Evening journal., 1912-07-31
DEMOCRATIC JUNKETERs.

n EMOCRATIC City Councilmen may we'll re-
concile themselves to the fact that they are not
going on unket to Buffalo at the taxpayers expense
ths Fall. They may felcitate themselves foolishly
that President Benson has refused to on with the six
oher Republican members of Council in the agreement
not to make such an outrageous expenditure of public
funds We feel however, that President Benson
mas TOO much regard for his future leave party
and line up with the Democrats on such an issue
It should be borne in mind that when City Council
increased the tax for current fiscal year it
did It on the plea that the old did not bring in
sufficient to the financial needs of our
city. For those Councilmen to propose seriously
to spend the taxpayers money senseess fruitless
and expensive unket Buffalo any other place is an
affront to the public II they desire representation
the annual convention Of the League Of American
Municipalities let them select one or two sober and
intelligent members and send them TO Buffalo
AS six of the Republican meubers Of Council
already have agreed not in favor of a junket
the remarks above apply to the remaining Republican
member and the six Democratic members. They should
be ashamed to advance the proposition that the Will
mington taxpayers should pay the expenses of their
vacation trip These self-seeking patriots must pay
their expenses or stay at home.
II is pleasing to note that esteemed contem-
porary the Every Evening. at last has joined in
fight against the junket plan of the Democratic
Councilmen. We had looked for such cooperation
earlier Now that it has come, welcome IT,
though II be belated The Every Evening says:
with an efrontery that is amazing some members
OF City Council encourage the desire 20 indulge in
pleasure iunket the public expense by the pretext
reaping information that will be OF value to them in
the administration of the citys affairs If they attend the
meeting Of the League Of American municipalities. to
held this year in Buffalo. n. It would not prove
surprising il majority of the members should finally
vote to go the junket.
1T should be only to refer the scandaous
nature of these jamestown iunkets,' they are
caled-because the League met at jamestown ~ Y the
of the great exposure-to make member OF
City Council who the requisite OF
priey and orderly conduct abandon all idea Of hav
ing anything to do with the affair In the first place
the League of American municipalities is mainly
nual gathering of municipal oiceholders sent at the
expense of their local government In the second place.
the representation OF Wilmington upon the early
sious Of the League scandal Of the worst kind.
The members of Council secretly stole from the city
treasury the money with which to meet the Of the
junket and upon their return insoenty and falsely de-
clared that they had paid their expenses. But
after the jamestown junket some of them weakened
and confessed how the money had been secretly stolen
by of a check drawn in absolutely unwarrant-
ed manner by direction of the members assembled In
secret concave and unlawfuy signed by the officials
whose signatures were necessary 1t is amazing how
the at that time refained from having
these consprators indicted and prosecuted for their
wrong doing.
'The members Of City Council should abandon all
idea of any further indulgence in jamestown junkets'
the public They should do nothing to keep
alive the old criminal scandal II should be consigned
to oblivion, but II will not be long members Of
City Council insist upon their unwise and improper
indulgence and other things done which serve
to keep It in the public view with all its infamy"
How would it do for the press of the city to unite
in appeal the public for funds send all Junket
Councmen TO Kits Hammock for week, and let it go
at that?