The Portland daily press., 1897-03-01
LOYAL AND ABLE.
Randall Deserves the United Republican
Vote.
10 the Editor Of the Press:

TO the Editor Of the Press:
Now that the municipal campaign il
oyef,a careful study of all the arguments
ad Vanced fer the promotion of Mr..
Winslow s interests fails to reveal any
sound reason why MIR. Randall should
not receive the solid vote of his party. II
is admitted on all sides that he is honest,
capable, thoroughly acquainted with
municipal matters and conceded to be An
energetic and successful busin ess man OF
unquestioned integrity. Mr.. Randall
cannot be called politician. His first
political preferment, an election to the
Common Council, was entirely unsought
and complete surprise to him. 1t was
his first experience in politics and in a
legislative body. He was "green man.
at municipal business. His second year
no was elected president by force Of per-
sonal merit and apparent fitness for the
office This too was entirely unsonght
He made one of the best presiding officers
anu business chairmen the council ever
had. He won promotion to the board Of
aldermen. Then his friends urged him to
become candidate for mayor. He con-
sented and in manly way said he was a
candidate and would like the nomination.
On the eve of the oaucuses of that year
he withdrew in the interest of party
harmony in a presidential year. He
urged all his friends to heartily support
the nominee and by his manly course
contributed to his election. This year he
was again a candidate. waeea nm honor
able and clean canvass and won. he
stands today the fairly nominated candi-
date Of the Kepu hlioan party, whose
candidates he has all his life heartily
supported. He Is entitled to the same
loyal support he has always rendered. He
yields to no man in love for the city in
which he has passed his wnols life. With
her resources, needs and possibilities, be
is intimately acquainted and is second to
no man in a desire to promote her
prosperity and fame. His colleagues in
the city council are loudest in praise of
his honesty and ability. He is man of
exception natural executive ability.
He is young man of Character and of
force, who if elected rs ne should be,
will leI.d all his energies to SO conduct
municipal affairs as to win the plaudits
of his fellow citizenss.
We are asked to "cut'' him and vote
for Mr.. Winslow because ed is good
fellow has been president of the Board
of Trade and conducts a large factory in
the city of Deering, which was well
established and highly lucrative institu-
tion when MIR. Winslow was in swaddling
clothes. MIR. Winslow has basked in the
prestige won by placing principle above
party aid p-eferm ent, in declining the
gubornatoral nomination on a silver
PLATFORM because he believed in gold.
He was nominated By gold men, and
himself listened to an elaborate argu-
ment against his candidacy because he
had deserted Democracy and silver. He
has been showered with fiattery all over
the country or his noble and honest
course. 1t now appears that he was loyal
to silver at the same time.
If anybody can see in these acts excuse
for cutting the able and honorable candi-
date of his party his perceptive qualities
are far greater than those of
A PARTY MAN.