Amador ledger., 1908-04-10
LOCAL EDITORIAL COLUMN.
THE CITY ELECTION.


The election for city officials will take place next Monday
April 3th Very little interest being taken in the affair
beyond the effort of three who candidates
for reelection without opposition and whose activity there
FORE under the circumstances open to dstrust being
prompted by other motives than desire for their
election 1t is not difficult divine the moving cause of this
activity when the fact called to mind that recenty petit
ton containing 143 sgnaturesa clear majority Of all the
the last election with margin of fourteen
sparepraying for the calling of special election
the question of dsncopoaton unceremoniousy turned
down in ultra dcatora fashion, without rhyme reason
AID without giving the petitioners opportunity to be heard
in their own behalf This action personal afron to
every whose attached that petiton left
every sgner thereon quandary whether he himself
branded by these mastery Of the people of
Jackson of the noaccount sgners who not
titled to any in affairs of the city of Jackson
The Ledger conceive how any that petition
consistently for any official who took part either
actively passivey in that hghanded outrage against the
tmehonored privileges of American citizens guaranteed
by the federal constitution That would be antamount
meeting insult vital principle of republican govern
nent, with compliment and invitation to do it again"
Many those concerned in the petition have resolved
go the polling place all at Mondays election This
is the emphatic way of protesting against the autocrac
methods of the ard their counsellos If any of the
petitioners are determined of innocent
candidates, for marshal clerk it hoped that matter
of serespect they will abstain from aflxing the
opposite the of any the present trustees, thereby
emphasizing their disapprova of their tactics Let them
write the of any citizen in the blank spaces opposite the
printed names in the column left for that purpose.
AS the for marshal and clerk concerned
both in opinion, eng neered with the end in
view the agitation to bring out big vote To mind
they carry the bogus mark and should be deceived
thereby Henry Wie who has been nveged into running
for CITY clerk been in San Francisco for the last
weeks realizing the motives behind the pushing forward of
his in connection with the Office He feels interest
in the outcome under the conditions, and whether he will
return before the election is predetermined.
In view the facts above given and also in face of the
dubious character of the official ballots there is nothing
be gained by getting in the voting line On the other hand
keeping away from the polls will help toward rghting the
great wrong inflicted upon the individual and toward the
redeeming of the of the community from the reproach
upon by the city managers in scornng oneha
of the total number of The object of that petition has
been killed by the rebuff 1t is sleeping ready at any
favorable opportunity to reassert itself
AS rule citizens of this free land who attached to-
the principles of freedom, built be brow
beaten nacton and silence by trusted trying
lord it their employers the strength of brief
span of delegated authority