Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-04-16
THE AKRON DEMOCRAT
JUST AS PREDICTED.


ing he addressed the new Council.
He laid particular stress upon two
worthy principles that should guide
public officials in administering their
Offices: First, that they should be
faithful TO the pledges made to the
people in their canvass for election.
Second, that appointments TO public Of
fec should bc made from considera-
tinns iof cmcrt. and not as reward
FOR political service.
len minutes later the new Mayor
deliberately violated both these pro-
Positions by concurrlng in the appoint
rntnts OF City Commissioners who had
been chosen long in advance of the
election by Judge Anderson.
Day after day in the late campaign,
Mr.. Doyle permitted his organ and
his friends to hold out to the Repub-
lican voters of Akron the promise that
IL elected he would not permit Judge
Anderson to dictate the appointment OF
the City Commissioners. He promised
that no Commissioner should he ap-
pointed while lie was Mayor until
committee of the leading members OF
his party should have the opportunity
to name the man or men who would be
satisfactory TO them.
There is no. doubt that this pledge
held 80 Mr. Doyle the votes Of hun
dreds of independent Republicans,
which otherwise would have gone to
Mr.. lsbell or Mr.. Adamson.
The ralroading through of the ap-
pointments last night, before Mr..
Doyle had been Mayor an hour, and
when he had given none of his parys
leaders an opportunity to express n
preference In the matter, IL not alone
a reputation of Mr.. Doylc's antc.clcc-
tion pledge, hut II is Il complete vindi-
cation Of the charge made by Mv.
Isbell that MI boyle having been
nominated by Judge Anderson, would
be controlled 10y him.
The second proposition Of Mr.
Doyle's keynote speech, to which we
have called attention, was violated
by his concnrring in the appointment
Of men to the important office of Com
missioner 10 whom the appointment
comes notoronsly as n reward for n
political service rendered to Car An.
derson
For the official actions OF the man
who has been forced upon the pay roll
of the city nominally as Democrat,
the Democratic party accepts no re-
sponsiblity. His appointment Is the
consummation of bargain driven by
Judge Anderson with II handful of men
calling themselves populists, who con
sented TO betray the Democratic party,
with which they had claimed alliance,
for the opportunity TO enjoy such
messes Of pottage as Akron's dictator
might be able to provide for them at
the expense of Akron people. Hut IL
is not for Akron's Democrats, some
of them at lenst,-to complain that
a Republican Mayor has seen tit to
ratify this unworthy bargain, for II
was Democratic votes, deliberately
cast, that defeated the candidate for
Mayor whose election would have been
a Reputation of the promises made ny
Judge Anderson for the farming ont
OF the highest offices of the city to
political heelcrs.
TO the Republican citizens however.
who were deceived into voting against
their own interests by the false
pretepses of the partIsans who were
eager 10 profit by their support, the
Democratic party offers its con
dolences.
They elected the Man OF the Hour
upon the professions of himself and
his party's managers that lie would
have the backbone to stand up against
the determination OF Judge Anup.sonI
10 continue TO run the cty n, hls
proxy system.
But 1.-The Man OF the Hour hnd not
been Mayor an hour until he had
given Il supne exhibition OF his sense
Of political gratitude to the boss N,p
claimed the credit for his dlscuyc.,
aud election.
We Thought that three years of
Proxy government had taught the
people great deal, But they have
more to learn,
One of the leading pledges made by
Sir. Doyle's supporters In the late cam.
palRn was that III elected Mupnr hn