Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-04-28
WHO Arb THE BOONE RS?
What Some of Them Think of
the CallOw Veto.
THE CRANKY MAYOR GETS ROASTED.
He Has Destroyed All Possible
Influence for Good He
Ever Had.

There has been a general express
sion of disgust at Mayor D'Arcy's
offensive insinuatiOns at progressive
citizens in his Chemeketa street
veto. The general impression pre-
walls that, soured by his recent po-
litical defeats in the county and
state conventions of his party, P. H.
Darcy sought to work his bile of
in his highly original veto message,
in which he Insults under the term
of "boOmers" some as good citizens
as he is, lectures the council in an
egotistic school boy manner and lays
himself open generally.
The JOURNAL comes in for its
share of abuse as it has published
the facts about the mayors absence
at political convention when re-
form measures were up where he
could have saved the city thousands
of dollars, and his neglect of official
duties in opening the bids for 500, 900
city bonds at the proper time which
resulted in accepting a bid by which
the city will lose nearly thousand
dollars and blemish will be put on
the credit of the city unless the con-
tract is cancelled. Knowing that it
is right THE JOURNAL does not
care for the"vaporings" of an official
who has lost his head in an ocean of
Inconsistencies aud has not only
ruined the hopes of his friends in
his political future, but contributed
literally to the ruin of the bright
prospects Of his party in this county.
WHAT BUSINESS MEN SAY.
A reporter had sh ort talks with
Salem business men today on the
Chemeketa street veto and allows
representative citizens to be heard
below on the subject:
a. I. Wagner; "Hhe implication
that every city that has ever been
bonded, has ruined itself is false in
to. l have business friends here
now and more who want to come
here and invest and live here and
they are very much discouraged
over such reflections upon new men
who seek admission here"
P. S. Knight: "The council
should pass the ordinance over the
veto. The language of the
veto is unnecessarily offensive to
many of our best citizens"
An Alderman says: "The mayor
was the first to propose improve
ment of Chemeketa street. He
favored it because it was residence
street and said if it could be I'M
proved it would stimulate street |
work in all parts of the city"
An Electric Railway magnate was
'een and he said: "The mayor is
evidently trying to curry favor with !
the people at the expense of the cor
porations. AS we understand the
ordinance we are required under it
TO not only to gravel our tracks but
plank the same outside the rails and
had already ordered the plank, We
do not ol ject to paying our fair share
10 improve that street."
A citizen: at would be a diff
cult thing to find anyone who in his
opinion considers himself holier
han the mayor does"
,slmaster Gilbert; 81 hope the
street can be improved under the
ordinance because it is cheaper than
[ can ever get it improved again."
Supt. Barnes: "The Electric
share of the Chemeketa street i'm
was left out of the bids,
because we were to do the work
ourselves. We understood that we
we're to plank on each side of the
rack, and AL in between the rails
with gravel, aud it will cost us $1,000
% $500"
John G. Wright: "The mayor has
gone too far"
A man who might have been
county clerk: "He had better take a
umble to himself and not he a cats
Jaw all his life. No man can set
M against all the people