Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-02-06
The Democratic Nominations.

MONDAY EVENING, FEB. g, 1882.
The Democratic Nominations.
The Democratic nominations, so far
as they involved the candidate for
mayor were a foregone conclusion.
The selection of Mayor MacGonigle
as the head of his party's ticket is only
the expression of the unanimous feeling
among citizens of liberal sentiment that
he ought to be reelected. This is not
because he wants the place, hut because
it needs him. Hehas strenuously striven
to give the city honest, economical and
efficient city government, and he has
in the face of greater or less
which he has made it
more and more easy to overcome. About
his re election there can be no reasonable
doubt, unless it he supposed that a ma
jority of our citizens want a return to
jobbery, extravagant and inefficient ad-
ministrati0n.
The present occasion offers the first
opportunity for many years for the De-
mocracy to secure that equality in the
school board which the law contem-
plates should prevail in its membership.
The law was originally framed and
passed to give the Republicans an ad-
vantage they could not secure under the
old system; its provisions and the
party's local strength were taken advan-
tage of by the Democracy to secure a
majority at the first election under it !;
later the Republicans improved their
opportunity to elect majority, and
since that each party has been ready to
take advantage of any chance happening
to give it control. These incidents have
been almost uniformly on the side of the
opposition. That is neither here nor
there, however, to tho apparent fairness
and propriety of mutual agreement
that hereafter the board shall remain
evenly divided between the parties that
neither shall endeavor to elect more than
six members at any election /; that in the
event OF the death Of "A member his place
shall be filed by member of his own
party, selected by his party colleagues !;
that the offices and committees of the
board shall be amicabIy and equally di-
vided between tho parties.
Dissatisfaction having arisen some
years ago by the failure of the outside
wards to secure due representation in
the board the Democratic party
has been endeavoring for some time
to divide their representatives rs
nearly evenly as pos sible, and
after the nominees of this year shall
have been elected each ward will have Il
representation of two Democratic mem
bers, except the Fifth will have one
more and the Fourth one less than its
quota. 1t is proposed to endeavOr to
maintain this equality of apportionment
by rule or popular assent. 1t was owing
to this feeling no doubt that a new men,
was Chosen from each of the Second and
Seventh wards and four of the most ac-
tive and intelligent old members were
reelected.
For councils and ward offices the
ticketsas whole are well balanced and
worthy of support. In the Second ward
no Democratic nomination for select
council has been made. TIE Republican
candidate from that ward has generally
received very considerable support from
his Democratic fellow citizens and
while we have not always agreed with
the views and votes o. Mr.. Evans in
municipal matters he is fairly entitled
to the confidence of his fellow-citizens
as prudent, economical and safe local
legislator.