Cañon City record., 1907-03-14
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resolutions committee. reported the
following platform. which was anthu-
iastically adopted:
The Platform
The Reform Party in in.conventioni as
semhed makes and adopts the follow
decla1ation Of principles
j. Realizing the beauty of our seen
ic SURROUNDINGS and the 1esirabihty' Of
lcivic improvement, We are in favoFsof
improving and .beautifying our city by
parks and good streets. land pledge
Yourselves to use all reasonable en-
deavor to accomplish THE result
We. enthusiastically oommend the
work Of the CIVIC Improvement Leae
que and will gladly cooperate with 1t
in every iaudahse effort to bsautify
our city.
/ 2. We believe one of the greatest
lnseds of-our city at this time is an
ample supply OF pure water. suficienf
not only Dor the present needs, but for
the demands to be made by the future
4 ldeseIopment Of the, place. The asita-
rItion Of this question will develop
some plan for the consuuGtton Of
1this desire, which Will commend itself
10 the judgment OF the masses. We
iul,dge ourselves to Sne furtherance of
this object
8. We believe the suppression OF
lthe saloons, through the efforts of the
city ,1dficials. meets with the hearty
approval of she best citizens. Of this
city.
That II is tEe duty of the govern
lmept 40 make 1t easy tpr men 10 do
right and diffoait TO do wrong. and'we
are therefore isstly proud of our city
Ordinances against the iiQuor trxoc;
That citizens Of good moral charsc-
ter. sober and sndustrioss. are our
greatest asset;
i That tfe present condition demon
Istrates that law oen be enforced. and
that our city Is greatly .benefitted
thereby;
We pledge ourselves to la~.enforce-
ment, and 10 every endeAvor which
lwnl tend 10 ssive ss an SASKATOON
city
The record OF the Reform party
warrants us in stating that IL viii give
an honest, ecoaumical and progressive
ADMINISTRATION. Conditions prevailing
lat the present time. brought about by
the Reform party. have attracted men
and money to our city. and TO announ-
Ice the continuation of these conditions
will comnend itself 10 all good citi-
zaas.
& Briefly stated, me Reform party
lis emphaticaiJy in favor OF larger,
more beautiful. and better Canon City.
Nominations for mayor being de-
clared In order. Rev. A +. chanee,
pastor of the First Methodist church.
placed the name OF A. II. Geely before
the convention for that ONCE In an ad-
mirably timed speech. in which he de-
clsred that his candidate possessed
in a marked degree all OF the charac-
terissics for the position.
Mr.. Seely's nomination was received
with great applause. and as there was
no other nomination he Was by &C
ciamation declared to be the unanim-
Gus choice OF the convention.
On being called for Mr.. Seely made
a brief speech thanking the conveu-
ton for the confidence 1t had reposed
in him. and promising II elected to
stand squarely upon the platform OF
principles enunciated by the Reform
party and to enforce without fear or
favor the ordinances OF the city.
In campaign of this kind" as
serted Mr.. Seely. ut is not question
OF personality, but rather one OF prin-
ciples. Persons are transient, prin-
ciplea are eternal"
l.. w. Eelter Of the second ward pre-
sented the names of L. d. Dawson.
Joseph Honeck and Jonathan Seamen
before ri,e convention for nomination
for the once Of city clerk.
There being no other candidates the
nominations were declared closed and
balioting begun, the chairmen OF the
central committee from each ward
being appointed to receive the vote
from his particular ward.
On the nrst ballot Dawson received
III, seamen se and Honeck 81. AZ
neither OF the candidates received a
majority Of all the votes east another
N.il~,x v.~ <akau which rNanltAd A
followa:
Dawson, 1S0. Seamen ss. Honeck 50.
| On the third ballot DaMRon receiYed