The Butte daily bulletin., 1919-06-11
WEDNESDAY, JUNE II, 1919.
THE MAYORS ECONOMY.

statements of the mayor to his efforts to clua
the city government to the end that ues deficit will be
the city paying basis One OF the things upon
which Stoden harped and also his advisors and rends after
election assured that city warrants would become
negotiable.
Today stodtcn and his administration have been in the sad
approximately SIX weeks and apparently instead of be
coming better conditions they affect the taxpayers pockets
the city finances are becoming infinitely worse
place of the promised in city administration
reports of The finance committee for the month of May
show first month of stoldcn's administration was
expensive by far than any other month IN the cy
history.
Frequently during the latter months the administration
Mayor Maoney charges of "eXavagance banded
about charges emanating from the circle of bank
ers opposed the then mayor, but the fact remains
that in comparison with the first month of the Stodden ad
mnistrao, amy period of the MaIoney administration was
economical.
Much ado by Mr.. sodden both at The beginning
Of his administration and since about his plans for curIaiIng
expense by the elimination of useless employees Instead OF
euramen, however, the first month of the Sodden admin
srato showed the largest number of city employees at thc|
highest salaries paid in the history Of the city Certainly at
of last month Mayor Stodden sunmariy discharged 2o
members the police force, but With the loss of that
number of employees city payrols said to bel
higher than at time during the Maloncy adnnlstr"
rincjnav because of the enormous number friends of the
mayor given city jobs in addition to the nuner
ordinarily required to handle the work OF the several depart
ments.
AT recent meeting the city council Alderman Frcuden-
STEM despite rule tactics of the mayor succeeded IN Sho"
ing the increased number of employees i'll several
of the departments He showed where there were SIN ma
chinists employed at the city machine shop where only TWO
were ever employed regularly before and more than
three periods. He showed where there were TWO
waclen employed at the ncineraor where none ever lao
been needed before showed that jake Oliver superinend
Streets had private chauffeur in the person oil one
Tho r,,vor sons and a),, speca mekeeper where both
Jobs were filled by superintendent himself under past a-
ministraos He showed where there were more employees
city auditors office than had been employed there
before showed where the mayor employed two senoS
apers to sit outside in The anteroom and one to 81. III ms
own private office where only had been employed before
But what Freudcnscin failed to show was that the
mayor had increased the salary list in the street and alley and
the and ash departments by 5 more employees ad-
the number usually employed under other admin
sratjons Another thing Mr. to show the
council was that while there hundreds of taxpayers
the city of Butte bona fide residents and voters within the
city limits, who against for employment al wages SUI
ficent expenses the has fit to deny these
men CITY Jobs for his Cornish friends
from Walkervle, CenervIc, MeadeNIe and from the Lake
Avoca district
Mr. Freuensten failed to show the mayor and his alder
men that department alone according to author
ave reports there something like dozen friends OF the
mayor employed and paid by the taxpayers S5 and up PEI
day who are entitled such employment in Butte, the
grounds no-residence The fact that the rNatc ste
noora pler to the navor Miss Caroline Toward,
or a cousin of his honor and wtIal is not qualified
the city under the provisions of council commune
cation No. 800 relative to qualifications of city employees, was
not mentioned
While we arc on the subject curaimen of expense,
might despite the high cost of gasoline an'
the fact that, according to the mayor the great number OF re
pairs city necessitaes the employment OF adtiona
maclnists, Of the mayors i'll particulars who apar
emily has blossoned out chicken ancer since his dad
became given to almost nightly Joyries Ill one Oh TN
ciy's the flat
Unless the publication of this statement calls halt to tn
practice of the flat and especially auoists,
readily verify the fact by keeping their open Tor dso
bearing License Applied For No 5o6, tag The ca
bearing this tag is the presumably and supposedly hed 10
the of Mr. Jacob Oliver, city superintendent
streets And according action taken by the council at tn
instance of Mayor Maloncy months all city ears nc
by the police, expected to be held III the cit
working hours and not taken out without spec
permission the But then, undoubtedly Mayor Sod
despite his income Of more than 81 600 month de
the taxpayers for his salary and the salare
members of his immediate family, probably feels that sine