The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-03-15
OUR CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR.

OUR CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR.
Alfred Wright, the republican can
didate for mayor is so we'll known
to Denison people that comment upon
his life and work seems almost UNI
necessary. He was born in Waverly,
Iowa, in 1868, and removed with his
parents to Denison in 1876 living here
for five years, while his father was
rector OF Trinity church. He received
a collegiate education at Iowa college
in Grinnell, graduating from that
excellent institution in 1890. The
/ following year he returned to Craw-
ford county teaching year in the
rural schools and then accepting
position with the Green Bay Lumber
Company. For number of years he
was manager of the Green Bay inter
ests in Vail and he was one of the
most popular men of that community.
In 1899 he was transferred to Denison
and for the past seven years he has
had charge of the Green Bay large
business interests in this city. Dur
ing these years he has shown himself
to be one of the strongest young bus
mess men of the city. Whenever the
business men have wanted committee
OF energy and strength and executive
ability to carry on some project, AL
fred Wright has been one OF the mem
bers and he has perhaps done as much
if not more of this work for the COM
mon good than any other of our cit
liens during the past seven years. He
is an ardent republican, but he has a
host of democratic friends who like
him for his fairness and integrity.
He has been Chairman of the Re-
publican county central committee and
in this position he showed great force
and business ability. He was one
of. the founders of the Denison Com
mercial club and is its present efficient
secretary. His business ability is
proven by the fact that he has held
responsible position with large COM
pany for fifteen consecutive years. He
has the confidence of the entire bus
mess community and his word is as
good as a bond. He is a straight
forward man, one who knows his own
mind and is not afraid to have his
own opinion and to stick by it until
the is TT0Val1 Ur0y1Cr
| For many years he has made
home for his aged parents and he has
shown himself competent and willing
to meet all the responsibilities of
life. He is kind-hearted and true
and trustworthy. He is energetic,
has excellent judgment and experience
in contracts of every kind and in this
respect is just the man the city needs
to meet the problems now confronting
it. He is just the man to be at the
helm when Denison is about to step
into the rank of larger cities. Except
for his college and schoolday years he
has been resident OF Crawford
county. He knows not only the peo-
pie of Denison but Of all the county.
There is no hypocrisy, no sham about
him. He will make as good mayor,
as fearless mayor, as energetic a
mayor, as upright, law-abiding and
law-upholding a mayor as Denison
has ever had. He has given literally
of mis- time and Of his money to all
that has been helpful to Denison. He
has given literally of his time and
of his money to the republican party
of Crawford county. He deserves
nothing but the best either from the
people of Denison as a whole or from
his party associates. He will be thu
next mayor of Denison, and he will
be q mayor Of whom every citizen vii
be proud and in whom every man
will find personal friend.