The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-01-21
A MODEL MAYOR.

Colonel 0'Bflen, recently Te.elected
Mayor OF Boston by the Democrats, In o
man OF heart aud ability. Hs has Just
sent 10 the Councils Of that city mes
sage which cOmmends Itself TO the care
fnl ard thoughtful consideration OF
the ofilclala aud taxpayera OF other
municipalities. He shows that al
though Boston has debt OF twenty.
four million dollaro, upon which II In NJ
present paying interest. the city tax
last year was only ~ per cent. on tho
assessed valuation, n rate which Will
not be Increased during the present
year, b0 interesting atatt ment 40
lhia should receive the attention Of our
city government, What Mayor O'Brlen
has 10 say OF the manual training
schools 0f Boston, also deserves c0nald.
orati0n In q city where those who earn
their own livelihood by manual labor
constitute 30 large a part of the popnla-
ti0n.
During the past year, no saya, imam
nal training has taken more definite
form In the work OF our schools. There
Ia now q carpenter shop and two cook
Ing schools carried on In connection
with the schools In the city proper All
tho pupils m the public schools OF the
city proper eau attend these schools
The School Committee propose 10 rec
0mmend the establishment this year OF
a cooking school In South Boston, and
carpenter shop In ROxbury. They
propose to keep pace with the public
demand, and hope In time 10 be Justified
In tho establishment OF q cfn al school
for manual training parallel with the
Latin and High Schools" Since 1885
he tells the public, "the lawyer, tht
| Clergyman and the like. have been con
Quoted up 10 the doors OF the college. In
my opinion" he adde, ~ will be o great
benefit TO the immunity II aOme OF the
money be devoted 10 manual training
We owe the worker with his hands q
greater debt than we owe oil the profes
sions put together for the worker with
his hands makes up over seventy pei
cent. OF the community. Especially II
| this true when we remember that II II
not the hand alone we train, but both
hand aud mind, Through both hand
and mind we can more easily and natur,
q ly build up our boys aud girls intC
broad aud good cltZens. To my mind
no branch OF education deve Ops the
honesty ard character OF boys aud girls
equal TO manual training Compelled
10 depend upon themselves TO a gieai
extrnt--compellod 10 see that every
mistake made is their own, aud that any
one mistake entails failure, more or lesl
absolute In their work, they receive les
sons whith always live In their minds
Honest, thorough, careful men and wo
men will DO the result"
Mayor 0'Brien refers 10 polltlca
trickstera. who combine for selfish pur
poses, etc.. as follows:
Political trickateTs who have merely
some selii h purpose 10 crafty will 70
celye no c0untenance from me, no mat
ter what party they may be identified
with for the time being. II Ia by yield
Ing TO these men on account Of The few
votes they control that municipal gov
ernments In all the largo clties OF IN,
country have become synonym fo
waste, and extravaganza aud corrup
tlon. IL political parties make c0mbina
ti0ns with men whose integrity ar
questionable, such combinations shOult
be discouraged and disc0untenanced b!
every good Citizen"
We commend the above 10 the Repub
llcan Mayor Of Canton, AMI TO oil whom
II my c00cern. Questionable combina
tionB' are by no means confined 10 Bos
ton. Sometimes these men on acc0un
OF the few votes they control" nominal,
their man and elect him Mayor, and theI
run him and control the "municlpa
government Few cities have slcl
Mayors as 0'Brien Of Boston.