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Show 11 CITIZENS FIGHT 1 FRANCHISE GRAB Protective Cemmittee I Means Business. I 1 1 j Executive Committee of ; , Eighteen Will Conduct Hp Campaign. Lfl This Representative Body of Business I ; k Jlen. to Be Aided by Committee ! J of Seven, on Laws, jjl From now on the campaign against tho nS jj extension of tho Light and Railway com- j H peny's franchlso for lifty years will be I I R ccnducled by an executive committee of i 1 h eighteen, assisted by a committee of seven J 'J on laws. The executive- commltteo con- . )j eists of John Dora, qhalrmanj A. T. Sau- J 'j ford, secretary; J. U.Eldrodgo, Jr., Henry ! Lawrence, E. O. Howard, F. A. Druehl, j Sam Ewlng, C. Frank Emery. Charles i h Crane, Thomas Homer, O. F. Peterson, It. j L. Tracy, Dr. Pfoulz, M. II. "WaHter, U j Thomas Weir, D. O. Wllley, If. II. Mc- ) Gillian and Ray Van Cotl. k j Tho commltteo on law,s is headed by h j Judgo O. V'. Powers and Includes Ogdcn 1,(0 11 Ulles, C. S. Varlan, "VVI11 Ray, W. II. !B King. D. II. Wenger. J. II. Moyle. ij j Determination Is Shown, is j Tho appointments were made last night 'j at tho Commercial club rooms by tho Citl- jj : zens Protective commltteo of 100. A ma- 4 j Jority of the general committee was in U nttendanco at tbo meeting and a deter- initiation to fight tho franchise grab to J tho last ditch- was apparent on every ! ; liand. Mr. Dern was .selected to act as ;,S j chairman and air, Sanford as secretary. 11 b A motion to appoint an executive cominlt- ! I I too to meet with tho Council and secure (I f whatever manifestation of public sentl- f I ment the Conncilmen might requlro for ?' f guidance, was unanimously carried. The 3 i' committee on laws was suggested as a 5! means by which the legal phase of tho J i matter might be gono into and tho hls- tory of franchise grants In the city ;( P brought to light. k Took Business Men to Task, p I "When tho committee had been appointed p I 2 Charles Crane delivered a characteristic S 1 tipecch, in which he took the business men 5 i to task for tlvir indifference to their po- j i litlcnl duties, especially at tho primaries. 2 . He predicted that the franchlso extension i i would be granted unless tho most radical J ! measures were taken to prevent It. Tho IS I initiative and referendum, ho said, would !i j be a safeguard to the rights of the people Ijl j and would mako such committees as the e I Citizens' Protective committee entirely j unnecessary. In conclusion he offered a 1J ! resolution expressing it as the sense of i ! J the meeting that no franchise or exten- jt sion of franchlso should be granted unless u 5 t'ie same was approved by a popular vole. Ih b -rioposinon. xoo uenerni. Y 8 No one directly opposed the resolution, !K hut Mr. Baldwin, V. I. Snyder, D. O. f "Wlllcy, Mr Deni and others expressed t 3 the opinion that it would bo out of place I to take up such a general proposition jjj when the commltteo had been formed for I fl tho specific purpose of opposing the. Light 5 fl and Railway franchlso extension. Mr. 5 j j Snnford raid ho favored tho resolution 1 for the reason that It would demonstrate I j to tho critics of tho committee that it wns not animated by any personal feeling I j against this particular applicant. He j proposed to amend, however, by striking 1 I ; out the demand for a referendum, so that I j the resolution would simply declare j against the granting of a franchlso for any public utility. In support of the j ! amendment Mr. Sanford said that expe- ? rlcnce had shown competition in public I I utilities to be out of tho question. Tho t strongest companies always absorb tho a! weaker, and the result is that the public yp.I has to pay tho interest on a larger and STL; j larger aggregation of bonds. 1 1 Thinks Moral Suasion "Will Win. 3 j Chairman Dern expressed the belief that i 3 the Councllmon wero honest, and that j I when they wero convinced that the public ! j j did not want tho franchise extended the l a application would be refused, J Alter listening to tho objections Mr Sanford withdrew his motion, which had ia I been substituted for tho resolution of Mr It I Crane, thus sidetracking tho wholo ques- rt I 5 tlon. Kf Beforo adjournment the executive com- 5 I mlttco resolved to meet with the Council ; B committee having the franchise applica- i H tlon In hand in tho offlco of tho Mayor : I this afternoon. |