The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-27
MIR. Kinks FIFTH DISTRICT SPEECH
a r. KIRK speech Fifth district said with Bit
'IVl truth.

KIRK in his speech In the Fifth district said with bit
aWe have witnessed gradual transformation political
party name till today CITY, it is no longer
terred to the Republican party but 1.-THE City Hall Ma
What Kirk says is literally true The change the peo
pie demanding not change from Republican to Demo
government but change to direct honest customary
methods of doing public business 1t is not Republican malad
ADMINISTRATION that the city complains Of but the greed and self
political machine the interest of its IA
vored friends
The absolute fairness with which Mr. Kirk discusses the
administration of Mayor Wilson will please those who like fair
play Mr. Kirk in the weak rather than deiber
ately perfidious
While reading long mayors pledges
mostly from messages
Gill; say that the mayor in the time he
made these promises intended to break them Rather Mr.
Kirk supposes the made his promises in good faith and
keeping them the influence and author
who held office who have taken oath of office
and who have duty toward the city except to
get what they
Mayor Wilson, in one Of those official messages said
language that he would the people fifteen mills tax
which should permanent from year year. provided he
was permitted to incur bonded debt
He keep promises the
the machine had plans for The being of the
machine depended the the millions of the taxpayers
money which might be spent here and there and right and left
wherever it wouIdsd the most good.
against the mayor been
the demands of the boss who gives him
present tax rate Of 20 i-2 mills is
shows of SO per cent But this
per only partial of the growth municipal
Extravaganza
When Mayor Wilson office, municipal expendi-
point the ty expenditures have been greater
than the citys growth.
Those who heard Mr. Kirk discuss the warrene
had difficulty understanding why the Republican boss
says the warrenite is not issue.
Mr. Kinks reply to this assertion is simple is
neing He points to the implicit pledge made by Mayor
in Of his official messages, in which the mayor
that he would under any circumstances give waiver for
the letting Of public business except in great
gency The contrast between this pledge which
the has actually given for about million
waren contracts wildly presented by the
canddate
1T difficult not to feel Of humiliation Bridge
port Mr. Kirk related his former Gov
pressed his amazemen that there shou any city
a whose people would permit their business be
in which the warrene business transacted.
Upon the authority of Governor Woodruff Mr.. Kirk prov
ed that New Haven has laid pavement material
way the warrene pavement Bridgeport
cost of &C.
Why Bridgeport should pay $3.50 for SIC pavement
of the problems presented to the people in this election
The key to the situation may be found alderman
who approached Mr. Kirk with statement that he
fred 20 per cent he should be securing
renite contracts.
Whether Mr. Kirk carries the election it, will
have had the satisfaction of telling the people very strong
and clear terms facts that they should know.