Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-05-03

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thata tn goes ~
he pocke. sic ae hlissn Oh
lolders 4,
"D.r reets shoal
b paved they are 80 dusty, ~
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noney - III Hnfos lp fpsn
What is the necessi'y for spending
ereat som money 81 'het dife
tion? The str,efs OF aftfnsbare arr
as good. pavemenfs a. welt seDt anc
the crossings a. CORD a. ~ ans TOW =
is size in this section Of the cnnntrv
they saw we ought 20 have reweff.
Certainly we ought. bur theF COS
,.eney ~ il will cost $4,000 for the
Government to build srwre rom
the postofIice down Maple avenne.1usl
think how much it viii cost to sewer
rhe entire city. With tex of o.
cents on the 800 can Won afford 10
paw more and 90 oil these things
No. we refer TO occasionally wslk
across a muddy street and have dust
blown in our ewes once III
while. LII they 80 ahead and do y
the city will soon have reached the
limit of its Indebtedness and after
wards will follow the appointment 81
a receIger for M"rtinsburg. W. al
better stand on the side of eonserva-
ism and not be- called business men
il that's the wav this organization o.
business men Is going to do. 1t NAV
not mean much to some who ride
around in carriages and who own
lot nf property on which they do not
paw the taxes they should pay. but
it means much to the conservative
business man. "
The speaker then hranched off INTO
National politics and pleaded with
his listeners to win in this election so
as to pave the way for victory III the
fall He eulORIzed the Republican,
party for the purchase Of Alaska, the
advancement of the United States to
q world power end the advancement
Of the propositIon to build the 18th
mIan canal and concluded his speech
by saying the municipal government
should be controlled in the same way
as the National Government.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Hetzel' s
speech a Thought struck Ward j.
Lindsay 1t came to his mint that
A. f. Lambert vas ballot cormis
sioner and that i he, as secretary of
the meeting, Nvunli reDort the nomi.
nations TO himself some combinations
mlght result 10 remove this cause
OF fear, Mr.. Lambert resigned and
w. f. Mulliss was elected secretary
in his place.
w g. LINDSAY then made a short
speech. concluding by placing in,
nomination Hon Geo. Il. Evans as
he Reulhlcan candidate for Mayor.
There were no other ominalons and
Mr Evans was chosen the can lidate
by acclamation
Mr. Evans then accented the nomi-
uation After thanking the conven-
ton for the honor, he salt he lad
neither sought nor desired the nonl-
milton, because he was business man
with great amount Of business to
attend 10 ms RESULT If the prosnerity
throughout the land But. " he
said ii is the desire Of the company
of winch 1 am at the head that lend
my efforts TO this otfic / am now
serving YOU in an official capacity as
school commissioner. l asked my
friends TO not place me III the light
of attomntlng morn then | would he
able to perform. but they said moi /
therefore reluctantly consent to head
this ticket and Will help You TO line
MP in battle array from now until
the election, feeling assured thar
whatever Interests in the company |
might NEGLECT will be more than beld
MP by the other officer in the CON.
pany who addressed Won tonight /
have lived long. enough TO know that
no man can be an ideal mayor, or
an idea' president or governor. Some
might say he is good and some
might say one is bad. When lie is
dead we will sing his praises, but
while he lives we will roast him half
the time. Possibly we havn t done
all that could have been done while
we have been IN control
More could have heen done with
the means Mt hand say the citizens
We VIII give the Citizens Unior one
credit. at least. They have aroused
the people Of Martinsbura as they
never have been aroused before, as Is
evidenced everywhere. say this
civ government has been managed
as good by party organization as