The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-02-18
A MAYOR FOR GREATER PORT
LAND.
To the Editor Of the Press:

To the Editor Of the Press:
The beautiful and progressive city Of
Deering with her pretty houses and up to
date school buildings and her improved
streets and above ali her Intelligent, en-
terprising and progressive people has been
annexed and Portland has now nine
wards and q round proud fifty thousand
people, enthusiastic for new career. ana
with bright hopes for the future OF our
enlarged city, and now is the time to
start with clean slate with new name
for mayor upon 1t, name honored and
untarnished by past political strife and SO
give assurance to our Desring bride that
Portland Is las young rs 1t used TO be. "
There Is nothing so important rs n
happy beginning to new career. and
nothing that contributes so much TO Its
success and continuous advantage
Now the Republicans of cur new wards,
the welcome eighth aud ninth. will have
a voice In our city affairs for the first
time, and let US make them happy by n
new man for mayor, man not connected
with the proceedings of the old Portland
has any charges of commission or ON
mission to make, but one in every way
BETTING the occasion Of the marriage of
the two cities.
The occasion for this is opportune in
every respect. Mayor Randall has had his
two terms and that ought to satisfy him.
Without attacking his very vulnerable adj.
ministration the occasion most emphatic.
ally demands his retirement and party
usage requires it, In what respect has he
so distinguished himself as to put the
citizens of Portland under such profound
obligations that he should be rewarded
with third terms His administration
has no great public work to adorn it like
the many notable instances # his pre-
deoessor. There Is no great work begun
but unfinished which calls impeiiously
for his supervision for its most successful
completion as In the case OF his predeces-
sor when he was given third term.
Every consideration which should inilu-
ence the conduct of a modest and gamer
ously noble man calls upon Mayor Ran
dali to gracefully retire from the office at
the end of his present term.
But no, he now, in order to crafty his
political ambition, is striving for third
term which should only be accorded to
most eminent men for pre.eminent public
services.
In order to secure the nomination by
his party he has made alliances not only
objectionable but odious to ~ vast majori-
" of the best element OF the Republicans
alliances is common to both political
parties not only in the old seven wards
but in new eighth and ninth wards.
Let not the Republican caucuses TO be
held the twentieth instant elect delegates
who will renominate Randall for mayor
That the entire squads and battalions OF
those personally interested in political
plumber OF various KINDS will turn out &c
the caucuses goes without saying. This
is universally precisely the intelligent
course they undeyiatingly pursue, Hencs
bad politics everywhere, especially in oui
cities.
How about those citizens who have NJ
other interests in the affairs of the city
except the general or impersonal interest
which all good citizens have that "a pru
dent honest and efficient administra ion
of public business be secured.
Too frequently this far larger class
our fellow oItizens upon whom the publiC
burden mainly fall. forget all about the
caucus, 2" and the most important duty O.
a good citizen is not done and he suffers
and soolds for another year.
| Remember 1t Is only at the caucus that
he can do anything at all toward,
securing good government by voting fol
| the nomination of good men. Ii is his
only annual opportunity. Let that go by
and he is helpless, and inferiority am
perhaps unscrupulousless, through his
stupid neglect, vaults to high places and
laughs at mis- discontinue and complain
ing.
An influential request. by many
of our fellow citizens, who realize the
propriety of new mayor for "a new city
and the necessity of putting the city gov
| eminent into the very best hands this
initial year of our new regime, mas in
duoed Judge Robin son to consent TO have
his name used as candidate in tn,
caucuses. This is case where tn,
Office seeks the man and not the maj
| seeks the office
1t only remains for all best Republican,
| without exception, from this time until
the caucuses adjourn to do their duty t.
themselves, TO each other and to the city
| in order that the Greater Portland shall
start upon Its new career by electing TO
| its first mayor the Hon. Frank W. Robin
| son, NINE WAHDS.