The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-02-16
TOPICS OF
THE TIMES.
Pithy Paragraphs From the Pens
and Pencils.
AN APPEAL FOR THE POOR
One Way Of Looking at the Approaching
Spring ElectiOn-0nly Good Men
Should be Chosen.
AN APPEAL FOR THE POOR

The long and severe winter has caused
great deal of suffering among the poor in
Shenandoah, and numerous have been the
applications TO the overseers of the poor
for assistance, and it is altogether prob
able that il this severe cold weather con-
tinues there will be many more who will
need help. The knowledge that we have
poor families should awaken our more
favored citizens to the necessity of a con-
certed action on the part of the various
benevolent organizations in supplying the
poor with the necessities Of life. There
are certain large hearted citizens who
have done great deal of work in quiet
way in assisting a number of their more
unfortunate brethren, but it cannot be
expected that one or few gentlemen and
ladies can supply all those who may be in
need. 1t will require a general and an
organized effort to cover the entire place.
These suggestions are made in view of
the probability that the severe wintry
conditions are likely to continue through.
out this month at least, if not for a
longer period.
| All over the country there is growing
healthy sentiment among sensible citizens
generally that when it comes to the elec-
tion of city, borough or township officers
party politics should be entirely ignored
and personal fitness and worth given pref
erence. 1t was this sentiment that led
to a decision at the Citizens primaries a
! few weeks ago that the Citizens party be
continued in existence, so that the best
men of both the Republican and Demo
cratic ranks could be placed on the tickets
of the party. All experience and observa'
tion proves, certainly during recentyears,
that uine out of every ten cases of official
corruption or unftness are the natural
results of the abominable usage of utiliz
ing public offices merely as rewards and
roosting nests for party services and with
out the least regard for the interests of
the community. We do not mean that
we should endeavor to find neutral men
who have no decided political convictions
to fill our local offices. But we do mean,
simply, that the best and fittest should be
selected as citizens, to conduct and man
age public affairs, in an honest, intelli
gent and businesslike manner, without
regard to their political convictions.
We venture to say that with hardly a
known exception, the very best local gov
ernments are to be found in localities
| where the majority of the citizens had
the good common sense TO ignore party
| ism and elected those believed to be best
and tittsst men for the several offices.
There is certainly no good reason for op-
posing any citizen merely because his
political faith happens to differ from our
own. Indeed, as general rule, those who
are firm and outspoken in regard to their
political convictions are usually more
liberal minded, fair and Trustworthy
than those who for real or imaginary
business reasons deem it expedient to do
the good Lord and good devil" dodge
and vote strict party on the sly. At all
events, the right minded people of the
country are rapidly drifting to the con-
clusion hencetorth to cast no ballot in
favor of any candidate of either party
who is known or believed TO be specially
Unidentified with any professional party
boss, Office broker or expediency policy
op-keeper.
| n LoWusmdu urges GnhG su6SesbLoh De
thrown out to the saving funds Of town
that payments be suspended for three
months as a relief 60 the members during
the spell of hard times. He says it hal
been done before and can easily be done
now. Many members are obliged to make
the storekeepers suffer in order to keep NJ
their fund payments. The suggestion ii
given here as it comes from the either
and the matter is left for comment tt
: those who have charge of the funds. L
such step could be consistently taken il
; would certainly result In a release of the
} strain in many other quarters, and totha
! extent the ides seems to be good one.
Chicken and waffles free at McElhen
ny's to night,