The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-03

politics or any other consideration He
outlines the platform upon which he now
stands and indicates that with him for
mayor there is a great future for BaItl-
more.
Mr.. Hayes Declaration.
! His announcement reads:
ITO the voters of Baltimore:
The Office of mayor of a great city is
a high honor.
by your SURFACES I have been mayor
Of Baltimore for the past three years.
BY your votes I desire to be mayor of
Baltimore for the next four years and
hereby announce myself a candidate for
reelection.
| In May, 1899, you called me to this
high Office. exacting pledges that the city
government should be conducted or Il
business. non-partisan basis, and that
/ good government should be the watch
word of my administration.
Good government has been the watch
word and the guide of my administration,
Devotion to party principles and 10y
al labor IN their behalf are not incom-
patible with administering the affairs Of
basis; on the contrary, such devotion and
| labor are stimulus 20 good govern
ment'
/ But. while a party man always, poll
/ tics has not been permitted to interfere
/ IN any sense with true regard for the
interests of all the taxpayers of BaIti-
more, and has had no consideration as
! against the rights of all citizens.
1T has been my ain to be the mayor
of the whole people. without regard to
party affiliations.
! I have endeavored to treat all citizens
alike in the execution of their laws.
ct has ever been my purpose 10 see
to 1t that their money paid into the city
treasury was honestly expended, and
/ that for every dollar paid out they re-
| ceived the full value Of a hundred cents
''To the best Of my ability. and so far
as lay in my power, the unnecessary ex-
penditure of a single dollar. merely be-
cause there was a residue in the city
treasury at the close of the year. has
been prevented.
| Instead OF spending SURPRISES from
! appropriations, It has been required that
/ they be turned over TO the sinking fund.
in accordance with the new charter pro-
vision, thereby reducing the net debt Of
the city.
THE sinking fund, provided for the
payment Of loans at maturity. has re-
ceived the closest attention. with the
result that the credit of the city, and
therefore It's borrowing capacity, has ad-
vanced to a position second to none in
America.
| Under the present administration the
/ strtctest economy compatible with safe
and prudent management has been prac-
ticed by every department of the city
government.
In the purchase Of property and sup
| plies for the city the rule has been IN
deviatingly followed that prices no
higher than any private corporation
could secure would be paid, and that
the city must be treated on the basis Of
a wholesale customer.
In the sale of city property, such as
the sale of the Western Maryland Rail-
road, for instance. the same business
rule has applied
The mayor OF Baltimore should ever
be on the alert for the advancement Of
Baltimore. and it was that spirit that
actuated me in my insistence upon the
sale of the Western Maryland Railroad
to the Goulds. knowing that they would
make Baltimore the seaport terminus of
= line OF railway that will span the
continent, connecting the Atlantic with
the Pacific.
With the development of this great
railway system new manufacturing en-
terprises must follow, and the building
up OF these should be encouraged and
fostered IN every possible way.
We have entered upon a new era In
the history of Baltimore. In compare
lively a few years we will have a popu
Iation OF a million souls. We are to
be confronted with new conditions, and
We must meet them.
"A sewerage system is a necessity.
+ and for this we already have the money.
thanks 10 the sale of the Western Mary
land Railroad
Smoothly paved streets are essential.
More schooIhouses for the instruc-
ton of the children must be provided.
I'VE must continue to improve and
beautify Baltimore in such a way that
TO city will surpass and few compare
with IT..
we must have these improvements.
we wifi have them.
"If reelected mayor of Baltimore. nv
devotion to the interests of this grand
old city would not abate one jot from
what It has been during my present
term and that has been the full measure
of my heart and brain
4 have an abiding faith In the belief
that he serves his party best who serves
the people first
THOMAS G. HAYES"
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