The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-07
REVELATIONS BY IAN BX-MAYOR.

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ter tell him u t. the t ,e rs,
lee, ping Forward and speakif more earn arr,
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to do aha 70 You slt fr!sht down, here and
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him by the shoulder until he had written ter
me letter, askirg me to accept nisr re-
ssna Not ansher wGrs was
him letter aecepting The T., re-
th |;, legre, that noH
am glad penned my reply lion az u di I
that instant, q ! loyal one.
Soma, years before became Mayor Y, 3: I
the outskirts * the city, with the view !! I,
city warranted mo in doing, SO. But the
city didn't grow In that direction, and
/. had this large tract Of land q, my ),
had been formed to build street ran.
way out toward that piece. OF land about
the time 4 took up the task OF governing
eS anG al The Board Al
trat!on was hung up in tho Committee
on franchises for some months. When
r n y a yv1{t1 Al I dt,,O 80
route Of the street railway saw the
line ran half mile east OF my property.
One day word was brought to me that
5Aldertnen were about to take the ordi-F
nance out of the pigeon-holei and put II
through. S
drawn. It provided for adequate .compen-
sation to the city for the franchise
rights and In al respects came !, \, under
ritory. which 5stheJ company proposed to
provide with transportation facilities was
IN gent need OF street railway service:
ara ina h s
the rdinance been passed aon It's merits
\ would have approved ~ u but when 7.
saTnfd tot WAS sog
$once decided that D. good measure passed
thos1Rtless expressed myself In tia +
q director q the ompany called on me-.
They urged me to aid them IN getting
the ordinance out OF ! he commit tee, and
the president said 4: i.E Il SsfIa.
" have changed the route O little.
as you fa,, see ny,his, 1sh,cn
ehanEs foats sple Ra sa
only to my land n but around and ba ok
Of the Ct giving my nonpr,S,ducsttiye3
oaa' sstdfe .s Rgemiss trolley Inc
The presidents STUDY finger traced the
red line until It came to tho spac % on the
ted bad
sond and then. moved m IRE sslo around
the angle. And as thar eloquent digit
ira ced the way could almost hear 4 8
productive acres will make you rich. go
# That was the strongest temptation that
faced me during my en- tire mayoral term:
car line would supply q want. The:
changed route was better than the
And my my property purchased
mayor. would become profitable invest
But the hand OF the hriber la y on that
was MS much of q bride as any. money
which would be paid me for my 81 fluencs
N, The president called me 1ooi Tor re-
fusing to take 4 q advantage OF an oppor-s
Stunity by which ~ not only could per-
form an act Of great service and value
TO a large district but do a good thing.
for m II as well. iSf Apparently he did
not see tho difference between a bride In
effect and a bride In fact. s58.s S3is
I have cited these attempts to induce
me to commit q crime because many
citizens are prone to impute bad motives
ITO every ofilca net OF t heir Mayor. II
people, are convinced that the instant q
executive Of ity he begins to 20 feather.
his nest. 4, There IS !, ,scant encoura cement
he Is tried and found guilty BY q. cynical
PUBLIC. before 10 -has 5 even, learned the
many men. 1yho II ord mary business a
fairs, are scrupulously honest. do OF:
hesitate to commit the crime OF bribery
when their selfish Interests re involved.
They tempt to bride mayors and other
city officials by direct and Indirect!
methods. They use the church, the club
family connections and friendship to con-
summate their criminal designs-and
seemingly see no crime In i SO doing.
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