South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-04-26
HE MAYOR AND THE PARK BOARD.

The threat being handed by friends Of the
mayor" that he viii remove the members of the
park board-which means the replacing of them
with of his henchmen after the manner that
his administration has been otherwise organized
in that board attempts stand further upon
its rights a legal entity. supposedly independent
or political influences comes with i'll grace just at
this time. The park board S the only white
spot the whole of our city government. No one
doubts bat that striving the city as
should be served honestly and conscientously this
regardless OF whether YOU approve of its wisdom
Judgment or not II is right its refusal to permit
the opening Of Calvert across Studebaker park;
right In principle. and within its rights under the
law-bJt Of course, that amounts to little with an
administration the chief occupation of which has
been TO the law and treat as "a dead-letter
No one has heard of the mayor or friends of
the mayor" handing out threats remove the
board Of public safety-to which the law has been
VIGOROUSLY a thing be laughed at: neither to
move the board Of safety nor its angelic chief of
police on the contrary they def evade and prost-
tute the law. say nothing Of their trickery in the
evaporation of WHISTLES. protection vice. and
limitations placed upon the duties of officers to
serve. Adopting policy OF nepotism, they
Gently appointed son of the city attorney police
and then detailed him to the city controllers
office as a bookkeeper. Nothing wrong about this
suppose in the estimation of the mayor, and his
friends" We presume this young was made
clerk FOR the controller. after the common council
had refused finance such appointment this
by way OF the police department so that he could
be under direction OF the chief of police, and not
allowed leave his post arrest anyone. or talk
with prosecuting officers. without the chiefs
sent
or course. the mayor is not to be expected to in
terfere. much less remove a board so serviceable
in the carrying out of the administrators political
ehcanery. With the board of park commissioners
it is different They are trying to serve the city
rather than the administration the upbuilding of
a Calvert political machine. There is no neces-
sity for cutting studebaker park in two with Cal
vert St. save to give the people thereon west of
the park easier approach TO the Bowman ceme-
terry and II there is bc any all. should
be Bowman ST. instead. II would reduce the
length OF the bridge necessary TO be built so per-
cent. and divide the park az much more conven-
tent angle-though IT should not be divided all.
Mayor Carson talked loud and long Monday night
about unnecessary expenditures Of money. and
the business interests Of the city, instead
or the pleasure interests. when il TO the
tension OF Calvert ST. Studebaker park. with
his favor. his talk OF Monday night becomes the
siIest OF camounage to thin to deceive anyone.
Besides the pleasure interests OF the city. the
business interests II tho mayor viii but come out
OF his antiquated shell and modernize himself
little on such matters. our anticipated growth calls
as much parks and Fairgrounds. swimming
pools and recreatonal opportunities. as it does
for houses; they must indeed Doe made part OF
the housing program. a fact that has been insisted
-,pon BY wide-avake people connected with the