City Government in the United StatesD. Appleton, 1894 - 227 páginas |
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Página 219 - The mobs of great cities add just so much to the support of pure government, as sores do to the strength of the human body.
Página 21 - The system of sewerage and the physical condition of the sewers is notoriously bad — so much so as to be dangerous to the health and most offensive to the comfort of our people. " Public work has been done so badly that structures have had to be renewed almost as soon as finished. Others have been in part constructed at enormous expense, and then permitted to fall to decay without completion.
Página 193 - Let me now take a more comprehensive view and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally.
Página 30 - The mayor shall nominate and by and with the consent of the board of aldermen, appoint the...
Página 197 - We know as well as any other class of American citizens where our duties belong. We will work for our country in time of peace and fight for it in time of war, if a time of war should ever come. When I say our country, I mean, of course, our adopted country. I mean the United States of America. After passing through the crucible of naturalization, we are no longer Germans ; we are Americans.
Página 24 - The Legislature shall have the right, at any time by law, to submit to the people the question of calling a convention to alter, reform or abolish this Constitution, and when upon such submission, a majority of all the votes cast shall be in favor of said proposition, then delegates shall be chosen, and the convention shall assemble in such mode and manner as shall be prescribed.
Página 2 - Two tests of practical efficiency may be applied to the government of a city : What does it provide for the people, and what does it cost the people...
Página 50 - Few have gained their positions by fitness or by public service ; many have gained them by scoundrelism ; some by crime. ... It has been my lot also to have much to do with two interior American cities of less size— one of about 100,000 inhabitants, the other of about 12,000. In the former of these I saw a franchise, for which a million dollars could easily have been obtained, given away by the Common Council.
Página 85 - I declare that the function of a police justice is of more importance to the community than that of a judge of the Court of Appeals. The latter finally settles the law, but the former applies it in the first instance in nearly all cases affecting the life, liberty, and property of the citizen. . . . The divorce between party politics and the bench should be made so complete that when a man becomes a judge he should cease to be a politician.
Página 197 - ... crucible of naturalization, we are no longer Germans; we are Americans. Our attachment to America cannot be measured by the length of our residence here. We are Americans from the moment we touch the American shore until we are laid in American graves. We will fight for America whenever necessary. America, first, last, and all the time. America against Germany, America against the world; America, right or wrong; always America. We are Americans.