West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-02-08
m. b. NISSAN

the Strongest Man with ala the Quail
iaeations For an Excellent Adminis-
tratien-Combine Business Ability
with Wide Experience.
Just now when the people OF our
city are seeking for available can
didates for the several city Offices,
1t would be we'll to ascertain first
what particular qualifications are
desired for the different positions
and then seek for the man possess
lug them. No city can prosper
unless the municipal affairs are in
the hands of competent men, Sc
lected for their ability Is back OF
1t, but policical perferment alone
constitutes very poor criterion by
which to judge official worth. In
the selection of a mayor, we seek
for a man with wide and diversified
business ability-a man who has
made success OF his own business,
who Is recognized as man of af-
fairs who will take to the business
of the city the advantage of a sue
cessful career. We should have a
man who has been brought In con-
tact with business men, and who la
thus mingling with the business
community has developed power
along those lines which will be for
the advantage of the city when he
Is placed at the head.
The mayor should have exper-
fence In the municipal affairs. He
should be conversant with the wants
of the city and know somewhat of
how to supply them. He should
have some acquaintance with the
different municipal Offices to the
end that his administration shall be
the more effective. The mayor Is
the head of the administration. He
Is presumed to overlook and ST.
pervise all the city departments.
To do this efectually he should
have some previous acquaintance
WITH these departments so that his
administration and supervision of
them may not be superficial and
ineffective.
The mayor should be scrupulous-
ly honest. with a record for public
and private integrity that will de.
mand and receive the approval of
the whole community.
While many, perhaps all of the
gentlemen named already for this
high Office doubtless possess In a
higher or lower degree all these es.
sential qualifications, we believe
that no one possesses them all to
the same extent as Mr.. H. B. His
sam, who Is now being urged by
his friends to make this race, and
who, If he consents, will make the
strongest possible candidate, both
for the nomination In his party and
before all the people at the polls on
election day.
Mr.. Nissan Is a man Of varied
and successful business experience.
He has made a signal success of
everything he has undertaken. Be-
Ing eminently self made man, he
has, In a few short years, by his
energy and ability and shrewdness,
brought himself into very comfort
able circumstances, and Is now one
of the substantial young citizens of
this community. He will take
with him to the mayors chair the
same energy and the same ability
and the shrewdness that he has
used In private life, and his varied
and successful business career fits
him In particular degree for the
highest Office In the city.
Mr.. Nissan has had extended
experience In the affairs of the city.
While constable aud later as justice
of the peace, he was brought into
close familiarity with svery detail
and every feature of the municipal
affairs, and when later he served 90
efficiently as collector and treasurer
he was q member of the official
family, becoming FULLY conversant
with every phase of official life. Of
all those yet suggested for this high
Office, none have had the extended
experience In municipal sffairs that
Mr.. Nissan has enjoyed and which
peculiarly qualify him for the head
of the administration.
Mr.. Nissan Is recognized by all
who know him to be a man OF
strict honesty and scrupulous In
tegrity. A strict accounting will
be had of every cent of the city's
money. Wisdom In planning and
integrity In execution will give us