Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-07

Il am loath TO speak about my
own salary.
1T should be remembered that the
salaries Of the legal department of
one CRY cannot compare with those
in others. The salary here is only
rs per cent. of what was formerly
paid to two men and the work is
now done by one man. In New York,
| understand, the city counsel receives
over 100000 and only gives opinions.
doing no actual work. Departments
have their own individual legal de-
partments.
"Falsus in uno; falsus in omnibus
false in one thing; false in everything
lis not this true Of our crities?"
Mayor Reviews His Record.
Mayor Haussling's address covered
period of eight years, dealing with
the time that he first took up the
reins of Newark municipal goven-
ment, to the present, and was brim-
fun OF historical facts and figures
Tor eight years, lacking a few
months, | have been Mayor of tho
city of Newark. whose voters have
honored me with four successive cleo
ITEMS said the mayor. During
that period certain sort of
a record has been made in the
history of the city. ! think | can
say truthfully that 1t has not been
a negative record. a simple holding
on of office and doing nothing. 1t
has been. | believe, positive record,
some notable accomplish
ments, good or bad. AS a candidate
for reelection, coming before the
people for the fifth time, invite their
prtt4i Of fhid ranhr1
I await their decision upon it's merits
or demerits
81 say this in no spirit OF empty
challenge. During my whole official
career it has been my thought to serve
the people to the best of my ability
and to carry out their sentiment as
/ was able to interpret them Whether
/ have succeeded or failed is for
them to say, and l shall be entirely
content whatever their verdict may
be. Certainly, as l stand here to-
night l am1impressed with the sense
of the great honor the citizens have
paid me.
Written In City History.
1.-THE record to which have re-
ferred is easily found. 1t is written
in the official history of the city. But
it is proper here to refer TO some of
the things that have been done dur
ing my stay in office. [ want to say.
at the outset, that I do not claim for
many of these accomplishments sole
credit either for myself or for the
party which has placed me in nominal
ton again for the office of Mayor.
1t is a very happy thought to me that
many of these projects have been so
obviously wise and proper that they
have secured the support of numbers
of members of other political parties.
as well as the Endorsement of prac-
tically the whole community.
i would refer. first to the schools.
which I think are closest to the hearts
of most OF us. The advances and i'm
provements in the school system are
fairly familiar to the whole COM
munity. We have four splendid
high schools. instead of one. great
number of primary and grade build
ings. constructed on the most modern
lines. we have surrounded the chill
dren with every safeguard of health.
and provided systems of physical
training to build up the body; we
have been generous in the way of
recreation fields, assembly rooms and
gymnasiums. The advances in the
way of instruction have been equally
notable.
The Training Of Children.
I'VE have so improved and enlarged
the courses as to provide for the
training of practically any child in
the line in which he shows the great
est efficiency. We are proud of what
has been done in this way, for New
ark has repeatedly shown itself to be
in advance of other cities of the coun-
try in the matter of industrial train
ing. We have recently extended this
field 80 as to give industrial training
to girls, and We expect to make this
an exceedingly valuable part of the
school system.
II may say, that. while much credit
belongs to the Board of Education, 1t
would not have been possible to have
accomplished all these things with
out the most generous support on the
part of the Common Council, the
financial body of the city.
1T is a very creditable circum-
stance, and one in which we can take
q good deal of pride, that so wisely
considered and so economically adj
Justed have been the budgets of the
Board of Education that none of
them has been cut down by the Board
of School Estimate
Police and Fire Equipment.
we have made considerable in
creases in the forces and some very
remarkable improvements in the
equipment and administration of the
police and fire departments. The in