South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-24
Don't Spend More Than You
Take In" Has Been the Policy
of the Democratic Admins
tration, Says Joyce.
CANDIDATE, Is GIVEN
OVATION AT Meeting
w. A. MCInerny, J. B. StolI and
Judge G.. A. Farabaugh
Praise Fitness of Controller
For Mayors lob.

MEETINGS FRIDAY.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES school.
1900 block Marietta 1t. Atty. |. r..
Romie. Charles Drummond and Gus
HasIinger will speak.
CTTIZENS-River Park school,
Ninth and Vine sts.. River Park.
Fred Keller. Lem Dare and others
will speak.
REPUBLICANS - No meetings
scheduled.
PROGRESSIVES - No meetings
scheduled.
An audience OF voters OF the first
ward that filled the hall 10 capacity
gave a signal ovation to Patrick A.
Joyce. democratic candidate for
mayor, Thursday evening, when he
appeared on the platform at the Col
fax school. When he was introduced
by Henry Steis, who acted as chair
man. Joyce stood for several minutes
bowling acknowledgements while he
waited for the applause TO subside,
enabling him TO speak.
The demonstration was a repetition
GOetZ a few minutes before. Mayor
Goetz in a few words thanked the
citizens of his home ward for their
endorsement of his administration and
commended Joyce to them as capable,
efficient and worthy to hecome his
successor.
1T was the largest crowd that ever
assent leC in the ColfaX hail. said
Paul Seller. ianitor of the school
mi nlaRR0
the attendance at approximately 400
voters. The hall was filled to capac-
ity and many stood in the corridors.
Points to Progress.
Besides the mayor and the candi-
date. John b. Stoll. Judge G.. n.
Farabaugh. w. A. McInerny and Har-
vey Rostiser, candidate for city clerk,
made speeches. In introducing the
speakers, Chairman Steis took occa-
sion to point out the progress of the
city during the years of democratic
administration.
Joyce thanked the first ward men
for the plurality rolled up for him in
that district in the primaries, coming
near to the record set in his own
ward The demonstration for Joyce
bore added significance, in the view
of democrats since it came in the
home ward of his principal opponent.
In reaffirming his declaration that
he will reduce the tax levy if elected
mayor. Joyce made the further state
ment that by Jan. 1. 1915. South Bend
finances will be on cash basis.
THE finance problem is simply
this" he said: Don't spend more
spending as much as we have been
taking in and SO We are catching up
on the debt
Spot Cash Basis.
Now we have to issue warrants to
meet obligations and pay them off
when our tax collections are made.
II I am elected mayor 1 am positive
that by the first of 1915 we will be
able 10 discharge every obligation of
the city on a spot cash basis
The candidate called attention TO
additional INSTRUMENTATION dissent
mated by the citizens organ regarding
the saloon license situation in South
Bend. Instead OF an increase in the
number Of saloons there was an actual
decrease of six in 1912, Joyce proved
by the figures he presented.
The law raising the price OF a
liquor license was passed in January.
1911. but did not go into effect until
March, he pointed out. In the mean
time 30 licenses were issued at the
old rate totalling S3.232. There We're
1913 at the new rate tOtalling $4,000.
Six wholesale licenses brought 5000 TO
the city The total for the year was
$61.GS2.
Revenue Was $4,000.
In the following year for 2l9 retail
licenses and six manufacturers IL
censes the revenue was $66.300.
investigation would have shown
that instead OF an increase of saloons
as claimed there was a decrease.
said Joyce.
After dwelling on the fitness for
Joyce for the Office of mayor Mr. Stoll
in his speech took occasion To protest
against mudslnging in the campaign
and ridiCuled the charges Of machine
manipulation in the campaign lie
declared the idea that Crawford Fair
banks OF Terre Haute and Thomas
Taggart had personal interest ia the
South Bend campaign was absurd.
They care no more what happens
in South Bend than this pitcher Of
water does" exclaimed the speaker.
Stoll declared he could not recon
Gle the vituperaton that has come
from the pulpit during the present