Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-01-02
SIXTY MILE MESSAGE.


ago TO well known resident OF this city,
said "l read the Presidents message on
my way up from Pawtucket this morning
and finished II as the cars rolled into the
depot at Boston. In other words 1t was
forty. five miles long"
And as we take up for perusal the ad-
dress OF Hon. Henry Il. Tiepke and reckon
at the rate OF speed a modern railway
train would travel one would say IL was
sixty miles long. 1t is the most preten-
was organized and likewise the most
tiresome. II Is bombastic, windy, word
padded, academic, rhetorical, Tiepkelsh
But let us examine this~remarkable mes.
sage and see " nat there Is in il.
Mayor Tiepke's thoughts on finance are
hardly more than mere platitudes so
arranged as TO strike the eye. Anyone
would suppose that Democrats had been ia
power by what he says. The Mayor urges
the adoption OF "sound financial policy"
today. What OF the past9 Six years
withou. ga financial policy" and Repub-
licans IN power! Think ot itl And when
wo get down 10 whore he saws we can
make our "muuicipal paper preferred IN
the market" 1t simply puts US in mind OF
the late fl financial attempts OF the Repub
lican city fathers when the bonds couldn't
ne fioated at all. l. the city government
any better today? The same clique is in
power and will get the same result.
1t is all very well To talk about "current
expenditures" ana "current income.
rhe present city government will be the
equal oi the last 100000 Council. We
advise our young Mayor not to attempt
10 deceive he people az he did when IN
oiiice as an Alderman by making appro
priations in driblets so as to appear small
to the casual observer.
II Is very singular that the Mayor starts
in by recommending higher rate OF In
terest on unpaid taxes than at present In
vogue. He should remember that any
higher rate than per cent. is illegal and
against the direct provisions OF the sta
tutes OF the State.
The Mayors recommendation that all
moneys due the city should be paid to the
City Treasurer is good one. II is not
new. II has been advocated in these col
umns many times and we are glad he has
taken up the recommendation OF the
TRIBUNE.
We have to pass over many miles OF this |
message because we cannot now give 1t
I hat attention we desire. But we will |
consider some of these miles at another
time
As was presumed at the time of the
Mayors election he retreats from his ad.
vanced position regarding a municipal
electric light plant. man who has once
taken position in regard to a public
matter and that without reason gives 1t
up shows then he cares little for consis-
tency. lie Is trucking to the opinions
and wishes of other people.
We undoubtedly need Board OF Public
Works If it Is for the purpose OF benefit
ing the city, but IT, AZ seems to be the
case, It is to give fat Office and fat salar-
les to a set Of politicsl satellites, 1t is to be
condemned and rejected and We are thor
oughly convinced that the establishment
OF such under Mayor Tiepke would mean
just that sort OF thing.
The recommendation about fire sta
tion at Fairlawn is absurd. A volunteer
company is n nuisance and sonnet hing the
people OF that section don't want. What
is wanted is protection against fire by
increasing the present department and
re- arranging 1t so as to acquire the de-
sired result.
The Mayors stab at the police depart
ment is somewhat startling and many
will ask what he means. 1t is i'm possible
to see whose head he Is after. And it
makes one smile, too, to read that he is
opposed to some OF the influences which
have recently threatened to destroy the
value, the character and the stability
OF the department" AS the government
is Republican where could the influence
come from but the Mayors own friends?
But 1t is to be noticed he isn't opposed to
"all" the influences" but simply to
"some." In other words the "some" does
not include the influence used by him in
the last election.
To sum up the message we should say
IL contained nothing new and was
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