The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-25

the common council.
This plan can be adopted without
state legislation or any modifi-
cation of the constitution. 1t gives 10
the people Immediately, on the one
hand, the benefits of a simplified form
of government, and on the other hand,
preserves the safeguards required by
the state constitution to protect h
revenues of the city from being squan-
dered and it's credit from being inn
paired.
We denounce the present Shannon
Jost administration Of U city's at
fairs under which conditions ave be-
come intoIerable, and from the body
of our citizenship Of all political par
ties has come an urgent demand for
a change.
The restoration of the "spoils sys-
TEN" by the discharge of competent
civil service employees in the city gov
eminent and the substitution of Shan
non-Jost political henchmen by means
of fraudulent and manipulated exam
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lation of law, has become a public
scandal and has filled the city hall
with incompetent employees whose ser
vices have peer of little value but of
great expense to the city.
We promise the people that when
our nominees are elected, such EN-.
ployes as have been dishonesty placed
in public positions, by dishonest ex.
aminations, or through evasions of the
civil service act, will be Immediately
removed and their places filled by
means of eligible lists honestly Gre
ated by a fair and impartial board of
civil service.
The Republicans Of Kansas City be-
lieve that it is the first duty of pub
lie officials to obey the will of the
people. After careful consideration of
the public necessities for the purpose
of protecting the material welfare and
the desires of the people for public
improvements in various parts of the
city, the mayor and common council
were authorized to issue bonds for the
purpose of raising funds to construct
a number of public improvements
deemed to be of vital importance to
the growth and prosperity of the city.
Influenced solely by partisan mo-
tives, and divided into two factions of
~wrangling ward workers, the Shannon.
Jost administration has embroiIed the
city in an unseemIy quarrel over the
distribution of jobs, and has failed,
neglected and refused to carry out the
will of the people by proceeding with
any of the improvements mentioned.
We pledge our nominees, when elect.
ed, to proceed Immediately to take up
and deal with each one of the bond
propositions separately, for which the
people have voted, without reference
to any other, and to pass all the nee.
essary ordinances to carry out in good
faith and in their ctrue spirit, the
wishes of the people clearly expressed
by such vote, having due regard to the
Importance of the public interests in.
volved and the necessity for an eco.
nomical expenditure of the proceeds
derived from the sale of the bonds.
All of the bond proposals, except
No. s, which were submitted to the
people at tie late bond election, are
clear and explicit, and the public i'm
provements therein specified should
be made as expeditiously as possible
under the law. And to this we pledge
the nominees of this convention.
BY reason of the fact that by the
exercise of the grossest deception by
the S~hannon-Jost administration, the
eighth proposal, providing for the sale
of bonds for the improvement of the
approaches to the Union Station, was
submitted to the people in such form
as to mislead them as to the real Dur.
pose and intent of said proposition
and to leave entirely in doubt the
wishes o fthe people as expressed in
said election. No one is able to de-.
termine the real intent and meaning
of the ordinance. The only fair and
honest thing to do is to resubmit these
questions to the people in plain lam
guage so that every voter will know
for what he is voting, and be able to
express his will thereon.
We favor adequate station an.
) proaches, and we pledge the people
that we will, not later than the date
of the proposed charter election. SUBJ
NIT to a vote of the people, in alter.
native form, the character and extent
of the proposed improvement, and the
method of payment therefor, in order
that the wishes of the people may be
clearly expressed.
We submit to the people whether
the Shannon-Jost administration which
has publicly admitted and boosted of
the fact that it knowingly deceived
the people in this respect, entities il
TO be further trusted by our citizens
in he execution of important public
improvements.
Kansas City is at the Threshold Of
the greatest period of prosperity in
IT'S history. In order to keen pace
with its sister cities the admlnistra.
ton OF It's public affairs must be cor.
quoted on practical methods so that
the revenue of the city can be cor.
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