The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-03-12
Wis. CALL MEETING.

| desires a full attendance of members
! of the society at the club rooms
| Saturday, March 18th at 2.30 p. m.
This call is made in response to a
| request that the society show public
| spirited action in the municipal
election to be held April 6. To de-
(! eide what part they shall take in
such election, whether to nominate
an entire ticket or suggest the names
of the citizens they would choose to
be given power to dictate our local
affairs two years. The following
outline of the work before us may
be of value:
The City Election.
April 9Th is the date for holding
the election of officers for Blackfoot,
which has advanced to city Of the
second class.
For the information of those who,
have not given the matter any
thought, we will say that the present
board has done all the preliminary
work, and they have been waiting
for the time to come when they
could take the final steps to deliver
to the people, the municipal govern
ment of the new order
The town has been divided into
four wards, the railroad track and
Bridge street being the lines of divi-
sion and the wards bling numbered
and denominated as follows:
That corner of town which the
depot is in is One, where the Cen
trail school is, is Two, the Irving
school is Three, and from Bridge
street north towards the fair grounds
is the Fourth Ward.
Each ward is entitled to two
councilmen, and one for the town at
large will be the mayor. city
clerk, treasurer, a police judge and
city engineer will also be elected
by the people at large, while the
councilmen for the different wards
can only be voted on by residents OF
the respective wards. A resident Of
one ward, has no vote as to council
men in any other ward though he
may oppose his nomination in the
mass meeting.
A convention or mass meeting OF
all the town will nominate mayor,
clerk, treasurer, engineer and
police judge, and probably adopt
platform or declaration of princi-
pies or purposes. Each ward will
hold ils own caucus before the mass
meeting to nominate councilmen for
that ward.
Anyone wishing to place another
ticket in nomination, can do so, but
the ticket must be filed with the
clerk not later than the Gath OF
March.
Persons who participate in the
nominations at the mass meeting are
not legally barred from helping to
nominate another ticket, but it is an
unwritten law that when declara-
ton of purposes is agreed upon, and
ticket nominated, the will of the
majority should be observed, and
persons who do not wish to abide by
the results, may walk out of the con-
| yention and by that means retain
the right to act in another meeting
! called for making other nominations.
| The question is being asked: Can
women attend the caucus or the mass
1 meeting?" They can. That Is
| what the caucus and the mass meet
1 ing are for-for the citizens to come
together to express their wishes, to
/ crystallize their desires into organ
ization that shall most completely
meet the wishes of the majority.
Staying away from these meetings
and then criticising or opposing the
4 action taken at the meetings, is
/ neither fair nor practical. All who
wish to have voice in forming the
new city government are in duty
bound to act at this time or sacri-
4 flee the greatest opportunity of the
campaign.
| Appointivc Offices.
The members of the police force,
! the street oyerseer, and the city at
/