The Irish standard., 1906-11-03

Der 3, 1905.
right than any man should have been
were his contentious true, We believe
that there are today majority Of the
voters In this city who do not believe
that the Jones administration is the
best administration that the city ever
had. We know that the great mass OF
the voters realize that Mayor Jones
has not enforced the laws as he has
found them. We know that there are
state laws and city ordinances that he
has left unenforced. We know that
the state law provides that saloons
shall be closed every night at eleven
o'clock and we know that the saloons
are open every night, except Sunday,
until twelve o'clock. Mayor Jones is
finding that it is a mighty unsafe po-
sition for man to assume to be that
which he is not, and in the last days
of the campaign he Is falling back in
desperation upon the old question OF
Sunday closing and asking the people
to judge him by this one thing rather
than upon the whole record Of his adj
ministration. Mayor Jones started this
campaign OH a false assumption. He
astic supporters that he really thought
that he was above criticism. He car
ried on his primary campaign on the
theory that those who were opposed to
him were bad citizens and at least at
one public meeting made in substance
that assertion. Primary election day
disclosed the fact that almost one.
half Of the Republican voters were OPP
posed to him. He then learned that
he could not carry on his campaign
for election on this theory for it new
er would do for him to assert that one
half Of the Republicans and all the
Democrats were bad citizens. Some
what chastened by that experience he
and his supporters with ill-concealed
anger started their campaign by at
tempting to answer the charges Of Mr..
Haynes. They have been answering
ever since. They have had unlimited
money with which to carry on their
campaign. He has had the advantage
of having an unusually large number
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high standing In the community who
have been hypnotized into believing
the claims that he has made for him
self. With these great advantages at
the end of the campaign he finds him
self threatened with defeat. He will
be satisfied to win out by any margin.
Under these circumstances Mayor
Jones should abandon the heavy claims
that he has made for himself. He
should come to his senses and realize
what the real duties of the mayor Of a
great city are. If he should be reelected,
which now seems improbable, he ought
to realize that "the best Mayor Min
neapolis ever had" has had an ex-
tremely hard time convincing people Of
that fact. He should abandon his self
assumed duty of guardian Of the pub
lie morals and take up the real Inn
portant and necessary duties Of the
mayor Of the city.
If Mr.. Haynes is elected, as it now
seems probable that he will be, he
will be in a position to give this city a
better administration than he gave It
during the first term. He wisely set
tied the saloon question at his very
first speech of the campaign. He has
no false and pre-conceived ideas aboue
mayor being regulator of public
morals. He knows from experience
what the real important duties Of the
Office are and he will be able to take
up those duties at once. He Will not
have any hobbies to ride nor any i'm
possible promises to fulfill. We be-
lieve that the best interests Of the city
of Minneapolis and of all it's people
will be conserved by the election of
Mr.. Haynes.
SECRETARY BoNAPARTE,