Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-04-05

AhC lN6ADNA a~hbA hOOA9 SAOoC0 Sat
urday evening with registration OF
2395 and the polls will close to
morrow evening and the election will:
be at an end. The election is the
most important that has ever been
held in the city since its birth, and
1t is the duty of every voter to go
to the polls tomorrow and cast his
vote. 1t is the most important that
has ever been held in the history of
the city because 1t involves issues
upon the inauguration Of which is de-
pendent the growth, the life and well
fare of the city, and the vote tomor-
row will determine whether Occur
d'Alene is to grow, and prosper, and
take her place among the cities of
the state, or whether it is to remain
only city in name and population.
and a village In sidewalks, streets,
and other municipal improvements.
1t will determine whether the people
want an administration that will be
of a business-like character-one
that will expend in a wise and ju-
dicious manner the money OF the
people-or one that will expend 1t in
a slipshod manner in doing the work
over and over again, and expanding
it laVishly and extravagantly, and
then deny the people the right of
knowing through a published state
ment by the treasurer as to how that
money has been expended. 1t is for
the voters to determine tomorrow
whether they want an administra-
ton of general stagnation as they
have had in the past two years-an
administration that will be controlled
by the old ring of which VIM. Dollar
is the head, or whether they want an
administration whose slogan will be
general progressiveness and which
will be dedicated to the general wei.
fare of the city and its people, and
owe allegiance to no ring or political
clique, and as to the manner In which
the people vote tomorrow 1t will de.
pend which OF the two will follow.
Hubbard Represents Ring.
Cast your vote for Hubbard, and
the other candidates on the so-stylet
Citizens ticket, and you vote for this
reign of the same old ring that has
reigned in the city for the past two
years-the rule Of VIM. Dollar and
c. White and those he controls. Tht
Citizens ticket is backed by thes'
men, and from its administration
they will reap a harvest of benefits
and special privileges and the people
as has been the case in the past, viii
reap a harvest of high taxation, gen
eral extravaganza and fragrant ex
penditure of money. an empty treas
ury and no municipal improvements
That is what that ticket means
There is not any doubt about that
none at all, because the convention
that nominated that ticket was a ma
chine convention.
How Ticket Was Nominated.
The convention that nominate
that ticket was a Dollar-White con
vention. Dollar was not a membe
of the convention but he was Their
and directed affairs. and from tim
to time during the course of its ppro
eeedings his henchmen bobbebd a
and played their little part in the pc
litical drama. and sat down. Ezr
Whitla. Dollars attorney and pOlii
ieal henchman was there with hi
legal documents ready TO be signe
up as soon as the convention ad
journed. ]. c. White. was there an
engaged in a general promoting bu'
iness-gave the cues to the universe
members Of the machine and Will
some OF them forgot their lines b
soon set them straight. and the cor
vention was the best exhibition Q
machine politics that has ever bee
given in Kootenai county. From II
time that 1t convened until 1t a
iourned it ground out candidates II
dustriously until the ticket was con
pleted. and its next move was to In
pose this creature Of machine Dirt
upon the people as their child an
asked then to adopt It BY voting fC
It,
Issues OF Machine Origin
Just as the candidates OF that col
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