Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-03-18
CANDIDATES FRAME
PARTY PLATFORM
INDEPENDENTS COMMITTED TO
CITY IMPROVEMENTS.
Promise, if Elected to Reduce Ex-
penses of the City Government.
About Six Hundred Hear Candi-
dates Acceptance of Nomination.

Saturday night, at the Dittmann
theatre, before an audience of
about six hundred people, the can
didates nominated by the Independ-
en- party announced their acceptance
of the nominations offered them by
that party and placed before their
constituents the platform on which
they should make their canvass.
The meeting was called to order
by Chairman, Crixell. who intro-
duced A. b. Cole, the candidate for
mayor. Mr.. Cole in his address,
said that he considered the Office Of
mayor to be the greatest hor DR.
which the people of this city could
confer on one. of her citizens. He
said that the other candidates and
he had adopted a platform with
which they were prepared to
go before the people. He read the
platform which follows:
To the citizens of Brownsville, Tex.
We, the undersigned, hereby an
nounce ourselves Independent can
ditates at the approaching April
election for the offices set opposite
our respective names.
We endorse and approve the prin-
ciples SET out in the platform of the
candidates of the Independent party
in the last general city election, and
we pledge ourselves, if elected:
First-To contiue the improve
ments Of our streets; to press as rap
idly as is possible the completion of
| the paving of those streets for the
paving Of which contract has al
ready been let, and to extend the
paved aera as rapidly as the finan-
cial condition of he city will per-
| nit.
Second-To continue the enforce
ment of the ordinances requiring
the building and permanent main
| tenance of modern sidewalks.
Third-To continue the liberal
policy Of the present admins ration
CT granting properly guarded fran
chises for public, utilities.
l
Fourth continue the i'm
proyement and extension Of the
water and light plants, and, in con-
nedtion with the water planp to
erect stand pipe, in order that a
steady and constant pressure be
maintained in the mains
Fifth-To keep The tax rate OF
the city as low as it can possibly be
maintained, keeping in view the
fact that the improvements now be-
gun must be continued. and we an
nounce il as our purpose, if elec,ed,
TO each year appoint non-partisan
committee for the purpose of con-
sulting with and assisting the city
council in the preparation of The an
nual budget and tax rate.
Sixth-TO reduce the expenses of
the different departments of the
city government where possible, and
where such reductions can be made
without destroying our reducing The
efficiency OF such department
Seventh-To loan our aid in
every way possible to the further
improvement of our public schools.
Eighth-To see to it that this
city is given adequate fire protec-
| tion.
Ninth-To continue the policy in
itiated by the present Independent
administration OF appointing non
partisan committees, composed OF
our leading citizens, for the purpo-
Of assisting the city council in ar
riving al a proper solution of all
public problems Of unusual import
ance
Tenth invite the cooperation
and assistance of all good citizens
irrespective of party affiliations.
We pledge ourselves If elected Il
| give the iCty Of Brownsville, o the
best Of our respective abilities, a
clean, economical and business-ilke
administration of her public affairs
After reading this platform Mr.
| Cole formally accepted the nomina-
tion and closed with the promise
that, if he should be elected, he
wouM be the mayor of the city and
that hc would be dominated by nc
| person or set of persons and that
he would try to live up to the prom
ises made in the platform.
Macedonia Garcia followed and
read the platform "A Spanish fol-
the benfit of the Spa lish-speaking
people present. The rest Of the
! speeches throughout the evening was
all in Spanish.
He was followed by Louis. Puente