The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-26

evil and I am sure that both these who favored and who opposed at the recent election acted according to their conscience for the best interests of the city.
 There are many things which the city can and ought to do on it's own initiative and on it's own responsibility which would be feasible and eminent 1y profitable if the management is surrounded with proper safeguards and the city is insured both against loss and dishonesty. Unless we are absolutely stringent in this respect 1t will be disastrous to make the move. Personally have no doubt that the outcome of the new charter will be for the best interests of the city corporation. and for it's citizens if the move is made in spirit of candor and frankness, backed up by a clean motive and bsound reasoning.
 t"I hope that the present admins tration will put somebody beside law yers on the committee to form the new charter. I have seen inside the veil of government pretty closely my 1 self and attribute a great many of our faults to the fact that we have too many lawyers in OUT government l mean no criticism on the legal pro- fession but many men who are law I yers and sworn by a, most sacred oath to uphold the law, become in their l actual daily practice what should l term clever artisans. The technical | Iy legal points of the charter can be taken care of by lawyers of good
 standing, but the financial and the 4 business management of the institu- tions of the city should have the Judg- ment of 1aymen.
 q am firm in the belief that if these suggestions are carried out without sinister motives dominating l the forming of the charter, that Bridgeport will be one of the best
 cities in the United States, but to
 do this work thoroughly and effec- lively everybody must put on his 1 thinking cap. and must reason for l himself and to bring this about the city should appropriate sufficient 1 funds in order that every voter
 should be thoroughly acquainted T with whatever changes the committee | on chatter propose to make and the
 reasons for such changes. The mat | ter of expense to do this is a small l matter in view of the good that will
 result. We will be passing through the crisis and can either make or un-
 make the City of Bridgeport. Every
 man who has the intelligence to vote has also the intelligence to judge and the City of Bridgeport is sufficient unto itself by it's own means to ex- l plain to each voter why the changes should be made.
 | t'If necessary a large hall or even l the arnory should be engaged so i that the matters affecting the City of Bridgeport and it's charter changes could be thoroughly debated before the people. In my Judgment it is
 the safest way to guard against in
 trigue and hypocrisy but am already
 convinced from a Knowledge of hu-
 man nature that both intrigue and hypocrisy will appear in some form
 or other in the make up of our new I charter. No one institution is sacred,
 no matter how you define the pur-
 pose of it's existence.
 esI would not be human if I did not
 call attention to the fact that the vote on Commission Form of Govern ment was brought about through Re-
 publican auspices and, despite ru-
 mors to the contrary, the Republican
 party has kept it's pledge to the peo-
 pie of Bridgeport anad will continue to keep its pledge no matter what :; pressure may come from any source L whatever