Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-04-02
POLITICAL POTPOURI
CANDIDATES GET BUSY AS ELEC.
TiONS APPROACH,
The Situation in the Various Wards
Sized Up. Citizens Movement is
Nee ting with Hearty Approval bY
Taxpayers, Who Are Tired OF
Present Regime.

Although the city elections are but
Il few days off, the candidates are not
displaying a great deal of activity
that is, on the surface. But a vast
amount of personal electioneering is
going on, according to the reports
brought to this office. The Citizens
nominees are the only candidates
standing upon an announced plat
form, and that document appeals to
the voter who desires city govern
ment economically administered in
the interest of the whole people. Re-
publican candidates have announced
no policy, probably relying on the
prestige of the name to carry them
through. In this, unless all signs
fail, there will be some surprises. 1t
is doubtful if ever before in Aberdeen
the same amount of quiet thinking
and consideration of the qualifica-
tions of candidates by the voters was
INDUCED in.
First Ward.
In the First ward, the contest is
between R. A. Wiley, a democrat on
the republican ticket, and l.. Pres
sey, of South Aberdeen, Citizens
nominee. At the start, it was thought
Wiley had a walkOver, owing to
Pressey's residence being on the
south side. 1t was supposed that the
name, Republican," and the prepon-
derance of the vote in East Aberdeen
would land Wiley almost without
struggle. but things begin to look diff
ferent as the game progresses. Pres
sey is making an active canvass in
East Aberdeen, and is making a most
favorable impression in district
where he was almost unknown prior
to his nomination, and his vote next
Tuesday will be a surprise to many,
and to Mr.. Wiley most of all.
Second Ward.
In the Second, William Irvine, Citi-
zens' nominee, is making what is
probably the most active campaign of
any individual candidate, and present
Ingram by good majority. Mr.. In
gram is handicapped by being a mem
Der of the present council, the many
shortcomings of which he is sharing
the responsibility for. Not the least
objection heard expressed against
Mr.. Ingram's official record is the
ward gerrymander that, in addition
to turning over whole ward to the
redlight district, so altered the boun-
daries of his bailiwick as to give him
an apparent better chance for re-elec-
ton. This fact alone is having great
weight with the voters of the Second
ward, many of whom only await next
Tuesday to pronounce their disappro-
val of the iniquitous measure at the
ballot box.
Third Ward.
There is a three-cornered contest
going on in the Third ward, the re-
suit of which is difficult to forecast
J. J. Carney, the Citizens candidate
is alone in expressing his views on
city affairs, which he has done by let
ters to the voters, a public address in
the city hall, and through the COL
umns Of his paper. If the others
have any opinions on the subject,
they betray a deepseated disinclina-
tion to reveal them. The Citizens
nominee believes the voters have a
right to know the views of the man
who will represent them and their in
terests on the council, and according
ly has taken them fully into his con-
fidence, having, as he has before eX-
pressed it, mo desire to sit on the
council upon shadow of false pre-
tense"
Fourth Ward.
In the Fourth Ed Dolan, Fourth
Ward Republican candidate, has been
greatly strengthened by the nomina-
tion of w. B. Lowrie on the Indepen-
dent ticket. This movement, gener-
ally believed to be Dredging COM
pany scheme, is calculated to divide
the vote opposed to Mr.. Dolan. Those
familiar with the situation estimate
the vote in the ward at 100. At the
primary, Dolan received 90 votes,
probably 20 of which were cast by
Coxey's friends, and it is calculated
that 10 or 5 more have been or will
be run out of town before election.
With Lowrie out of the race. this
would give Coxey splendid chance
to win. 1t was rumored on the street