South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-11
IZZONER HEARS PUBLIC VOICE" on
VILLAGE QUESTION. OH YESl

A4~y kellers Tammany hall-consIsting OF his rec
--iee certain OF civic leaders.
partcu ar sdheI ents and attaches OF his admin
ton. no constitute all there the public voice.
as E. may or can hear it,-held a mass" meet
rs at the cy hall. Thursday night, and the mayors
tesr pet hobby that purchasing Rum Village for a
~ park. received Endorsement The mayor heard
that voice all right 1t the kind of voice
that ne wanted hear And, incidentally look for a
considerable real values in the vicinity OF
Rum Village
Richard Elbel president of the park board, in sum-
ming up the favor Of the purchase. de
the only point that egtmat-ly made favorable
that conservation of the beauty spots
in the vicinity OF the city This is desirable. would
say. exclusion of better, and more
necessary things When he raises the question that
the reason more has not done improve the
parks that already have is because of the absence
Of funds it would that he is defeating Rum
Village desirable acquisition, rather than pro-
noting it. With insufficient funds 70 properly improve
present parks how will those spread out over
more parks? And. with regard to issuing bonds to
the purchase price, these bonds will day
o be paid. and would that guardian
ship future generations, with regard furnishing
them debts pay might well be limited
sites rather than extended to Injuries
We $40, 600 infinitely for track elevation
purposes, this whether raised by bonds taxa
ton. It might even be better advantage for
building a colseum-indirectly by the purchase
of Pottawatome park. and thus refunding to the
county coliseum the proceeds Of that
grand larceny committed when the Fogarty admin
istraton proved obtaining park grounds
for nothing 1t is very nice 10 conserve the beauty
spots about South Bend. promote values real
the vicinity of them, have city here
with park room than it is using, use
for decade to come and hence why appropriate any
more.-just to make real estate more valuable?
There many ways in South Bend in which
600 can be used to better public advantage Better
finish the work undertaken with degree of equity.
than take more, and leave it all half undone The
south end for instance, camoring for play
grounds sites already owned city holding
claimed that there a shortage Of
The Coquillard school district is demanding
certain improvements that it is unable to get because
Of the cy's poverty pieadings 1t is Mayor Keller's
long suit any money for anything that he
wants neglect, but when 1t is something that he
wants then the money the easiest thing the
world.
He is much the same with regard to this as he is in
listening the public voice; if the public what
he does, then very well. and welcome but if not Ito
hell with the cpe," is his virtual answer He seems
able. too to always get a legal opinion-or alleged
legal opinion-to back him up when the people want
something that he doesn't them have. Suppose
for instance. the people OF South Bend any consd-
cradle of them wanted some other site bought
a park instead Of Village don't you sup
pose that Mayor Keller would be able find legal ad-
'iIlegaIize' such a purchase?
Talk about autocrats in public office? Mayor Keller
is prince of autocras lie is not only city executive
but makes laws right off the reel, by proxy
makes them has them made to suit his taste.-and
chops heads that his design
with such Ivan the Terrible fashion, that; WELL we
sometimes don't blame the for his public be
damned" policy anyhow
We have known OF people OF 81 much Of the 'yaleT
dog" disposition that they rather prefer kicked
about. and insisting they seemingly do. the
mayor playing them for fools, and making them like
tive don't know but that he would be sucker tc
deal with them otherwise. Some day, perhaps, they
va MAY Wheu is lat and how
they'll roar; possibly a series committees
TO hizzoner to tap him the wrist, and ask him to
/ listen them pray.