The broad ax., 1923-02-24
PLATFORM OF ATTORNEY
w G. ANDERSON


/. An Alderman owes his election
to the People Of his ward. Therefore,
he should be the servant Of those peo-
pie, and not their boss. He should al
ways Be ready and willing to aid them
in every way possible to promote their
interests. If elected ] promise you
that | shall always be ready to lend
you my aid, counsel and assistance,
whenever and wherever it may be of
benefit to you.
2. An Alderman should have regu-
lar Office hours, located in some con-
venient place in the ward, where his
constituents may be enabled to inter-
view and counsel with him.
g. An Alderman should visit and
inspect the alleys and streets Of his
ward at least once a week and should
see to it that the same are kept clean,
to the end that the health Of our peo-
pie residing in the Second Ward be
not jeopardized and impaired by filthy
streets and dirty alleys.
4. An Alderman should spend lit
tie Of his time each week in person
ally visiting the heads of the various
mercantile establishments downtown
where our people spend thousands of
dollars every week and seek to pre-
vail upon these mercantile houses that
they hire some of our girls and boys.
just out Of school-not as porters, jan
itors and elevator conductors, but as
clerks, bookkeepers, statesmen, etc.
In proportion to the amount our
people annually spend in these vari-
Gus mercantile establishments down
town, we receive very little recogni-
ton
Our public men owe the race little
consideration in this behalf and should
spend some time in endeavoring to
impress upon these wealthy business
men that our claims for these young
people are deserving.
1t is sad fact that although our
people spend hundreds of thousands
Of dollars annually in a number of
the large retail houses downtown, the
only return we get is an occasional
porter's job, an elevator conductors
job, and the like.
What inducemetpAlo we offer our
young girls and boys to graduate
from our High Schools, when there
is no opening for them at their gradu-
alton? Do we receive proper repre-
sentation according to the money we
spend in these houses?
5. Take the case Of the Chicago
Surface Lines, for example. Our peo-
pie spend hundreds of thousands of
dollars annually riding up and down
State street, Indiana avenue and Cot
tage Grove avenue-and have you yet
seen a black man filling the job Of
conductor or motorman?
6. Take the case OF the Chicago
Telephone Company, for another ex-
ample. Have you ever heard Of a
colored girl operator?
2. Have you ever seen black man
filling the job Of lieutenant either at
the Stanton avenue station or the Cot
tage Grove avenue station, both sta
tons located in the Second Ward?
Why has not this been done?
g. am strongly in favor Of cheap
err street car and elevated railroad
fares, and if elected will do all in my
power to bring about a reasonable re-
duction Of such fares.
9. ! am in favor of the enactment
of an ordinance requiring all police
officers to book" a prisoner within
one hour after making an arrest, and
no beating Of prisoners.
Many arrests are ofttimes made
where innocent, respectable and de-
cent men and women are sometimes
held over "a hours at time without
having the privilege of giving bail, and
sometimes without even being given
permission to telephone to their rela-
tives. Such an ordinance, il enacted,
would stop this illegal practice, in my
opinion.
10. 1 am in favor Of an amendment
Of the Volstead Law, which will per-
NIT the sale and consumption of light
wines and beer.
AS result of the enforcement Of
! the 18th Amendment, there are more
insane people in the various insane
asylums than ever before. In some
asylums in Illinois they are crowded
to their limit In Joliet penitentiary,
in Chester penitentiary, in Pontiac Re
formity, in the House Of Correction,
and in our county jail, there are more
prisoners than there were before the
advent Of prohibition. Daily citizens