The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-02-12
Vhe Spring Election.

On Tuesday next the first election for
Borough aud township officers, under the
new Constitution, will be held. Here. in
Stroudsburg all is quiet relative to the COM
ing day, and yet it is important that good
men should be selected for the offices to be
fillel We have to elect a Chief Burgess,
six town Councilmcn, two School Directors,
one Judge of Election, two Inspectors OF
Election, one Assessor, one Auditor, one
Justice of the Peace, two Ovcrseers OF the
Poor, and one Constable, and it is about
time we arrange the matter of filling these
offices properly The last moment before
voting is the very worst moment possible for
this important work, leading, as ii invariably
does to regrets over some thing done that it
would have been infinitely better to have left
undone altogether. Who will move in the
matter? Who will second the motion for a
neoting on Saturday evening to unite upon
candidates for the several offices?
We have no desire to see politics mingled
III with the affair, notwithstanding that a
contest would give us Republican officers.
We want to see politics laid aside and only
the securing the. men best qualified to do the
most good through their ability to make
every thing work to the best ad"sn!aGe. We
want Counc;,mcn who, while possessing
liberal views relative to the improvement OF
our beautiful borough, will bear in mind our
enormous public debt, and couple economy
with utility in the management of affairs.
We want School Directors who have the
thorough education of the rising generation
at heart, anl who, yet, will hesitate long BE-
fore voting to squandcr thousands of borrowed
capital in erecting fancy school houses. We
don want niggardly Board, but we want
liberulity in procuring the useful combined
with economy to restrain the useless. We
want fair and honest assessments made by a
thoroughly competent and impartial Assessor.
We want an Auditor who will not be above
his work, and whom nothing can deter from
n faithful performance of his duties We
want Ovcrseers of the Poor, who while exer-
ciSing the most unlimited kindness towards
suffering humanity will protect us from the
lIdulo NllO NlilJCI dlJGI NIIlCl ldSlCil
themselves upon US. We want Justice o.
the Peace who will do more than merely
secure for himself the empty title of Squire
who will indeed be a conservator Of the
Pace. Wcwant Constable who will prove
himself an efficient Police officer, who will be
around when he is wanted. and who will do
his whole duty without fear, favor or hope
Of reward. In short VIC want good and true
men in all the positions to be flled-men
who will honor both themselves and the Off
ces by good deeds well performed
To secure these wants we would like to see
our citizens, without distinction Of party, as
selnble in public meeting and, after consulta-
rioa, and comparison of qualification, select,
as near as may be, ticket equally divided
letween both the great political parties Of
tie day-Republican and Democratic-and
then work hand in hand to elect it. In mere
municipal affairs mere partizanship certainly
should be, even if it is not, played out.
Who will second our motion for meeting
on Saturday night.