Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-04-16

PROMINENT
REPUBLICAN
MAKES A FEW PRACTICAL RE
MARKS As TO THE PRES
ENT REGIME.
REPUBLICAN

Who paid for the miles OF grano-
, lithic sidewal? Did the city do a.?
No; the property owners payed for
II. Who paid for the sanitary sew
er? The city? No: we bonded the city
for the money and are paying an
enormous tax on Il. and i'm addition
TO this the property owners are COM
PEELED to pay from $35 to $50 and
even more, TO connect TO the sewer
In addition to the taxes the present
administration compromised with
old Jim Hearn in his suit against
the city and gave him $125O.OO of
our good hard money TO get his in
huence to win the court house fight.
after having the records prepared for
an appeal, which we are informed
cost the city over $1.2OO.OO, I'm ad-
dition to an attorney fee OF about
100000.
Who paid for paving? The city?
No; the property owners. Who paid
for the new charter and the expense
OF Mr.. Hawley, Mr.. Hearn. Mr.. Car
ter and others of the administration
who went to Charleston to lobby IL
through? 1t was paid out of the city
treasury. That money belonged to
the taxpayers and they had no right
TO pay it out on their republican
schemes without the consent of the
voters OF the city. After they found
they had bit on more than they
could chew i'm regard to the charter.
what did they do2 Again the gang
was appointed n committee. appoint-
cd by themselves, to go TO Charles
ton to amend the charter and cut
OF part of the common council
The city was too evenly divided and
had too much of a democratic com
pleXion. So they cut the common
council down to eight. or one I'm each
ward, and two at large This, they
figure, will guarantee the balance
OF power TO them. Who delegated
this power TO these self-constituted
god-fathers? Did the people author
ize 1t? No; it was quietly and stealth
fully done, by part OF the council.
What has become of the fire limit
On Raleigh street? As soon as Mr.
llawley got the old frame shack on
that street he was allowed 10 repair
It and build additions thereto. Mr..
Llily was allowed to build a slab
shack on the east side of Raleigh
street in the fire limit Well. Won
know, Mr.. Hawley is boss Of the
council and domineers everything
If there is danger of passing some
thing not i'm accord with his interest
there Is an adjournment taken until
the matter can be absolutely fixed
then some one else proposes the
matter and Mr.. Hawley opposes II
and busters around a little and
wants to take care of the people.
when he is assured by Mr.. Hicks
It Is perfectly fair and the people
demand it, it goes through like a
streak. Who is Mr.. Hicks? Well.
thought everyone knew Mr.. Hicks
He used to keep a shaving shop and
Mr. Foutz, the Supervisor, was his
barber and kept the books.
Didn't he have a mortgage on
your COW? Didn't he have a lien on
your furniture? Didn't he sell you
any oil stock? Didn't he buy a grave
yard and build houses over the
graves? Didn't he build lot OF
shacks and sell them out TO some
poor people at 400 per cent profit?
Don't he charge extortionate rents
for his shacks? Yes; but he is going
to see that you get a full ton of
coal, so you can keep your feet
warm in these old shacks and pay
him his rents.
Why have so many Offices been
created in this city? TO take care Of
the ringsters why couldn't the trea-
Surer's and the auditors Office be
consolidated or the recorder and the
auditor be one man? Why couldn't
the sergeant take care of the iaiI2
Why couldn't two good reliable Do
lice take care Of the city in the day.
and about three Of a night? They ore
never on hand, when needed. Why
send out Of the city for a street COM
missioner and give him a half doze
foreman picked from the very scum
Of the city to guard like number
of unforunates?
They say this is getting 10 be
great big city and we must ext,nd
our corporate limits and create more
offices to accommodate the lick
spittels and hold the thing together.
and consume the peoples money.
That is the way the graft is carrie
on I'm a systematica way. It Is as plain
as the nose on mans face What
more proof DO you need. Mr.. RI. I7.
This can be proven and vouched for
by every sensible thinking man and
woman in Bluefeld When you boast
of the Improvements you try TO de-
ceive the people The administra-
ton did NOT make them. The peo-
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