Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-09

school children and people living on
that and Summit streets, and rot Ior
land spectators rs he suggests. lie
said 1t would cost the city several nun
1red dollars to buy the land and $i0o
to ST 900 more to grade and bridge the
same. AS u matter of fact only one
man, w. II. Moon. asks pay Tor inc
land. the others donating same ana
the entire cost would not reach $500.
1T is dangerous for the children TO
cross the Anson pasture. which they
are now compelled to do, VIII lie the
cattle are there a good share oil the
time.
Mn Webster says this is called by
some an "extravagant council but IN
Inmates that there must be some mis-
take, as it has tried to economlze
and prevent others from being extra
VACANT This is enough to make the
equine smile. With expenditures dur
ing the last two years nearly double
what they were during any previous
two wear period and with an exceed
ingly high rate of taxation sulficlent
to produce more than an ample rev
enue. 1t certainly doesn't appear to the
average citizen that our city councll
has been very economical.
Mr.. Webstcr's Inconsistencies on the
saloon question are Just about rs fun
ny. He blows both hot and cold.
Sometimes he wishes to reduce the
number of saloons and then he grants
more permits. 1T seems to depend on
the peculiar circumstances sufrounu-
ing the case which affect him person.
ally.
This last grandstand play OF his, In
seeking to divert the real issues In the
Sixth ward matter to the prohlbltlon
question is directly opposed to his for
mer position in regard to cutting down
the saloons AND making the city clean
er. and for which the Catholic Tenn
perance Society of this city passed res
olutions indorsing and compli.nenting
him for his position on the liquor
question, and his stand for temper
ance.
Some fault has been found with my
opposition to the tax ferret resolution
My position in this was the same as
upon other resolutions delegat1ng the
whole power to the Judiciary commits
tee, giving them power to make con-
tracts, hire attorneys etc, VIII nout re-
porting the matter to the council. by
this method Webster, who is the real
head of the judiciary committee, in
stead of it's chairman, can use this con-
centfated power in manipulations and
controlling the city council. l am per-
fectly willing to vote for the employ
menu of a tax ferret, but l wish the
council as a whole to make the selec-
ton, and not leave 1t to Mr.. WEBSTER
to select his cheek by jowl attorney.
The facts about the whole Sixth
ward matter are these: Mr.. Webster is
trying to divert the minds of the people
by talking prohibition, and my eXtraV-
agant views, while his main purpose
is to shelve the obnoxious council
men who have been instrumental In
bringing to the attention Of the public
the illegal and ring-bound methods OF
conducting our city government. He
sees with alarm that If two more coun-
cilmen, with my views, are elected, he
cannot run the city in debt any fur
Their, nor control the actions of that
body in the furtherance OF his pur-
poses. The council has not loved me
because l am attempting to make 1t
law abiding body. l belive If a coun-
Gil wishes TO pass just and wholesome
measures it should first purify itself.
II have never said I would not serve
the peple if / were elected. did say
l was not candidate and would not
announce myself. / belive 1T is a duty
every citizen owes the public to will
inely sacrifice himself for the good of
the people We need upright, law
abiding citizens on every city council
in the United States, and we need it
badly right here in Marshallrown.
JOHN A SIEG.