The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-03-26
COUNCIL
PAYS HONOR
TO BARNETT
Alderm en- EulOg-iZe
Dead Associate In
Resolutions
HAD BEEN ILL
MANY WEEKS
Death Closes Career of
Most Picturesque
City Father"


resolutions introduced by Nd
Cuthard commemorative the career
II the late Aid. Edward Barnett. who
died Saturday nighs Arrangements
else were made 10 attend the funeral
services In a body Tuesday after.
noon, and have a platoon OF mount,
ed police escort the body 10 it, final
rvsting place The resolutions fol-
low
The city mourns today the death
Of Aid Edward Barnett His CHEEKY
grsting Is no longer heard IN the
city hail a legion OF his close
friends. Tor whom no always had a
good word and a. whom ne was al
ways anxious and willing 20 give q
kindly boost, az thinking today that
hiA-taSing away irTves void that
/ no one can ever M.
In his particular way. fun 81 en-
ergy enthusia and kindhearteA-
/ ness. NO one VIII Eainsay the fact
that AID Edward Barnett vas one
/ ~ the most f0rceful characters OF
! the municipal government
Ills career. while touched with
/ more than the ordinary viclssitldes
/ % life. was nevertheless uur % prpr-
ress, and no movement Tor the uplift
i of hts feIi0wman was aver .fHour
I
! a member - the board ~ estimates
/ and the common council
As a member or the hnard ~ este
mates bis force % character dom
| mated much q the aCf'pn 20 that
I body IN certain yea rs. AND az n MEM
| Der ~ the board ara ~ - common
| council BE aligned himself AZ all
l times In favor ~ more lhorla. more
! Fairgrounds. more bath houses and
| better pay for every ~uudrr dog on
the man cinal payroll Every muni-
| cipally owned hospital in the citT
] stands as monument 90 haffies
{ fought rs BIN iu their behaf a. am
estirnator and alderman. In every
effort for the welfare % The sick ana
the poor be fought untlriugiy and
I Increasingly behind the board ~
/ health and poor commission
I Those who knew him best and came
| In closest touch With him knew that
I hts big blum exterior enclosed a
| heart that heat az alt times in aym-
! pathy with and for his o. linwman. n
/ advancement OF honor came % mar
he Was one % the hrst with a hearty
graSp or the hand and congratuln-
I tons ~ death visited the family -
friend. one % the nrat % think ~
flowers and condolences was AID.
Barnett To he intimate with him "a
all was 10 know % his devotion 20 hfe
"a miiy, To be doing something for
my baby" as the alderman called
hts youNS- daughter. was hia constant
source 81 pleasure.
In the death - AID. Barnett. the
city has sustained the losa ~ a pro
gresslve energetic and conscientious
| municipal Official As slight tribute
OF respect therefore be u
| Resolved. That the common council
| 70 the family ~ the deceased Ed
/ ward Barnett alderman 81 ihe Third
! ward sincere sympathy In their
bereavement and be " further
Resolved. That the deck ~ our coll
league be draped for a period a 20
! - hereby directed 20 have this ~ folu-
I ton nlftahiv cnErossrd and present
"a 70 the family and that the coun-
| ell In honor 20 our colleague who
! has passed beyond, does now stand
. adjourned.
The passing OF ore % the most
picturesque characters IN Detroit
politics leaves vacant a council seat
that cannot be filed until fall. when
a special vote Is taken on the Belle
l,,le bridge problem The charter
! provides that vacancy can BE-
! hlled az a special election. when the
/ vacancy occurs six months or more
before a regular election. There
a 10 be no regular election. after the
one to be held April ?. until Noyem-
Der. 1918
Fiddle" Rarnett's rise from an
uneducated boy OF the streets TO
place OF power ia city politics. is
one OF the most remarkable pieces
Of political history in the annals OF
Detroit ~ proprietor ~ the kind
OF cafes that have IN most cases
reen driven out % business, Barnett
took the money OF raen and women
~ quickly a. he could get a.. and
a the same time he took The eft
/ icism and the aJuse hat was direct.
81 AZ him by those who gouEht TO
clean no the city-took u with a
gwsRgsr and Tough, back as tho he
were satisfied he Wa doing right
A an estimator and in his
Two terms az an alderman, he
old not cease 20 hold MS as
sOciations with the class %
,nen and women 10 whom he
entered in The Old Palms. the Park.
The Randolph Inn and the Ore sden
ihe places which. gne after tho 9TH
/ or. were forced toSciose their doors
in respon5e 10 The public clamor
Eddie" was driven from orc 90 the
other. and be lnally wound up his
career In the liquor business by
operating a hiRh,gradc family liquor
store az Woodward and Forest ayeF
While being recognized repre-
sentative OF class which might be-
expected 90 land In police courts
nov and then. Barnett az the fame
time used his influence ard his
bOundless energy 10 further the
causes OF civic Improvement which
strengthened a. the fights against
evil places 1uccccded Hospital
Fairgrounds. various forms of social
servlce-al found e. champion IN
Barnett. His sincerity WAS not
doubted. and the men and women
Who worked for these improvements
were among those who helped close
"Eddie's" cafes bar they went 90
him for and when they wanted the
councils backing IN q good work
Barnett was a. years DID. ard re-
sided AZ No. Az Medtury-ave He is
survived BY q widow and one dsugh-
ter. Lillian. "a years old The alder.