the devil
There is but one test by which 10
| anticipate the future conduct or Orr
| cials, and that IL the test or expert
/ ence What have they done? What
have they given us In the days gone
! by
! For now close on three years We
| have had "wide-open town. IL
| has been "wide-open" because our
| city officials decreed that II should
! be wide-open. 7 am confident that
| nobody who honestly contemplate
| the result OF this misguided policy
can say that u has borne any other
| fruit but uncleanness, confusion. dis
/ order and insecurity I'm our city's life.
| The simple announcement that the
! lid was of the honey pot for all pur
!
/ 81 the NO mans land OF crime. the
parasites Of civilization. They hocN-
! "a here like vampires 10 suck the
| life- blood OF our prosperity. ] speak
advisediy. because daily there comes
/ into my court the fotsam and jetsam
| Of the criminal world, drawn hlther
! from as far west az Seattle. and as
| far south as New Orleans. by the ru-
NOR that everything goes in De-
troit." No mining camp In gold
rush has been more sorely put 10 the
test OF its moral quality than has
this city during the past three
! years
There are three kinds OF enter
| prise: Productive, parasitic and pre-
datory. n is the function OF govern
ment TO encourage productive enter
| prise and 10 discourage and repreSs
parasitic and predatory enterprise.
| Unfortunately, due to the lack or a
! strong hand 10 uphold tho majesty OF
| the law I'm this community. productive
| enterprise, the wages OF the toiler
and the accumulations OF the bust
| mesa men have been laid open 10 the
marauding assaults or parasitic ana
! predatory Adventures.
I need not stop 20 prove 10 YOU the
essential unCleanness OF such con-
dition. need hardly pause 10 ex-
press the esaential lack or SAFETY IN
| such a condition. The daily press ~
] the city, recountinE the exploits OF
bandits on our public highways and
/ In our banks. tell the tale with force
! and RimnllCitN tNat | cannot nope tt
equal These predatory adventures
from the hinterland ~ crime come
/ lfere because they feel " Is safe to
come here. Where else would they go
! II not 10 a widc-open town. town
where the majesty ~ the law is re-
Vered has no attraction for them lt7
very orderliness ia an outstanding
! threat 20 their security. But town
| where the law and the power 20 en-
force the law lie dlsused like sword
| IN It's scabbard. might as wei send
| copper plate invitations TO the Grim
! inal gentry 10 come and visit II.
| think this condition ought To- he
! changed. 7 stand for clean city.
| 7 stand for a conception ~ govern
| ment based upon respect Tor puhlc
| law and obedience 10 public law on
| the part Of both officials and citizens
alike am against any compact or
| agreement whereby any portion or
| the community secures the right 20
| violate tho law In exchange for po-
| littcal support OF any administrati ton.
Law breaking Is bad enough but
| iaw-hreakinc by agreement between
tho constituted authorities and tho
law breaker. is infinitely worse, In
/ that IL strikes at the very founda-
| tons OF government.
Before tho mayor assumes the pre-
| negatives OF his office he takes this
oath. 81 do solemnly swear that |
! VIII support the constitution and laws
OF the United States. the constitu-
ton and laws OF the state OF Michi-
| gan. and faithfully perform all tho
duties 81 the office Of mayor. 20 help
| me GCd"
II | am elected mayor I shall be
| called upon 20 take this oath and !
| trust that no one will 10 me the In 81
justice OF believing that ! Will take
IL. as they say on the street, with
my nugeres crossed The public press
has done me the honor Of saying
that my word is good when given. J
have enough self-rcspect. trust. and
| enough reverence 20 strive TO mako
| good my sworn word before the
world. / am confident that every
right thinking man who has the wei
fare OF this community at heart In
| dorses this view.
Occasionally hear man say that
the liberals" as they are called.
want present conditions to continue.
Acquaintance the injustice OF bellev-
ing that they are so easy and simple
| as to let the veil OF the "wide-open'
town be blamed upon them. But ~
they tamely submit 10 the ehorts OF
the Marx administration 10 confuse
It's tolerated lawlessnesa with liberia
lism then they have only themselves
| TO blame N the self-respecting citi-
| zenship OF this community fails 20
| draw the proper distinction and con .
| demus both In It's indignant revolt
against the RIGHTEOUSNESS Of present
II lis clear 10 me that In the crisis
| that faces them the counsel 81 safety
| dictates that the liberals shall dis
/ avow any common cause with the
/ forces 81 evil that have made unsafe
and unclean the life OF this city; for
| N they join 10 perpetuate the wide
| open town and the wide-open town
mayor. " they fatuously make HIS
policy. they viii strip Themselves
! hare 10 the resentment and wrath OF