The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-03-21
CITY POLITICS.
The Duty of All Good Citizens of
0skaloosa.

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from. The republican party, as is
their custom, have chosen the men to
represent them in the regular and
customary way. 1t is true, also, that
from the primaries to the conclusion
Of the convention there was a spirited
and friendly rivalry in making the
selections. 1t also further appears
that there are no objections to the
, personnel of the ticket from top to
bottom, including the various ward
nominations for councilmen. 1t is
generally conceded that as a whole
no better selections could have been
made.
This being, true, it is now the plain
duty of each and every republican
voter in the corporate limits of Oska-
looea to see that his name is on the
registration books of his respective
ward, and then on election day, March
%, go t. the polls and cast his vote
for the whole ticket. By doing this
you have the satisfactory result of
not less than three hundred majority
for your party representatives. And
it is essential that in order to continue
in the line of progression so efficiently
conducted in the past two years that
the republican ticket should be, and
nc doubt it will be, successful.
Nothing can possibly prevent the
election of the republican ticket ex-
cept the apathy of the republican
voters, for it is a well known fact that
there is between three and four hun
dred republican majority or a party
vote in the city of Oskaloosa, and there
is no substantial reason why the re-
publican voters should not in this in
stance as well as in any previous con-
tests support the republican nominees
to a man, and 1t is fully believed that
they viii do so. Therefore it is not a
matter of conjecture as to result if
you do your plain duty as republicans.
But success is sure to be attained,
therefore let the usual methods of or
ganization be kept up in this contest
as in all previous ones. See to it that
apathetic voters be reused up and get
out the vote. The rest is plain sail
ing.
1t may be a good and proper thing
in this communication to refer briefly
to the democratic ticket. Although
it is disguised under the name of citi-
zens' ticket it is nevertheless a
straight democratic ticket and exhib-
its plainly democratic methods OF OBJ
tanning supporters. You will observe
in their convention they adopt a SER
les of four resolutions intended to take
the place of a platform. This is new
departure but appeared, as we pre-
sumo, necessary for them to have a
rag to chew. No. l denounces the,
Wray administration for failure to
suppress gambling and houses of
prostitution; says be (Wray) pledged
to do this. No such pledges were
made as far as the public is advised,
and If it is true that there were, how
does it appear to you when You look
back on the five years the head of
this ticket presided over the city af-
fairs as mayor? Was gambling or
houses of prostitution suppressed? Is
it not true that he run a wide open
town, and also true it was the boast
of bis supporters that he favored a
free-for all, go-as-you-please gait in
these two special lines? You will also
notice that while they denounce the
present administration they fail to
make the promise that they will sup
press the evils referred to, and it can
be safely presumed that they do not
intend TO do so, and substantial reas-
hi will be given later on why this
party, if elected, would not suppress
the gamblers or prostitutes, though
they evidently desire the public to
infer that because they denounce the
republicans they would do the sup
pressing act.
No. 2 is a bid for labor votes and is
a deliberate mis-statement of the
facts. No. 8 pledges the nominees, if
elected, TO favor in every way con-
sistent with good government to pros
ecute vigorously public Improvement.
They fail to state how they a do
any different from the present admin
istration, or that late court decisions
have put the paving of streets in quite
a different shape than was the mode
of operations under the regime of this
new reforme-, and it necessarily fol-
ziews that the intended sop for labor
<spg men is a misleading and unknown
<qEantity.
1sEep4 says they are heartily in favor
<of,fAe proposition TO be voted on at
ibis election to provide for the con-
, structiQp of the electric railway.
&gain they leave us in the dark, for
tbeydoISt state they are in favor Of
eaR tina prepositions set forth and to
$1e 19tedforat this election. And it
itg yslbSa9Sfn fact that each and
r4xsfYsoHs efAe provisions set forth
sSsSshS ofdiHaaee are essential and
'zeo5ssaSySxh s. construction OF the
skaiieSs eAs 5epshdent on the other,
sAAd&s 10 SisS fairly understood
Sdemeersde candidate for
s1aypri 10 nd in fayosof the light. and