The record-union., 1897-11-01
EXCUSES FOR THE CITY ADMIN
ISTRATION.

The sidewalk circular that was born
anew on Saturday trots out our dietin-
guished fellow tonwsman DR.. George
Maccabbes Dixon, to say over his own
signature that things have been bad,
awfully bad, shamelessly bad, for the
past two years in city government.
But, exclaans the doctor, in those
persua sively dulcet tones that 80 das-
tinguish this medico- politico philan-
thropist DO you know how utterly
powerless Mayor Hubbard has been?
Do you realize how utterly impossible It
has been for Mayor Hubbard to give
US a clean, progressive, non-partisan
administration Of municipal affairs?"
or course, of course, good medico, Of
course. 1t has been irnpossib BILE; that's
just the matter. That is precisely why
the Record Union urges the election
Of the whole Republican ticket, that
for once and for a change, we may
have a Mayor and a Board OF Trus-
tees in harmony with no excuses and
finger pointing at the ''othec fellow"
We wish to be perfectly fair with the
circular, and the doctor who has SO
foolishly opened his mouth and put his
foot in it. The reason advanced for
the inability Of Mayor Hubbard to give
the city a clean, progressive. non
partisan administration" has been and
ts. that the Trustees would not permit
him to do It. In a narrow sense that
is true, and it will without any quail
fication whatever still be true II Mr..
Hubbard by any mischAnce should be
reelected.
The only thing that can bring that
dire calamity upon the city. however.
IS the tripping OF VIM. Land within
the next twenty-four hours over some
of the Croly protruding man-hole curbe
on accepted streets. whereby his neck
may be broken
Keep or OF Seventh street, Mayor
Landand take no chances. You and others
have protested against those protrud-
Ing man-hole devices and have thought
vain deluslon-that some Of that extra
uacsdAm metal might be put about
tnose spots to raise the surface to Its
lawful level But you and all others
forgot. Mayor Land, that the stone was
Geeded to macadamize the whole half
street. In front Of Superintendent
Cxoays house without any order or
knowledge OF the Trustees or any let
ting OF ccusract, or any lnating Of
hadA But then jt was doCe to "fll
holes'' under the plea OF making ire
paaxA"
Now It is submitted that the Trustees
ere not blameworthy for such gross
misma1agement and maladminastra-
ton a. that, which Ia but one small
sample out OF many. That hybrid
Board Of Trustees has sins to answer
for. Heaven knows, but In the name Of
sweet mercy forbear charging 1t with
anacadamixing the street In front OF
Croly's house at general expense. while
the well-hole curbs stick up in air on
other streets uke disconsoaate mile
uosts. because there Is no money In the
FUND to pay for banking up q little
earth GROUND them to save the city
big bill Of damages when some one 10
wounded on account OF these obstruc-
ttouA
But admit, for the sake OF the argu-
ment. and that alone. that the doctor
in right for once, that the Trustees have
blocked the good intentions Of Mr..
Hubbard; It was q "non-parfisan
board SO called that did the work.
lust such q mixture a. Dixon plain
lively walls should be elected again TO
block the wheels OF progress anew.
The1dea that a Democrat. Popuhst.
q Republican, an Independent. respon-
1ble to no one. jammed together make
up a nun-partisan body II 70 absurd
q. to excite ridicule. Non-partisan
means no politics no party, no political
faith. no championship for party no
responsibility to organization. 1t does
not mean spodls division. nor dividing
Offices among party men.
For these reasons the Record Union
which has never advocated measure,