The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-27
HUMPHREY
OUTLINES
PLATFORM
Public Utilities Must be to the
Front
MORE LAW---LESS TRIBUTE
Invite Capital by All Possible
Means TO Guthrie.
MORE LAW---LESS TRIBUTE

campaign in this city is on in full blast
and "citizens" mass meeting is sched-
uled at the opera house tonight Rev W.
A. Humphrey the candidate for mayor on
the Citizens" ticket, will speak. 1t was
also announced that the Rev. Thomas H.
Harper, the Republican candidate for
mayor in Oklahoma City, would also
speak during the evening.
In this afternoons issue of the Leader,
the Rev Humphrey outlined MS posi-
ton on municipal questions as follows;
ITO the Chairman and Members OF the
Citizens Committee:
..C,entlemen: In accepting the nomina-
ton for mayor of Guthrie, tendered me
by the citizens irrespective OF party, L
deem it advisable to set before the pup
lie nv views relative to the conduct OF
affairs pertaining to city government and
to questions agitating the public mind at
this time
while feel just pride in the re-
markable progress which has marked
the past history of our city, and here
record my hearty approval of every hon
est effort which has been put forth for
it's advancement, 1 believe the time has
come for radical and practical reform in
all things pertaining to the administra-
ton of public affairs.
81 record here my steadfast adherence
to a strictly progressive policy in main
tanning and building our city, as may be
seen from the following specifications:
q Waterworks and Fire Department.
With many of my fellow citizens L feel
a lust pride in the excellency of our paid
fire department and favor not only its
maintenance, but that all possible i'm
provements be encouraged, together with
the extension of the system of water
mains with an adequate water supply 10
the city limits, that all may enjoy fire
protection and the use of city water Tor
domestic purposes. l favor the law en-
acted by the Seventh assembly eliminat-
ing fire departments from politics, and L
heartily recommend the efficiency of our
local department.
80 Street Paving-I am unqualifiedly
committed to the paving Of the principal
business streets of the city and that the
work be pushed to completion as rapidly
The best pavement for the least money
being the watch-word.
So Sewers.-I favor the complete air
ing and thorough renovation of our sewer
contracts, together with the speedy COM
pletion of the system, upon the most
economic basis possible, and the equita-
Bile distribution of the necessary cost of
constructing the system.
"a Franchises and Contracts on Public
Works.-That in granting franchises and
awarding contracts, that the widest pub
lic;ty be given the proceedings in detail.
That the citizens of Guthrie be regarded
as interested parties in all such proceed
ings and shall be taken into full conf
dence That in all cases home capital
and home labor be given the preference.
"5. Manufacture and Wholesale.-I be-
lieve in factories and wholesale business
on an extensive scale. We shall have
hundred furnaces burning and an hum
dred wholesale houses doing business here
in the next few years. We should do
everything possible to invite immigration
and the investment of capital in our city.
The new railroads now entering our city
will aid materially, but we must extend
-enleTpElSt
80. More Light and Less Lawlessness.--
I maintain that the time has come for
this city to clean up, and remove the
reproach which has rested upon us in
our wide open policy. Unlawful and OBJ
noxious pursuits shall not be sheltered
by officials and made to pay tribute for
exemption from prosecution. Licensed
vendors of intoxicating liquors shall be
required to comply strictly with the city
ordinances as TO the hours and places in
which they may sell, OF dispense, in
toxicating drinks.
-. Public Parks.-I heartily advocate
public park Improvement
Believing that all of the above is in line
with the most advanced means of promot-
ing the growth of a modern city, 1 cheer
fully submit the matter to an intelligent
voting population.
with profoundest respect,
''W. A. HUMPHREY"