The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-01-04
THE OPPORTUNITY OF THE NEW
ADMINISTRATION.

in the history of Brunswick when. the
people as a whole have been more
Interested in a change Of city admin
istration than is the case today. Rest
less and dissatisfied because OF an
arbitrary administration of a major
fly Of council during the last year.
when the public veal has been large
~ overlooked, in the desire Of the
one faction to humiliate the other,
the people are INDUCING the hope tnat
the administration ushered into con
troll yesterday win make for better
and more progressive city govern
ment
The citizens Of this politically rid
den municipality are weary and tired
Of the game of local politics and they
are fairly hungry for an administra-
tion Of the affairs of the city, upon
purely business principles where the
betterment of brunswick in every mi
mute detail will be the single purpose
Of those charged with its manage
mentl Such an administration, at the
hands Of Mayor Hopkins and those
members Of council, who share that
idea with him. will meet the spontan-
eons approval OF the people and none
other need try TO win that reward,
which ought to be the ambition and
the desire Of every sincere official,
whom the people have called 10 high
position.
Reform today is the watchword in
the government Of every city in the
country from the greatest to the hum
blest village. and Brunswick must
catch the inspiration and do away with
those things that have retarded her
growth and her development There
has been no wrongdong, no graft,
no dishonesty in The handling Of the
city government no one claims that.
no one believes it but taere has
been discord. an open quarrel at
every session Of the council, engeu-
dering a bitterness precluding the re-
mote possibility of accomplishing
those things which a city council is
supposed TO do The stefan roller"
or the machine, composed Of five mem
bers Of council, assumed to essay the
role of governor, depriying the mayor
of rights vested in him by the people
(Which could not have been done but
for Il faulty charter, It acted as a unit
on every matter brought to the at,
tention of council and to all intents
and purposes esteemed II pleasure
to arbitrarily use that elf-invested
power whenever and wherever 1t de-
sired. no matter how the city suffered.
since 1t rebuked the minority members
of council! Several times during the
year The News has called the atten-
ton of the Big Five" 10 the condi
ton, but the ruling power was strong
in death" and manifested itself at
The very last business session held.
But let the dead past bury it's
dead we shall not retrospect for
II is not pleasant let's rather look
to the future and we say to the new
council that no men ever came into
public office at a time when there eX-
listed greater demand for a good,
common sense, united administration
of public affairs Cut out chickering's
and differences, give to the city the
same sound direction in all OF its de-
partments that you devote to your own
interests. and work IN broad minded
spirit for the betterment of Bruins
wick, with an eye single TO her inter-
ests. Such an administration will
win the plaudits of the people and
bring to the city an Unprecedented era
of prosperity,
Robert Adamson an old Georgia