Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-11-29
Most Important Election Ever Held in
Aberdeen, Next Tuesday.
The Welfare and Good Name Of Our Fair CITY Is
in the Hands of the Voters. Whether
Aberdeen Is to Be Civilized City
or Relapse to a Lumber
Camp Is the Issue.

The issue that confronts the voter
of Aberdeen next Tuesday is not the
names of the candidates so much as,
what do they stand for? On one side
we have ticket masquerading under
the name of Republican" whose
nominations were made largely by
that class south of Heron street that
seeks immunity from or evasion OF
the law, and on the other we have
Citizen ticket, properly so named,
placed in the field by convention of
95 as representative citizens of the
city as can be punched together, and
every man on it is worthy of the
honor and capable of filling the Of
| flee for which he was named, with
credit to himself and in manner
beneficial to the city. The platform
they stand upon calls for a business
administration of the affairs of the
city-city government is purely
business proposition-and they are
men of tried and known business in.
tegrity and ability.
The HERALD has no disposition
to attack the personnel OF the So
called Republican ticket, and shall
not do so unless compelled to fight
fire with fire, but prefers to make
this campaign upon the clearly de-
fined issues, which are generally ac-
cepted to be:
First-Opposition to having the
control of Aberdeen pass into the
hands of the most active workers for
the alleged republican ticket, who
desire to return to the 'wide-open
days of the old lumber camp.
Second-Opposition to bunch of
"kids," disguised as the Republican
party, farming out the appointive Of
fees of the city, and the Oslerization
of such older members of that his
toric party as might desire to keep
the "kids" from running away with
the wagon.
That the first named issue has
been forced upon this campaign Is
evident to all who attended the al
legged republican caucus and observed
the element that constituted major
ity of the 1877 who voted there. An
element which, if they were wise,
would keep out of the lime-light OF
openly seeking control of the city.
Ninety-eight per cent of the voters of
Aberdeen are law-abiding citizens,
and it is a rank absurdity to assume
that they will permit the 2 per cent
cf would-be law-breakers to control
them, even with the assistance of tha
kid" machine.
The second becomes apparent by
the fact that the alleged republican
city ticket was named at a meeting
of the Young Mems Republican club
prior to the nominating caucus, after
they were advised by many of the
leading republicans of the city to not
attempt to inject national polite;
into city affairs. The assertion that
this little bunch of amateurs desires
to farm out the appointive offices is
justified by the fact that they offered
to indorse Eugene France for mayor
, ie they be permitted to name the
clerk, treasurer and marshal. Those
are the issues before the voter and
no amount of palaver in anonymous
circulars will confuse the public
mind as to their presence and deeI
meaning.
The HERALD is aware that, il
being a democratic paper, its opposi
ton to the Introduction of party poll
tics in city elections may be miscon
strued, so, instead Of making an ar