Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-02-09
Charter Election.

voter should feel interested In select
ing good, business men to act as city
officers. The business OF the city is
3lch that it requires men of sound
Judgment, and the more conscientious
men that can be put in the city Offices
to serve the people the better. They
should be men of broad minds, with
business intelligence and honest. Our
city is gradually advancing and should
not be retarded by niggardly set Of
officers The prosperity of the past
few years should not ouly be continued
but improved and in order to do this
it is necessary to elect men who are
not afraid to do their duty The city
should not allow any Of its orders to
float about when there is money in the
treasury to pay them. A city order
ought to be cash and not permitted to
go hawking about. But there are
people who think different. They are
willing to buy material and allow bills
promiscuously If only obliged to issue
orders, not seeming to know that an
order for money on the treasury is
swindle when there IS no money to
pay the same. Officers salaries are
cash and SO are all orders except such
as are stipulated differently. The
practice that has been in vogue for
some time past requiring the word
cash to be written on city orders issued
to officers and others is simply fala-
cious practice that should be done
away with Immediately, For instance:
City clerk Demarais is doing the work
of the city for $3.50, while it is worth
at least $3.50. He issues himself an
order for a certain amount of pay and
asks the mayor to sign the same which
he does. He then presents the order
to the treasurer for the money and is
refused, not from any fault of the
treasurer but simply because the may
or does not see fit to write the word
cash on the order. A special
fund is raised each year for salaries
especially, as can be seen by referring
to the minutes Of the clerk, and each
officer, including the fire engineer, is
treated in like manner, when the
treasurer himself says there is about
$500 cash in the treasury. The
council should have the foresight to
make the levy of taxes large enough
to defray all expenses that can be fore
seen and have some cash on hand be-
sides for any surprise that might come
upon them. To allow orders to drag
about only Injuries the credit of the
city and cripples it. For the purpose
of some reforms in these matters We
present the following names for the
consideration of our readers:
Mayor-D. D. Demarais.
Marshal-D. W. Compton.
Assessor-H. A. Sampson.
Treasurer-P. n. Christensen.
Police Justice r. P. Bronson.
The name of Mr.. Demarais, tor may
or, will be conceded by all to be the
most appropriate that can be made.
He is an energetic man, progress
sive in character, thoroughly convers-
ant with the duties of the office, hon
est to a penny and commands respect
at home and abroad. He will honor
the position.
As marshal for the past two years
Mr.. Compton has given quite general
satisfaction and been faithful to his
trusts, therefore being entitled to this
recognition. He has two competitors
for the place who are also respected
citizens.
Mr.. Sampson for assessor would
doubtless give satisfaction to the aver
age taxpayers, having good judg-
ment of the value of real as we'll as
personal property. Mr.. S. would
make an acceptable officer. Mr.. But
terrified, the former assessor, will prob
ably leave for the east in the spring.
AS treasurer Mr.. Christensen is ac-
knowledged the right man in the right
place, but the probabilities are that
Mr.. G. would refuse the nomination
for the office at the present pay.
r. ?. Bronson for police justice, in
the place of Judge Mosher, who does
not desire the Office any longer as it
interferes with his present Office, would
be real appropriate one.
We have thrown out these few sug-
gestions as a nucleus for further dis
cussion.
The st. Point Journal in its last
number gives long and detailed
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