Evening journal., 1915-06-04
DEMOCRATIC COMMENT


tions TO take trips called "iunketng trips" for the
purpose Of attending conventions pertaining to the
municipal affairs, and gathering information for the
citys benefit, This practice, though well ntentoned,
proved expensive and abandoned during the
second year of the Spruance Administration and has
not been revived Let the credit be given where it
belongs.
II is true that the Spruance Administration left
deficit Of $4,000, but let It be remembered that
former Republican Administration sadded the Spruance
Administration with a similar deficit. And is il true
that the outgoing Republican Administration is leav-
ing surplus of $4,000 when the Joint County and
City Building Commission is entitled to approximately
$4,000 premium upon bonds recently Sold and the
Board Of Education announces deficit Of $4,000 and
it appears doubtful whether the teachers in the schools
going to be paid their salaries for the present.
month
The taxpayers can put proper estimate upon this
alleged accomplishment. They have felt the burden Of
the socallcd assessment system and does any cti-
know of the assessment Of any that has been
ncreased and have the Democrats, particularly In the
Seventh Ward Tailed their assessments with the as
sessments OF their Republican neighborsi
Il has been the policy of all administrations regard
less of party TO provide parks and Fairgrounds The
Board of Park Commissioners have recommended the
purchase of every park and playground that has been
provided during the outgoing administration This
Board, Republican body, and the same in personnel
recommended the purchase Of the "fordand" and the
appropriation for the "Fordland' made by City
Council without dissenting vote the part Of any
Republican member. The Mayor has nothing to do
with the purchase Of parks and Fairgrounds. Any
credit in connection with the "Fordland' cannot be
CLAIM by DR.. Spruance, any discredit be fas
tened upon him.
The systematic paving Of streets was the policy Of
the Spruanec Administration. As TO the plan of paw
ing every street in the City let tho citizens inquire
when Il is going TO be done. DO the citizens know
what is fact that bond issue of S5OOOO0 was made
during the Spruance Administration for the paving Of
streets that they have been paying interest those
bonds during the last four years and that the streets
of the city authorized TO be paved under that bond
issue not yet paved Is this fact creditabe the
Republican Administration
No fault be found with the administration for
anything done for the Improvement of the schools and
for increasing In reasonable way the salaries of the
most worthy teachers in the schools The Spruance ad
mnistraton followed the course, but probably did
not do so much because IL did not have the
amount Of money at its disposal which the Republican
Administration has had But TO the citizens remember
the great difficulty Mr. Baynard, the President of the
Board OF Education had recently with Mr.. Stover and
city Council in this connecticut
Let the citizens recall that in the last davs of the
Spruance administration similar action taken by
Democratic Board Of Health that before the garbage
contracts completed the Democratic Administration
went out of power and that when the Howell Admins
raon came in, these contracts dsapproved Does
IL not seem that the Republican Administration has
been very tardy IN reforming this important part of the
ctys business. The reason is clear-they have been
trying TO hold on to their negro voters.
Do the citizens know that the "City Physician does
give service Sundays at night and that when
some worthy but poor person comes for treatment he
say that the worthy poor of the city should be
pauperzed consideration for such service, and that
the physicians of the city have refused to give treatment
to the poor of the city as in years gone byl
City administrations have for long time past made
appropriations 60 the hospitals of the city, not merely
20 the Delaware Hospital where the unfortunate citi-
may be admitted" but TO all the hospitals. The
Spruance administration furnished the hospitals money
but not able to furnish 50 900 for lack of funds
Does the Republican Administration think it can de.
ceise the ctzens IL must know that when il speaks
OF volunteer hremen IL means Volunteer Firemen' e
Relief Association" and that instead of giving 81 200
to this association it has given but $ll0O.
The removal Of John d. Kurtz from the Office Of City
Auditor during the Spruance Administration ef-
fccted by City Council upon grounds chiefly personal to
the Councimcn and against the will of DR. Spruancc the
Mayor and in face of his statement that If he re.
moved he would be Immediately reapponted. He was
not reapponted, however, because City Council made il
clear that il would not submit and in order to Mr.
kurtz further humiliation, Mr.. kentworthy Gp-
pointed.