The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-06
If SULLIVAN WE'RE MAYOR.
John l.. Tells How Tie Would Run IA
Great City.
From The Ph.iadelphia Record

From the Philadelphia Record
Now York, Oct. S.-John L. Sullivan, at
the Vanderbilt hotel to-day, discussed the
coming election in this city.
Mr. sullivan, what would you do If
YOU were elected Mayor OF the Greater
New York;" ne was asked.
This question" replied the mighty John
L., cannot be answered off hand. 1t Is
of great Importance, and is one which
ought TO be given careful study. No man
ought To answer such a question IN an off
hand way"
John L. stroked his big mustache, light
ed "a perfecto cigar and pulled away at 1t
like a steam engine
If a man wants to talk intellgently,"
said John L., The ought to smoke. If
were the mayor of Greater New York
l would always smoke l have gwen the
mayoraity the greatest thought, because
1 expect TO be an position pretty soon
where it may be necessary TO act l am
candidate for mayor Of Boston, and what
is more. l expect to beat Josiah Quincy
The platform on which l would stand
If mayor of the greatest city in America
would be this: | am in favor of municip-
al ownership of all corporations. l be
lieve that the city should own the rail
roads, the gas houses, and gas should new
er be higher than 81.
Il would give this city a very liberal
government. ] would study the wants of
the people and govern them accordingly.
l am opposed TO trusts. | hate trusts as
badly as a yellow dog does poison. If
there were any trusts in this city l would
soon get rid of them all"
How about street railways"
Street railways in general should all
be the property Of the city. If such were
the case then the fares would be re-
duced. There Is no reason why penny
tare should not be established during Ger
tam hours of the day. OF course. as long
as the railways are the property of rich
corporations no reduction in the fares
will be made.
Il would never allow the politicians to
run me. Nobody can run me. / would
appoint the very best men could find to
office. l would pick men who had been
tried.
The very first thing l would do would
be TO get hold of all the gas companies
If they would not sell out TO the city
would build gas houses and supply the
city. One-dollar gas Is the stuff 1t is
nothing less than robbery 20 charge more
than ST."
How about gambling houses?"
IF ! were mayor of the Greater New
York | would license all the gambling
hooses There is no reason why gam
bling house should not be licensed like
saloons
There is another important question
which | have studied with the greatest
of care. That refers to the wage system
among the poorer people. All classes of
workingmen ought to be paid alike. This
is the right thing to do. and then there
will be no quarreling among the work.
ingmen."
How would you enforce the excise
law?"
Il would allow the respectable resorts
to keep open all day Sunday. A man who
works during the week wants a little rec
rearion on that day. He wants to go
where he can take his wife and children
with him. With a little music and with
glass of beer he feels elegant. There
would be less drunkards.
IF you will investigate the police court
records you will learn that since the en-
fOrcement of the Raines law under the
Roosevelt system, there have been more
drunkards than before the time the re-
form administration went into power"
who do you think will be the first
mayor of the Greater New York;
MY personal choice is Judge Van Wyck
l have read what he said, and | think he
is a broad-minded man. He certainly APP
pears to be a liberal man. The Tammany
platform is all right, too
Reform is played out. Look at the con-
dition of the streets. / never saw a city
torn up so badly as New York is to-day
II don't think Plat has any chance Of
winning. And as for Seth Low, | have
nothing TO say against him"
Would you permit glove contests to be
held?"
Certainly l would. Foot ball is a
slaughter house alongside of an innocent
scientific glove contest or fight"