The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1903-10-17
Mr.. MuRPHY's
PRINCIPLES
Letter Of Acceptance Of the
Democratic Mayoralty
Candidate Outlines
His Policy.
.FAvORS SELF-G GOVERNMENT
Municipal Credit Must Be Re.
stored High School and
Hospital Assured.

Mayoralty Candidate Murphy's letter
| accepting the Democratic nomination,
which was read by him as soon as
the great ovation he received at last
| nights big Democratic rally at Elks'
Hall had subsided, reads as follows
Gentlemen of the Committee
In formally accepting the nomination
of the Democratic party of Jersey City
for the Office of Mayor, it is proper that
should express my views upon points
of municipal government that must neces-
sarily be considered and acted upon by
| the occupant of that office during the
term commencing January /, 1904
| am in favor of local self government,
and unalterahly opposed to any and every
step looking to the appointment of one
| man, or a set of men, to manage the af-
fairs committed to the Board of Street
| and Water Commissioners If the vot-
ers of Jersey City may be safely eatrust-
ed with the election of their Mayor, it
| necessarily follows that they are suffi-
ciently prudent and thoughtful to be en-
trusted with the choice of those who are
to be in charge of the most extensive de-
partment of public works. By a very
large majority the people rejected the
tyrannical proposition to vest the powers
of that department in single person, to
be appointed by the Mayor. A decent
respect for the opinion thus expressed
should have induced those vino favor the
project to desist from further attempt to
deprive the people of those rights they
had emphatically declared their wish to
retain. But the opposite courSe has been
pursued and the Legislature and courts
have been applied to in order that politi7
cal patronage might be concentrated 1t
is to be earnestly hoped that the latest
move. in this direction will be defeated
| Dy our judiciary.
The city is about to purchase a new
water supply. Iinsist on the fulfllment
of the wise contract entered into under
Mayor Hoos's administration, and so well
| looked after by our present Board Of
Street andsf Water Commissioners. If
elected, / will see that the city's rights
under this contract are preserved.
During the years that l was honored
with seat incur Legislature, had the
pleasure of studying the educational sys-
tenn of NewiJersey, in its State and
| Municipal aspects, and of assisting in
engrafting upon that system the PROPOSE
tions that none but competent teachers
should be employed in our public schools,
that a competent teacher should be prop
| erly paid, and that every child should be
entitled to receive instruction in a prop
erly constructed public school, / believe
that one of the most important duties of
municipality is to provide such school
accommodations that every child Of
school age shall have seat and desk
in properly constructed school building,
and pledge my best EFFORTS IN that di-
rection.
The city should have new High
g. &c II. -
School. The day OF discussion on this
question has passed. If your nomlna-
ton is ratihed at the polls pledge that
High School will be commenced during
next year. and finished with all speed.
shall not put the question aside month
after month"; and then, at the next cleo
tl0n' present the people with photographs