Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-03-14

on Mohua,;ic'riinr the inaugural and of the
! nom j,atinn of the city government lor IS'''
msy Inc found elsewhere IN TINS iSS"e'i
c.np,,nen Of the Board Of Aldermen:
-. many years the question has been
oar more and more forcibly pre-
,.od whether we, who are neighbors
sd friends, with the kindest feelings at
$aort whose interests, financial and
,o;ol are all one. who are happier when
,.bsrs are happy and richer when others
-;oh are wise in maintaining need
loss political contest, with its present
,orimony. and consequent necessary
evils
who can point to any good which has
..nI,ad therefrom? Has any public
cork been inaugurated and carried
.h,ouoho Are our streets, sidewalks and
hridres in better condition than they
were thirty years ago?
Ha. cur our public debt been sub
stsntiallv reduced? Are our taxes lighter?
uas ANYTHING been done to beautify our
town. to improve our trade, to add to our
.,hstantial material welfare, to attract
foreign capital and business enterprise to
wake common cause with us? Have
honesty. manhood and good feeling been
promoted by these contests?
On the OF her hand figure up, II you
will. how many thousands OF dollars in
money and time have been spent in
effort, stimulated by opposition, to re-
turn thi, man or that man to office.
PARrGsANsHIP HAMPERS.
Tvary administration has been more or
less hampered by obligations to its party.
To distribute properly the patronage of
the city government; to prepare way
for it, party to perpetuate itself in
power: to push the obligations which 1t
was bound to assume on to the next
administration; to minimize the apparent
size Of the city debt while III its own
control, and magnify it in the hands of
others to look out for party first and
Ellsworth afterwards. We have been
like two fire companies who fight over
the water while Ellsworth is burning.
Acting in good faith, as | believe, the
two political parties which substantially
embrace the voters OF this town, have, for
municipal purposes, laid aside for the
present the pride and prejudice OF party,
have rubbed out party lines as though
they never had existed, and as citizens OF
Ellsworth have nominated and elected a
mayor, and in four wards aldermen
Ii is true that your brother alderman
from ward three comes from the popu-
lists, bat reform is the watchword of that
party, and am sure he will be one with
you in the interest of a common cause.
The people say to you: I'VE know no
politics in this matter, we are for Els
worth. We have not chosen you to
this trust because you are for this
or that party, but because we
believe you are for Ellsworth.
Independent of party lines, private III
teresi and local jealousy, We commit Ellis
wort h to your hands. You are to protect
it, hresides and its morals; you are to do
your part in developing its resources, in
making ii place even better than 1t now
is to live in, and more attractive to come
to; YOU are to make wise expenditures, and
establish wise economics; i'll the selection
Of public servants you are to listen to
nothng save the interests of Ellsworth
ACCEPTED \ TRUST.
In good faith YOU, gentlemen, have &C
,epted this trust the trust OF faithfully
and wisely caring for the happiness,
health and welfare of more than five
thousand people, and Of manag !ng the
affairs Of a corporation OF more than two
million dollars You and | have pledged
ourselves upon our sacred honor that
We are not for ourselves nor our friends,
but for Ellsworth. That We will do our
level best to promote its interests of
pal affairs we know no distinction of
party; that we will select for the public
service citizens who, in our honest belief,
are best fitted for the places in hand, and
that we are first, last and for one year,
for Ellsworth.
humbly confess that may not rightly
interpret the signs of the times. may not
possess sufficient astuteness in political
affairs to see that an experiment OF TINS
Kind, although correct in theory, Will
tall in practice, but entering upon my
part with no desire for office save to
champion the best interests of Ellsworth,
accept this act OF these parties as made
IN good faith, and honestly believe that
good faith will be kept with us; that il
We deserve well of our fellow citizens at
The municipal election of 1895, board
selected as this has been will be regarded
as no experiment, and that if the present
course be persisted in for five years, the
ship of Ellsworth will have
escaped the shoals and quicksands which
seem to threaten ii, and will be sailing
upon an open sea OF prosperity and tinan-
cal thrift such as it never before has been
blessed with.
believe that you will be enabled to act
learlessly, temperately, and with the
greatest good judgment.
MUST BE No PARTIsANSHIP.
! III ,I, iutr ion N I he