Show J IIII BY Til Hill Two yea years re n ago o the managers of ot the American part made all orts sorts of ot es es to the people nn and won voit Hi the ity It election And tile thc they failed so utterly that they wen went to pieces l the end of or their theil first term I Ezra Thompson on did ld not resign because oC or rheumatism He lie quit luit for fOl one of or two reasons Either he hn was wrong Tong or 01 his party palt was wrong George Sheets did not quit lull because of oC a press o or of pr private private- ato business It was either cither because he was wrong or his party part was wrong George Raleigh h did dd i not quit because ho he- needed a a. re rest t. t lI He lIe was us wrong or his 1 party mt was Ton wrong And if jf these men were wele themselves cs wrong THEN wrong THEIR THEIn P PARTY WAS VAS WRONG TOO It IL has never nc disclaimed their actions It IL has hag openly brazenly and amI repeatedly supported them In everything the they have done lone It has declared through Its newspaper organ orsan that the fate Cate of oC these officials chosen by l the American mel Amer meliron lean iron party was the fate of ot the party palt itself ThC They could coul not be wrong without the party part l being wrong I Tho American party part has lias made a bad mes nies of it i ia ii I the first term Som Somewhere In Its machinery there is js a fatal tatal defect A party part which forces Its own mayor out of In Its first term which so sadly compromises itself that its most important officials are arc charged with crime Is a ba bad party part If Ir it is no more successful the first term what hope is there of oC better bettel results in another term 7 V AV r Let Lct J b r mb I j i I I iiii-i iiii who who- dierf die die- v vV rf v- v r r K r i JiW L'- L' 7 selection of cah candidates l two years ago aSo are du die die- tating ui the s selection l of or can candidates l ates now They proved themselves incapable then Thc They are no more capable now Not the best men l but ut the worst vorst men In the American Amen Ameri can part party are ate controlling its affairs Not the worst but best men will suffer if that I party alt shall again ain succeed at atthe atthe atthe the polls Two years cars ago these men were promising ing that crini would cea cease e if they were given power The They were given power an and Mayor Branford Bransford Is proving ro that the they d il hl not keep their promise to make an end of crime for Cor he is finding flading a great deal of oC crime which they thc fostered fo 1 an and fattened b by u use e of oC office e. e They promised d to close the saloons on Sun Sunday ay Mayor laor Bransford Is 1 proving that tile the they didn't keep keel that promise for or one of the first acts of his career has been to ur order er the saloons closed e They rhe promised to give Si the city an economical did and like business s a administration mi They They They- ha have hac c twice rai raised etl th the taxes and anil have spent all the lie money Parties ma may l be c ju judged fair fain fairly by br th the record their 1 I cers mal maki And ju judged gc b by that safe afe standard wo we hava have hav havea a mayor so 0 bad that he was forced orce from office ollice right inthe in inthe n the hey day hc of his h I first filst term A chief chic of uC police driven en from place luce and accused cd of r crime A chief f of oC detectives unworthy to tu remain A council that r wastes in extravagance all the money S entrusted to it b by hi the people S A policy 11 C so prodigal that the thu taxes are raised TWICE T S in the II first t term terin and yet et with ith obligations which the he heS S hll U of the cit city can b by no nj means cover ur and tai tal take cure care of 5 5 rh Their h no next t term would be worse vorse than their A first S They should be a ashamed hamell to ask retention after the record thoy tini have o mu made mude e. e Surely urd the people will not them again S |