Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-01-06
ms Up no MAYoa DRY.

rsUP TO MAYOR L W. DRY.
OUR sns1-isz has bsez rz3sa =
sas aarnzzi-g~ seztezaEt razae hy
Mayer Dry = az d17'y eoeaszPsrz-
- yeseerazy. reEzraizx ouE paazies-
tiaz q sae cUzaeTs naragS O. N1o-
cay rsgAi aloux sAe H-e tk2i IL Nzz
smzrh $50 ezSai nasirg- and > re-
sszso1 O. tte cS1zezi-nsn zszs ths elsy
sF-ssss vks wsEs soing shsn hes fs
tiis eufsecsnens q sss lzFE
Or rzin grozn8 for hzving suE
5sss xkzt the kEs q Nezseo wert
nos t~snx propetiy ezfgzus1- Ana that
We vuere net hsvzag > Enass efha5szt
zszzi-lEt-zti9z, Ezrne directly fru-
1se rsyar kzzself. MAJOR Dry has
repesteSly expressed regrets 70 TIE
writer tszt be casld n0t get certain
. IzEF eztqrreG, ard zzz1ed them He
also ckzrgss tkas ms szzjority q fhs
ssuz-l were opposed % the ezfo-cs-
nArs ef sorss q tbx lzwk Re Etztad
exp1seitiy that fhe ezief-uf-poiiee uzs
nsg ooszr his duty. and asked The
writer 70 gss of his bonl. IL a
few 1zyl ago he tS1 Us q aaief-
9t-Po5ee wallace pzH rslszA.~g Szis-
eaerz w1fhost bearing. TIE z4yor
n,ase these ssasessszts 70 a. and
wa1f 6szy dat he did his
usEreapon5sncs regarding a state
n,eut ne rzbmis.ed y him. yss-
terd4y. Win bear cut whaa ws say.
We uaizss go INTO maeh further DE-
ts5l regardisg his inability 70 gst r.
aslix We simply refer y these fsrss
~ abos uat what kind of T,ssition The
rsaygs plaoes hiznheif n when he
sew goss iats pusis< priat slaiEnins
esherwiae
We ksse been eoanerie6 with tas
Ledger far aboss forty years. bsi'
we never hare rzn across Just exact.
rsth e. apparent doable-eroosirg w !
frsend The Erstes egpposed Be VA
naa ealE politie4l friend bot . per
s0ral friend n fhe mayor. We Al
wayE thosght he wzs telling us II
tmfh phen he Fzlaae direct ard ezpli
cit charges against s0nse of the eouE
ri and The city officials. We have Al
ways elsinsed that the mayor was try
ing 10 enforce the ordinances. and e1
eept for bis sEatements would hzy
had 10 Faspiefoz that az 81 II
eounelinen and ne city otscizls wer
not ID accord nfth Kim II nseeasarl
q cossre, ne ezn 20 into details as /
tie special charges nlzde. ard u
parties he named ~ trying to defes
the sbjeet 81 his administration.
Ordinarily, We should not refer !
conversations Of this kind, Nhic
were IL the nature ~ ccnferencea, b
the mayor has placed Us IL 8 positie
where we have V refer To sosne .
1hen, at least, incidentally. If he d
Eires, We can publish he correxpoi
denee we had with him On Decembl
18th, aiss the statement that we sul
mitted 10 him. which he aid net den
TIE record wss naSe b. City clel
Deazing. The Ledger pablished II
record Mayor Dry pubiiely hnt
fault with the Ledger for publishir
the record, ard does 70 II chHriis
childish way. The Ledger Il tryis
70 publish facts of interest witho'
mierepresenting anybody, and We 3
rot going ~ HiarepTesent arybod,
but We are eoing to continue 70 pH
iiah facts and news that Is II fnteTe
70 tax payers and the public genera
y. There viii be no question Of Ye
aeity between ti.e editor Of the Ledg
sna Mayor Dry Or anybody else. II
mayor has Beyer been able 70 get Il
Leager to 20 III half-coeked On utas
mentA that be made 10 US from tin
% time. because re have always j
sisted On record. Finally. there "
record, and now the mayor ia
down,s but BE- cannot Gay down"
the Ledger. Ne has got 70 ..lay dow
On himself, or his council.
When the motion was made in {
council 70 enforce certain ordinan
why didn't the mayor declare I
motion out Of order; because It "
ridiculous 70 pass motion TO enfor
an ordinance. The Ledger il will
TO stand foF some thiHgs, bat real
draws tbe Iine At standing for ever
body's mistakes. We believe
could stand for the mistakes
Moses" but we have got TO draw /
line somewhere.
The bert joke about the whole nj
ter i that councIlsnar- Bailey infoi1
the Ledger that he win make an a
dayii that Mayor Dry knew be was !
ing 70 introduce ilss motion wbich i
made, because be adsisod with /
raaym the day before. and The mas
lold him be vas glad be was going
Do ~ Il would look a. though I
nlayors whiie he was trying to doub
eness The Ledger was also having
Ilsals apmt II dpaEIa-ercBing one
his eeuaeilmen as well as those v
elected him.
What's the pse7
AN organ that thinks no ne