Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-16
BOTH SNYDER
AND RAYMOND
MAKE APPEALS
These Republican Mayoralty
Candidates Appear in State
ment and in Speech.

Both Andrew c. Snyder and
Thomas L. Raymond, Republican
mayoralty candidates, were con-
spicuous in the limenght last night,
the former issuing a statement to the
public. the latter an address.
Raymond appeared at meeting Of
the Fourth Ward Republican Execu-
tive Committee. in session at the
indian League quarters, % East Park
street, and delivered a speech, pre-
pared for the occasion. He repeated
the speech before the Sixteenth Ward
Republican Executive Committee.
In his statement to the Republican
voters of the city of Newark Mr.
Snyder declares himself as follows:
''As a candidate for the Republican
nomination for mayor of Newark l
take this opportunity to tell you why
am candidate and why | believe
I am justified in asking for your
support.
II am candidate because | believe
the city has need of a businesslike
government. If elected | shall use
every ounce of energy and intelli-
gence possess to provide and adj
minister such a government. My
friends, who know me, are going to
support me because they believe l
will make that promise good.
Government is a necessity, not
luxury. The present government of
the city of Newark is in the class Of
Injuries F'avoritism. recklessness
and inefliciency have saddled the
~ nf ha nj ~
entirely out of proportion to the bene-
fits received. Fortunately we are
wealthy community and can bear the
overload but why should be?
Don't be deceived by the tax rate.
The Democrats have tried to conceal
their enormous expenditures by tree
mendous increases in assessed Valua-
tons, and thus to cloak the eXtrava-
gance of the administra ton, but the
Intelligent voters of the city of New
ark will not be hoodwinked in this
way. The large increase in assessed
valuations ought to have resulted i'm
q substantial decrease in the tax rate.
Instead we are confronted with an
Increase of six points for the present
year,
Bankers familiar with the financial
affairs of the city of Newark will tell
record OF the finances of the present
administration of this city Is a record
Of inefficiency
Millions of dollars have been Dor
rowed in temporary loans at from 4
TO Der cent, while other millions be-
longing TO the city were lying in
banks drawing . per cent.
Bonds of various Improvements
have been issued and sold many
months before the money has been
actually needed, and thus the city
has lost hundreds of thousands of
dollars in interest.
The sale of bond issues has been
conducted under such loose methods
that big sums of money have been
lost through the failure to take proper
precautions
THE extravaganza of the Demo-
cratic administration in the construe-
'fion and furn ihing OF public build
irgs is notorious, and is even now be-
ing exploited in the courts
The civil service law has been flag
rantly ignored and scores of civil ser
vice employees who are not members
of the Democratic party have been
dismissed under preteXt of economy.
and their places filled by supporters
Of the administration
IF chosen by your votes to serve as
the standard-bearer of the Republican
party in the coming contest, | shall
make my campaign directly against
these abuses; | shall set up the stan
dard of a business administration, and
appeal for the support of every voter
who places the welfare of the citv of
Newark above the interests of any
party or faction.
Newark is great, growing, com
pick city, and if elevated to the posi-
lion of it's chief executive, | shall de-
vote all of my time and energies to
correct solution of the big public