Morning journal and courier., 1883-11-15
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Thursday. November l5. 1883.
A BOSTON NOTION,

The contest in Boston for the control ol municipal affairs IS one ih whfch the people of all the cities in the country are interested As we noticed yesterday, 8 request signed by hundreds of the prominent citizens of Bos
 ton has been presented to General AP. Mar.
 tin asking him to run for Mayor. The names appended to this request show that the stsol. i'd men" of Boston, irrespective of party, are interested in the attempt to give the city au administration conducted on business princi. ples. General Martin has consented to stand
 as the citizens candidate, and the Rerubli-
 can convention will indorse the action of the citizens.
 General Martin is one of the best known
 business men of Boston. He left his busi-
 ness Tn 1861 and went into the army as a private He came out brigadier general
 He participated in many of the great battles
 of the war and received some of ths highest
 testimonials from many of the greatest and
 most distinguished soldiers of the time. Gen.
 eral Meade wrote him letter from head
 quarters praising him for distinguished ser
 vice at the battle of Gettysburg. Generals
 Hunt, Sykes, Warren, Griffin and other of
 ficers in the army of the Potomac added of this brave soldier, whose service in the army was filled with glory and honor. Gaines
 Mills, Malvern Hill, Antietam, Fredericks- burg, Charlottesville, Aldie, Gettysburg, the
 Wilderness, Petersburg, Mine Run, these and other battles constitute the record of which any soldiers may we'll be proud. After the war he resumed business. He is now presi- dent of the New England Shoe and Leather association, director of the Howard Nation al Bank, the John Hancock Life Insurance Company, the Metropolitan railroad compa- ny and is vice president of the Home Savings Bank. He has been 8 successful man in bus mess, and Is possessed of unusual executive ability. He runs shoe factories st Hudson and West Upton, where he annually turns out 1000, 900 pairs of boots and shoes He is Democrat in politics, but has never held any political office, although frequently solic- tied to accept one. He has been identified with several citizens organizations, and has never failed to bear his share in the work of the campaign.
 AS19 A9 A~AS AASAs SOAo 0A n AAaI AOG 6 C1ti" zens' association to nominate. Mir. Palmer, the present mayor, hes no desire to run against him, and though bis nomination com pels the Democrats to put up good man there is, 1t is thought, chance for the citi- zens' candidate, though the regular Demo- cratic majority in Boston ia large. The Bos- ton Advertiser says: In General Martin the whole community has confidence. He will be mayer of the good old sort. Of course he cannot have the help of the ring, OF of the machine, or of any of those Democrats who regard vote for any but the regular party ticket as mortal sin. But he can have the votes of all who believe that the city govern ment is business matter which has no prop- CT connection with national or State politics, and he can be elected. He should have upon the ticket with him the names of the twelve best men who can be induced to stand as candidates; and then, with good minor nomi the prospect of success will be ex- cellent.
 It will be very encouraging to all advocates of good municipal government if a non-par- tisan government is elected in Boston. Per haps If Boston has such 8 government the good people of New Haven will think it pos- sibIe for them to have one. We wish, how sver, that New Haven would not wait for Boakan