The record-union., 1895-10-10
WHAT he THINKS.
Mayor Stenman's Platform PromuI-
gated.
He Asks For the Votes of the People
On His Past Record-Declara-
ton of Principles.
WHAT he THINKS.

Yesterday Mayor B. U. Steinman, in
dependent candidate for reelection. is
sued the following as his declaration of
principles:
To TIE Voters Of Sacramento: 1 am a
candidate for reelection as Mayor, run
ming independent, and solicit your votes
on the following platform:
am opposed to political bosses. They
are opposed to me. l have received no
favors from them, and expect none. They
have received none from me, and need
expect none.
Managing a city's affairs Is business
proposition. They should be run on
business principles. Political bosses fat
ten on public plumber. They keep the
taxes high by their extravaganza. Our
municipal government is now free from
| their control. Let us keep our affairs as
they now they are, and Sacramento will
continue in its prosperity.
l am in favor OF pushing public i'm
provements OF every kind. The i'm
provement of our streets must be kept
up and pushed vigorously. We have
made number of errors SO far in our
street-improvement work, however, and
these we should carefully avoid in the
future. Let US learn by experience.
am heartily in favor Of the Salt Lake plan
of street work-wider space for basalt
tween tracks. Having sewers, gas and
water pipes in these places, and space for
telephone and telegraph wires, too, when
they are put underground, the present
practice OF breaking up an asphalt street
10 do repairs would become thing of the
past.
The work of laying stone sidewalks
must not STOP We must continue in the
good work. All persons must be COM
PEELED to comply with the sidewalk ordi
nances. But those ordinances should be
80 amended that each new sidewalk put
down must contain some dark colorlng
matter. We cannot afford, even under
the banner OF Progress and Improve
NJ ent, to raise up race of weak-eyed and
specialized men and women.
l aim In favor OF bringing new manu-
factories here. l believe in encouraging
those already here. The Folsom Water
Power Company should be aided and en-
Outraged gin every possible way. And
not only that. but the South Yuba Com
pany should also be encouraged, and all
associations and corporations OF enter
prise and capital whose entrance into
the city Will help to build up the commu-
nifty. We must actively assist, as well,
Important developmental enterprise
such az suburban railroads, new tele-
phone com paules. competing street lines
encouraged, backed and managed by
our own citizens. We must cease, now
and forever, if we are to be great COM
munity, the tactics of discrediting what
our own men of ability aud ENTERPRISE
attempt. Let Us rather encourage and
promote this work OF local capital.
The largest manufacturing enterprise
we have mere now is the railroad shops.
They now employ 600 men, and have at
various times employed more These
men, with their families, are the back
bone OF Sacramento present prosperity.
They are guaranty that Sacramento " i'll
always be prosperous. [ believe
that Sacramento should show
that it is III sympathy with the railroad
in all that is fair and just. and not take a
stand OF unreasonable hostility toward it.
The wages of the shopmen must be
maintained, and Sacramento must do
nothing TO lower them.
/ believe IN new water supply: but
the city should and must own It's own
supply, and not barter away the right 10
others.
Sacramento needs a new sewerage sys-
tenn. AS this will entail the expenditure
of a large SUN OF money, it must be con-
structed and built under the charge of
competent persons and with much eau
ton, and alter full elaboration, so as to
prevent any JOB being perpetrated on our
city. Errors In such matters are costly
and must be avoided.
The efficiency OF the Fire Department
and the Police Department must be kept