Republican farmer., 1919-10-31
Tuesday, October 2S, 1919.

-Cl1tul fJtOlllIIICIIG III tlIG pun lie life of Bridgeport, made a statement today, in which he tells of the intolerable miscon- duet of the King Machine, by which he was kept in daily fear for the honor of his office, during the six years that he was treasurer of the city, which office he holds now.
 The deficit for the fiscal year will be at least a half mil lion dollars.
 The Machine puts down the money it spends, but there is no heading of the Machine ac- count, and perquisites, need less salaries, political jobs, cost plus profits and the like are buried out of sight so that the casual observer gets no clue to
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 Treasurer Manwaring. who has handled something like s3O,OOO.OOO of Bridgeports money during six years. without a penny of error in his office, has been compelled to accept political assistants, people who, sometimes. did not know how to do the work. and some times, did not do it. though they drew the salary for the job. Manwaring let the Machine know that it was not good judgment to is- sue so many bonds, for i'll conceived projects, and he tried to show the misguided leaders of the Machine that they were destroying the credit of the city and injuring the taxpay- CTS and especially the small taxpay- CTS
 MT. Manwaring exposes quietly but relentlessly the means that have been used to keep from the citizens the truth about vital matters. To permit the issue of bonds, valuations were inflated, and the grand list increased. The time came when borrowing would not keep down the tax rate enough to deceive the people, and the Machine resorted to debt to pay debt, instead of meeting current expenses by lay ing the tax rate.
 Juggling appropriations began, opening questionable avenues" as for instance the S100000 charged to Grand street bridge, which was mys- teriously taken from nobody except the insiders knows where.
 MT. Manwaring is the candidate for treasurer on the Democratic, Fusion and Labor tickets; he is doing all he can to heal the financial sore which is eating the life out of Bridgeport His statement follows:
 To Whom It May Concern:-
 In view of certain criticism having been offered regarding the appear ance of my name as the candidate for city treasurer upon the Fusion Labor and Democratic tickets, re. spectively, though having occupied the position for the past six years under the auspices of the self-styled Re. publican ticket" and inquiry for req sons for the change, leads me in jus tice to myself, to present some of the I reasons for that change, so that my friends in particular, and the com munity of which I have been a mem Der for a little over half a century | may rightly judge the situation. Two years ago I desired to with | draw from the position for the req l son that the pace was getting so rap | i'd, the work and responsibility so ex | acting, I did not feel physically able |! to continue under the then conditions 1 Against my judgment I was persuad 1 ed to continue with the distinct prom I ise of suitable help, and suitable wa! 1 clearly outlined at the time and 1T | later appeals. History tells how wei ! the promises were fulfilled, how poll i,,{4 aP l flee where the head was already car rying full enough responsibility un i der the most favorable conditions ob 1 tainable.
 1 But the personal side of the. matter was not alone the reason for dis quietude in the situation. I felt, thar as a part of the administration, there was some measure of responsibility for it's acts for which I was liable. | am not in accord with much o. the policy of the present city govern ment-and have not hesitated to le that fact be known. That, I presume is the reason for the appearance O interviews which appeared in tho newspapers a few weeks since; the
 purport of which was the probability i of enomination for this falls cleo.
 ton of the old ticket with the excep 1 ton of the treasurer.
 1 Had the reasons been frankly stat ed, it would have been entirely satis i factory to me. There were many di ivergencies during my six years ser vice, and some of them may interes those who care to follow me in thi: statement.
 i I believe that the prodigality of the present city government, leads, T continued, to a diminishing credi
 for this city, to hardships, for es
 pecially the small property owner
 through the unnecessary debt it ha: fastened upon the city, In carryins
 out the various schemes, some witt little apparent forethought.
 These departures have eliminated 1 some necessities, as for instance schoo
 accommodations, with the resultan
 harm to our children.
 That the situation has at last dawn
 ed upon it's agents, is shown in thei 1 failure to raise the rate of the tax t I meet current expenses, and that, too in a case vital to Bridgeports credit
 so they resort again to bond issues
 for remedy. Somewhere. either b. l special tax or bonds, there must b. ! provided between now and April 1 | next. over half a million of dollar | to piece out the years income.
 The system of bookkeeping whicl