The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-12-05

is opposed to such political meth
ODDS and before, nominating an alder
manic ticket, pledging the efforts ofall
good citizens to the faithful perform
ance and keeping of the pledge here
made to the people:
NoN.PARTisAN.
/. This mass meeting of citizens
is unalterably opposed to the domina-
ton and control of the affairs of the
city by any spirit other than to pro-
mote the welfare and uplifting of our
fair city by the sea.
PARTISAN POLITICS.
2. We condemn the unfair and op-
pressive treatment the present city
administration has heaped upon the
mayor of our city, taking from him
through petty partisan politics, the
power of appointing the engineer of
sewerage pumping station, which po-
sition involves the very life and health
of our community and should never
be a reward for serice rendered to
any political supporter, taking from
him also the appointing OF the keeper
of the park and even the COW catcher
and city hall janitor.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AND
EDUCATIONAL.
8. We commend the mayor of the
city and the chairman OF the commit
tee on public works for the marked i'm
provement and betterment of our
streets, particularly Newcastle street.
We point with pride to the redeem
ing of the pledges made last year
with reference to the securement OF
the new public school for New Town
portion OF the city of Brunswick. We
believe and pledge our support to the
declaration of the principle that more
should be done for the schools;' and
that if necessary a special tax, by
charter amendment, be levied to sup
port and maintain our public schools
to. a better standard than now.
TOWN COMMONS LEASES.
4. And to that end, we favor an
amendment of the present city char
ter enabling all persons holding Town
Commons leases for property in the
city upon many of which lots homes
OF our people have been erected, to
renew their leases at any time dur
ing the life of their respective leases
for a like term of ninety-nine years;
the lease money, as now, to- go to the
educational fund of the city, and in
this manner save to- the holders OF
Town Commons lots their improve
ments thereon, which would other
wise revert to the city at the expir-
alton of the present lease.
AGAINST FICTITIOUS VALUES.
5. We heartily favor the reduction
materially of the annual expenses OF
the city government and especially
recommend that the assessments Of
property for taxation be based upon
its real value and not fixed at an imag-
mary and fictitious sum as is now
done and that when said assessment
has been once made it shal stand as
made for a term of say three years
when a new general assessment OF all
property shall be made the owners or
the city having the right, during any
year of the period in which one may
desire to do so, to demand an arbi
tration of the assessment.
Thus the income of the city may
be more readily computed and its ex-
penses put, as they should be, upon
par with the income and the tax payer
will pay taxes upon only the real val
ue of his property and the city Will
pay the salaries of assessors for one
year out of the three instf i an
nually as at present.
NO CAUSE FOR PARTY POLITICS.
6. There is absolutely no neces-
sity for injecting or attempting to
inject the race issue into the pres
ent city politics. There is certainy
no attempt or desire upon the part OF
the colored population of this city to
dominate and controle it's affairs, and
we affirm that the effort to array class
against class is unjust, unfair and un-
necessary, and believing that the nom
inesses named by this mass meeting in
covention assembled all are good
and true men and are in favor of
the principles and politics herein
announced, we pledge them our ear
nest support by influence and vote
feelig assured that those nominees
and this platform will meet the un-
qualified endorsement of the great
majority of our citizens.