The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-23
Mr.. DU|S WAS TOO
BUSY TO HEAR
HIN
Representative of Bottling
Works Given Deaf Ear
By Mayor.
Grand Forks. March 20, 1906.

Grand Forks, March 20, 1906.
The Evening Tipes:
AS republican and an old resi-
dent, one always proud of our city and
anxious that nothing which it might
gain shall pass on to some other city,
l wish to say few words to the bust
ness men and the intelligent voters.
Although I am republican and
have always voted the republican tick
ct, ! believe that in local politics we
should vote always for the best man
for the man of the best, most advanced
ideas; the man who has the greatest,
most wide-awake interest in the devel-
opment of the city, the man who goes
out over the country in every direction
and learns all he can and is ready and
anxious to incorporate into our own
local government every improvement
enjoyed by other localities; the man
who has ideas of his own, yet is not
so selfish or conceited that he will not
accept and act upon better ideas than
his own.
The man of force, for, except man
is possessed of a forceful mind and
character the men who are closely as
ISOLATED with him have little respect
for his views and cannot and will not
give him their support.
If the republican party of this city
had no such man in its ranks, or, If
none Of it's men of such character had
the courage to make the run for the
Office of mayor, then I would say, go
to the populists or the peoples party
or even the democrats for such a man,
and every honest citizen could throw
aside party feeling and support that
man.
But, is that the situation? No! a
thousand times no! The present DEM
ocratic mayor and candidate is, any
thing but such q man, anything but a
progressive thinker, anything but q
wide-awake, energetic officer, anything
hut a man with the best interests of
the city at heart, anything but man
OF forceful mind or character. The
people of the city have been treated
TO an exhibition of his lack of interest
in the welfare of our little city for two
years. Is not that enough? During
two years he has not had the good
will or support of the council Why?
Simply because he has had no interest
in the affairs of the city. If the re-
publicans are SO unwise as to again
place this man in the chair will he
then have the support and respect of
the council? No! most emphatically,
70!
II stubborn ignorance made force of
character he would be the. right man
in the right place. but. unfortunately
for the city, it does not
If the city had not possessed splen-
did Commercial club, it would have
stood dead still during the last two
years. This is a fact which no man,
democrat. republican or what-not can
deny.
AS one little illustration of Mr.. Duis'
interest in the city, let me state the
fact that when the manager of the
American Bottling works came to this
city looking for location he, being
a stranger. very naturally sought out
the mayor and asked concerning the
probable success Of such an enter
prise here-as to whether there was
a suitable location to be procured, etc.
But the mayor was not interested, in
feet he was quite bored, and announce
ed that he was very busy and knew
1othing about it, and did not even take
the trouble to remark that there was a
Fnn1r0npniov nj, in, fI,0 80 ,soI,
was interested and never too busy to
look after pushing along any enter
Elise which might help to build up the
city and give employment to it's citi-
zens.
This little illustration shows Just
the amount of interest Mr.. Mayor ex-
hlbited in the welfare of the city I'M
til the last few months, then he began
to realize how his being mayor had
pulled him up, and how very small he
would feel If relieved of the HONOR.
Then he began to sit up and take
notice. For the good of the city? Well,
hardly-because he wanted the office
again for his own personal gratifica-
ton.
Do l hear some weak-voiced repub-
lican remark, "The mayors chair has
been we'll filled?" think do. have
heard it before. Mr.. Mayors street
corner orators and policemen use it as
a stock phrase, and in a measure
must agree with them. Physically, the
chair has been well filled, while in
all other respects it has been vacant
Republicans, are you going to cast
your votes for democrat who has
proven beyond the shadow of doubt
that he is not the man whom we need
at the head of our city government?