The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-02-14
ELECTION
TWADDLE
Prominent Cts Being Men
toned for Office.

The gumshOe campaign for cit.
offices is still on and no pnblic an
"ouncements have an yet been made
with Tie exception of that OF NJ.
WeinZierl for mayor aud j. w. o.
horne for judge. The names Of a con-
siderable number are coupled with
various offices by The several groups
Of voters encountered on the streets.
For Ma,or the names of M. Vein
zierl, NJ. Murphy. M. e. Gleason
Henry Chinn, Chas. Trezona, Olaf
| Knutson and Grant Mcmahon are
being juggIed with, but whether any
thing more definite will result is hard
To determine this early in the game
or until specific announcements are
made by the candidates themselves.
L. is understood that neither of those
named above would be adverse o..
serving The people IA the head Of their
city government. providing the peo
| pie saw til TO elect them.
The municipal judgeship seems to
he the bone Of contention d greal
many desire 10 pick according to
reports. The $1,000 IA year plum Is
excellent picking aud looks good TO
several. Among those put forth are
Judge Osborne, Tile present incum-
bent, Elk Judge Cosgruve. Capt. John
Cowling. rhos. Jury. s. Childers, aud
several more. ALI have an idea the,
would make good judge, aud it only
rema aims to be seen who will make the
best hustle and secure the most votes.
As usual. the special judgeship IL
lost sight of rhIS office Is just a>
Important as the other, but no one
seems tn be hankering after The posi-
Jion. LII all elections this place j.
made tile butt Of political jokes. ano
The special judge is usually elected by
writing in the name of some man
about town. Already The names uI
some are put forth, among them men
who. for want Of knowledge aud gen
eral appearances, could lily hold The
pusiLion of night scavenger This is
dead wrong. The special judge shnula
he the equal Of the municipal judge,
aud the best available timber should
be selected for these Important places.
Aldermen ale being put forth for
the places by the score. Each ward
has several fayoriIe Sons for The
aldermanic seats. A large number of
those named dre just about flJ for
the purpose ccup, ing the alder
manic seats. The impression
seems to prevail in some quarters that
all an alderman has 10 do il TO attend
meeting of the council twice d month
and draw 81 night for this. AS a
great many people quit work at SIX
O'Clock. two dollars !ur few hours
work TWO evenings month is like
getting money from home. The fac
that All alderman is very busy man
if he properly serves the city does MOI
enter into the question. In truth,
a good alderman gets not near enough
for his services. Neither does any
member of the council. Pay good
salaries for these offices and good men
who is incapable Of transacting bust
ness more than the ''Small change"
and "few dollar" class is poor material
to put into place where thousands
are involved. Yet this is yearly done,
aud all because the salary paid is d
mere pittance and fails to attract
men of ability.
So far the election has not warmed
up to any alarming extent more than
that candidates are being talked of.
By the end Of the month, however.
1T is expected the campaign will be in
full swing.
A good idea would be to call meet
ing of the taxpayers and discuss the
subject of good officers. A ticket
could be picked satisfactory TO the
majority thus doing away with a
number of candidates who usually
butt in simply because they want to
| get even with someone else on he
ticket. A man for mayor and the
other offices could then be selected
for his fitness for the place and not
because he was an Austrian, Finn,
| English, or some other nationality,
and could get the votes of a certain
division.
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