Show TILE THE FLOP OF OP TILH TILE HERALD No one expects the Tribune to be consistent Ilan It Il Itcan Itcan can an howl for tor Devines Devine's appointment one ono day and howl a against it tho next and tho the public accepts tho the ch change as ono one of ot tho the natural and regular things The public understands that the Tribune Is between the of f a 3 consuming egotism on the tho one hand and the Scylla of a a. corrupt political boss on the other Its self esteem ma may mako make It go on re record record record re- re cord as favoring ono course and Its hose boss r reading the he record ma may order It to reverse Itself That has been time and again and It is likely to be done dono at t an any time i But people do like me to believe that the Herald is honest and consistent How can they do so InI in r I f view of or that papers paper's vacillating record on the bond hond Issue For weeks the tho H Herald was opposed d to the bonds On June 20 0 the H herald said Id under th the tho caption A Dishonest Purpose Purpose Purpose- Nothing In the tho promises of or the tho administration or In Its r record cord Justifies the tho belief that the bond money will vILl be u used pd d for new Improvements on the contrary there Is every reason renson to believe ve that thal a large largA part of oC it will be hp diverted di to pay existing debts On tho the face of the proposal it is 18 dishonest mIsI misleading and m meant ant for political ends and the l I issue sue suc ought to tobe tobe be he hea beaten ten On June 21 the Herald called the bond proposition tion A Simple Shell Game That figure of speech was waR rc recognized as so o accurately describing tho the case that the thA Herald stuck to it It and md a again ln on June 22 declared that the frk friends of oC tho the scheme were Working the tho Shell Game Under tho the title of oC Time to Tell the tho Truth the tho Herald on Juno 26 26 printed the the- following Before the city administration can enn expect to get th the vote of the tho tax lax pa payers r for Cor an nn addition of to the tho municipal debt there thero will have havo to be answers to these questions How much of ot the tho Is b to ho bo used for covering tho the deficit in the city treasury treasur How much of tho the or deficit was spent for public Improvements and how much Is IR due glue to extravagant waste walto of or public funds How much do you owe on outstanding unpaid warrants How much are arc you OU holding out on refund to property owners for or excessive a assessments on public works HOW much of tho the property owners' owners mone money do you hold In funds held for Cor paving and sewerage and other special assessment mont work What hat is to be he the rate rato for Cor the cIt city tax levy y this year and what will be bc the deficit deficit In the tho city's operating account provided you ou do not cover your our shortage e b by mone money raised from ruin a bond I Issue uc Finally if it a bond Issue Is voted what really new work mn may tho the tax payers expect to get for their generosity Not ono one of tho those e questions has been heen authoritatively authoritatively ely answered and yet Ct the Herald has reversed itself and from about Jul July 10 has hns been as ns ardent an advocate of oC the bends as Tom Toni Kearns could desire Here Herc is what the Herald said about the tho bonds bondson I on Tul July 27 27 after after a all tho the above argument against them A careful not to say painful perusal peru al of or all nil the theren ren reasons ons advanced for voting against tho the bond issue fails falls to reveal an any solution of the city's problem b by bythe bytho tho the men who aro are opposing tho the bonds An honest and nd fearless newspaper Is one of oC the gifts girts of oC the tho god gods But neither the Herald nor tho the Tribune can cnn Ja lay Jay an any fair all claim to being In that cIe desirable class Thc They both seem to obey ohey the same ame bos hos hosa Dont Don't be influenced d by either cither of oC them |