The herald., 1920-08-26

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Just Parker is and how Mr.. Behrman
loves labor. Beware of these so-calIed
labor leaders who carry a union card
for political influence and through the
use of that influence obtain positions
on the animated payroll. Beware of
these so7called labor leaders who hold
down $4,000 a year jobs in the Civ
Hall.
Just like Jack Banville." cried one
of the crowd.
Such so-called labor leaders," con.
tlnued Mr.. Stafford, ARE not the true
friends of labor. They are really enc
mics of all honest labor. They care
nothing for the interest of the labor
ing man, but look out only for their
own places on the animated payroll"
BIG CROWD ENTHUSIASTIC
The crowd fairly roared when a tell.
ing point was made by a speaker.
There was one discordant note, how.
ever, sounded by crowd of thirty or
forty small boys carrying banners ON
which was inscribed who the He'll Is
McShane?' and Elect Behrman
Again. Beating on cooking utensils
and blowing tin horns, these young
machine sympathizers created a near
riot Just before the beginning of the
meeting.
riot call to the police station was
sent in by one Of the o. d. A. leaders
at the meeting. There was already
one emergency supernumerary patrol.
man on the ground and the riot call
brought only two more officers. These
dispersed the youngsters, however. so
they contented themselves with stag
ing very noisy parade through the |
streets of Algiers and two or three
demonstrations at the ferry landing.
L. Munsterman, president of the |
Fifteenth Ward branch of the Orleans |
Democratic Association, opened the |
meeting and introduced Louis Acker
as chairman of the meeting Mr.. Ack- |
er made short speech, declaring that |
lin spite of efforts to sidetrack it, the |
real issue in this campaign is the
record of Martin Behrman during his
sixteen years as mayor"
CRAVEN is POPULAR.
State Senator Thomas V. Craven
brought alternate cheering and
laughter from the crowd when he told
of the mayors record in the manage
ment of the city's finances and with
burning sarcasm, lauded him for wish
ing to save the state $4,000 to be
spent on the probe commission.
"On Tuesday night in the Sixteenth
Ward" said Senator Craven, Mr..
Font charged that the city govern
ment had incurred a debt of over
100000 in direct violation of the Con-
stitution of the State of Louisiana.
This debt was not authorized by you.
You had expressly forbidden Martin
Behrman to incur this debt. The
is the supreme law of the
and. But what's little thing like
4 constitution to Martin Behrman?
This debt must be paid with our
money, yours and mine, not with Mar
in Behrman's money. l can't see any {
improvements that have been wrought |
~ this expenditure. You can't either. [
But what is that to Behrman? His is
he king. The king is greater than
my law. The king can do no wrong. /
/ 100000 debt contracted in direct 4
collation. of the law. And yet Martin t
'ehrman holds up his hands in holy e
lorror at the thought of spending =
$4,000 on the probe. To use his own
lords in speaking of his record, Can
ou beat it,
"Behrman don't like the newspapers
don't blame him. Without the press
is record would be his own private
roperty, and your money and my
honey could be spent as his within and
ancy moved. The papers stand be-
Heen the Behrman system and civic
ankruptcy. They are the only check
iat the people have on the extrava. 4
ance OF the ring. No wonder Behr. .
ian doesn't like them! Charlie Rosen Q
as crowned Martin Behrman King of 4
ae Tenderloin,' John Sullivan has v
ubbed him the Duke of the Double a
ross,' and l now name him the z
rown Prince of Camouflage.'
RECORD ATTACKED o
Representative Rudolph j. Vein. e
ann, of the Fourteenth Ward, at. =
cked the mayors record, referring
pecially to the bill introduced into
e Legislature last session by Repre-,
ntative O'Donnell, of Algiers, pro- :,
ding for making the ferries between -,
ew Orleans and Algiers public utili- =,
IS. Mr.. Weinmann charged that his =
easure was defeated by the machine =,
ntrolled legislators from New Or -
ans. :,
This measure" said Mr.. Vein. =,
ann, was drawn up by citizens who
t that so vital link between New .,
leans and Algiers as the ferries u
ould be in the hands of the public q.
d operated for the benefit of the M
bile rather than in the hands of n
Ivate interests and operated for the ko
nefit of stockholders. In other III
rds they wanted to make the ferries M
bile utilities when possible and ar
ew up the bill with that end in hr
w. Believing that Mr. O'Donnell us
uld keep faith with the people he ur
PRESENTED they asked him to intro ne
ce the measure How he betrayed ae