The San Francisco call., 1897-09-19
WHAT JOHN
|. SULLIVAN
Would Do
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find, if l were Mayor, and they wouldn'
be politicians and ward heelers. either.
I'd select men who had record for busi-
ness and honesty and brains. II l looked
a candidate for Office straight in the eye
and asked him If he was on the level, l
amt got much doubt but that he'd tell
the truth. There aren't many men who II
tell lie to old John L. when he gets right
up close to 'em and puts the question
good and square. The only race or class
preiudices that l have would be to bar
Cinnamon, dudes and dagoes, as well as
all other unfit specimens.
II think the big $1,000, 900 subway that
they've just built here in Boston is one of
the biggest pieces OF robbery perpetrated.
They couldn't get any such scheme as
that through if was Mayor. l believe
it's time tc go underground when you're
dead. 1t amt no place for live folks, and
l don't believe in il.
I" DO unto others as you. would have
them do unto you l believe in that old
saying and it's one of my notices. How
many people are there who act according
to this precept?
Here's another one: Thou shalt not
covet thy neighbor's goods How many
of them are there who live up to this one?
These are my sentiments, and if l was
Mayor I'd run the city on principles which
would wake the people to the fact that
this was the correct way to live, to live
right and square and on the level and to
do Justice to every one, the poor as well
as The rich. The fremen would get better
pay if / were running the city. The poor
fellows run great risks and display con-
slant bravery, and what do they get for
it? Just bare living. They save mil
lions of dollars worth OF property and get
a pittance IL return.
"The little children would have more
places to play in if 1 was Mayor. 1t gives
me a big pain to see great city expend-
ing millions of dollars on bicycle paths
and horseback parks and golf links and
all that kind OF business and then putting
up big cry of socialism and anarchy
when any body has the nerve to demand
little land where the children can romp
and play by themselves in safety. / m
tired of this business of driving the chill
dren off the grass in the parks and forbid
ding them to play baseball in various
places II was Mayor and caught any
body doing this I'd chase 'em down and
give 'em a little practical demonstration
of what l thought OF him.
Live and let live That's my. motto.
Justice to every body. Why not govern
cities according to these principles in
stead of running them for the sole benefit
of corporations, as is done almost every
where to-day. l should fix some deal by
means of which the burden of taxes
would come more upon the rich and less
upon the poor. 1t isn't fair for the poor
people 10 be taxed on the same basis that
the rich are. The result of the present
system is that the poor people and the
middle classes pay the running expenses
of the cities while the rich people are
underassessed and dodge a great zeal of
their taxes. What chance does a poor
man have of lodging his taxes? Did you
ever hear of a workingman who had
modest Little home being underassessed
or escaping a single cent of his taxP No,
sir. They can't do it. They chase up the
poor man and get every cent OF it, but the
rich man can dodge half of his taxes.
81 don't think I'll be Mayor of Boston;
/ began wrong. I've been the worst
eueIDy W SSlAs L Cdu SAdhS ludu .
hand and pat him on the back ana pre-
tend to be the best friend in the world TO
him and then go and do him dirt when he
amt looking. That's not Johns way of
doing business. l never have done it and
l never can. If l don't like a man / say
so right out, and that's one of the reasons
why l can't compete with these sly,
double-faced politicians.
81 believe that all monopolies, corpora
tions and trusts should be driven out of
existence and I'd do my part toward it if
/ was Mayor. What chance has a man
got for iusiic if he's only worth cents?
He can't hire any of the gilt-edged law
yers and drag cases through the courts
for years. But the man With $8, 600 GOO can
have ali the lawyers he wants, and with
their help he not only gets justice, but he
gets free. or pretty near it, no matter
what he has done. These trust men and
monopolies and Doodle politicians have
some of 'em, been sent to prison, and