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TOM JOHNSON'S FIGHT
You have asked me this question to
bo answered through your paper:
"How have you kept your promise
to give the people of Cleveland 3-cent
street railway fares, and do you still
believe 3-cent fares possible?"
In reply, let .me say that even my
bitterest opponents concede that I
made every effort that lay In my pow
er to bring about 8-cent fares. Since
last August my hands have been tied,
but I am ready to renew the flght as
soon as the knots tied by the corpora
tion attorneys have been loosed. They
can be loosed at the spTlng election.
Here, In brief, is the record of this
administration on the street railway
question and, incidentally, the record
ol Its adversaries:
No sooner had I taken office than
the preliminary work of securing 3
cent fare was begun. The enemy was
active, but on December 9, 1901, an
ordinance was introduced in the city
council to establish routes for 3-cent
fare roads. Move one by the city.
Two days later, Republican Attor
ney General Sheets brought suit to
oust the city government This was
the first public move of our oppo
nents. Move one by the railroads.
In the usual course of council pro
cedure, the ordinance was passed on
March 24. Move two by the city.
An election was pending and our
opponents did not make their second
move until that had passed. The peo
ple of Cleveland sealed with their
approval the work that had been dotip,
but, despite this, on May 11, the build
ing of the 3-cent faro road was en
joined by. the circuit court. Move two
by the railroads.
The court, in setting .aside the work
done, pointed out certain defects in
1he first ordinance and legislation was
started in the council a second time,
in wn:ch these defects were cured.
Move three by the city.
Five days later, on July 19, the
council was enjoined from granting
any franchise under the new ordi
nance, and a suit was brought to oust
TO CUItK A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LRXatira RromrvOninina Tablnts. Ttifn
BiffnatareFfr , on erery box. 25e.
the city council elected by the people
of Cleveland. Move three by the
railroads.
The city law department attacked
this injunction and had it dissolved by
the circuit court 'Move four by the
city.
Our opponents, beaten by the courts
at home, appoaled to the supreme
court by taking up the old ouster suit,
which had beenuallowed to sleep, and
ten days before the new 3-cont fare
franchises were to nave been bid for
the supreme court ousted the city
council, thus completing the destruc
tion of the government of Cleveland.
Move four by the railroads.
Tied hand and foot, the city admin
istration has been powerless ever
since, but it only awaits the command
of the voters of Cleveland to renew
the contest This time the track is
clear, for our opponents have ex
hausted all the power of courts, and
the whole question has at last come
bad: to the people of this city.
One of the influences that resulted
in my election was the belief that no
street , railroad franchise would be re
newed that did not provide for 3-cent
fares, universal transfers, and ulti
mate municipal ownership.
Up to that time, the question of re
newing franchises was constantly be
fore the council, and the people were
fearful that In spite of their protests
renewal grants would be made in the
interest of the railroads, in entire dis
regard of the rights of the street car
riders. No such fear has existed dur
ing this administration and no effort
of any kind has been made to secure
extension of present grants.
The citizens of Cleveland have
nothing to lose and everything to gain
in the building of new street rail
roads. Men and money are waiting
to invest in 3-cent fares. The con
gestion of cars on the main streets
and the crowded condition of the cars
themselves witness the fact that the
city has far outgrown Its present
street railroad facilities. The city Is
growing at the rate of 25.000 people
each year. Will the citizens force bet
ter and cheaper service or trust to
the generosity of the men who now
monopolize the streets?
Street railroad building has been
at a standstill for a number of years,
notwithstanding our phenomenal
growth. The building of new lines
will serve the double purpose of fill
ing this want and inviting free and
open competition as to the rate of fare
on the new lines. One road in opera
tion at 3-cent faro is worth moro
than any number of reports on the
cost of carrying passengers and will
strengthen the position of the city in
this important contest Competition
between bidders for now franchises is
the best evidence as to what passen
gers can be carried for.
Never have the votere of an Ameri
can city been permitted to meet such
a clear-cut issue as the one that is
now presented to the people of Clove
land. On the one side is the movement for
more, better and cheaper street rail
way service; on the other is a party
organization utterly dominated by a
United States senator who in himself
is the incarnation of street monopoly.
He will strive to choose the council
manic nominees for his party.
The election of a mayor is of small
importance except as to his veto pow
er in franchise matters. The selec
tion of the now administration officers
under the now code is of minor Im
portance, for their deeds will perish
with them, but the work of the new
council will bind future generations
to extortion and Inconvenience or
grant them the proper use of the
streets whicfh they own.
Let no voter cast a ballot for a
councilman, republican or democrat,
who Is not fully and specifically
pledged to guard the public interest
Let no vote be cast for a council
man who is not untainted by monop
oly Influence and capable of the high
est , trust.
Even if competing franchises are
not granted, the present grants of the
old roads are about to expire, and
the question of their extension must
be met by the new council. The vot
ers must realize, then, that the new
coijncilmen must be the representa
tives of the people who ride on Sena
tor idanna's railroad rather than the
representatives of Senator Hanna him
self. Unless the senator dominates the
council, competing 3-cent lines will
be within reach. There are men ready
to construct such lines. It Is the
knowledge of such fact that spurs him
on in his effort to control the next
council and city administration so as
to secure the renewal pf his grants
before the people of Cleveland are
actually being carried for 3 cents.
But for Senator Hanna's opposition
urni nrm m
and his power to use a great politi
cal party for his own business ends,
the people of Cleveland would bo en
joying 3-cent faro today.
This Is not the time for compromise.
The street railway monopoly is yield
ing. It first offered to sell six tickets
for a quarter; now, rumor has It, It Is
willing to sell seven tickets for a
quarter- Bight tickets for a quarter
is only a short step, and if the people
of Clevoland cxerciso the power that
is in them, 3-cont faro will soon bo
an accomplished fact Tom L. John
son, in Cleveland (O.) Press.
Gambling: Among Girls.
There is nothing of the spirit of
sensational indictment In what Mrs.
Julia Ward Howe has to say on the
subject of gambling among fashion
able girls. It is calm and dispassion
ate and founded, as seems clear, on
observations which Mrs. Howe's so
cial position enables her to make for
herself. That she has abundant op
portunity for seeing the extent to
which play may be carried every one
knows, and this, of course, lends
weight to what she says and secures
attention from a class which would
treat with indifference such a state
ment from an "outsider." Very hu
manly and very sweetly does Mrs.
Howe base "her plea for a change, on
the assumption that few persons real
ly arc willing to acquire cruel gains
through another's losses. When they
do this, Mrs. Howe seems to Imply,
very diplomatically, it is thorough
thoughtlessness, and all that such of
fenders against the 'law of being
kind" need Is to realize that offense
there Is. With just a few realizations
of this generous faith, public opinion
will do the rest Such gentle and wise
reflections as those in which Mrs.
Howe Indulges, recognizing both sides
and all sides of the question, are more
efficacious in the end it seeks than
such onslaughts as those of Colonel
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