The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-04-01
THE KIND OF MEN TO VOTE
FOR

on the 5th oil April, and within less than
week the voters of Emporia will be
called upon TO select mayor, members
of the council and other officers, who
will assist in the direction and manage.
menl of the affairs of the city for the
next two years. Happily there are no
lack of candidates for these important
positions, and among the competitors
who have voluntarily entered the race,
or have been forced onto the track by
their friends, there are sufficient num-
Der of good men to insure to Emporia
thorough and judicious administration
of her public affairs, during one of the
most critical periods in her history, II
the people but exercise that large meas
ure of judgment in casting their votes
which is demanded by the exigencies OF
the peculiar situation.
In community as intelligent as this,
it is manifestly not the province of a
public journal TO designate those candi-
dates, which, in its own view, are deem
eel most worthy of investing with rthe
trust of conserving the best interests of
the public, as this would be arrogating
measure of discrimination which
would be not only arbitrary, but calculat-
cd, possibly, TO do injustice to candidates
equally mcritorious as those set up by
such dictation. But there are always
certain general rules of action which it
is very safe to follow in cases of this
kind, and it is of these that we desire To
speak in this article.
THE NEWS has repeatedly invited the
attention of it's readers to the varied and
important interests involved in a proper
selection of municipal officers, and has
sought to emphasize this claim by dwell
ing upon the peculiar status of our city
affairs just at this time. To speak OF
our heavy Indebtedness isonly TO refresh
the public mind on a subject with which
every taxpayer is familiar. And vel
it is q question which cannot claim too
large share of popular attention. In
addition to this, Emporia is involved In
litigation which effects her most import
ant and expensive improvement, namely
the water works, and the termination OF
that cause in the supreme court, may
call for action on the part of our NUM-
cipal guardians which will test, in pc
culIar manner, their facility for dealing
with intricate problems of public pol
icy. The question of proper sanitary
regulation is crowding to the front, and
we are warned 10y the prevalence of cpl
denies in other localities, of the danger
of longer ignoring those precautions, t.
to neglect which, Is toimperil the healtl
and life of our citizens.
There has been much said about con
templated improvements, the franchise
for which it will devolve upon the coun
Gil to grant or refuse, and while nothing
is 10 be more seriously deprecated thai
a narrow policy which is inimical to al
progress, the time has arrived in En-
poria when its authorized represents
tives in the city council must set thei
faces unalterably against all schemes
the consummation of which will inur
to the enrichiDg of corporations at tn
expense of the people. In brief, tn
voters of Emporia, if they are true +
the interests of the town, will vote 70
no man who is directly or remotely en-
listed in any job, which he would prosti
tute his Office TO promote, thus subordl
mating the interests of the town to hi
own personal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
The questions of local policy whicl
are likely to come up in the council II
the near future will be of such a natur
us to merit the clearest judgment Q
men of the most careful business meth
DDS, and such as have gained, by thei
experience, at least general knowledg
of those problems which are awaiting
solution at the hands Of Emporia's mu
nicipal fathers. The present is an espe
cially inopportune canvass to vote for
man on the mere score of persona
friendship, and upon the plea that he /
n good fellow" The mediocrity whicl
those words imply should find no plac
in any branch of the city government
The demands of the time appeal to tn
exercise of higher motives in casting
your ballots than personal prediction
or political affiliations. They are not i
line with the selfish purposes Of an.
ring or clique, nor do they call to Ia
front shrewd trickslers OF war
bosses They indicate the need of
clean, thorough, economical, and at ia
same time progressive administration c
our public affairs and such, We believe
the people will secure by their votes.