Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1905-03-24
MANY ARE CALLED.

Interest in city politics is warming
up, and lively but good-natured
contest for the various offices is
promised. For time it looked as II
the election would be allowed to go by
default, but interest in the selection
OF officers has been increasing rapidly
in the last week or ten days, and it is
now reasonably certain that there will
be no lack of candidates for each Of
the places to be filled.
City campaigns in Dallas have not
been conducted along party lines for
many years, and the result has been
that officers have been chosen without
regard to their political faith. The
present board Of councilmen is made
up Of four Republicans and three
Democrats. The auditor is Repub-
lican, and the marshal is Democrat
The Third Ward, which is strongly
Republican, is represented by two
Democrats, and the First Ward has
one Democrat and one Republican.
The present Mayor Is Republican,
and succeeded lifelong Democrat.
From this showing it will be seen that
partisanship has not been permitted to
control the selection Of city officers,
and men have been chosen for theiI
fitness for office or on account Of their
personal popularity among their
neighbors and townsmen.
No political conventions or citizens
mass meetings have been called this
year for the purpose Of nominating
officers, and it is highly probable that
all nominations will be made by petit
tion. The city charter provides that
nominations of officers made by petit
tion shall be filed in the auditors
office not less than five days before
the election, together with certificates
of acceptance of such nominations.
AS the annual election will be held on
Monday, April 8, it will be seen that
all nominations must be filed on or
before next Wednesday,.
Mayor J. G. Hayter is not a candi-
date for reelection, and number Of
citizens have been mentioned as
suitable candidates for this highest
office within the gift Of the people Of
Dallas. Friends Of Councilman A. B.
Muir are urging him to enter the
race, and it is said that he will not
refuse the nomination il it is rendered
him. Il. @. kirkpatrick is also promi-
nently mentioned, but it is not known
whether Mr.. kirkpatrick will per-
NIT his name to be used. Other cti-
zens favorably mentioned for this
office are r. q. Craven, H. l.. Fenton
and Judge j. E. Sibley.
For councilman-at-large are heard
the names of M. d. Ellis and Capt.
V. p. Fiske, OF First Ward; Hon.
G. L. Hawkins and w. G. Vassall, Of
Second Ward; r. L. Chapman and
H. L. Crider, of Third Ward.
Willis Simonton, the retiring First
Ward councilman, is being urged by
his friends to stand for reelection, but
he says be is not particularly banker
ing for the job again, and is desirous
OF seeing some other patriotic citizen
offer his services for the next two
years. Abel Uglow would have many
supporters we're he to enter the race,
and j. d. Smith is looked upon as a
suitable man for the place. Other
good citizens of this Ward who would !
receive enthusiastic support are
William Wagner, E. V. Dalton, G. L.
Hubbard, Judge J. L. Collins, w. H.
Gaynor and 1. N. Woods.
Councilman +. H. Muscott is the re-
firing representative from the second |
ward but il he has any desire to
warm councilman chair for an
other term he has not made known
his ambition. The only actual candi-
date in the race at this time is
John Castle, for whose nomina-
tiOn petition has been filed. Other
citizens Of the Second Ward suggested
as suitable council timber are H. G.
F, j, Chapman, w. A.
Ayres, Ed Biddle and @. E. Shaw.