The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-04-08

PtG E11t1IlO that needed financial
UiJT19l( assistance will not be
8if2e accorded to the com.
E53tbtss "a pany as long ass Presi-
dent aud Receiver Nc
50 .sRA. s5tf Leod shall continue to
Tf65 54 4aR sss5 occupy the position Of
President and Receiver
of the Philadelphia &
Reading Railroad Com.
pany, that gentleman determined upon a
heroic measure and sent his resignation to
the Board of Managers last Tuesday. And,
although his action is a highly 0commendable
one and calculated to bring assistance to the
company which it sadly needs, and which
was withheld because Of certain opposition to
the progressive aud pushing President in
certain financial circles, it is almost positively
sure that had Mr.. Mcleod held ON and re-
NAMED with the company as its manager for
a little while longer the worry assistance
needed would have come just as it will come
now with his resignation in the hands of the
managers. Confidence in MI. Mcleod was
becoming stronger every day and he leaves
the ship just when succor is at hand. 1t
was a manly thing to do and it is hoped that
he has a string tied to the resignation, or at
least the Office which he v~acates, by which he
can pull himself back again next January
when the stockholders meet at the annual
meeting. Good men are scarce and there are
few of us left. pardon the egotism of the re-
mark, and the Reading can i'll afford to do
without just the very man who sacrifices
himself that his charge may live.
These are the sentiments of our people on
the newsiest happenings Of the week,
THE SCRAMBLE FoR OFFICE.
l don't propose to nauseate your readers
with political pot pie in every letter because
they will get enough of that diet before next
November, but there are some things which
should not be passed by without some little
comment. Reference here is intended for
those who are making indecent haste in their
scrambles for Office and there are not a few of
those worthless who are disgusting the COM
munity with r~ecitals of what they term their
/, claims for the various fat Offices in the gift of
8 the people. -Four or 1--WE months preceding
the nominating conventions is entirely too
early a time for candidates to begin their
operations of button-holing, importuning and
wirepulliug. They might content them
selves with publishing their cards in the
newspapers and give the voters % chance to
attend to their own business affairs until the
committees of the respective parties set the
ball in motion by calling time for the con-
v]entions to meet. Hardly a train comes to
town which does not carry from three to a
dozen otice-seekers who swoop down on
unsuspecting voters with their friends, loaded
to the muzzle with alleged arguments in
favor Of their pet candidates. Lawyers
offices, stores, the court house corridors and
saloons are also visited by these people who
act as if they were especially called to serve
the people in office and they interfere with
everybody's business while attending to their
own. And this will be the case until a law is
passed making it a penal offence to election
Ger for office. If people would only make up
their minds to support no one for Office who
bores them for it much of this disgraceful
work would stop and better officials would
be secured.
COMMISSIONERS A PUBLIC TRUSTEE.
Look for instance at the fellows who think
they are fit to be County Commissioners and
who will spit into your ear, as long as you
will bear it, tales Of how the Office ought to
be run and how they would run it if they
got there. These fellows arc the very ones
who do not possess the proper requirements
for good officials. To fill the Office of County
Commissioner "a person should nave been a
successful business man who has shown hi:
capability by his honesty and efficiency IN
the conduct of his own affairs, not the
character of men who have for many year.
e past filled the office and who have not shown
a particle of fitness for the place. l do uor
q point to any single individual in particular
but l pointedly remark that with few except
5 ions the most important Office on the hill
/ that Of County Commissioner, has not beer
D filled with the kind of men who should be in
charge of the business affairs of a largi
county such as schuylkill. Broken.ul
merchants unsuccessful farmers, played-ou
l politicians and dOwn-at.the-heel tramps havI
no business on court house hill in charge o
. the taxpayers business. We need there mel
. of character and business experience VIII
q have shown to their fellow-citizens that the,
can be trusted to perform the duties pertain
ing to a public office with the same tact an
integrity as they nave managed their ow.
i. private busine affairs. As you would selec
q the man Of sterling integrity to be tn
/, executor of the estate which you have toile
for a life time to accumulate so that thos
you leave behind you will be certain to &C
Y what you leave to them, so you should eleC
If with the same caTefulness men in whor
confidence can be reposed to execute tn
office of County Commissioner which is tn