Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-07
CITY OFFICIALS
RAKE THE CRITICS
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Justice to the candidates who stand
upon our ticket and in justice to the
great body of right thinking men of
Newark, l must say that the mathe-
maatical computations of the esteemed
Newark Evening News as respecting
the ctys municipal finances are but
airy, fairy Pigments of fancy, con-
strued solely for the purpose or MIS-
leading the public.
I'm a subtle way, qualifications, ex-
ceptions and omissions are injected
throughout the story, here, there and
everywhere; and yet. despite these
Qualifications, exceptions. omissions,
etc. do what you will, strive as you
NAV. you cannot find the figures or
how illey arrive at their 80 per cent.
In one place they say excluding the
schools; in another excluding the
water department; in another ex-
Guiding the public library Why
didn't they exclude everything or IN
clude everything? Why these eva
sions, why these omissions, why these
exceptions, If the purpose of the
author waa an honest one; II the
criticism solang from an honest con-
viction? | tell you, gentlemen or
. Newark, the insidious maligning of
mems characters in a zeal for po-
litical prefernfent should cease.
times to meet the men who differ with
me politically in the open; to battle
vaIjantly for the cause of the party
serve But what can be done with
o man who hides himself behind the
anonymity of newspaper and re-
fuses to come out i'll the light of day
and stand face to face on q public
platform in a public debate, in an
honest, frank and free discussion?
cr...Is..~ fsaosof Alter Facts
sFacts are facts, and no amount
of shading will alter them.
.'We are living In a great city, in
rapidly growing community. New
ark is the most progressive city IN
the United States, and the record of
constructive achievements of the past
seven years, or ever since the great
body of our citizens entrusted the
reins of our municipal government TO
the hands of Mayor Haussling, show
that we have been living in the
greatest seven years of our history.
eProgression or retogressior is one
Of natures laws, fixed and Inn
mutable The very moment a tree
stops growing it begins to die. SO 1t
is with a municipality The moment
: city stops growing and deveioplng'
spreading out, broadening out, i'm
proving in every direction, that
moment city is doomed to disaster
1.-THE Democratic party of the city
of Newark is proud of its record. we
point with pardonable pride to the
improvements we have made all along
the line of constructive achievement
the high schools we have built, the
nublic schools we have erected. our
hospital, our city Fairgrounds, our
almshouse, our juvenile home, cur
parks. our docks. our meadow inn
provements, our Board of Health which
has cut our death rate to pieces, our
dental clinic, our bath houses, our
Art, Science and Industrial Museum,
our City Plan Commission. our band
concerts, our seashore home for poor
children, our police and our fire de-
partments--the greatest in the State
and second to none in the country.
I'm 1907, many Of these improve
ments were looked upon as beanti-
full, but idle dreams. But q Demo-
cratic party having the best inter-
ests of the community at heart. has
a made the dreams come true, and to-
day they are all facts accomplished,
which speak for themselves in louder
tones than / can utter, monuments
to the party and to the administra-
ton, which no man, however subtle,
can besmirch or belittle.
1.-THE increase in the total budget
of the city of Newark, comparing
1907 with 1914, is $2,252, 000 And this.
gentlemen. is not by any method of
mathematical computation 80 per
cent
us find out where this money Is
spent, where it goes, what it accom-
plishes.
Formulation Enormously Increased.
I'm the first place, don't forget that
the population of our city has in
creased over 30 per cent. during the
mast seven years. OF course. our
carping critic makes no mention OF
this fact nor does he explain that
increased population means increased
expenditures in every department Oh
our municipal life.
Take our schools. In 1907 the
school grounds and school buildings
and furnishings Appropriated S4,645, :
600, while in 1914 our school grounds,
buildings and furnishings approx
mate IS, 1880, 561.46, devoted to the pur-
pose Of education. The value of our
school properties has increased 1o2
per cent. since 1907. Our School
budget, exclusive of state appropria-
ton in 1907, for maintenance, interest
and sinking fund, amounted to 1922,
31714. while in 1914 the same budget,
again exclusive of State approprta-
tions, calls for an expenditure in
maintenance, interest and sinking
lun0 OE n$l,llf,Iots OI all ihSto "a
more than eighty-five por cent.
I'VE have the greatest system OF
schools in the whole patton, accord
ing to our population; the best
equipped. the most complete educa-
tional facilities in the United States.
Mayor Haussling believes, and
believe, and the citizens of Newark
also believe, that the hope of the
future lies in the child, and we are
providing the best educational facili-
ties possible to secure for every boy
and girl who lives in our city. Five
hundred and forty-five thousand dol
lars of the increased budget over 1907
is used for school purposes.
Our police and fire departments are
second to none in the nation. They
speak for themselves. And $426.O0C
of the increased budget over 1907 is
used for the maintenance of these
efficient and effective departments,
Supporting the men who stand ready
Ito risk their lives at any time OF the
<lay or night, at a moments call, to
Safeguard and protect our homes and
our families.
Good Health for Money Spent.
"Our Board of Health has cut our
death rate to pieces, and it only costs
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