The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-09-22
Democratic Mayoralty Nom
inee Declares the Princi-
pies That Will Influence
His Executive Rule #
He Is Elected.
THE PEOPLE FIRST or ALL
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS WILL BE
RUN on STRICTLY BUSINESS
LINES WITH THE PUBLIC IN
TEREsT AS THE END IN VIEW.

TEREST AS THE END IN VIEW.
In accepting the unanisaous nomination
for the Mayoralty at last nights Demo-
cratic city convention, Archibald NJ.
Henry said
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Conyention:-I take this opportunity, my
fellow citizens, to thank you for your
unanimous nomination for the Mayoralty
Of Jersey City
''To be Mayor of city in which one
has spent his whole life and where all his
! interests are, is an honorable and worthy
ambition.
i wish to impress on your minds at
this time that 1 believe in the principles
adopted by this convention
you have said in our platform that
municipal affairs should be matter Of
business and not politics. believe in
that principle.
If elected Mayor land let me say that
| expect to be elected Mayor of this city
ON November . will serve the city
faithfully, guard its interests. enforce
an efficient and economical. aclninistra-
tion. and will see to it that fair and ad-
equate return is made to the city for every
municipal franchise granted.
Ny insistnent will be. no perpetual
franchises have been granted without
adequate compensation.
From time to time in the past city
franchise have been granted without
proper return to the city. If elected It
will be my aim to return to the city, by
lawful means, its just rights in Tie fran
chise obtained originally for almot MOTH
ing, having in view a readjustment of
the terms upon which these franchises
are now held.
Il believe that the people of Jersey
City are paying altogether too high a
price at this time for the gas furnished.
and will insist that the rates for gas
be lowered TO such price as investiga-
ton will determine as just when com-
pared with the cost of production and
service
Il favor legislation under which every
municipal franchise will be,assessed for
taxes, as property, the sametas the prop
erty of individuals is assessed.
Il believe in equal taxation for all
property, individual as well as corporate.
and to that end l will advocate a law
for the taxing of main stem railroad
the city. Main stem property now pays
at the rate of only five dollars per thou
sand dollars of valuation. none of which
goes to the city. You pay twenty
dollars and forty cents per thousand on
your property. Can any one suggest a
good and sufficient reason for this differ
ence? / do not believe there is a good
reason for it. The declaration of the
State Democratic platform of 1904:--
An equal valuation and an equal tax
| rate'-is the declaration of n sound
economic principle which should be en-
bodied in the law of the State
Il believe that the Mayor should ap-
point as the legal advisers of the city
lawyers in sympathy with these princi-
pies. who are competent to manage the
affairs Of the city without the assistance
of outside counsel retained at an enor-
nous expense.
ITO all appointive boards / pledge the
citizens of this city that | will appoint
men Of recognized charactersa and business
ability.
The construction of City Hospital
has been unreasonably delayed. I am in
favor of building new Hospital at once
that will give proper accommodation to
the sick and injured Of our city and be in
every case a ereditabie public improve
ment. Factiona politics should not in
terfere with such public necessities.
THE annual expenses of the city have
increased abnorinally during the last four
/ years.
The expenses as fixed for the nexi
fiscal year ty the present administration
are S463 COO more Than was spent lur-
ing the l9st year of Mayor Hoos's ad
minisiration.
Is there anything to show in tlie p. es
ent condition Of the ossy the necessity Of
this increased expenditure?
I'VE want many now schools. we wan
clean streets and better sidewalks. W,
want additional parks and Fairgrounds
we want the water question settled Al
once and the city's interests protected
we want revenue from the South Cove
/ we want the Hackensack water from
owned BY the City, we want to beautif,
and improve our city in every possibl,
manner.
1T will be my ambition to have al
these improvements made and maintained
on a strictly business basis.
1T will be my effort to give. Jerse.
City clean. clear cut, economical bust
ness administration.
4 balieye that these principles an,
our platform will meet with the approx
al Of a majority Of our citizens. and
confidently ask them for their suppor
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