The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-17
NAMED Il. c. PRESTON

Citizens City Convention Nominated
III. G. Preston as Their Cam
didate for Mayor.
The Citizens City convention was
held Friday molning in the city hall
auditorium and was called TO order
by j. q. Markham in the absence OF
OF Chairman Scriven. George A.
Silbsy was elected chairman and c.
W. Downey secretary of the con-
vention. a committee consisting of
Steve Sphinx, w. III. George, VIM.
Bell and w. M. Schneider. was
appointed by the chair as a COMMITTEE
on credentials. Tie committee
retired with the credentials from
the four wards and later reported
that 40 delegates were entitled to
seats In the convention.
u. A. Mizener, of the Fourth
ward, placed IL nomination for
mayor, H.. G.. Preston. as a man
whom he believed TO he capable and
honest of carrying out the wishes OF
the people In a most thorough mum
ner.
MI. Preston asked the indulgence
Of the convention to make a state
menb before his nomination vas
vctsd upon In order that he might
set himself straight and that the
delegates would have a thorough
knowledge OF just where he stood
on the issues Of the campaign. Mr..
Preston spoke substantially.a as follows:
Convention
Before this motion is put to this
honorable body, before you are per-
Mitted to exercise your vote or choice
fpr mayor, l think that 1t is only fair
10 you and fair to me that l make a
few statements relative to my pro-
posed candidacy want to- talk to
you men just for a moment in a can
did but decided manner don't wish
to be misunderstood or misquoted
that the people of my city, with
whom / have SO long associated,
should 60 into this municipal contest
with any feeling Of distrust or lack
OF confidence, or that they might not
know and understand the position
that / occupy upon every question
that Is Of great Importance to the
citizens of Mitchell.
In can say to you sincerely, gen.
tuemen, that l speak to you this
morning as friends and neighbors.
Many of you with whom have as
ISOLATED. for the welfare and up
building of this beautiful city for
than a quarter of a century,
and when l say to you to-day that in
view of the fact that my name has
been associated with the public for
some few weeks,-more especially
perhaps in the last ten days-in con
nection with this Office, that it has
been upon no request or solicitation
Of mine that my name stands pre-
sentsd to my people this morning,
under nc circumstances whatever,
gentlemen, have / solicited at your
hands this nomination. If l am nom
mated here this morning, it will be
one instance in the, history Of Mitchell
where the Office has sought the man
and don't you forget 1t.
Now let us be candid with our
Sselves. Let us not be swept OF our
n feet for the moment with any undue
feeling of personality. Let the one
thought be uppermost in the mind Of
e,ery vote .Ad everv inhabitant of
this city that the best welfare of this
city ts at stake, and that no personal
Atty or no one particular idea should be
the all absorbing question that we
are to consider. The gentleman who
has placed my name before you has
that we have many questions in
Mitchell that are near and dear to US
all. Every one OF those questions
must be considered in this campaign
and not lost sight of. The welfare
Or this city depends as much upon its
finances and good order ard hat we
q have y square and fair deal in this
city and nc one is altogether superior
to the other. Now I want to state to
fsyou without further preliminary re-
/ MARKS Where%I stand upon some of
the municipal questions that are like
~ to arise,---has already arisen and
considerably discussed in this coming
campaign. Sotssething like four weeks
ago.. a committee of gentlemen re-
presenting; the Civic Federation of
this city which is we'll organized and
asyery respectable body Of citizens
eaceedingly so-callel upon me in
view at the fact rl.at some one had
spoken my name in connection with
the cificas OF mayor. They wanted to
know how stood upon certain ques-
lions. more particularly the question
asato1 whether license or no license
should prevail at this city election.
Coupled with that they were very
solicitous of knowing where / stood
a how I stood upon the rigid en-
forcement of the law.
Gentlemen,sI want to say to you
that every citizen has that right to
knoWswhether q proposed candidate
stands forsthe enforcement of law or
otherwise. i made myself plain to
the committee. ! told them plainly
and distinctly that I was not a candi-
Sdate for this Office In the sense Of
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