Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-07-15
BOASTS CITY ADMINISTRATION.

RoAsTs CITY ADMINISTRATION.
To the Editor.--I noticed in your pa +,
per of the 10Th inst, wherein some
person signing as Victim undertakes
to criticise the diliatory action on the
part of the council in disposing Of the
sewer bonds. The victim has a well
founded kick, one worthy of consider
alton on the part Of every taxpayer
within this city. This delay in the
disposal Of the sewer bonds is costing
the City at large considerable good
money each day the matter is left
hanging fire, and there does not ap-
pear to be any person among the pres
ent city officials wide enough between
the eyes to solve the bond issue. 1t
appears to be the policy of the mayor
and certain members of the council to
be forever fighting with the police. If
the council would put forth as much eff
fort in solving the sewer question as
it has in the wrangle over the police
matron and her imaginary ideas about
vice that is going on in the city, the
people at large would be far better
pleased. The mayor, council or police
matron cannot reform a city in one
day, month or year; and thus far what
has been accomplished by the police
matron3 Has she ever pinched a
bawdy hOusel Has the matron ever
made single charge preferred against
any person or persons stick7 Has the
matron ever brought a single habitue
of the underworld before the courts
Has this matron ever brought a cadet
and his prey into the limelighti We do
not need a police matron; we do need
n good, motherIy juvenile officer to
look after the young girls. Let the
police look after the scarlet women
because in most cases they are hard.
ened in the ways of the underworld |
to put forth any effort towards re.
form.
If our wOuld.be reformers would put |
forth as much effort in ferreting out
the cadets or seducers as they do in
handling the fallen women, we would
have a far better world. Catch a few
of those fellows and place them where
the dogs will not bite them and we
will have fewer scarlet women. Let
parents throw down the prudish bar
rier that has existed from time immem.
orial and teach their children a few
lessons in sociology, laying particular
stress on the dangers of immoral hab.
its, and we will have cleaner men and
women. There is one thing certain,
as long as we have immoral men we
will have immoral women; but if we
have moral men it is an absolute Ger.
t"iHpg VIZ VIII nave mOIdl WOnen5
council, mayor or police matron to the
contrary Notwithstanding. Why all
this wrangle over minor question:
People are getting very tired of the
performance and there has been some
strong talk of invoking the recall. If
this is to happen, they want to com.
mence at the head and go right down
the line, Did not the present mayor
make a prediction statement that he
would put forth every effort to see
that the wishes of the people regard.
ing the sewer bonds were carried out
What has he Accomplished Are your
bonds soldl Who is paying the inter.
est on the outstanding sewer warrants
How about you fellows who have paid
your assessments and you who have
bondedl Have your bonds been can
celled or have you paid your assess
ments and received your money backl
Is 1t not well known fact that each
and every property owner was assessed
3,6 mills on every dollars worth Of
property for the purpose of retiring a
certain portion Of the bond issuel The
money was collected by the county tax
collector and turned over to the city
but what has the city done with the
money! Have its officers retired anv
bonds or warrants' The mayor went
into office on an economical platform,
but II You can point out wherein this
council has used any business tact in
any Of their transactions, I would be
pleased to have you do it., Look at
Marion street, that is a Joke, with its
park in the center Who is going to
pay for the upkeep of that park, the
property owners along the street or the
city at Target If left to the property
owners to keep up the park II will not
be very long until we have COW pas.
ture in the center Of Marion street II
left to the city at large it will mean
another $1,000 to be added to an al.
ready tax'ridden public, but, Of course,
1t is only one Of the economical policies
Of our mayor. CITIZEN