The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-04-17
Why MT. Kerley Will Not Vote for
 MayOr StudIcy.

TO Editor of the Journal and Courier:
 With your permission I wish to give my many friends and the public my reasons for not voting for the re-elec- tion of the present mayor at the conn ing city election. have been Repub- lican from the formation of the party, voting that ticket in full except in city elections, when I have often voted some part of the Democratic ticket, 1T thought the nominee the most worthy of the place. Four years ago l voted for Studley, but my faith in him was tried when he refused to sign the es- inmates of the board of finance, because the police department could not have all they asked for, giving a shallow reason, which would have disgraeed grammar school student and while then I could not understand the motive Tor such action I do fully understand now. At that time almost registered a VOW
 that I would never vote for this man again, but I did two years ago, not be- ing as well informed as now as to how things were drifting. While not n,en- Der of the Citizens League. and think ing that some of their movements might not be the best, still I fully
 endorse the indictment against the present mayor, in the appeal of the league to the voters of this city, and the report of the special police commits
 sion, who, by the way, were appointed
 by the mayor himself, and who certain
 ly have the fullest confidence of the community. One of the greatest sources
 of corruption in the government of cities is the control of the. police, and
 the present demoralized condition ot this force (not through the fault of the
 men) in this city is justly charged upon
 the mayor. And going back, the source
 Of all this is one snan who has in a
 short time, to the wonder of all men,
 developed into boss" as successful
 and relentless, as ever Quay was in
 Pennsylvania. Those in his own party
 who dare to protest are speedily con- signed to political oblivion, while by
 trades made by this boss with another in the Democratic party, we have the
 strange spectacle of Republican
 mayor being assured of an election
 by the votes of some of the
 worst elements of the other party. This longer by my vote. I appeal to all of
 my republican friends, with whom 1
 have labored in the past, that before
 casting their votes at the coming city election, they inform themselves on these matters which are of such vital interest to our city. Perhaps you may
 be surprised to learn what is going on in our fair city. We have charged in
 the past that the saloon clement (so-
 called) mostly voted the Democratic l ticket, but whether this has been true or not in the past it is not true now, so far as voting for mayor is concern ed, and can we assume that they are fools when they march to the polls and vote for a Republican mayor? I ap- | peal most earnestly to my co-laborers 1 in religious work that they fully inform 1. themselves whether the things charged against the present mayor of this city
 are true or not, before they vote for I his reelection, and I also appeal to ali ] other good citizens to help stem the ris. | ing tides before we become a stench | and 8 by-word, as is the case in Phila- | delphia. This good work can be done
 now, better than if relegated to some more convenient season. Fortunately
 there are presented for our suffrages for
 mayor two good men, either one ot
 which is not open to the objections l a oa inst fhn nrasaY,t n11 Y,1hnpt
 JOHN KERLEY.