Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1911-09-28

!, a bureau Of that sort In Berkeley
Ishould be Of service, not only to Berke-
LEY, but to every other city Of the
state. He at once set about to estab-
| lish this bureau and he now announces
tory a a3 geoS Res Re Sc Is
ton 1t will be one OF the big things
Mayor Wilson will dot will be one
| Of his big creations There is scarce
Einstitution can do; there is scarcely a
limit to the depths to which 1t can dig.
It is destined to- become guide, a
the testing machine in the city gov
ernment. In creating this department
the Socialists of Berkeley will go far
beyond their own city and will set up
a thing of value to all California and
even to the places beyond the border
A statement that is pregnant with
speaking Of this bureau when he re-
marked that President Benjamin Ide
Wheeler and many members OF the
were giving their hearty corporation
in its establishment. It seemed to put
in words the feeling that all men must
go toward the light once they see what
can see the light IL it is brought close
enough to him, and held there long
enough, friend once said. and Il
Councilman Wilson Busy
Councilman John A. Wilson, COM
missioner of finance and revenue, Is q
man Of ability man who thinks. e
of the people, and a man, who, being
of the people, feels their needs at first
hand He is fred with the zeal Of the
waste and he has ideas. Just now he
is busily engaged In putting into use
the vacant lots in the city He has
found many of these and long ago he
ley who had need Of what those lots
could be made to produce. lie IS busy
trying to bring land and worker to-
which the lots may be placed in the
hands of the people who need the
products The Berkeley press has:
taken up the project E an I ds giving MIN
the use Of the lots through steady
work and he now IS ready to turn them
over to the people VINO can use them
to the city and to abolish g waste, by
doing which he will have transformed
uselessness into utility, the highest
work on the cify's finances already has
earned for him q record for care and
th0roughness which has not been ex-
ceeded in the oHieia1 life ln Berkelek
the reported disagreemenfs between
himself and Mayor Wilson. His an
swer didn't leave much room for the
am commi ted to the program outlined
by Mayor Wilson and intend to stand
by III he said And then he took me
out to see the people who, Il there
were any opponents Of the Socialist
would be those opp0n-
ents He took me to the Offices Of the
capitalist newspapeEs
What the Edft0EG Say
Friend Richardson: owner Of the
Berkeley Gazette, is what is known
as progressive Republican II there
were to be an election here tomorrow
would Mayor Wilson be re-elected2 p
asked this newspaper man. # /
newspaper man viii speak the truth /
-and Friend Richardson, being Re- /
nu6Itcaii. would not have said what /
6e did unless Il were the truth-Whatj
he says can be taken IS safe estlmatei
81 the peculiar matter under discuss
sion He said: If there were to bel
another election here tomorrow there I
S no man Of standing In the city who 1
sonId be induced to run against Mayor
IA f1son took that as = pretty safe +
estimate OF Berkeley sentiment But I
Councilman Wilson insisted that get I
more HeVtdences so went with him to /
The ONCE OF the Berkeley Independent. 4
A neWspaper office Is clearing house (
Tor trouble II there kicker
the community the newspaper Offices 4
VIII know him. repeated the q1ea-
don 70 one Of the editors ot the Iuo6s +