| Show 0 GRAFT RA RAMPANT NI NIN IN N S1 n ENGL NO Local Governments of John J Jf f Bull Said Sard to LoBe Be Honey Honeycombed cf i hl combed With It RECENT R EC INVESTIGATIONS NV ESTI GATION s 1 j jI Disclose I do O n II of f Calculated i c To Miiko Turn i II V VS i t i S r rt V t Special Correspondence i ONDON Jan JI n 9 Englishmen who hO i f c LONDON L enjoyed talking about the tho cort t C ruction and In Amer American I V ican municipal life lite are aro singing very Vory ver small Just jUlit now new Even tile most f t patriotic hilton Briton Is III a apt allt to o 0 feel that for him to abuse America on this score la Is I like the pot calling till iha kettle kottle black V VIf It If has hils always been heen thin tho boast bou t of that mill all of ot their lr government were freo fie from corruption und and un to tu it tL great t extent timis has been tIm tho case Irately l been beena I Ia a rude awakening Investigation af at after atter t ter tel Into tho thu workings o Of various boards of guardians und amid other hither local government nt authorities have havo dis disclosed closed a U or of affairs aerates which Which would put lint to tho thou greatest graf tern that t V I hall or till the Philadelphia Ing over produced It Is Jo true that thal the Iho of ot money Involved in tIme tho Engi Eng disclosures dl were wert than tham thouA tho il that lint we urn more to hoar hear about bollt I from America but the tho only reason that this was wan EO so was wan that tho time amounts that could be b stolen 1 n were wel smaller Work WorkIng ork Ing IU on tilt thu basis halls time lImit ishi 1111 hiu hums far eclipsed his hIlt An can cuu V V l nir IN LONDON LONDO London I hut imus bean bosn going a it se Ie e V ikus of or In U of oft ot for fIJI time the Inet year at 01 m ru V Bo HI car half a 1 of or tho time forty or boards In lu tho time have halli by y local lx boned ard and amid a it startling state slate nt or corruption lim Imas been beon ill III clo ml In earths At limit least half It a loen dO moro muro boards hourd hew have hen for fOI or Investigation anil II It IH Iii wild said that practically every overy hoard board of or guardian in iii tIle the I II ocl kingdom IN is in III need of ot with 11 Iome In III for Cur It before long omi contractor contract ii nurl I imil II to have havu boen Stint lo and there thorEt wilt will 10 lo many JOHN Joi IN Ii rime fh one Olle man to whom wild time tho creditor credit for or alt all this thlu in is ulle in is John rims tint lIw ti sut 1 ledou 01 mill ni who bo ID is now iv n mi I of or Jim Ih I lie UK us of lit the Jilt local hoal gov jov This Thin board linn has h j Juris rl ion over ur the Iho I he work of ot il ahl i this the IO 11 bodies und IH IN to watch I I moths und anil Lu ni 1 Li on their X huh time the of oC I I I hu 1 It I 11 It 11 I I wan flits for fI it H II I I N II hull II r nUIn Imis had u II liI rue In lo local cal ILl ILI tin the drool tiling lip did clIl wm iut to Ln I U S I 0 k i Iii li system lint inu up Ut 11 II i ti that Hint lie lio I loov not lIot Intend lo tn I u until lie he lin iq ellis oUm iii thud uni 1111 of roUt from Im Iut pu II I lire life 11 Illi Ill lw l of ut Is U in an lion I IM I in I h It h I I l Is III a ti lui MI it I I ud d mid mouth h ius x ua vur um tiu Ih I or ot Hm ibm i io r 1 iia hI 1 It U I is or every lIl I I lest lucill 1 na nd until iw iwIn 10 I V A In III I si tl et isa mIni I lilly ly V en I 11 V VI t r ill ll I I i lii H It t Iii ill of t u ui mitsui of Ot on un Vit 1 GRAFT RAMPANT 5 IN STAID ENGLAND S S J Continued from page paso thirteen f money mone for the tho building and maintaining S of or f workhouses pauper schools asylums 1 1 I iS and such Bitch Institutions nod aud It U Is itt I In con connection conn n with this ra that the tho theS S 5 waste and the tho dishonesty have oc occurred 00 S S e S mST FIRST I INVESTIGATION Mr Burns Investigation after ho lie lieS S took oleo was Wt In connection with tho the theS S administration of or tile tho poor NOOn law In ia by IY J tile the West Yett Ham lain board of ot guardians West WestHam S Ham ll un Is III ono of the tho poorest t and most S thickly populated districts of or London S and Ind Its Ill legitimate expenditure for the tho relict Jt of or the thu poor must always be bo very large Inre TIme Tho local taxation however rose rotte roseto rO rOto to nn an manning alarming rate rato and und the ratepayers S complained so BO loudly that It was WUI evi evident dent that Clint something was WUI wrong WrongS S APPOINTMENTS FOR l OR SALE SALL S The rime Investigation disclosed the ot of affairs that tha Is so ito 10 familiar to Ameri Amen Americans AmenS S cans Ito havo hitie followed follow cJ the he course coune ot of r municipal government Investigations S In ita their ow own n country There hero was no ion 1 ionS S In the tho gift of or tho tIme guardians V that was not put up Ut for tO allio to lO tho time thol highest l bidder bidden Tho Thu ho master of ur tho the workhouse paid e 00 oo for hll job tho thi thiS I S officer paid TO aunt and J lov lovIng S Ing hug who about 12 a ut week weekS S FRILl OO cuch for their S rime contractor who supplied coal to tho the wo una VaSI Wi allowed to 10 supply n ii S quality Inferior to that ho contracted for tOI and al to V t tot for the tho S ty lIt I ho actually supplied Other Othol con c n wore wOle 1 In lit lh same Hamo way VL S 5 and amid I n every money moIO reg rog to lo of tho ho hoard oard of or S S guardians und anti Tho limu favored S wore overe to S 1111 rivals bid beCome they thoy oto for formally forS S mally und and their own bids S so U us lS to make mako the Iho of It time the ron cuu S trout tract to tl them thol n a I u Time Tho result of ut S this 1 that 11 10 live vu gUl Il S inns luria und unc tho coal coni went to toI I jail jull jai jailS USUAL S I i SS At I nn an showed S it Unit chucks foi rUI had iad hlll fe 1 1 S tumid and tr vIes of nC much mich time thu Ih 1110 sort Non tom II that r at 11 V ut est t Hum At M AtS Mv i v S i 5 where a Ual work S In II many lalY 11 tu to the thu theS lia Ilu built bui 0 the gross gronn grol grossS S 1 ft Ct WILl 1 anti 0 5 S chill 8 duly It J WIts Wil to l time tho of l i lust they thuy theyS S hud ull aced t Jj I ii tutu th l ll Jt wan WIL 1111 I It Unit thul the lit litof of ot it tItus cost roa tl for each eacho o tl tu U ii I tots 11 i to In UJ Width 10 LOI out 71 75 tathi tl wort vure fitted a in of t anti anil viti mug Wil IV lilt I us LI lieu which lud tai taihi 1 IJ hi d 1 by b thi th it I mg yr hul lieu It I tIlts tom for ho Iw I m jd 11 It Ii I t tc to h satire that thuat lit had n t nt I on 01 to I thin I hilt I I iii Hy HyI 11 sib I Ui 11 ulu ill Th 1 hut tote I l if it f thIs U l m s viti Wi is III und 1 It Min WN hut It Ii built hl for mum I i und HUM C n fl hul lou lid I mug tv hitch 11 h hi hu fu i ii In lit II 01 way tray 11 al u SIC i IV could hun vu vuU In U in 11 fur or I l I NJ 5 Til Tia i title limo thu hl vf of uffe tho End En board of or which Is now no In progress has bait shown an equally amazing state stalo of affairs The Tho guardians there ther a system of ot maintaining thu thO pauper children In what whIt urn aro UIO known as Il homes which means that a do dozen en or moio 1010 children ren In charge change of or o a n matron mation and superintendent are aro Installed in an aim or ordinary dwelling house und alit form u a I sort ort of ot poor noon law II w family 11 I Tho The Mile Mio End guardians a 0 few years ago wanted halt half n at dozen dozell moro more houses housell for lor their scattered homes Six houses were of or offered offered to them at ut 1500 1501 each ench They refused tho time offer anti I nd a II few tow weeks later hater bought time the samo houses houle for each Needless to 10 say It wan WaH testified that thata a I good deal of ot the difference went weil into lie tho to pockets of or certain guardians This Is I not tho the end of ot the graft In connection with wih tho time scattered homes hornes When tho Iho houses were bought It was Wil discovered that lint they 1103 Ihl welo CiC badly hl h In need of repairs and experts testified t that tho tIme repair voik done dono by b tho time only contractor who could secure work from rota the board hoard und was charged for forat forat at Just twice the market price urice Some Sonic oc oe It was charged for tor and amid Wits waH not hot dono doimo nt mit nil all In three years the tho guardians spent moro more than timan time tho original value of or these theeo houses on them In repairs and ono member of nC tho board hOId who was wan WIS nuked lIked why this was so sn gravely ex cx x that pauper children wore were very hard on houses LIVED IVED WILL The Time Investigation n of ot the hoard board of o has hM Just begun So far It has bait hal been h out that the tho officials at the lie workhouses were n a accustomed to toast feast dally daily t al I on Ol salmon and pineapples That would bo he h equivalent lent lont na lI tar al ns cost Is concerned to ter ten HH len hal and canvas back bl duck In Amen Amei lenAl AT Ar Al iiona IOrI DE IB POPLAR Time Tho Poplar Investigation occupied a I place 1 of oC its Il lt own There Thero is iii no doubt that great extravagance and anal lack hack of disciplines were welO shown there but no tin 10 charge of pr dishonesty was wa fixed on any an anor of or the guardians It I ls iii II worth men muOn mentioning tinning toning that the thue majority of the board wore Socialists who deliberately pur pursued sued the time policy of or treating the tho paupers anti were not not greatly concerned with saving savin the pockets of or the tho claus ratepayer ratepayers At Al any rate rte tIme the Hotel de dp Poplar as IS time the workhouse was Wil called became exceedingly ly popular with tramps l and nil all ni over owr the country It 1 was wan wal largely patron patronized by l y people who tho had hud never noel lived In Poplar and who had bad hl no claim clum what whatever ever etl for Cor relief from rain It I but who were vere welcomed by the th sympathetic guardians on oil tho thio ground of o thin the universal brother brotherhood brotherhood hood of or man maim UNIQUE INSTANCE A most delightful of ot muni municipal municipal cipal was disclosed lu In an Investigation ulon nt at Monmouth In Wales where a I new electric light plant wits was WIS laid down by hy the h city council About was ions Wil thrown away avay Iway amid In iii soy oral streets mains laid und anti when It IL I Wil found that thai thun were ver no rio pos itoH possible sible consumers of ot tho time light they were welO torn tent up imp again never hover lid IUd anything better betOI than that What Is I tIme the of this thin sudden outbreak of or corruption In I 7 For there is 18 no flu 10 doubt that the widespread dishonesty Just Is I ot or comparatively aU rely recent origin orl ln A lending Con Conservative told mo mu 10 a n few fow rw days da ago ugo list it 11 WOK waH duo to the growth or of democracy Put ut poor 1001 or men In lit orrl Involves thu handling of ot largo large sums of ot money mOlley ho he said und alI van yta hem hm to temptations which they thoy annul tUI lt I 1 Wo We Va land had nothing lik Ik this when time tho poor Ioor law wax vas oy Luy the Iho and und the thu narson und the time colonel flint and ald time the other r local inn IU nates falos They Thoy Jho eme men muon who vimo wore were ubo nil al that tort zort of f thing who cave 11 their time to 10 tho flue public service from a t l len sense henna en o of thou thol duty to La the public Now No wo 0 nr aI are i brooding breeding u it class of politicians who arc aro In th this public ser service vice for or what they can out oll of or It hi I who are aro an not too scrupulous how tile tho muk U it I They have liIa nell monor nor tho time financial which often oCton keeps a Il man tan honest POLITICAL A very similar low Iw with whim Home Im un Important In was wan wal taken luken hv by I J 1 I IY McDonald M u P 1 Limo thu scene i cio tary of o t lh Ih I lao I I Labor Labom I l re that wo WU ale nio II u a clai clau ell J i of It fi put i lio ho ii 0 Mid Kit lii but i so o I him far they thiS bron Iwon able to 10 tor 1 u r Il uit t Into hIlt tho the if u nn ant I 4 thI ittie I hem I ii I F rim Ih lug big men with wih ovit ii os I i ho out outlook m look Illk tire r In iii 11 the town own i aunty nUn ci us and in 11 parliament This I ICI n ti lUll irn field fm for Ihl the ho jobbers till inI 11 mill title vms In 11 I a tho lie minor bodies boel will h im the Ions have hlo till thu of ur large 1111 sti of or money We e usually n 11 lii t patties in Ill inov ov vur 01 ry of fC on Oh ono uno humi there ui II hat iho th t inert witto i Ix is 11 comfort uld n imi I I I for rol or lImo tho poor without much Ilch regard to 10 what It Ito I testS fust o t On Oil timo th other otmer morn tiro Iro Ih rep neIl I a t I la of iii n he lie I ra 1 helms Mons who desire only economy nt itt lt What noer Ir cOst coat l l und are aru not IIII with whit thy the Ihl of oC time thu pool nun Both there Iho url art honest but thum thol thorn in is too tOi n Il of if r mon monor or n mime ihu somali ulio tire nio 1111 in lam il thou Ihu Ihl work worl only for Is lam I In mm It foi fei rJ thorn them Ihli They Thuy are contractu ull UH lu 11 IHO lu tv tie tu to u t m they are aro not In nn an actual majority they manage to attract omo ivono 1010 of nr the tho honest men to heir side nide by hy clever lation lalon These are aio tile tho men who ate aio IlO responsible for time the scandals you JOI must n havo men amen with ideals or men muon of or financial independence in public life le rime Tho professional politician who is Js In It Il for rOI what ho can eun make malo in tint st 10 go rho The remedy for lor the present state tato of ot Is 15 If the abolition ot or the lie boards of o guardians guardian and the tho devolution of or their duties to lo the Iho linger larger er i HI nL tr a and amid county councils AVo We Yole gei go l I bi 7 men and honest molt mOi on those ii l they v work ork sufficiently In the tho 01 to prevent place any flagrant taking I should not say ay that the thi th cot nip WI We H havo found IB lit II an evil of ot de do d It I would bo be h bal b for r tin 1 country COUl try If it I were for Is bound bOUld to l grow rw and alit Increase It I Is sun lm h ply ph tho thio result ot or trying to tu met te nb IL v conditions with the t lit old oM forms foin of cr which must be aw awn a or modernized Time The ho best Jost proof of what I say sl Is Poplar There was watt gross 1088 und amid alIbi ablo extravagance shown holn th r hut but no moo dishonesty und and I happen to know that thal Mr Burns Durn was Watt very anxious ti 11 find something wrong WInn there lhor v i could ull be fastened on I WI Win Will Crooks M f t i who watt all city 01 of the tho Poplar gruar ll ini and und who IH lit a personal enemy of or Mr MI Ile file He declared d heroic the lw iri mavra 1719 a Unit he was ovas WIS II joint 10 vu I Crooks Creoles rolt he e tried hard enough to todo todo do It hut hut ho ime failed I VANS |
