The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-30
Mayor Wilson Against The Express
Order OF The Voters Tried To Infict
Upon Bridegroom A Debt Of Millions;
Why Doesn't He Defend That Debt Now?

the heat political campaign said by rival
be received tendency exaggerate faults
lis great
The truth about any administration or any candidate is
governoens indeed t 10 upon f We N en- e ana
peoe and to which have long
! fore election day
q The interesting discussion Mullins the Dem
ooratio candidate for Clifford Wilson,
be asoertained by fair consideration of the evidence
It is charged by Mullins Mayor Wilson has con
Quoted exravagant administration Mullins shows that
his opponent has expended half million more
had been expended upon the budget predecessor
Now this in itself necessarily damning charge Ia
ken alone might not be sufficient of
Wilson until his reply considered
Mayor Wilson replies that Mullins exaggerates the
amount that has been expended The admits that
be included.
j due weight and meaning.
But Mayor Wilson into office pledge give
fifteen mill tax rate, and to continue that
incomplete until it includes why his promise in this
respect has been broken.
his in Mr. Mullins general proposition, that
future no bonds at ALL with
out the consent of the voters at the ballot box.
Mayor Wilson adopts the same view Mr. Mullins He
admits there too bonds. admits
debt He struggles feroey avoid the responsibility
OF the bonds that have been issued and endeavo show
that Mayor Buclngham issued bonds the
administration has issued
with his actions of last year.
respect debt flaming brand of
insincerity his acts in the months by.
To Mayor Wilson's with respect to debt there open but
one legitimate defense.
OF debt he bring about
unremtting energy $44OO0O0 worth
this work corporation stripe, lobbyists
eviy known throughout Connecticut To this
first consulted the voters and being thousands votes
by them Assembly weeks get
legislative authorization granting him the right to mortgage
the homes of Bridgeport the millions that
ed in the columns of this newspaper
Under these circumstances what the legitimate
honest defense open to Mayor Wilson Gould it be other than
this. Gould Mayor Wilson do otherwise than
Nfr Mullins, the trouble with my administration
issued too few and not too bonds. The city needs
provenens which cannot be had unless millions of
borrowed. wanted to borrow the It isn't
didn't proud of what tried to If elected
pledge myself to issue those bonds and make those improve
ments"
That Mayor Wilson's only defense. cannot
come upon u.s. and
upon is rate while
half higher than he pledged should
would be, if his plans had prevailed.
Mayor try justify 100000
tempted debt On the contrary he tries appear that
he
ashamed did the people forget his
bond that failed because Democratic
Assembly permit pre-
any intelligent any upon
the well known facts illuminated by Mayor Wilson's reply to
Mr.. Mullins?
is 1 Mayor believes 81
be
voters let him now saw Let him glory in what he tried to
do, would and honest ought to.
Again. Mr. Mullins charges that pavement of the Warrene
type be laid rs cents per yard.
Mayor Wilson's defense is the asking question
question you charge me- Mullins graft
corrupon you do charge graft and corruption
duty to prove
Now charge graft corruption. He
charged Mayor Wilson with letting contracts for pavemen
price IS cents above the price
article Of the type Mr. Mullins charged that
Mayor Wilson anxious to lay this particular pavement
with that he withdrew the
jurisdiction of the permanent paving commission which
proper tribunal to supervise the construction of the
Mr. charged that the relations
w 10 1870 P i3Uestioaon and that This nvestoation had