South Bend news-times., 1917-11-01
TRACKS To co UP
SAYS ACKERMANN
Democratic Nominee Not Ap-
pai!ed by Job and Knows
What Funds are on Hand.

Al answer % what ne terms ''the
only real issue brought out into tho
open by the opposition was made
last night By Rudolph Ackermann.
democratic candidate for mayor, at
a meeting az the Turner hall on
~. Michigan ST.
"A statement Dy T. 81 Morris.
president OF the board OF works,
mas been published" said Mr.. Ack-
ermann. "tn which the difficulties
In the way OF track elevation are
explained. The article quotes me
as saying I viii see that the work
OF eleyating the tracks begins just
as soon as I am placed In office
4 did say that, and J stick 20 It,
ANY statement that there is not
sufficient money 10 besin work is
not true. There is enough money
IN the city treasury 10 start the
work. We have. now. in the city
treasury. S1O4s39.s5. Besides this
there IL due from the water works
department $4,000. and from the
general fund $4,000. This MAKES
q total resource on hand Of $154,-
s39.S5.
Gets Engineers Figures.
'8Ir. Anderson. city engineer. says
the work Of elevatins the tracks
viii take about three years. Dur
ing that time the amount on hand
compounded, will draw about $14.-
900 interest Allowing but five
..ar~. Tnr-r- f.rr-4r,r al
though the amount heretofore has
been ten cents. q sum OF $93.333
would be collected in taxes during
. three years. The total. then. would
DE s262,279.06.
The citys expense in the work.
according TO Mr.. Anderson's esti-
mate. would be about $3.50, 900. SO
YOU see how much behind We would
4 be we're we 90 start work imme-
diateiy.
Fort Wayne. with more tracks
! 70 elevate than South Bend. started
{ on $50. 900 What Fort Wayne has
done. South Bend can do" con
Cluded Mr.. Ackermann.
MacKibbin on Suffrage
Stuart MacKibbin. who spoke at
4 the meeting AFAAl4 Nf sd MS AAicAA
but two things stood out in the
past ant-democratic administra-
tion Those" he said ARE a con
taminatcd water supply, and the
fact that an unsuccessful attempt 20
! put 25 hours in the day was made"
That the republican legislature
4 which passed the recently voided
woman suffrage law was acting from
selfish motives. and was hypOcrit-
.caI. was the declaration of sir. Mac
4 Kibbin. a man. in this state may
/ vote IL he has taken out his first
papers. a woman. under the law
passed by the republicans. cannot
do SO. she must he a full fledged
citizen. with first and second papers.
"A woman. American born. who
4 married n foreigner with only his
1irst papers. cannot vote. although
her husband can That was the
Jaw as the republican legislature
passed it. Mr.. Ackermann. our can
& iidate for mayor. saw this mistake
8 in the bill. and spoke of the omis-
q sion 10 one OF the representative
< from this county.
This representative introduced
u
B the effect that women and men be
Tut ou an equal footing. The effect
uf the law. as ID was passed. was
g. exclude many women. naturally
4 democratic. from the polls. The
4 women Of Indiana went 20 the re-
& publican legislature and asked for
bread. instead they were given
1 stone"
About Carson and Laportc.
chester MontgomeTy. prosecuting
-torney FOR this county. told Of
the days I'm Iaporte while Dr. car
.u was mayor. That an ordinance
i which opened the streets of Laporte
4 Tor horse racing was passed under
i ,arson's administration was the
Il eclaration of Mr.. Montgomery.
a Vice conditions were also discuss
81 by Mr.. Montgomery The fact
that q I.aporte paper denied accusa-
Xrfors made against the Carson re-
me i'm L-tporte was commented
#upou hy the prosecutor who said
shat the accusations made could be
rubstantiated by any Investigation
To- might care 90 make
Ir. Montgomery then took up the
E-satter II ''mud-slingiug ''I don't
l eUeve our side started it" he said.
#.and. ut that. the state meut of prov
a1Ie facts is not. in my opinion. mud
ksAnginE."
Il ''I don't believe it is singing mud
L. say that Col Joe sullivan has been
Il Htaken into the republican party"
i went on the speaker we didn't
want him. and we are glad he is
gone. We only wish ne had gone
#much sooner"
Raps G.. -. 4. organ.
a. A. Farabaugh. former city
i sudge. and prominent democrat,
7 made the opening talk of the meet
ing he spoke at length upon the
D attitude OF the republican organ in
this city. About nve or six weeks
ago" said Mr. Farabaugh. "the
Tribune printed two editorials. ON
successive days. asking that voters
consider the merits OF the two can
didates. and vote intelhgently after
complete investigation. heartily
endorse those editorials