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

shall be held from day t oday, so that
the business of the people may be
transacted without delay.
"a. The present restrictions which
have been so effective in protecting
the city's credit, prohibiting officers
of the city from anticipating its reve.
nues by appropriations of money or
contracts binding the city, shall be re-
tanned in the new charter.
Notifications of the present method
shall be made reducing the cost of pub
lie improvements, retaining only such
measures as the courts have held to
be essential to the validity of special
tax bills.
"5. No general franchise shall be
valid until ratified by a vote of the
people"
In speaking before the Athenaeum
socity, e. c. Meservey, formerly city
counselor, emphasized among other
things, the Importance of injecting
business methods into the manage
ment of the city's affairs.
He explained the kansas City
Plan" of simphfied government which
is the most important plank in the
Republican p%latfor, saying in part:
"We have combined in this plan
the adjustment of ward lines, a may
! or and council elected by the whole
I city, members of the council in ses-
sion every day, and actually partici-
pating in the departmental work of
the city, a fixed responsibility which
can not be shirked, necessary safe
guards to protect the city's credit, a
short ballot, and a strict auditing of
the account OF all departments. The
plan a be adopted without any
change in the state constitution or by
any act of the state Legislature. 1t
is admirably adapted to the needs of
the city. Under it a municipal admin
istration becomes at nee a compact,
practical, efficient business %organiza-
ton.
'In this our municipal crisis" Mr..
Meservey said, when the city most
needs a man possessed of the high
est qualifications, Mr.. George H. Ed
wards was persuaded to become our
candidate for mayor. He was not a
~self-seeking candidate, or the candi-
date of any group of politicians; he
serves no boss, he is owned by no
public service corporation. He is the
one man at this time best qualified to
lead the city in it's efforts to secure
a better form of government and to
honestly and efficiently handle the
city's business.
Mayor Jost has seemed to be ut.
terly oblivious of his duties of mayor
Henry L. Jost says he saved you
money.
"BEFoRE YOU BELlVE HIM LOOK
AT YOUR TAX RECEIPTS AND COM.
PARE THEM WITH THOSE OF RE.
PUBLICAN ADMINISTRATIONS. If
YOU ARE A POOR MAN, REMEM.
Der JosT RAISED THE MINIMUM
ON PERSONAL TAXES FROM $50
TO $40.
"WHY DID JoST RAISE THE MIN
IMUM TAX VALUATION FROM $50
TO $7o2
BECAUSE HE NEEDED MORE
MONEY FOR HIS RABBITS.
BECAUSE THE POOR MAN
COULD NOT FIGHT BACK ANE
PROBABLY WOULD NOT UNDER
STAND WHY HE WAS FORCED TO
PAY HIGHER TAXES.
BECAUSE THE RABBITS COULD
NOT RAISE THE RICH MANS
TAXES WITHOUT CAUSING a
STORM OF PROTEST FROM THOSE
WHO COULD FIGHT BACK.
"Where did the million dollars ad'
d%itional revenue Jost raised go?
at didn't go into the repair of the
streets of the cleaning of the streets
He cut the board of public works down
over 100000 in his first three years,
The streets need repairing, and labor
needs the work. Of course the Rab-
rits don't care to work on the streets
But they get theirs!
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