Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-04-02
THINK 1T OVER.

You have tried machine admins
trations In city affairs for several
years and II you think II Is time to
change read over the platform and
pledges Of the candidates OF the Peo-
pies Progressive Improvement ticket
and II they meet YOU approval give
the ticket your support; II they do
not appeal to you vote the Hubbard
ticket. We think every citizen who
takes an interest In the city will APP
prove OF the declarations contained
In that platform. and while It's oppon-
ents indulge in all sorts OF personal
attacks on citizens who are not can
didates and on industries that create
pay roll. the object IL solely for the
purpose OF taking your attention
from the lsses as laid down In the
platform OF the Peoples Progressive
Improvement ticket They do not
wish you TO study that platform and
are indulging In the throwing of dirt
for the purpose OF binding you. One
OF the most prominent issues Is the
ownership Of the water syatem by the
city, and most OF the people favor
this. but many are being deceived by
the claims OF each ticket. Under
these conditions the question 10 up to
the people for solution and they win
settle II next Tuesday at the polls.
With both tickets claiming TO favor
municipal ownership how IL the voter
70 decide2 There IL but one way to
40 70, and that Ia by considering the
Influences back Of each ticket. We
win for the sake Of getting down TO
cold facts confine our statements to
this question. In the flrst place the
people must keep In mind the fact
that William Dollar IL a stoekholder
In both the Kootenai Power and the
Consumers company, that he Ii q d.
rector and treasurer of both COM
paniea. that their funds are kept In
his bank and that he pays all bills
which come to him as treasurer IN the
form Of vouchers. Mr.. Dollar thus has
heavy financial and an oiilclal In
terest In these companies and In their
success and no man is 50 public splr-
tied that he will sacrifice his financial
and private business for the sake of
electing some friend to once. The
question then arises: What are the
motives which make Mr.. Dollar 80
active In support Of the Citizens tick
ct headed by Mr. Hubbard, and what
caused him to indorse \ platform
which claims to favor injury to his
private affairs and cause him a per.
manent financial lossf OF course
he h interested In keeping the city
treasurership In his bank for finan.
eial reasons, then why Ia he "a treas.
urer OF the Consumers company IN
favor Of municipal ownership when
ne knows Il means a loss OF business
and revenue to his company, one of
che sources of his ineome-ana &C.
cordlng 70 the arguments being used
In support OF his ticket. a very prof-
table investment. DID any one ever
discover this liberality In Mr.. Dollar
beforef Has Mr.. Dollar ever before
been known to fight the Consumers
company Reason these things out
and considered them In connection
with the pledge Of the candidates on
the Peoples Progressive Improve
ment ticket and when your own cool
calculating judgment tells you which
u sincere, vote your convictions re-
gArdless Of the efforts to blind and
deceive you regarding the facts.
Many campaigns are fought with !
view 10 keeping the people from reas-
onlng out the facts and conditions. hv
creating falae issues and attracting
attention from the truth. Put your
self In Mr.. Dollars place a. a stock.
holder. direetor and treasurer OF the
Consumers company and see II You
would favor municipal ownership Of
an opposition plant. Under these
eonaitions b q not q reasonable con-
elasion that Mr.. Dollar has 4 person.
y sslhah interest IN the election a.