The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-28
Walker in Opsn Letter
 Says Democratic
 Ticket Will Be Elected
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to a campaign Of aDuSe at the handS of our opponents, and chiefly has this abuse come from the supporters of the candidate for mayor on the Cfti- zens' ticket and his newspaper fol- flowers Of course we expected noth- ling else, as everybody knows talk is cheap and abuse is free to all who care to deal in that commodity, but I think the voters of this city will hardly consider 8 volume of abuse as the proper substitute for logical argument.
 q wish tomake it very plain that if I am elected mayor of this city pro- pose to be mayor in every sense of the word and I shall carry out every plank and purpose of the Democratic platform to the letter.
 propose to stand on my record as a pu lie servant. Never in my life have been the tool or messenger of any man or set of men, and it is too late to begin now. If elected I shall continue to serve the people as before, conscientious1y and faithfully, with out regard to tlet demands or wishes of any particular class or faction.
 During my incunbency of the office of alderman. was able by devoting considerable time and energy to the project to start the movement in this city for the fmproyement of the public streets the paving of State street from end to end with wood blocks was an accoTnp p1ishment felt was we'll worth all the time and trouble spent upon it. As everybody realizes that was the first important step to- ward the Improvement of the streets of this city.
 have always strongly favored the purchase by the city of land to be used for parks, for recreation and en- joyrnent by those people who are able to avail themselves of such privileges The purchase of the West End Park was a step in that direction.
 Tn all my dealings in public office | have tried to give every one. the benef1t of my services with out regard [ to their political af1lfatfon. If II ain elected mayor. I shall continue that policy.
 The real question in this campaign as far as T can see, resolves itself into a query as to whether the people wish to be controlled by a few per- sons now out of office who manage and run a couple of newspapers. or whether they prefer to let well enough alone and trust their affairs. to the regular representatives of the. political parties that have cared for them so well for so many years in the past.
 That is all there is to it and all there ever will be- to it.
 
 ernment in relation to which there seems to be considerable agitation at this tirne the Denocratic party stands. in as strong a position as the com mission government .organization In it's platform the Democratic party has pledged itself. in the event of election to appoint a proper commit tee to carry on the work if the peo- pie so desire. Could any one do more
 Our commission government friends claim that there only reason and esa cuse for existence is the fact that they desire to hurry the advent of com mission government in this city, If they elected every man on their tick et they could accomplish absolutely nothing toward that end. The two leading parties today stand t both pledged to advance the work as speed fly as possible. Under the law the only party in position to make such a move is the party now in office.
 The election of the Democratic can didates would be just as efficient in bringing about commission govern ment as an attempt to elect the com z mission government candid dates So it must be clear there is no possible reason for the existence of the Citi-5 zens' ticket except a desire to get control Of the city officeNzsand con- trol local patronage Of course ev-s erybody knows there is something back of all their fine talk. The real nub Of the matter is that they sinpz 1y desire to get things in their own hands. A look at the list of supp porters of this new movement will be sufficient to show you that what have said is absolutely correct If the people want to have our city rum by a couple of newspapers and a few disgruntled ex-off1ce holders, they can bring about that result by voting the Citizens ticket.
 Our Republican friends are even worse off than the commission gov ernment party; their forces are divid existence.
 You will notice that while you have often seen it claimed that the candi- dates of the Democratic party are not capable of conducting the affairs of the city, the men who make this statement do not tell vou why. thev