Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-04-09
THE NEW ADMINISTRATION.

Dr. A. c. Jordan, who on tomorrow takes full charge of the city and its municipal affairs has much to do It Is believed that Dr. Jordan will be equal to the great task. He has had experience ill handling the af. fairs of the city government and his eight years in the Council have bee, valuable to him. They have given him an idea of the great work that is to be accomplished or that is ro ne be failure.
 But Dr. Jordan cannot do it ali He must have the undivided supncrt and cooperation of every citizen of tais city. He knows what Pins Bluff needs-and there is lots in the way Of Improvements that it can stand He knows the shortcomings of some Of our people. the petty jealousles that exist among many classes an.! the desire on the part of some men of Influence and others not so fortunate to avoid public service that is re- quired of them. He has had just enough experience in the past to know that many things have been Ieft undone and that many things have been neglected officially With all of these before him he ought to make Pine Bluff one of the best. if not the best chief executive in it's history.
 Dr Jordan has way of his own He is aggressive and fearless and he does not play the game of politics, as was evidenced in his recent appoint ments of department heads days be- for the city election, at which his nomination was to. be ratified by the voters. One politician remarked, upon reading the list, that it was 'poor politics" on the part of Dr Jordan to announce his selections so early It might have been poor politics, but Dr. Jordan does not seem to care for politics. He has the interest of the people at heart and values their vel fare more than the office he has been honored with. This is the kind of man Pine Bluff has needed in the mayors office for years. The political game has been responsible for such poor service in city departments that the people of this city are to be con- graduated upon securing a real pri- vate citizen and a public spirited man to take the reins of city government in hand with no political check rein" holding him back from doing his sworn duty.
 The City Beautiful Club has outlin- ed many needed improvements, with all of which Mayor Jordan is famil- lar. He has attended the meetings of the club and assured the ladies that he will be with them at all times. Under his administration the sanitary department, of which he knows so much, ought to set stand ard for other cities in Arkansas.
 He investigated the police depart ment quietly and after considering the many defects there has thinned out the ranks with the belief that the new men will give the people a service that will satisfy and bring prosperity to that branch of the city government.
 Mayor Jordan has already declared himself as being opposed to the sys- tenn of "bleeding" unfortunates at the police station He does not favor the >old plan of taking man te headquarters, just because he has been so unfortunate as to get little too much booze and display happy disposition. take his coin and let hin go He believes the wives and chil- dren ought to be considered and that unless the city officials can gel enough revenue from the various sources listed in the digest. he will not permit his police department tc fatter tue city treasury with money that ehc,,id he feeding women and chiIdr hn might be % unfortun-