Show TO MAYOR JAMES QUAYLE you were asked a 1 question in a recent issue of THE JOURNAL and you have up to this time failed to to answer it now mr quayle we insist upon your answer to this question ARE ann YOU I 1 IN javoil or OF PAYING baying PER daya DAY FOR DAYS OF EIGHT HOURS EACH WHEN MEN WHO ARE 1 IN 1 NEM NEED or OF WORK WILL PUT IN TEN HOURS EACH SAME WORK F FOR on PER DAY the question is simple and C can 1 n not liot bo be misunderstood your answer may be made in one word and will be given to the public even if it is longer there is no desire on tho the part of this paper to suggest or dictate the form of answer as nn an attorney might but your answer will be thankfully received in whatever shape you may put it mr quayle you are the mayor of this city we are arc a taxpayer of this city and we represent many others who pay the taxes from which your salary is drawn for that reason you you cannot deny us its a respectful hearing when our questions are respectfully put mr quayle you ou are a public officer and the public has hai a right to enquire into your official conduct we constitute a portion of the public and we represent the public as it a newspaper should you are therefore called upon to explain the policy you have pursued in handling tile the public funds mr quayle it hay has been said of you that you you favor the giving of per day clay for days of eight hours each in ordinary street work it his has been said that you as chief custodian cust odean of the peoples money have insisted upon paying per day for common labor Is this true mr quayle this money that you y ou and your council pay out at the rate of aco per day for days of eight hours each is the peoples money moncy taken from them by direct taxation with the implied promise on oil the part of the city to mako make it go as far as possible in public imi prove ments and kindred expenditures mr quayle you are expected to use the peoples money over which y you ou are chief guardian as econome economically and carefully as you yau would your own even more so since since you are rich and can afford much which many of your constituents cannot besides the confidence they liate have r reposed in you merits some consideration now mr quayle since you have ignored i nored tile the question so earnestly and respectfully put by a portion of tile the taxpayers of this city it has bar been intimated that your r reasons for such conduct are of a personal character it is said that you never paid per day for days of ei eight bt hours each in your life to common laborers it is ia said that you are not in the habit of b giving 0 over per day to men whom you employ with your private means and that you require twelve hours per day besides Is this true mr quayle can it ibbe be possible that you are arc more extravagant with funds ent entrusted ruste d to your care than you are with wit h your own private means Is it it a fact that you are arc trying to build up a reputation for generosity with other peoples people la money the public awaits your answer to the question in the meantime THE JOURNAL will undertake to ascertain if these rumors do you an injustice your silence however indicates that they are true |