The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-19
Err REGRETS
POLITICAL MOVE
Present Struggle Entirely Out
side of Politics
TREASON TO HOLY CAUSE
Says He viii Suffer Minor Matter to
Be Injected Into the Fight to
Purge Philadelphia
of Abuses.
TREASON TO HOLY CAUSE

Philadelphia, June 1S.-Mayor Weaver
Saturday issued a statement bearing
Upon the letter signed by twenty-one bus
mess men and addressed to Sheriff Miles
chairman of the republican city commit
tee, urging the committee to reform the
republican party. The letter suggested
that new nominations be made for the
fall election.
The Mayors statement follows:
Il know nothing about this movement,
neither as TO its origin or purpose 1t is
trivial interposition at this time. Some of
the gentlemen's name who appears on
the address I am sure cannot understand
the true significance and the possible eff
feet of their action
This injection of paltry politics at this
time is unfortunate. The efforts / am
making to reform the municipal govern
ment and expose the past abuses and
crimes have given me no time to consider
| political questions or political effects.
Treason to Holy Cause.
at would be treason to a holy cause
to involve it in partisan politics. 1t makes
no difference what positions, what parties
or what organizations fall as the re-
suit of their participation in municipal
wrongs and crimes of the past Let them
| fall. =
"They must fall and be dethroned before
the work in hand can be completed Inn
partially and honestly and the affairs
oil the people placed on firm and Sc
cure foundation for the future. 1 will
consider no politics until this work is
done
Treating with the present republican
| organization over the questions of its
| ticket for sheriff and coroner is a futile
and misleading diversion. 1t makes nc
difference who that organization puts on
its ticket at this time This is not con-
test over sheriff and coroner and ] shall
not permit it to be reduced to such a
lame and impotent conclusion II | can
help It. Therefore, I speak now and thus
strnogly in order that the true friends
| of municipal regeneration and honest
| movent may be on their guard against
| either the subtle or misleading efforts as
| would divert the issue betray the cause
and possibly save for future evil the
parent source of AN our woes
Later in the day Mayor Weaver re-
called the order Diminishing The health
bureau employees. The Mayor will make
an investigation of the bureau before put
ing his order into effect
Tells Police Their Duty.
Director Potter of the department oil
| public safety today addressed the neu-
| tenants of police in their assembly room
at the city hail.
Among the other things, the director
said:
81 find it has been habit. a custom,
for men on the police force to have men,
hers of their families registered rom
their homes, knowing that those same
persons were registered from their own
homes | rely on you to break this thing
up. Preventing election frauds is one
way of making this department efficient
There are districts where there are
many houses of i'll fame. You know where
know. You should know if there are mer
registered from these houses who are moi
| entitled to vote. 1t Is your duty to purge
the assessors lists of such names.
81 am not satisfied with MS policy ard
| must be satisfied with IT or there can
be no harmonious action. Let us de oul
duty. First of all. attend to bogus REGIS
| tration / am going to depend upon yoi
for that part OF your duty put 7 want tc
tell you that | have other means of as
ccrtalnng facts about registration which
| will only resort to when ] am convinced
| of It, If you cannot perform your full
duty l will get men who can"
Director Potter today issued an order
restoring TO their original districts the
police who were shifted from one district
to another by Mayor Weaver on Feb
ruary after a sensational raid of sss,.@-s:
of i'll fame In his order ne director
says that the exegencies which prompted
the removals no longer exist.