, 1876-07-14

THE REFORM CITYk10VEREMENT.
For the frat time since tho bummcrs ac-
,quired possession Of tho city two years ngo /
Inst full Is tho City Government iu a condf. |
ton to realizo tho demands Of tho people for |
reform and rotrenchmcnt. For two years |
md hnlf (prolonging their term by etufang |
the bal1ot~bo1os for tho charter of 1922 the |
Ring Aldermen, sustained by CoLv1H at ev-
cry step, went Oh adding to tho public debt |
in an unlawful manner, increasing the NUM-
ber Of local ofico-holders, md authorizing
and approving nil manner Of reckless and OK
travagant expenditures. In order to retain
certain persons in olice Zone Of whom hes
proved defaulter for moro than $500, ,000)
they added fully $1o0, 900 year to the city
expenses, md assessed md attempted to col
leot tho taxcs under Inv whereby 81, ,000,-
600 of back tnxes have beon irrevocably lost.
The rsvonuos Of the city were rncollocted
and tho expenditures Increased, Tho sa-
1oon-keopers wero permitted to carry
on thoir business without taking out
licenses in many instances, because
they furnished tho principal sup |
port to the hummer government. Tho
number Of people employed and paid was ut
least 20 per cont moro than tho services ren-
dered Valuablc rights md franchises were
given away, or rather sold out by tic Alder
men for individual consideration, but without
securing any qutd pro quo for the city. Tho
city was running behind al INC afne' anu
money borrowed upon illegal cort1neatos' for
the payment OF which no provision was
mado' Thus' oes'dcS sqnaadeflng ~ to
money That coala DO coAec.ea' sS'oou'ooo OF
taxos were lost' ano Aoato8 dops WIS !eit
OF so''oo'ooo 0Sos anu aoo'e tae a'al'1o'c
assots ns Soon ''s Nue H. p1oo p! a1a ~ oppo.
'an151 '0oy oun|o. o -e 4aoen .4,ts.,.l' ,aA1
eioutoo eoanot' - ..' o''teon 80 Wy INV
70 Inc "osolole n'eehs''s to1 'iaineu'a'e IT,
tfoncnmen.' ana eotnpesen. ,,., ~ aes,se mSans n
70 1na' eno- out tu' ~" oouA'n A.'e o'ea
ha'nleseo u esoty sup ~ EoLs1s' "Io nulu
on 10 'ne mayor on4eo ~ .'1o 1u'stest VI ,''o
oummets, anu "lo' iof 'ue 1a"s low "eoka'
nos ampiS Sought 10 eAe.e'ae LIB functions
70 etau1y nus peESonel slhean' DUE now,
ior the nrst tnao' ~ tno olee'loh o1
MONROE HEATH ms lineage harmonious
olty Government "lnne anu compotent 10
pfocooo ~ ones 70 1ao "or1 ot eatt'he oo"n
expenses. !. ls no 'ons'ef not,so olsiuea
asa1ns1 ,tseu' w''n " Sounel WHOSE au''os
mani1eauy 10y ~ ono olfoc''on anu mayor
whoso sy"P".aic7 weso 10 1uanitehe'y III
anotncF oltecoon' NJ. t1A1A Ii oo nonest
man aao pracucal ous'aess-n'nn. no is
familiar WIN tne maesanery ~. OF tho oits
government ano VIII Cooperate ca1heshy
anu honestly win Inc ooune'1 IN Tue aouo1o
duty OF the hoof' VIZ " 70 eo1smi ef-
ponses At every Poaslplo Po'nt' ana ~ to
collect the roSennes promptly anu ener'
Botcei1y.
Now let tho work OF reform begin. Tho
first thing to do is to cut down ro1noTselessly.
Everybody understands this. Tho new Coun'
Gil know TINT this is waat is expected OF
them, and arc already working at it. The
now Mayor knows that this is what he waa
elected for, and he must get at 1t at once.
All tho subordinates must willingly and
effectively cooperate, or they must got out oi
the way. The Mayor and Council havo full
powor to remoye my and all who refuse to do
. 80, andthe gulllotinowi boz set going wherever
the warning is not needed. sMr. EIL1o1
ANTHONY, tho Corporation Council, is good
.. lawyer ind hard worker, 30 that everything
that Ia done under his advice will probabl,
bo dono properly and lawfully. The Doarl
Of Public Works - Messrs. Pn1Np1v11Ix
VAIL, and TnoMraoa-are all sensible men
; and must appreciate fully the necessity ol
reducing, tho number of employees, cutting
down salaries, and stopping Ill public i'm
!: proyemeuts whore the stoppage will saw
more than tho loas to tho city, in contract
or otherwise, by reason thereof. They have
already indicated whore they Gnu savo SAT,
44G month, or nearly 5000, 900 d year, which
: Is about 25 per cont Of their share Of til
on,,o,-;n+foru snd ,,oeafh1v anothcr ~
a hppfop1la'tou7' ana Poaa'o!5 auo'aes ~
= vision may reveal stil TURNER oppor
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4 | AAflu8 OF LUG C0uuCus 11Q mere AZ lEa8
- ~ .u1 ~.x1,.,. sn .... oo.,& no,, l., ,,.,,1 J.,
j. ~ anu Pofual's " pee cent c0o W a@sea U.
. the reduction of the number Of lampg, ant
..snut3Hn .+,,3 o~,. f.. 1tr1,ai,,r ~,
!. ! by more scleAt1Ao syateu LUZ ukaunH an1