Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-14
PUTTINoIT 1T UP TO MR.BAIRp
Camden Business Man Expresses
Some Opinions Concerning
Conditions IN His Town
TO ne Editor o. ,hc Evcnbo paoHo Ledger.

! OF camden who will bet $1,000 each to
nickel that King Davy never wrote
thc letter sent to you, nor could he
write such IL he tried to, fact that
( every one in Camden knows full well if
they have ever seen and heard him talk.
Now. then. we will dissect some of
his Tor rather some one else's disQui-
Sition, and we will bet another $1,000
that we can pick the writer of the letter
Corrupt and Contcntcd" seems to have
got on the nerves of the real writer,
who probably thought he could touch
DavNS nerves Tor his bank) for some
of his hard earned sweat. Of the brow
money.
/ Ills follow citizens" Who are
they but men of his kind? "The Fifth
ward election trouble in Philadelphia"
is not in it with the unpublished crimes
that have been committed and arc being
committed in this city through the com
pietc domination of all authorities by the
dett political hand of King Davy, as
witness their composition down to the
most menial city employc, not over
looking police captain who served n
sentence in prison for ballot box stufing
aud who was rcinstatcd on the force
after being released and is even now
there.
AS to "thc $25, 1000 hold up for
trolley franchise" Holy smoke! What
Is that compared with the $50, 900 Red
I'M Park case aud the 5000 Penn
sylvania Railroad elevated road here in
camden, and very many other big
scandals too numerous to mention which
were actually pulled off; whereas the
insignificant $4,000 in Philadelphia
did not get by. But Camden is not
"contehtpd with its present bencficcnt
rulc, and If the people had ghost of
chance by an honest count, free from
the alterations, transpoSitions and
crasurcs of the returns handed in at the
city Hall and courthouse. the people
and "your editors would overcome
the defiance of the writer of Davy's s
letter.
IL taken before an honest court and
! jury there are not enough Jails and
penitentiaries in the state to hold the
:. thieves and ballot box suffers. As n
recent instance: : Perhaps Davy's letter
writer has not quite forgotten how the
returns Of just one ward were so
! manipulated that some official dclib
cratcly transposed 200 votes so as to
give the chosen candidate the nomina
tiOn for the Assembly, so as to be sure
of having put through Mt Trenton in
iquitous legislation and that particular
asscmblyman, after serving two or three
terms, was rewarded by the then gov
crnor with n $500 job wherein even
the lives of our people are in his hands.
The only time Camden was cor
rupt. etc.. etc. Great Scott. One Of
Davy's great sayings has always been,
when opposed by decent men for Office ::
WELL let them go ahead and elect them
il they can. 1t is cheaper to buy them
after the election than before.
"Who enjoys the best municipal gov
crnment with the lowest tax rate etc.
Save the mark. In 1912 Camden had
bonded Indebtedness of more than
$4,000, 900. and it must be at least
double that now. when We are paying
more than 100000 per year interest
on outstanding bonds. But such little
thing as that ought not to bother us,
when the comfort and pleasure of our
oticcholdcrs are considered in giving
them phones to their homes and Offices,
, furnishing automobiles, gasoline, tires
and necessary repairs needed after their
furious JOY rides and other cscapades.
Why should the taxpayers kick if the
minor employees of the city plants and
institutions steal some cans of paint.
oil. glass. etc. I; and. because they hoggcd
it and could not use it all, give the
remainder to thei. ncighbors to paint
the ratings around their cemetery lots?
Editors are supposed to be educated
and fair minded individuals. We'll,
Just here | cannot resist saying to my
self. great guns. Ask even the ordinary
man of the street what kind CT editors
and newspapers We have hcrc--barring
of course. tho present owner of the
Courier. Take former newspaper
owner who was owned by King Davy.
having bought him with fat job with
an immense amount of public printing
thrown in How could any one expect
him to give the people even II look in
when their interests were at stake:
Davy coppcd all such attempts. you bet.
Calling "your editor to the front and
giving him a lesson in ethics if you wish
TO retain YOUR influence and circulation
In the biggest little city in the world. '!
That is very familiar gas. Sounds very
much like JcffrypattcrSonalbrigh
Yet it is their method for. having made
some open dcrogatory remarks concern
ing the public thieves, | was told that
il did so again they would see that ]
, would never be permitted to sell bed
sheet or pillow case to any of the public
institutions. Well, it would please the
people of south Jersey if the Chicago
convention threw out the Camden
, county delegation as having been oh =
r tained by ballot box stuffing and fraud
What you don't know about the re-
cent elections in Camden We can and
. will supply you with from time to time.
, "As this letter is not confidential,
+. .. trust you may give it tho same pub
licity as you did my So called machine.
Well ! trust you will give this space
in your columns as an eye opener for
n the people of Camden, who regard things
4 political here as far worse than any
!. happenings in Russia.
d 7. j. WRIGHT.'