The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-11-12
BESINESS MEN
SAY BUSINESS
Must Continue TO Be the Pol
Icy of Our City
Citizens Who Want the Citizea's ADMINISTERS
iiOn without Change and Politics Kept
Out Of Municipal Affairs.

Interviews with Salem business men
and taxpayers had today result in fol.
lowing expressions;
Gid Steiner: "We should putshrough
straight citizens ticket just as IL is I"
J. Conner: "I want TO see the whole
thing continued with one addition
better streets"
Thomas, Watt & Co. ''Well satisfied.
Reduction Of expenses, care nothing
about party"
J. NJ. Wallace "should be continued
without contest"
s. L. Hayden: Continue the present
policies"
John Gray: "This council has been
too economical"
M. Klinger: ave cannot we'll do
better"
Squire Parrar: "Let them all try il
again II they will serve"
j. NJ. Payne; "Most decidedly; every
one OF them"
John Krausse: "a new set of men
could not do any better"
John Bayne: They have done very
WE'LL"
F, q. Haas: Satisfied see no reason
why change should be made"
Ladd & Bush: Let us continue il by
all means. II is not a matter that ad.
mits Of question. When they came in
power we were running iD debt about
$1,000 a month. That has been stopped
and there has been liberal saving be-
sides. IL would be business madness TO
return TO the old order Of things.
+. A. Turner: / helped pot them
there and am not sorry for 1t.
Walter Morley; / am thoroughly in
favor OF the present methods.
+. A. Virgins; IL is by far the best
administration the city has had TO my
knowledge. BY ell means let us con.
tinue IL.
Damon Bros. IL would be the height
OF folly 10 make change. We are
doing well enough.
ID. F. Wagner: lt is all right in all
respects and there are no objections to a
continuation Of the same.
T. Holverson: am strongly in favor
OF giving the present administration a
second term. We couldn't better our.
selves.
Geo. J.. Pearce:' Would like TO see
every man of the present non-partisan
city administration continued, and their
methods as we'll.
]. II. Albert; Well satisfied with the
present administration and favor con.
tinuance Of their non-partisan conduct
of city affairs.
w. +. Boothby: favor keeping the
present set Of officers in for as long a
time as they will do as they have the
past two years.
Eugene Breymen: The administrR-
tion has been good for the taxpayers
and the welfare Of the city, and want
to see il continued.
X. p. Boise. The record will show
that city affairs managed as part of
political machine has been a dismal
failure, and managing II as at present,
with politics left out and business put
in, has been a decided success. want
to see the present business method
continued.
Gilbert Bros; Let us retain the pres
ent administration by all means. There
have been no "jobs," and only the best
interests Of the city have been con-
sidered.
w. W. skinner; / favor continuing
the present program Of economy and
good city government
DIR. w. A. Cusick: We have entered
into this movement as business pro-
position, and all political considerations
we're eliminated. II has succeeded well,
and all our officers have fulfilled their
pledges so faithfully that l believe that
every taxpayer has received great benefit
from the administration. am un.
qualihedly in favor Of a continuance Of !
the same regime,
II. Pohle; It's all right 10 date. Give |
us more Of the same kind Of work.
Werner Breyman; ~ am we'll pleased
with tho whole work, and would like to |
have the same class OF bnsiness mon re-
turned. In addition would like 10 see a |
little more and better street improve |
ment
g., w. Johnson' Heartily in favor
IF the present regime, aud don't believe
We could better it,