The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-06-29

me which it is claimed | am making
for them, then it will be plenty time
to talk that way and until that time l
respectfully advise some people to
keep their mouths closed and not run
the risk of catching cold.
After all this / feel sure that it
won't take long to convince the reader
that | don't care what party will be
put in power. In fact, under commits
sion government it will be inapt to
speak of putting anyone in power.
That phrase belongs to the present
way of doing things and is certainly
descriptive. AS stated in my second
article, ono of the very objects of COM
mission government is to do away
with parties and | sincerely hope that
object will be attained. 1t is that par
ty business that has put US where we
are today. What Lambertville wants
is service and whether she gets it
through man who happens to be a
Democrat or Republican is immaterial
provided she gets it. We don't care
so much about the construction of the
machine as we do about the work it
does. Heretofore the welfare of the
party has been the chief concern of
our officials and any advantages the
city has enjoyed have been those that
have leaked through. We want to re-
verse this situation and make the
welfare of the city the chief concern
and party advantage something Incl
dental. Commission government says
that the interests of the town must
not be subordinated to the welfare of
any party. If you study the situation
closely you find that is the real reason
why some are opposing commission
government. See how inconsistent
they are! They are the strongest
kind of partisans themselves and yet
they warn the citizens of the town
against running their affairs on a
partisan basis. If partisanship will
be bad under commission government
why isn't it just as bad now? Why
do these same people want to hang so
tightly to the present system when
| they know that the political party is
the very foundation and cornerstone
of that system? But let's suppose it
to be the fact that l am working for
| the success of a particular party.
| What difference will that make so long
as the people get what they want ?
Absolutely no difference, of course.
But as l said above some people are
| not worrying so much over the evils
| of party government as they are over
the fact that there will be no parties
to cause any evils.
1 want to caution every citizen
against an appeal to passion or pre-
| JUDGE. The man who does such a
thing is not your friend but your enc
f,t
ing against his town and his neighbor
In thing of this kind nothing but
reason and logic should be used and
any person who employs any other
weapon stoops to the despicable meth
DDS of the stab-in-the-back and the
underslasher. If anyone thinks this
thing is wrong let him step upon the
field of reason and battle for his point
like man. That is the only way the
real merits of this question will ever
| be tested. If commission government
| is wrong then we ought never have it
and we ought to know it before it is
| too late. If commission government
is right then we can't have it any toe
soon for the present is always the OPP
perfume time to do the right thing
If any man thinks it is right then
claim that it is that mans duty to dc
everything in his power to make it a
success. We all owe a great deal to
Lambertville. We must remember
that the blessings of today are the
sacrifices of yesterday and it is our
duty to multiply these blessings and
to transmit them rcconsecratedly and
unimpaired to those who come after
US. None of US need be told that the
surest way to conserve the good things
of today for the days to come is
through good government and there
fore it behooves US all to forget the
things we differ upon and remember
only the things we agree upon and en-
deavor to give this fair spot between
the river and the rolling hills the best
government we are capable of.
Next week 1 shall go forward with
the discussion of the question itself
and shall deal with the kind of off
Gals that commission government will
give US. c. A. MALLOY.
Lambertville, June 81, 1916. w.