Evening journal., 1907-05-08
CITIZENS TO
MEET TONIGHT
Proposal to Nominate a
Ticket For the City Flee
ton Will Be Discussed


of the citizens Interested in forming an
Anti Monopoly League this evening.
A reporter for The Journal this
morning interviewed one Of the active
members of organized labor of this city
regarding the prospects for the meet
ins, and he said:
"Yes. there will be a gathering Of all
citizens who believe IN government for
OF, and by the people.
THE meeting win be held in the
han OF organized labor in the Central
/ Bank Building at Fifth and Market
streets. this evening.
Members of the Peoples League.
the Initiative and Referendum League
and OF ORGANIZED labor and also those
citizens not affiliated with any of these
organizations. but who are tired of
domination by political bosses and the
public service corporations In our city
government, will assemble and deliber-
ate on what is best TO be done and how
To do IT,
1T is expected that an organization
viii he formed. TO be known as the
] ANU AAWINNINAN AaIUHHIf anu AAiAi a. iNAl
ticket viii be placed In the field with
candidates for mayor. president Of
lCity Council. treasurer, tax collectors
and councilmon from the various
wards.
ct Is. of course, understood that the
movement Is spontaneous. While the
movement is composed Of individual
members of the various reform bodies
lit is not an official movement Of any Of
the bodies, and particularly Is this true
lof the Central Labor Union as a body
The Central Labor Union as body
takes no part in partisan politics
Members of the union, as individuals,
land Of the Peoples League and the
Initiative and Referendum League will
be at the mass meeting Tonight and
see to IL that If the independent voters
and corporation tired citizens desire an
opportunity to vote against monopoly,
bosses. star chamber sessions and graft
they shall have SC. If the people do not
want such opportunity, IL they are sat
ished, wen, IT is their funeral II is
up to the people"
Letter From A. o. crozer
The following letter was addressed
20 the citizens meeting by Alfred o.
Crozier, OF the Peoples League. yester-
day afternoon:
Wilmington, Dell May s. 1907
To the Citizens Anti-Monopoly Meet
inr.
Gentlemen. Returning after an alb
soncc Of three months. some of your
representatives, have to-day explained
your plans and purposes TO me- | know
so little Of the matter / cannot express
an intelligent opinion as TO its wisdom.
Certainly I will not condemn the
movement. for any body of citizens
have perfect right 70 organize and
put mp ticket representative Of their
D.. views.
: You should not be misled by the re-
port that the Peoples League will act
with you as an organization. The
statement that it viii do SO was un-
authorized That body could only be
= committed to such movement by ofi-
lclal action ant meeting of its executive
council no such meeting has been
lhcld. Therefore l thought it only faii
TO YOU that ] should ,/lvise You Of this
fact The members of the league, of
course. can act as individuals In any
way thoy desire Doubtless many Will
feel impeued to go with YOU if the
two dominant parties allow the la'fess
and tax-dodging public service corpo-
,- rations to nominate candidates OF both
parties who win be the plant tools OF
those corporations IN the work OF de-
ID spelling the people, whose i$'htul SER
t. wants they make oath to be. Some
d. times / marvel at the patience of tho
people i'm the face OF such outragos as
" wore porpotrated by their last Genera
tn Assembly. II passes a law to tax Tho
J., Swings Of the widows. orphans an'
working people In the savings banks
of the state so that it will not neec
%, To- tax the millions of dollars worth of
W. untaxed franchises which have beer
% given away. And this goes on. and on
and on. Very respectfully yours
IS Alfred O. Crozer