Show c. c AIGN ASSESS ASSESSMENTS I k Chairman Mulvey Mul laid Jahl down the I i. i S 'S 1 law Jaw Tuesday nl night ht Anything which S the Democrats havo have done is right Well ell is Is n i t convenient con doctrine 5 oJ- oJ S and simplifies tile tIe trouble In which campaign committee a the American S finds Itself But we wo do not believe It pleases the people S If It the Americans are convicted of ot S taking ten per cent of ot the wages of oC their and pouring It into the j campaign campal n fund tind It Is enough to reply that such cond conduct ct has been the habit 5 S of the Democrats when that singular to 1 party arty was In office 5 The reason is clear enough but not notS S very convincing except convincing except to Councilman Council Council- S. S J man Mulvey Mul S convicted of ot The Americans were T r taking a portion portion of ot the pay of ot their theirS and taking It with the purpose pur pur- S 1 pose of or applying It to the use of the S. S party part In the fall campaign The rie dirty work was done with tho the full till knowledge knowl S edge al and l author authority of or the American AmericanS managers and the city cILy It was wasS S S t approved b by the heads of depart depart- I ments The collection was reduced to toa i a n system Lists were made out with 5 the names nl-mes of ot the and the 5 S amounts they were ere expected to surrender sur sur- S render from their pa pay Foremen men S. S In authority were given these lists r 5 and authorized to make the tho 5 s 1 tion The They did make male the collections S h V All the essentials of ot a mighty contemptible contemptible con con- plot arc are proven and no noman man even eyen In hi the whitewashing committee com corn S1 7 that sat satin in the council chamber Tuesday night could deny It But ButS k S th was the defense of at Councilman Y MuLvey The he Democrats used to do doSt St t- t It S S r- r f- f There should be a better defense tr i or a plainer p punishment than that The public Is supposed to be a nonpartisan non- non ic 1 partisan bod body Officers are elected to serve servo the whole people and to serve men of ot or on party part as promptly and as asI falU of another Em Em- I faithfully Q as men I arc are supposed to be paid what the they are wor worth h. h And If It their wages are raised In order to fatten the camS campaiGn campaign cam cam- S S fund of ot the party part in power the the ot c public has been robbed just to the t. t c extent of or the rai raIse c S 'S 5 It Il is folly to sn say a the tho were 5 not flOt under compulsion lon to surrender a n aS 5 t. t S portion of their pay It t is oily folly to sa say t 5 5 thc they gave sa voluntarily When hen a foreman foreman fore fore- W man comes around with th a prepared list with the names of the men and amI S-J S S f i the amounts that authority has decided de de- leSS le- le S 5 the they must give It amo amounts to toan tort J rt an assessment that must be sun sun-en- S dered Refusal to resignation L J nation and It is so understood un To fo sa say the Democrats have have done It In Inthe int int t t the past does docs not mal make e it any ny hosier beter ri r.-f It I Is isa a a despicable and tyrannous business busi busl- 5 S ness and it deserves the reprobation the people arc are expressing against It Ii |