The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-30
CANDID OUTLINE GIVEN
VIEWS AND INTENTIONS

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sewering the city. This money was
not expended during Kelley's admin.
Iistration, but was paid while Grille
was mayor Bue he felt the city
$lS.91l.O0 in debt" fatty deny
this statement and Mr.. Harmer
knows or should know that these
facts are not true. This $4,000. 90
bond issue was entirely expended be
fore | assumed office as mayor. In
stead Of that $4O,OOO.OO being
spent under my administration, and
a debt Of $1S,911.OO incurred by
me, found the city in debt. when
assumed Office TO the extent of $S,-
2O6.7S. After having served two
Years as mayor, left debt Of only
$l3,9l1.06 This shows that the
public debt during my two years
service had only increased $S.7O4.2S:
These figures are exact. as taken
from the records Of the city.
Comparing the above figures with
Mr.. Harmer's statement as to his own
finances, and coupled with his pre-
election speech last year 70 the ef-
feet that no public debt should be in
cnrred If he were elected, desire to
state that he has not made good.
Furthermore. what has 10 show in
the way of permanent improvements?
Nothing, except the closing down Of
the garbage furnace. thereby com
pelling the citizens to violate the
state laws by dumping their garbage
in the streams, and laying some
water lines and little paving.
Harmer Dodges Issue.
have tried briefly 10 reply to
Mayor Harmer's address, as / have
carefully read it from The stenog.
raDher's notes. As to a great deal
of the matters he referred to in his
speech, that have not been specificaI-
ly commented on by me. only de-
sire TO say that he gets them from
heresay, and as a lawyer. Mr.. Har-
mer very well knows that heresay
evidence does not 90 IN court, nor
does II go before an intelligent peo-
pie in order TO wi ntheir suffrage.
When was nominated by my par
ty for the mayoralty Of this city, at
its convention recently held, then
and there promised the people Of
this city that If elected that | wonlI
be the city's chief executive, and not
be controlled by any particular party
or faction; that I would be the mayor
of all the people OF this city, whether
white or black. rich or poor, young
or old, great or small, and that I
would be the mayor of all the people
and for the benefit OF all the people.
And further said upon that occasion
that | would enforce the ordinances
as found them without fear. favor
or partiality, with malice toward
none and charity to all, and to see
that the fiscal affairs of the city he
economically administered, notwth-
standing what Mr.. Harmer's friends
and his press have said in regard TO
my fulfilling these promises. in
tend to carry them out TO the letter
insofar as ! possibly can, If elected.
All Have Ideals.
We all have ideals and imagine
ideal conditions. The world has
been full Of dealists, ever since its
creation, but history does not record
so far as can ascertain that any Of
those idealists, past or present, have
come any way near reaching their
goal We have to work with the
tools that we have at our command.
We have TO deal with occasions and
circumstances as we find them, and
not as . selr-opinionated office seeker
would have YOU believe that he can
make them.
further desire 10 reply to several
statements that have been going the
rounds and appearing, in the press,
that ! have promised one person one
thing. one man closed town. and
another man an open town. want
to say right here that this is abso-
lutely false! that | have never en-
gagged in such dnplicity. On the
other hand ! will say for the benefit
of the people that my statements
along this line have been entirely
consistent; that will enforce the
laws to the best Of my ability, and
enforce them more rigidly in many
respects than the present mayor has
done