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RI GULAR I-MOR\TIC CAN DI)\T I" FR flS ti Ve IISafe IAssesson FIFTH DISTRICT. n!rimary Election, January 20th. 1920. D OCRACY AS OF OLD str ve Progressive WithoutStrife COLONEL Lo ana's Next Governor ary Tuesday, January 20th MOCR A VIVID CONTRAST ~What MCr. Rosen thought of Mayor Behrman in 1912' Proof that John M. Parker is not the only Chameleon! Speech delivered by Charles Rosen in the campaign of 1912 "Eight years ago I supported for mayor of this during the past eight years has had business rela- might in the development of a public belt or fight- in the land a commission form of government. great city a man who in the face of adverse circum- tions with the City Hall, who has had innurhierable ing the cause of the common people in forcing uni- Whatever little influence I had I lent to the ac stances, working himself up from a poor boyhood occasions in connection with the commerce of this versal transfers throughout the great street railway complishment of that purpose, that we might try through his own unaided efforts had reached a high city, to call upon Mr. Behrman for public aid, to system of this city so that now we have one of the that experiment, and I look forward with the hope and honored station in this city, and who I thought testify and bear witness tonight whether Mr. Behr- most magnificent school system in the ULited and with great expectations to the next four years vwas worthy of the great office of Chief Magistrate man has not always fought a good fight in behalf States, 37 per cent of which has been developed in the development of our civic life. of New Orleans-the lion. Charles F. Buck. To- of the interests of this city. and created during his two administrations, or "\When Martin BIehrman was elected mavor of - night, eight years later, I am again supporting a "I call upon every professional man of this city whether it has been by having wise legislation this city in ,9o4 he was an untried man. He had y TY man of the people, who likewise in the face of to bear witness tonight as I bear witness that enacted so that the people could have paved streets had no experience as the chief magistrate of a great adverse conditions, denied the education he now whether he was friend or foe Mr. Behrman has or whether it has been in furthering the cause of city. Now he has been seasoned by his experience. seeks to give our boys and our girls, who through always in his dealings in behalf of the city been the people in new and undeveloped paths, so that 11e knows the city of New Orleans and her needs his unaided efforts has likewise risen to a high just and equitable to the clients of every profes- now we have gymnasiums, public libraries, public t and exalted station in our midst, one of the corn- sional man alike. baths and playgrounds for the children such as this tical grasp and comprehension of the problems of usas Avenue an mon people of New Orleans-the lion. Martin city never possessed before the advent of his pro- our city such as I venture to say is possessed by Behrman. I call upon every householder of New Or- gressive administration, no other man in the city of Ne i Orleans. Shall we "In the light as I then saw it, with all the en- leans, man or woman, who has had occasion to com- "It has been the same with him in all things turn out this man who has given us such a splendid ergy of my nature I voiced, in common with others, municate with Mr. Behrman regarding some com- connected with the city's affairs, whether it be in administration? Shall we turn out a faithful public my opposition to Mr. Behrman. I am now here to plaint in some part of the city, to speak out and say fighting for the welfare of the people, in assist- official who has conserved the interest of our say, eight years later, what I have not hesitated to if Mr. Behrman has not always given the matter ing in validating the Port Commission bonds so great city upon every occasion and take- an untried say upon a formet occasion in this city, that the his personal attention, that we could have an improved city water front man ? best answer to my criticisms and the opposition of "His services have been of a higher nature than for the greater development of the commerce of the ". llow shall we test a progressive government? Mr. Behrman's other critics in that campaign, is the these. His administration, in the calcium light of city, or whether it was in assisting, almost single- \\hat test would the opposition propose? If you splendid record of his public performances as a the fiercest opposition of eight long years, shows handed I may say, in placing the second issue ot have schools erected so that now you teach 46,00o mayor of this great city. white and without a stain. There is no suspicion the $8.ooo,ooo sewerage and water board bonds so children as against 31,ooo when he was inducted "Upon that record of public duty as a faithful of graft or scandal'or wrong-doing connected with that we could have an improved system of sewerage into office; if you have r,ooo teachers now against ubhic Ioffca ,fti iywihw oeIsyta i administration of our iysafis We have an. dring wih ha ien usbte n hae evrlhnrd fteFieDpruethsbe S P E A K artin Behrman has been weig l he balance had, let it be blazoned before a fair and impartial water than any other city in the United States. increased in number 50 per cent, and the wages of and has been found not'wanting. I say to you fel- world, we have had a fair and honest government. "We have improved sanitation and decreased the men increased; if the number of policemen has low citizens, Martin Behrman has made good. Years New Orleans bears a fair and pure name in the the mortality to such an extent as to compare favor- been increased, as well as their wages, can you ago before I had an thought of entering a political eyes of the nation, ably with any city in the world. In all these mat- have a better progressive government than that? , campaign, the simp merit of Mr. Behrman's work "Mr. Behrman has risen to the responsiblities ters Martin Behrman has been a champion of the It is in such ways as that that Martin Behrman has in behalf of the people of this city had won from of his office to such a degree as I have seldom wit- best interests of the people of New Orleans. demonstrated his capacity and fitness for govern me, and from his fellow townsmen, unstinted nessed in any other man. Denied bpportunifies of 4We say upon the record of his public work, ment. In all the practical concerns of our city life, L praise. It would be unworthy for me not to pro- education and training given to other men, he has must he be just, and we say that in Martin Behr- he has been himself alive and awake to the neces S rnOr Uclaim publicly in his behalf what I have never by the sheer force of his native ability and com- man's administration more advancement, more pro- sities of his people, and I repeat that in my judg e n hesitated to say a hundred times in private talk, mon sense lifted himself up to meet the necessities gress, and more improvements in behalf of the city ment, he is the fittest man for mayor, and we should' what even the journals and those opposed to him of his people and the growing needs of a greater of New Orleans and her people have taken place re-elect him upon his record. would, if it were not for the exigencies, and the city, and to meet the new and perplexing problems than in any other three administrations of his "I say tonight what I said barely a year ago VrOt partisanship of a political camppaign, themselves be which confront a great city under modernized predecessors. -that after eight years of faithful service Mayor forced to say, that-Mr. Behrman has made one of civic conditions. Whether it be championing the "We are trying in the next four years a new Behrman deserves the election because he has been * J the most progressive mayors we have ever had. rights of the city, fighting in the interests of her experiment 'it this city in municipal government. weighed in the balance and found not wanting, he t' "I call upon every merchant of this city who people on the river front, assisting with all his We are to have in the irst great city of its size has made good." rby Ur ,sfab l m P. Stubbo mad Mayor BDeyman 1a .mIP.DF. O'DOS SfE3LL W:M . 1t sa. y a um im st a. wszaa REGULAR DEMOCRATIC CAN IDATE FOR l. \,./ W. T. angerg rma slwman ar a. B. w/Uanam DRURY L-" " I*35. i. lmS&,.. A R.PRESENTATIVEL ".&s . w.'i JS . BUUX. FIFTEENTH WARD. -30 -. slms , 0. u., m. 30own ,:i . ;* ? I gg pggg cuaum - ., Primary Election, January aoth, rga1 .