Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-02
WILSON SPEAKS
IN SIXTH WARD
Mayor Replies to Statements
of Opponent Attacking
His Record
DEFENDS HIS RECORD
Reviews Issues of Campaign
and Gives Stand on I'm
portant Questions

Speaking before voters of the
sixth ward last night Mayor Will
liam c. Wilson replied to some OF
the statements made by his oppo-
nent, John K. Sheehy, with refer
ence to the manner in which he
has conducted the office of mayor
for the past two years.
During his talk the mayor touch
ed upon the subject of carnivals.
grade crossing elimination, Sunday
night basketball, the selection of
new policemen and his efforts TO
fulfill the promises made by him
two years ago.
T. have been criticised for not liy-
ing up 70 my promises" the mayor
said, bur the public shoal1 realize
that it is the Board of Aldermen
and not myself that has the power
to make possible the things / rec
ommended. I can request and ad-
vI5e cettaln I'M. 40. elnents but it
is up to the aldermen to take initial
action on these recon nfep dations.
Il have. endeavored to conduct
this campaign without making any
siurs or attacks upon my opponent,
but do not feel in all fairness to
myself anu my friends that ] answer
whatever statements. he makes
about my record while in ctflce. l
am willing to abide by TIE judg-
ment of the voters. II they are
satisfied with the kind of admins
tration I have given them for the
last two years, the returns next
Tuesday night will show IL.
The mayor laid particular stress
upon the difficulty of selecting men
for the police force when there are
so many applicants. each of whom,
he said, is qualified just as well as
the other for the job.
1T is the mayors duty to put
men on the police force" the may
or said, "and l attempted to do this
to the best of my ability. There
were about 200 applicants, but only
sten could be chosen. Thire is no
doubt in my mind that those men
who were not chosen were just as
good as those selected and their
friends think so too, but it is a
physical impossibility to give 200
men jobs when there are only ten
positions to be filed.
THE firemen of this city do not
join the department to become her
oes or for personal glory. but they
stand ready 365 days of the year to
sacrifice their lives just as nine of
their number did year ago last
spring in the Market street grade
crossing accident. 1 appreciate the
work of the firemen and | know
majority of the residents here do
also. When they come to me with
request for anything which is within
the law to grant, 1 do not think l
should refuse. The only permits for
carnivals l have given while in Of
flee were for the firemen, the Ameri-
can Legion and two churches. In
a COSMOPOLITAN city like Perth Am
boy there are many who cannot af-
ford to go out of the city for en-
joyment These people welcome
wholesome amusement and IL a car
nival or circus will bring a little sun
shine into their hearts | am for
them"
The mayor said he has always fav-
ored the grade crossing elimination
and now that it is certainty he feels
it is a big step forward not only as
a means of developing the city, but
as a preventative for any more trad
edies similar to the fire truck catas-
trophe of a year ago.
Speaking or Sunday night basket
ball games. the mayor said he has
never granted any permits for any
thing not provided for by the law on
Sunday night or any other night.
With reference TO the condition of
the unpaved streets in the sixth ward
the. mayor said the street committee
should put into operation the scrap
ers, which apparently have been
relegated to the junk heap" and put
these streets in good condition. He
said he had done that as chairman
of the aldermanic street committee
The mayor paid a high tribute to
the work of Congressman Appleby.
pointing out that the deepening Of
the channel from Sandy Hook to this
city and the lighting of this chan
mel was secured by Congressman APP
pleby, he having obtained a 100000
appropriation for the work and had
the Improvement made at once. The
mayor said he had written to the
congressman urging a deeper chan
mel and the installation of lights. and
immediate action by Mr.. Appleby re-
suited in the desired improvement
being secured at once.
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