Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-02-28
THE CAR HAD HIS WAY.

Gay IN tne nomination OF MI. w. B.
Doyle.
Judge Anderson and twenty Of his
aides-known in the nomenclature of
politics as "lieutenants'-h a con-
ference at local hotel about fort,
night after the November election, and
they there resolved that Mr.. Doyle
should be their choice for the Mayor
atty nomination.
What followed was simply a matter
Of detail and Of organization.
The opposition, notwithstanding that
it boasted Of the support of the party's
ablest generals, was brushed aside at
yesterdays primraies, and Mr.. Doyle's
nomination was effected, and as the
returns show, with several hundred
votes to spare.
There is in the party Of our local Re,
publican nelghbors certain potent and
well organized force known as the bal
ance of power.
The continuity Of this power in the
peculiar form in which it exists Is based
upon patronage and privileges, and is
defined by Col. Sanford in another col.
umn as the influence of "the proxy
City Commissioners, subordinates in
the pay Of the city, the liquor inter,
ests,' and other forces which have in
one way or another got themselves in
debted politically to the man who
boasts of the control of the balance
Of power-Probate Judge Anderson.
Mr.. Doyle and Col. Sanford each
brought into the contest certain ele-
ments of personal strength which went
toward making the bulk of the votes
polled at yesterdays primaries. but IL
was the balance of power, freely and
publicly exerted by Judge A nderson in
behalf of the winning candidate, that
determined the result of the primary
election.
The disappointment Of candidates who
failed Of nomination at the primaries
and the embittenment of their friends
will count for but little in determining
the result of the election to be held
next April. Disappointments and re-
ordinations follow every political con-
test, and 1t is no credit to any opposing
party that 1t makes of these circum.
stances the chief elements of its appeal
for support in behalf of its own cause
The young man who yesterday was
nominated for Mayor is no doubt one
for whom many members of his party
would be pleased to vote were his
candidacy not weighted down with the
endorsement OF the political boss who
in all the years of his czar-llke con.
troll of the administration of the city's
affairs has stood for the worst form
OF civic misrule, pervertIng to the ad-
vantage of himself and his associates
In the Proxy business the whole ma.
chinery of the city's government, and
making the very name Of the CITY
Commissioner System-designed by Its
authors to promote the best interests
of the city and being of itself the heart
OF all the departments maintained to
serve the people-synonymous with
political favoritism, extravaganza, and
n general overriding OF the rights and
the wishes Of Akron's citizens.
1t remains to be seen how the Demo.
cratic party at its primaries tonight
win employ its opportunity to serve
the interests of the city and meet the
expectations of the hundreds of Re,
publican citizens of Akron who DESPAIR
of reclaimlng Akron's government to
the control OF the people through the
medium of their own party.
THE CUBAN PROGRAM.