Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • 7

PART ONE ORMOND HUNT Candidate for Itenomlnatlon as Prosecuting Attorney Repub lican Ticket is ''Zfs WSZA 'V SL SA lA i Ormond Hijnt now prosecuting attorney for Wayne county is a can didate for renomination In the faceit strong opposition he has scored some signal victories in the past piling up big majorities lie lias been a forceful prosecutor Among his more notable achievements may be men tioned the conviction of rank An drews and the squelching of the River side club otherwise known as the combine Geo A Owen Aiderman George A Owen who has ably represented the first ward in the Council for the past two years is a candidate for re election Aid Owen has done much for the good of the city On the grade sep aration committee he accomplished more with the railways than had ever been done before the Junction avenue proposed bridge he had changed to a subway saving the city thousand of dollars he had the grades separated at Greenwood in stead of Cass lie was instrumental in securing from the every concession when it was desired to relieve the congestion on Woodward avenue He has been a power for good and his services have meant a great deal to the city Hiram Rose 'Jg i A a i Republican Candidate for ALDERMAN Sixteenth Ward Please put an before my name if yon desire to vote for me ESgSV REDERICK MOHN Democratic Candidate for Al derman ifth Ward The fact that Aid red Mohn of the ifth ward is now serving his third term in the common council is evidence that the voters of the ward have confidence in him and in seeking the office for a fourtli term he stands squarely on his record InMarch 1905 Aid Jlohn secured the passage of a resolution requiring the Detroit United railway to put in a at Harper avenue and Russell street anti greatly improved service on the Brush line benefiting hundreds has resulted Through his efforts also new cars have been substituted for the old rattle trap affairs formerly used on this line Aid Mohn believes that not only the street railway question but all matters of public importance should be submitted to the vote of the people During his career in the council Aid Mohn has served on the committee on streets and is now a member of the franchise committee THE DETROIT REE PRESS: SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 9 190(V HBWMIWW Charles Coulson Delray Jus tice Shocked A great number of persons were rendered homeless and personally injured by the recent earthquake in San rancisco but Justice Charles JSebEBmEBP oninn CHARLES COULSON A Coulson was the only one in Dcl ay that felt the shock severely when Delray was annexed to the City of Detroit Mr Coulson had just been re elected as Justice of the peace for another four year term and six months afterwards he was legislated out of office by reason of said annexation Mr Coulson is a self made man having worked liis own way through Business College and through the Detroit Col lege of Law graduating from said College Law with Justice Louis Ott in 1899 He was born on a farm near Port land Ind in 1875 and located in Delray sixteen years ago where he has since resided He has served the people in said village in diffci ent official capacities having acted as treasurer and deputy treasurer of said village from the time of its incorporation until 1905 He was elected' justice of the peace of the township of Springwells in 1901 ano served until 1905 with his office in Delray and then re elected for an other four year term but was legis lated out of office by reason of said village being annexed to Detroit Mr Coulson is a member of River lodge No 410' 1 Del ray encampment Delray lodge No 177 Knights of Pythias and Uni form Rank of said order lie feels that he has served the people of his community with entire satisfaction and would like to be given an ap portunity to serve the p'cople of De troit as Justice of the Peace of said city and therefore respectfully asks your support at the coming pri maries and election rrjas or City Treasurer KED DcGAW WILLIAM TEAGAN REPUBLICAN I 1 1 ii III I ij 1 i y' Y'" rv' JIISr William Tea'gJtn candidate for the Republican nomination for city treas urer is well known to the citizens of Detroit where Jie was born and has always resided He comes of an old and highly respected family and while he has taken part in politics to some extent in the past he has never be fore sought an elective office Detroit News Editorial Sept 5 1906 William Teagan has been long in the public service in minor capaci ties and as established a record that should be of 'advantage to his canvass As chief' clerk of the justices court he has proved a competent careful accommodating and courteous public official and has many friends who will be glad to aid his ambition William Moeller wKy Republican Candidate for ALDERMAN ourteenth Ward Please put an before my name if you desire to vote for me Primaries September 17th and 18th AUGUSTUS STRAKER REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE OR Justice of the Peace Your support and influence in se curing his nomination at the en suing Primary election is earnestly solicited Justice of the Peace red DeGaw is a candidate to succeed himself on the Republican ticket this fall lrriends who profess tobe acquainted with the situation say he hits to ute a colloquial phrase Justice DeGaw has made a splendid record during his tenure of office He is still a compara tively young man he has the legal training and the experience necessary for an office of this character His de cisions are uniformly fair qnd appeals from his judicial rulings but rarely re sult in reversals in the higher courts When not on the bench Justice De Gaw may be found almost any hour of the day in his private office ad joining the court room poring over ponderous legal tomes and thus keep ing abreast of the times in matters of law MAX KOCH Republican Candidate for City Treasurer Ha The essential qualities which the City Treasurer of Detroit should possess arc integrity and business competency Bearing this in mina Max Koch candidate for that po sition upon the Republican ticket can point to a record which unques tionably demonstrates his fitness for the position He was born in De troit and has been actively engaged in the grocery business since lie was 19 As aiderman of the eleventh ward he has been elected four times and each time with an increasing majority the first being 29 votes and the last over 900 i Max Koch as an aiderman has served his city honestly and well and it is but reasonable to believe that as City Treasurer he will not fail to uphold his past record MILLER CHARGES RAUD Claims Kalamazoo Maa Sold Him Mill Which He Did Not Own Marshall Mich September That he secured $400 on a contract for a mill which he does not own is the charge upon which Martin Mor ton of Kalamazoo was arrested this morning Harry Eesley who is oper ating the Cleveland flour mills makes the charge It is alleged iiat Morton bought the mills on a contract and represented to Eesley that he held a deed to the propertv exhibiting an abstract to demonstrate the valadity to the title Eesley says he decided to purchase tho mills and paid $400 down Now Eeslev claims that Morton did not have a deed and that the abstract showing the entry was not genuine Morton was arraigned before Justice Deuel and demanded an examination He was held in $609 bail STILL ATER BURNS A air Manager Says Men Got Hush Money SAYS JIMMIE Charges and Counter Charges Galore Are Beng Made in Controversy Over Question Who is Responsible for Allowing Gambling on Grounds President 'Postal Out of Town Sheriff Hurns arpl General Manager Stevenson of the state fair are still in a fighting mood over their charges and counter charges relating to galn bling at the grounds Stevenson says We are collecting facts and evidence that will prove that the sher iff's men' look hush Mr Stevenson denies having re ceived $209(1 for conces sions The iff says: "Let them go and collect evidence think I will stand being made a scapegoat they are mistaken President Postal could not be seen yesterday A tiie Griswold house it was said that he had left the city for a pleasure outing Mr Stevenson says: "We found that sbiiic of the riieit who got concessions started gambling games after they got on the grounds When they were brought? to us by our detectives we told them that sort of thing must stop and many 6f them promised that if we let them keep their concessions they would drop the gambling fea ture In many cases we let them con tinue and very few of them broke their When Sheriff Burns was told that Stevenson is collecting evidence against his men he said it can be proved that any of my men had been taking hush money from any one I wili be the first to urge his prosecu tion those fellows when they found that they could not sell a con cession for pool selling on the grounds cut a gate at the north end of the grounds near the curve of the race track that persons on the grounds could get admission to a pool room outside the grounds 1 believe it did a If the management do it why did they perm It it? Bush the jewelry fakir whom Burns drove off the grounds lives al 148 Randolph street and says he makes his living by selling jewelry at fairs lie said mind saying that I paid $20 to the association and made $1280 during the week I operated at the 'fair When Stevenson says he saw me "Wednesday he says what is was the sheriff and not the fair officials who closed me up they did not interfere with Deputy Sheriff Cur nlngham said: man Mellon told me that Stevenson had told him to pay the hush money he said was demanded and get a receipt and Stevenson would repay red Hudson 112 Labrosse street who says he is Mr nephew rank Wilsher 141 Cath erine street and McCullagh 218 Humboldt street called on the sheriff yesterday to see if the fair management could not be made to pay them $3 a day instead of $2 for their work as ticket takers at the side shows Hudson said: worked fifteen hours a day and now we are offered only $2 per that election was held "Wilshr'and McCullagh' said relievcdus and had uscome to the administration building where he gave us tickets to vote for candi dates and paid us $1 each for vot ing He 'told me to say if asked that my name was Watkins and name wiSnoj4ve the names printed orl the 'lists of can didates When we threatened last night to make this puBIIc he said: sake boysTt tell anyone and I will try and straighten things out for you with Stephen We know that seven or eight employes voted in this way at the election for we saw them" ESTIMATED PROITS $50000 Total Attendance at State air Amounted to About 452000 While the exact figures of attendance and profits at the state fair will not be fully completed until next week Chair man A Doherty of the finance committee says that approximate fig ures show a total attendance of about 452000 divided into 364000 paid admis sions and about 88000 free admissions The expenses of the fair are roughly estimated at about $100000 including the premiums The profits are esti mated at about $50000 Majiy complaints have been received from exhibitors at the fair grounds that their live itock has been without feed since riday owing to insufficient switching facilities It will take months it is said to get some of them into proper condition again I'he work of packing up and shipping exhibits at tlie fair grounds continued yesterday Wagons were rolling oft the grounds all day and the tent city as rapidly vanishing WHAT POPULISM MEANS To the Editor of The ree Press: As Socialism or what we call Popu lism in this country has come before tlie public under a Democratic label: for the sake of clearness and precise discussion what Populism and its ul timate end really are should be plainly set forth and exposed By public util ities a genuine consistent Populist means the government monopoly ct' every line of human activity and en terprise If the that is a mayor and a board of aidermen a state legislature or a body of con can efficiently economically and successfully own and operate our street car lines our numerous inter state and great transcontinental rail roads there is really no reason wliv the government should not step in and control and operate every branch Qf industry commerce and finance If for instance tlie Hon Edward Jeffries and a board of aidermen can secure more efficiency in the 4 KX) employes of the Detroit United Railway Co operate more safely competently cheaply and satisfacto rily its 165 miles of car lines within the city limits than can its directors and officers who have made street car transportation the business of their lines the Hon Edward Jef fries and a board of aidermen should control and operate the Stove Works the Solvay Process Co the American Car oundry Co the Michigan Malleable Iron Co and every important industrial mer cantile and banking institution of this city There is indeed no more complicated sphere of activity than the street car service rio field of en terprise requiring more experience technical and varied knowledge and if tlie Hon Edward Jeffrids and a board of aidermen can do better than the managers and officers of the De troit United Railway Co they should be given tlie control and operation of everything But I ask whether the railroads owned and operated by the govern ment in rance have been in any sense a success as compared to those own ed and operated by private corpora tions whether the Intercolonial Rail way of the lower provinces of Can ada owned and operated by the gov ernment is a success as compared to 11 KI I a 7 7 THIS space will be used from day to day by the DETROIT UNITED RAILWAY for placing before its patrons and the citizens of Detroit accurate information concerning the street railway business in this city for their enlightenment in the current discus sion of the subject Ample opportunity will be given any citizen or association of citizens to verify any state ment made in this'space STATEMENT NO 9 i THE DETROIT UNITED RAILWAY which operated ONE HUNDRED AND EIGH TY SEVEN MILES RAILWAY within the City of Detroit during 1905 carried 87756 014 passengers on its lines during that year IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SERVICE for this NUMBER PASSENGERS use was made of 1348 cars of all kinds which made 2907652 trips A' TRIP in the sense in which the term is used in this statement is THE DISTANCE TRAVELED BY A SINGLE STREET CAR IN ONE DIRECTION OVER THE ROUTE UPON WHICH THE CAR IS OPERATED THESE TRIPS MAY BE LONG OR SHORT THE SHORTEST TRIP is that made by the DEPOT LINE so called THE LONGEST TRIPS are those made on the Jefferson Line from the Boulevard Grand River to the St John Road in airview and on the ort Wayne Belle Isle Line from Belle Isle Bridge to the River Rouge THE TRAVEL A STREET CAR from Livernois and Michigan Avenues to Lees ville on the Gratiot Road is A TRIP THE TRAVEL A WOODWARD AVENUE CAR from the Michigan Central Station through Woodward Avenue to Highland Park is also A TRIP 7 THE TRAVEL A BAKER STREET CAR from Livernois and Dix Avenues to the Railroad and Chene Street in Hamtramck Village is also A TRIP THE TRAVEL A OURTEENTH AVENUE CAR from the Boulevard and our teenth Avenue to Oakland Avenue and the City Limits is A TRIP THERE WERE 2907652 SUCH TRIPS made during 1905 by the cars operated by Detroit United Railway within the City Limits of Detroit UPON THESE TRIPS 87756014 Passengers who paid fares were carried THE AVERAGE NUMBER PERSONS CARRIED Per Trip was therefore a small fraction over THIRTY PASSENGERS ROM THESE PASSENGERS THE RAILWAY COMPANY EARNED OR EACH AVERAGE TRIP at the average fare of our and One Third Cents Each the sum of ONE DOLLAR AND THIRTY CENTS In other words the AVERAGE INCOME from each car operated on the Detroit United Railway Lines during 1905 was ONE DOLLAR AND THIRTY CENTS for a single trip Of this amount an average of TWENTY SEVEN CENTS was paid out for Wages to the men who were immediately in sight upon the Cars the CONDUCTOR and MOTOR MAN In addition nearly ITY ONE CENTS more of this Income from each Average Trip wept to pay for Power Superintendence Management Taxes the Keeping up of Tracks and Cars Damages Law Expenses arid the Score of other Minor Items which call for the Pay ment of Money by a Street Railway System These include the Pay of 234V men besides Motormen and Conductors employed by the Railway Company ago Out of the DOLLAR AND THIRTY CENTS' represents the AVERAGE COME from a SINGLE TRIP of a STREET CAR SEVENTY EIGHT CENTS had to be paid out as the average cost of operating that car This left ITY TWO CENTS from Each Average Trip to pay INTEREST ON THE MONEY INVESTED IN TRACKS CARS MOTORS POWER HOUSES AND MACHIN ERY CAR STATIONS REPAIR SHOPS OICE BUILDINGS SEPARATED GRADES and all the other forms of EQUIPMENT and PROPERTY in which the CAPITAL of a STREET RAILWAY has to be invested to MAKE A COMPLETE AND EICIENT SYS TEM OR THE SERVICE THE PUBLIC UNDER THE TERMS THE ORDINANCE Proposed by His Honor The Mayor the AVERAGE INCOME from a SINGLE TRIP would have been ONE DOLLAR AND SEVEN CENTS in 1905 upon the Basis of the Business done in that year THE EXPENSE PROVIDING THE SERVICE would have remained the same namely SEVENTY EIGHT CENTS THE BALANCE LET TO PAY INTEREST UPON THE INVESTMENTS enumer ated above would have been but TWENTY NINE CENTS By way of Showing how closely the PENNIES MUST BE WATCHED in the CON DUCT A STREET RAILWAY SYSTEM it may be noted that the BREAKING A SINGLE LIGHT GLASS more than the Average would have WIPED OUT THE AVER AGE PROIT A SINGLE TRIP The SMASHING ONE PLATORM more than usual in a collision would have wiped out the Average Profit from ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY IVE SINGLE TRIPS The SMASHING A VESTIBULE in a similar accident would have wiped out the Average Profit from a HUNDRED AND SEVENTY IVE SINGLE TRIPS The BURNING OUT of a Motor Once oftener than the usual number of such burn outs would have done away with the Profit from ONE HUNDRED AVERAGE TRIPS AN ACCIDENT Resulting in Injury to One Passenger more than the usual and or dinary number of such Accidents would have wiped out the Average Profit from Nearly TWO THOUSAND TRIPS for each Thousand Dollars of Damages Paid THESE INSTANCES ARE CITED by way of Impressing Upon the Patrons of the Rail way the CLOSENESS with which the details of the System must be watched and the PRE CARIOUS NATURE of its earning Power from CAUSES WHICH ARE ENTIRELY OUT SIDE HUMAN CARE AND WATCHULNESS A further discussion of this subject will appear in this Space Later tbo Grand Trunk and Canadian Pa CThe Grand Trunk and Canadian Pa cific have invariably net earnings on their thousands of miles of railway the Canadian government has invaria bly deficits met by general' taxation on it 400 or 500 miles of railway At bottom the Populistic notion is tha we derive our personal and property rights from the government: that is from tlie Populist if he is in the majority for the majority rules" But Jefferson Hamilton Madison Monroe Webster Clay Lincoln and every man who has not mistaken the instincts of mankind hold that per sonal and property rights are born in us and that t7ie very reason why a government with commensurate pow ers is necessary is to protect those inborn rights iu every individual rom this notion of the Populist that we get our natural rights from the government it logically follows that the believers in the unqualified reign of force as expressed by the majority of the ballots that means in the enslavement of the individual by the government Imagine the masses of our citizens being packed in social barracks every avenue of labor in dustry and commerce controlled and managed by mayors aidermen mem bers of the state legislature and repre sentatives in congress and every initiative enterprise and occu pation under one guardianship Judg ment and pleasure of some official in other words every man in any walk of life wearing a government tagr! s' That is tlie' ultimate end of Poeial isiii or Populism and called by its right name it is a enslave ment The notion that the majority absolutely rules Is un American and against our institutions Wliv have we a federal and state constitution? Better what are those constitutions if not a rule that the people have deliberately imposed upon themselves for the protection of individual rights from the excesses of tlie majority? or instance that provision prohibiting any legislation impairing the obligation of contract that other one practically empowering the courts to say to the far shalt thou go and no furth cr In rance which is now ruled by Socialists of all shades 'there is no1 such safeguard in the constitution and the constant surveillance and In trusion of the government in every body's home and business life would not be tolerated one day here The country prefects up to the head of the rench cabinet are at heels of every in almost what ever he undertakes and does to di rect command and tax him I ask our Populists to compare the lot of an American citizen under Am erican institutions to that of a rench citizen under tlie Socialistic regime and then tell us howitheir brethren of rance understand liberty equal ity and fraternity EDMOND Emperor rancis Joseph received cx Gcv David rancis of Missouri and Louis Dozier in audience and coidially thanked them for th gold ircdal and diploma commemorative of the St Louis exhibition i 'r.