Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-23
ARONSON SPEAKS
REVIEWS PLEDGE
Republican Candidate Promises
Voters of lrOnbOnnd District
Liberality and Economy.
LENTZ PRAISES MAYOR;
ATTACKS ADMINISTRATION
commends Integrity and AbiI-
jty, but Likens His Ambi-
m. ton to Caesars.

A liberal and economical city ad-
ministration was DISCUSSED by LOUIS
v. Aronson, Republican candidate Tor
mayor. last night in Hensler Hall,
Hamburg place, where a large gath.
ering from the l%ronbound District
listened to various speakers. Among
them was Major Carl Lentz, WHO
took a fling at the city government,
vet commended the integrity and
ability of the present mayor.
81 couldn't say a word against him
and speak the truth" said the major
Of Mayor Haussling. at h same time
intimating hat his asking for a
fourth term smacked somewhat OF
"Caesarism and monarchy"
Makes Many Promises.
MIR. Aronson said in part:
.sThere is one thing | hay noted
about this section. Although 1t Is
i%ronbound, II isn't ~hidebound. Its
people do not need to be told. for in.
stance hat because a candidate
wants a clean government he is seek
ing to interfere with the harmless
/, pleasures of the people. ! do not
think that | need to emphasize the
fact. in the presence of this intel
iigent audience, that an Embossed adj
nainistration is the best administra-
tion for the city of Newark. | am a
business man and not a professional
talker. l assure you h a If chosen
for the head of this municipal cor
porstion / will get right down to bed
rock and find out how the business
Of the city is being conducted. If l
ind extravaganza or negligence any
where my first effort will be to wipe
1t out. In fact. the city's business is
my own business. II | am mayor, for
am I not a taxpayer. and am I not,
as a public official. in the employ of
the taxpayers? And If l bring
into the city administration
am | not serving myself and the
other taxpayers by lessening the tax
rate?
:. II have pledged myself to l~iberality,
as well as to economy. l mean liber-
atty of view when 1t comes to the
enforcement of legal regulations
which. II used as thumb-screws,
would mean that a considerable por-
ton Of our population would suffer.
II have frequently said. as you
know, that by liberality | don't mean
vice. Vice loves to cloak itself under
the name of liberality. Vice drives
out decency and usurps the place of
decency and cries out that vice nat
urally goes with liberality and that
there can't be liberality without vice.
1--WE can have a liberal city, and
we can have at the same time a clean
city. The two propositions logically
go hand In hand. My friends, you
and | are interested in the welfare
of Newark. both for our own sakes
and for the sake of our city. 1t is
for the taxpayers to say on election
day IL they want to have high. I'M
usually high, and unnecessarily high
tax bills in order to keep in power
. politicians administration
Would Apply Business Tests.
Your tax bills are high. What has
made them so high this year? Do
you know? Has any business-llke
answer been made to the question?
In there has been | have not heard it.
1.-THE question has been asked me:
How would I go about making a
lower tax rate? l can only give a
business mans answer; that is. let
me see your books: let me see where
there has been extravagance: let me
see where there has been waste of
the peoples money: let me see where
the leakages have been; let me esti-
mate how long those leaKages have
been going on; in a word, let ME go
ovei the city books as a business man
looking for extravaganza. waste and
leakages. and the answer how would
you reduce the tax rate will soon be
given.
IT have been maliciously misquoted
and certain deliberate lies have been
circulated about me. The latest is
as far from the truth as the first.
They are now saying that / have at
tackled the members of the fire and
police departments. ] have not done
30. That statement is as deliberate
nj malicious a lie as the others they
have sent broadcast. | do o feel
that 1t Is necessary for me to go into
this matter further than to brand it
as a lie meant to injure me among
my friends in both departments
Major Lentz discussed at length the
expenses of the city administration
since Mayor Haussling took office. He
said that the taxes collected six years
ago amounted to $3,470. 900, and this
year totaled s., 1926. 900.
Among the other speakers who adj
dressed the crowd in behalf of Mr..
Aronson's candidacy were Philip
Schotland, Board of Works Commits
sloners William Mungle and Harry B.
O'Conne and Simon r Northr1n