New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-31
MAYOR At CHURCH FAIRS.
Later Declares Municipal O7onership
Means HIGHER Tages.

Mayor Mcclellan spoke last evening at the Car
mete School fair. at No. 800 East 29thst-; the fair
of St Rose of Lima, 1s5th-st. and Amsterdam-ave.
and at the Manhattan Casino 13Ith-st and 7th-ave.
At the fairs the Mayors talk was free from poti-
cal reference An admission fee charged and
the attendance. perhaps for that reason, was small
At the Manhattan Casino Mr. Mcclellan said In
part;
At the present rate of taxation and the limits of
the law. there is only much money to spend We
have apDortioned this money during my adninistra-
ton TO the most necessary and useful improve
menIs1for the absolute necessities as we under
No one will give you moro or can give you more
for the same amount OF money. Any pledge or
proposition to do so is false promise and is abso
Municipal ownership cannot produce something
il you steam You must burn coal i you burn
It Ra fRs IN tR Ga ore Of Of
hn r you must raise t and pay more money to get It.
government means higher tax Fate higher dleg
t v f e means 6hat you must pay more rent If
get to-day to-day you on will VII pay more rent, rent
The necessities Of life are already too high Must
It's all very wen to say .hat these necessities are
controlled BY trusts and that trusts should be de-
Of academic questions or Of theories We are in
on e tax eoss p the G b
tax rate goes up rents rise and all the dealers in
kets must raise their prices to the emergency
Pc ta not let a US blind ourselves to this fact
comes out Of the borrower in spite OF the law that
the lender must pay it. ! shall ask and shall
continue to work for the repeal Of that law, as /
ask to.
l have had the honor for two years OF being
Mayor of this city. am a candidate for reelection
1 cannot make impossible promises, as an honest
man. for II made promises that knew / could
not fulfil. should not be an honest man.
nave como to you, to the people of New-Yorlx
asking them to judge me and my administration
not on what say shall do, but upon what Won
may say / have done.
II you believe that this administration of mine has
given you the sort of government you want and II
you believe that 1t has been popular government
and by that mean government that the Amerj-
can people want, in other words an honest econom-
lcal and clean government-then I ask YOU TO SUD-
port my appeal for reelection.
IT. on the other hand, you believe that this gov
eminent that have given you has not been the
KIND you want. then / shall be the last ask YOU
for your support, because II you want to re-
elect an administration that has tried do it's
duty, then do not want your votes.
But this campaign in which engaged is
one that rises above politics; that rises above
craftsmanship. 1t stretches out further than the
immediate questions Of whether this or that party
shall be in power 1t touches the very vitals OF
American institutions; IT affects the fair fame and
And SO. the Mayor of this great city I cali
upon you in the citys name to forget whether YOU
be Democrats whether you be Republicans
and TO remember only that city's fair fame is
at stake, and TO rally to her support and give TO
the ticket have the honor to be the head OF the
greatest majority ever received in the city of
New-Yorb