The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1902-11-26
MUNICIPAL POLITICS.
C.H McColloch and J. B.
Stoddard Candidates for
Mayor.

last Friday night, the last moment al
which nominations for city officers
could be filed with the recorder. much
interest was manifested by the public
apparently u species Of idle curiosity
The mayor, city treasurer and four
councilmen are to be elected Tuesday.
In the matter Of councilmen, il was
u question IN to who could be- induced
to run, to offer themselves M sacrifices
ON the altar Of civic welfare. Scarcely
u name was mentioned fer treasurer.
About u dozen were spoken Of M prob
able candidates for mayor. Several
weeks since il was known that Attorney
&. II. McColluch would be IN the race
for he had ~ stated himself. A per-
sistent effort was made to induce ID. J..
killcn to permit the use of his name !;
but his own good judgment and the in.
sistcnt protest Of his close business
associates decided him to decline the
nomination, which is to bc regretted, NO
far M the interests Of the municipality
are concerned. All day Friday it was
thought that W. ID. y. Dodson would
bc entered, as il in known that hc had
given his consent, ut the sincere solici-
tation Of friends. just why il was de-
cidcd ut the last moment not to run him
is not known. John sullivan was con-
sidcrcd by some to bc u possibility, but
he failed to score.
OF course, J. B. Stodiard mentioned
hls own name quite frequently. Sew.
eral times IL war thought that he had
been choked of, clubbed away, driven
into temporary retirement. but such
war not to bc the case. Friday one of
his men started out and by hard work
succeeded in getting enough names To
the petition 10 make good. The
contest will In between him and &. II.
McColloch.
For treasurer X. II. Miller and ". T..
Davidson were nominated by their re-.
spcctivc friends. Since then the latter
has withdrawn, leaving u clear field to
MIR. Miller, whose qualifications to nc.
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Candidates ior the council are: First
ward, John =. Baird ard &. II. Chance
Second, J. i. Holland and T. II. Dun.
ply Third, ID. =. Bradley; Fourth, &.
X. DeNeft., which insureS n good board
oi aldermen.
Both of TME MiNER's occasionally cs.
tremrd con,emp porarics are advocating
the election oi !. u. Stodlard; attempt
ing to make il appear that his candi-
dacy IL the result Of an urgent demand
from the business men Of the COM
munity, and vociicrously insisting that
there be- no "mud singing" in this
campaign.
The reader has doubtless seen u man
st,rmp, To keep hungry hog away
from u trough oi feed, lie would kick
the animal IN the ribs, smash him over
down with u brick bat; all to no pur.
pose. That hog had no sense whatever;
his stomach was his only guide and he
would charge for the trough the TWEEN.
ticth time, had he known that death
would bc the fatal price. That is the
way Stoddard was induced" per.
susded" by the business men to run for
mayor. Leading business men refused
10 sign his petition-this TmE MINER
knows-hguratively speaking, kicked
nim iu the ribs, smashed him over the
nexd, threw rocks At him--all to no
avail.
Regarding the "mud singing" pro.
position that 10 merely an appeal toevery