The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-11-11

dat0s1oe t1s hoard Of estimates,
wi1eeg ssDsFfntends TIE Speeding Of
IL las1saes fnnAsDaA out b the
city q NV Yosk, = the result Of the
activity Of the business interests and
the taxpayers. Tammany paid out
unprecedented sums for contracts
and for the regular business Of the
city but pleaded poverty when asked
to allow - appropriation with which
% night tuberculosis.
Gaynor will be . remarkable man
ifs he esn quit the once OF mayor with
r. Ssslareputaton q he viii have
uD0n entssiug It. The chief power
- mayor d New York Is sup
DossA q g lis authority over the
DoItee - yet All New York knows
TIT . bstveen a unmanageabIe
naysr4asA Tammsny, the police cap
faiasssul ~ oSey Tanmasy.
xeespt foF what may ~ conceded
% IT, pefsonality Of 0aynor. the
Dsogse q New York were given .
poor Aeiection IN this campaign. Tam
many deals IN vice; sells the right
% rob men BY actual thuggery or BY
TIE thfnly veiledsrfocess Of gambling;
permits an abominab1e trafic in the
bodies Of young and helpless girls;
conniyes with grafters Who would
cheat the city through contracts.
Barnard, republican roniinee, whose
associations have been with men In
high finance. unauestionably4was sup
ported BY supposedly respectable in
terests that enter politics for the
purpose Of making II pay. He would
have been inclined toward those who
\ would obtain franchises to do a semi
public business without paying for
them: who object to any regulation
Of charges made for service under
such franchises; who use their iu-
duence In endeavors to escape their
Just share Of taxation. Hearst. the
third nominee, has made 1t q prac-
tice to lay hold Of issues and to ex-
plot sensationa1ly every act which
might be construed as the work Of a
public enemy. simply for his ovn
advancement. Small chance had the
people ~ New York to record a de-
sire for better government.
Tom Johnson, four times elected,
mayor Of republican Cleveland on
the democratic ticket. was defeated.
b the NTH time and Cleveland will
be the loser. Not only by reason OF
his contention that the people Of
Cleveland were entitled to street
service q rates that paid no more
than q reasonable return on the capt.
atAl Invested. but also because his
administration Of Ill Of C%leveland,s
affairs belongs to the most advanced
type q city government, he ought to
~ GonSldsred the country's. best
nayer. Hs Wa defeated because
isattsnDt to conduct municipal
sskresk a. lines for thrss-cent fares
24laI n.oksseceed before the people
grsv iaDatient. However. he sue
essds6Sia1ofcins the Cleveland trac-
4ioaaepnpany 70 agres to establish
64llrsssssnt fares upon condition that
a4h1fars SHOULD b higher Il It did
pfoduce six per cent on the capt
1iIss4AnItyIsestsd. He has performed SER
Cleveland Of inestimable
ffllaad hs viii be remembered
ITTfls slslIy - the people Of Cleve-
S1111S As1llafter his predecessors have all
seyottsn.
s ~ Francisco has tired Of
1IssssI 91ISIIll.rlsaning that has gone on!
iSR11sIsI since the exposure Of the
4 .sss fHDcss Ruef and Mayor
ldicated ID the defeat Of
3I.asHSSlnsy perhaps the most
Fasf i foes q grafters, for
~ Ilssii diElitrict attorney. All
powerful inter-
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