Word: reforms
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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This evening at 8 o'clock Mr. C. J. Bonaparte '71, of Baltimore will speak on "The Movement for Honest Government." Mr. Bonaparte is one of the leading reformers in the country. He is chairman of the Executive Council of the National Civil Service Reform League and chairman of the Executive Committee of the National Municipal League...
...Roosevelt. In the Municipal Affairs for last December, Mr. Jerome said: "I am satisfied by careful investigation that the only result of our joint effort was that during Roosevelt's administration the liquor dealers paid for selling on Sunday $10 a month instead of $5. When the reform administration of Mayor Strong went out of office the tariff went back to the old schedule." And Mr. Low in his letter to Dr. Parkhurst says, "the pressure of strict enforcement causes the fires of blackmail to burn as with a forced draught and only doubles the inducements for blackmail." The second...
...other way would have changed the result. Besides, Mr. Low, by his letter of acceptance and his campaign speeches, has pledged himself to follow a course of judicious enforcement, and the departure from it would be a breaking of his pledge which would deserve a defeat for the reform party in 1903. The Low administration is making steady progress in every direction. Business men are enthusiastic in its support. The press is unanimous in commending the present government, and all elements of the reform movement continue to support it. As a matter of public welfare, the issue is plain...
Anthony closed the debate as third affirmative in rebuttal. He showed that lax enforcement of the law would not necessarily insure Mayor Low's return to office next year. The great principle of the reform administration is reform and nothing else will satisfy those who elected Mayor Low. But even if defeated Mayor Low should not commit blackmail by promising to connive at the law in return for votes. The principle advanced by the negative is one of local anarchy. The statute says that the Mayor shall enforce the law and the people have declared themselves in favor of enforcement...
...Political Club held a meeting last night, and an informal address was made by J. F. Moors '83. Mr. Moors told of his experiences in political life, and made several suggestions as to the way reform movements should be carried...