My plan is this: first get rid of that infamous law, and then go ahead and by degrees get municipal ownership.
Some of the reformers are sayin' that municipal ownership won't do because it would give a lot of patronage to the politicians.

How those fellows mix things up when they argue! They're givin' the strongest argument in favor of municipal ownership when they say that.

Who is better fitted to run the railroads and the gas plants and the ferries than the men who make a business of lookin' after the interests of the city?
Who is more anxious to serve the city?
Who needs the jobs more?
Look at the Dock Department! The city owns the docks, and how beautiful Tammany manages them! I can't tell you how many places they provide for our workers.

I know there is a lot of talk about dock graft, but that talk comes from the outs.

When the Republicans had the docks under Low and Strong, you didn't hear them sayin' anything about graft, did you?
No; they' just went in and made hay while the sun shone--That's always the case.