Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-28
Council Bluffs
ANNOUNCE PARTY PLATFORM
Republicans Of City Adopt Resolu-
tiOns on Their Policy.
CITY WATER PLANT IS URGED
Democrats Censured for Their Efforts
90 Involve City ia Debt 90
Defeat Proposed Better
menta.

The republican city convention Saturday
morning adopted Q PLATFORM which was
embraced In a lengthy set OF resolutions.
The committee which drafted the platform
was composed Of w. J. Leverett F. j.
schnorr. Robert b. Wallace, Henry Peter
son. T. F. McCaffery and Captain L. b.
Cousins
The convention listened to short ad-
dresses from Councilman John Olson. can
didate for mayor; Glen F. Kimball candi-
date for reelection as city solicitor, and
Spencer Smith
The resolutions follow:
Be it Resolved by the republican party
OF Souneu Bluffs IN convention ass mbled: (:
That II adopts the following It's
declaration OF principles and statement OF
position upon Leading questions
That we are proud Of the achievements
OF our party in national and state affairs
and justly admire those who are bearing
the colors Of our party that are so inter
That while Justly entitled to such pride,
national and state issues are not involved
In our municipal campaign, and all men
OF all parties are invited to Join With US
in developing and maintaining good gov
ernment for the people and by the people.
That we commend the effort that was
made by the city officials who gave un-
grudgingly Of their time and effort IN
urging the last legislature TO pass the rail-
their fair share OF the burden Of taxation
In the cities and towns, and we pledge
our candidates to continue the fight until
the railway terminal property shall be
fairly taxed where II Is located.
That We congratulate our republican
copmnellmen who though in minority 50
principles embodied in the republican plat
form OF two years ago.
Officers Are Commended.
That we especially commend our repub-
lican officers in their consistent policy in
water works and the successful manage
ment OF the litigation involved and we
Ieiterate the platform Of two years ago
and demand a continuation of such policy
and that the city provide the people with
a suitable water works system. with ex-
tensions and improvements on the best
possible terms, as soon as the pending
litigation can be disposed Of and that such
litigation be terminated as speedily as is
possible with Benefit to the city
That VIC are opposed to the efforts OF
some OF the democratic officers to involve
the city in debt for the purpose, of defeat
censure such officers for aiding by their
testimony and otherwise the attempt to
defeat by the Nash injunction case the will
Of the people expressed at the bond cleo
tion.
That we denounce the careiessness Of
refuse TO accumulate cloEging and filling
Indian creek, causing the same to over
| flow by sudden storms. The democratic
| Resolved, That we pledge the democratic
candidates at this election to an immediate
redredging OF Indian creek south of Six
out OF the balance OF the Maioney Indian
creek fund" We charge that the fund
has lain idle or been diverted to cleaning
streets instead of dredging the creek We
deprecate this failure to perform demo-
cratic promises, thus causing our citizens
great loss in the flooded districts. Time
has been consumed in getting up petitions
to perform all kinds OF gymnastics with
old Indian creek at the expense of the tax
nothing until Just at election time
We demand the immediate permanent
ner engineering science decides is best, and
that, IL possible, those benefited without
the city be made to bear their fair share
OF the burden of taxation.
Railway Franchise.
We insist that no grant to the street
railway company should be made under
the old fifty-year ordinance OF 1897, and
| that suitable extensions OF our street rail-
way sy6tem should be made to meet the
! franchise satisfactory to the people and
which shall provide for reasonable fares
between Omaha and Council Bluffs.
We regret the necessity OF an investiga-
tion OF the chief OF police and denounce
as a political trick any assertion that the
charges filed against him by the attorney
| general were instigated by the republican
/ candidates, and believe the matter Is so
serious and important to every citizen that
It should not be dragged into the arena OF
party politics.
We comend the rising spirit Of our citi-
zenS all over the country demanding hon
est government and driving out graft and
| corruption, and we demand that all fines
and forfeitures in the police OF superior
court be paid to the clerk and put upon
the court records and accounted for to the
city as formerly and that the present sys-
tenn. which has been criticised by the grand
| Jury, be abolished.
We most severely condemn the condition
In which the streets Of the city have been
kept IN the last two years and Just until
election and deplore the excessive ex-
penditures for such purposes without ade-
quRte return.
| We stand for a sensible honest and busi-
nesslike administration OF city affairs and
pledge our candidates to provide clean
/ streets and not waste the taxpayers money
in rewarding faithful incompetent poll
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