New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-17
WEAVER GIVES PLEDGE.
MACHINE TO JUNK HEAP.
Mayor Quotes Tribune Editorial ia
Philadelphia Mass Meeting.
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Philadelphia Sept 16.-The City party. which
is the principal OF the reform organizations. held
a monster mass meeting tonight at the Broad
Street Theatre. and Mayor Weaver, for the first
time since he broke away from the influence OF
the Durham organization, made public utter
ance regarding his policies.
Reform within the party" was characterised
by the Mayor as a hopeless proposition. which
he had at one time believed in. but was forced
to abandon after two years Of earnest effort on
his part had demonstrated its utter tmpracd-
cability. The only remedy for present corrupt
conditions he declared was to Overwhelmingly
crush the organization at the polls. and TO this
end he promised to devote his personal eforta
and the strength of his administration
Mayor Weaver stated that he had Information
that the sale of the gas works for msre frac~
ton Of their value was only the first step OF q
scheme TO rob the people Of this city. Tbs
finance committee which approved the gas steal
said IN it's report that $J0OOoO00 was trnne-
diately required for city needs. The gas works
steal would have yielded half Of this. and tne
rest would have been borrowed, the loan betns
the second step. The third was to be the IN
crease OF the tax rate to 81 25 and tha rourxG
the sale Of the water works.
In his speech Mayor Weaver produced from
yesterdays New-YorB Tribune the editorial on
the effort of decent Philadelphians to purge the
voting lists Of phantomS
Mr.. Weaver said:
Let me read you the last paragraph Of an
editorial that was pu6lsned IN Ine slea1 - s's =
an editorial Philadelphia shall read you
but the last paragraph Of it:
1T may take two OF three years 70 weed ou1
lists so easily falsihed and so difficult OF correc~
ton but the friends Of honest government haSs
accomplished notable work IN IN eEpoSlns - tns
and in stripping that machine OF a large 1raction
of its most useful and loyal followers. Pnila-
delphia has begun wisely by attacking the Weaz
spot in the organizations power for SVlL
Listen 20 this:
But that organizations power for evil Is only
to be annulled by overwhelming 1t this faH az
that's nv sentiment, gentlemen. and now
pledge my administration In ali its parts 20 tns
assistance and to the help of the good people o.
Philadelphia in bringing that about TINS Ia4I oS
the overwhelming defeat of the organization
1t had been intended to hold the meeting IN
the Academy of Music, that being the only hall
that would have held half the applicants for
tickets put the management Of that house an
nounced that it could not be used. as it was en-
gagged. The City party men offered a bonus of
$500 to be given to charity for the use OF the
hall. but this was refused, and Colonel Bonafon,
secretary of the company made the remarkable
statement that the hall had been engaged for
every Saturday night until election time, and
that under no circumstances would the peopls
who had engag ged 1t permit it to be used 1or any
City party mass meeting. AS the town meet
ing has for centuries been Phiadelphia's Pc
euliar method of doing political business. this
announcement was at once hailed as a trick TO
prevent the people from assembling, and unuon
ca pitaI will be made out Of the incident.
After long travail. the Joint committees Of the
Republican City Committee and the Committee
Of Twenty-one Respectables,' which was sum
rnoned to the rescue of the moribund Durham
organization to-day. nominated the following
county ticket to replace the one nominated III
Nav. which was forced to withdraw early this
week:
For sheriff-Dr Joseph s NefE
For Coroner-Thomas Dugan. the present in
cumbent but VINO was not renominated in May.
For County Commssoners-Willia Ernsley
and Howard A. Chase.
None of these candidates have ever been prom
inent politically Dr. Neff is a physician with a
good practice and is identified with JeIersoh
Hospital and many medical associations Coro-
ner Duqan has never been objectionable to any
element. The others are merchants