The daily sentinel., 1905-05-24


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Business Office. 115 s. Fourth St.
WEDNESDAY, MAY "a, 1905.
Those skeptical politicians who
have always been doubling the polit-
( ical honesty of Alva Adams Will now
have time remaining to run away
back and sit down, after his declara-
tion about public Office as it con
Germs him hereafter in the state of
I Colorado
90.
"The prayers of the righteous
availeth much" saith the Good Book
/ 1t is to be hoped that the invocations
of the ministers in the mayors of
] flee in Philadelphia will strengthen
the hand of Mayor Weaver to veto
the gas franchise stolen from the
citizens.
90.
Commendation from every quar-
/ ter meets the city administration for
their efforts to clean up. The begin
ming was made on the alleys, espe-
cially those in the business section
and certainly any fair-minded person
will say that they present a much
more sanitary and inviting appear
ance than they did.
90.
Rome was not built in a day, nor
I is a city made beautiful in that
| length of time. 1t requires not only
/ the work of the city administration.
but the good help of the people to
accomplish much toward making
Z Isstfr F,.1 l.,
| though, that can be done, and that is
when the city has been cleaned, make
an example of those who will persist
] in throwing refuse of any and all
| kinds where an attempt has been
made to maintain it in cleanliness.
And so far as this administration
goes. this will be done without fear
or favor.
90.
/ A life saved and the reward kiss
and the reward was given 10 a
tramp. A New York girl was saved
| from death in a runaway. by having
the horse stopped by tramp in tat
tered and torn garments. She offered
the tramp money, but it was refused.
and he asked as n reward that she
/ kiss. The reward was given. Some
| silly chump, who doubtless would not
have had the nerve to stop the run
away, is now calling the propriety of
the kiss into question. The girl says
in defense that she thought it was
/ chivalric upon the part of the tramp
to refuse the money and take the
kiss. The majority of the public will
agree with the young girl.
90.
Judge Albion w. Tourgee, whose
death was announced from Bordeaux,
was a most fascinating writer and
not a few can well remember the flu
rore that his tale, "A Fools Errand, ="
created at the time of its publication.
Equally as great was the popularity
of his Bricks Without Straw; but,
for some reason or other. Tourgee
in later years was not such a pro
life writer. What the cause was, we
are not able to tell; but it might have
been that he had hankering after
public ofiice-and such hankering
has killed the ambition of many Il
man. Once let the full grip of a
public ofiice-seeker get fast hold of
some men and everlastingly and eter-
nally after he must have public of
flee to satisfy his craving. But we
hardly can believe that Tourgee was
a chronic office-seeker, though he
held many and honorable offices un-
der government.
90.
The city council of city are the
representatives of the people. To
them is entrusted the expenditure of
public monies and to them do the
taxpayers look for a wise administra-
ton of public affairs. officers of the
city whether elected by the city
council or by the electors themselves.
and under the direction of the coun-
ell, else why should that body exist
The initiative in all matters comes
from the council themselves and the
officers are simply the power author
ized by the people to execute the will
of their representatives, the mem
bers of the aldermanic body. With
out such authority conferred upon
them. the members of the council
would be powerless to execute the
will of the people. The law grants
them permission to pay for the ser
vices of either elective officers of the
people or of their own body, what
ever to them il seems to be those ser
vices are worth. and this alone set
ties the matter of the constituted
authority
90.
just as a matter for future refer
ence. when our contemporary gets to
feeling good over the honesty and
/ integrity of the great party of which
he is member-the republican par
/ ty,-we desire to impress II upon
the mind of himself and several 9TH
er hide-bound partisans that of the
members of the select and common
councils of the city of Philadelphia
there were but two democrats. When
! it came time to take a vote upon
granting to this private corporation
99-year franchise. worth S25.000.-
| 600. which was direct steal of so
many millions from the people, these
Two democrats voted negatively upon
the proposition. OF the republicans.
| 10. or all but 6 of the entire coun-
ell, voted for the gigantic thievery.
Now. so far as we are concerned, we
know that democrats at times are as
bad politically as republicans; but
we do detest to hear hide bound
partisan prate about the honesty of