The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-30
People Demand Law Enforcement.

TOO long have the Hlawless elements In society
of thet law, and demand of its public servants
nothing short of thes enforcement of the laws
as they find them on sthe statute books.
t. Two years ago the people: of Minneapolis
elected me as mayor after "a most strenuous
primary and general campaign; in which no
doubt was left in the mind of any lair minded
citizen as to what my election stood for With
out. making specific and final promises, but
standing on Q broad platform Of clean, bust
nesslke administration OF !, municipal affairs.
the restriction:of the moral; evils that had
run rampant In the community the protection
of the youth of the city from open contact
with vice, the cleansing of the business district
from the plague-spots that had long infested
it, the abolishing Of public gambling and the
regulation Of the police and other departments
directly under the control of the mayor, upon
a non-partizan civil service basis, where the
taxpayers should be assured Of the maximum
of service and protection at the minimum Of
COST received a majority Of the votes cast,
and at once upon inauguration set about the
task lying at hand.
Twenty months Of my term Of office have
elapsed, and with another campaign now pend
ing, it is incumbent upon me- and expected by
my fellow citizens, to- giveE an account Of my
those months toward establishing better con-
dition of municipal government?
Accomplished, toos as you must fairly ac1
knowledge in the. face ace of obstacles. stub;
the advance toward higher ideals, not only BY
the selfish interests which have come to con-
slider them vested rights, but by believers in
the old, old system of political administration
of the offices at the disposal of a mayor, who
could not or would not see that he serves his
party best who does his full duty to his icounS
try or the community which he serves. ~
- =: !. Government. Is for All. iissS1:.s;
This administration has placed heavy enpha.
sis upon the fact that official position is not q
personal perquisite, and that appointments to
positions can only properly be given in the name
of all the people and not at the dictation of any
partizan machine. The history Of this admins
.tration has. been written day by day in the
press Of the city, and hardly seems to need
recapituation in much detail for doubt If
there was ever another administration which was
submitted to such critical tests and which was
kept constantly in the full limelght of public
ity3 even to its simples and smallest acts of
routine. -. 7,- IL
|. The forces Of evil have gathered themselves
together and made common cause to rout the sad
ministration upon the least provocation, and to
thence to fulnl the duties Of tie ofnee in p' !,
calm spirit and without swerving5 front the path
of duty. IN. sNA
years ago been carr Sapt? Al :s$,
| 1t took nearly ~ year spf hard painstakin Ing
eor h,r to tadag p,
part and with relativeiy few exceptions, MIL
set up against any HE number of men In any
city &c our class in country. Remeinbet,
that no our area md pcuula Ion we The
theS have made q rsc5rd anIsthe preservation 81
order ii the suppression Of disofder, An the de.
teet,eh and spnn,shpasa lines and Yisae:
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lures from the daily repoffs soE this and past
years which j. Meuld gladly present ID