Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-24
ADVERTISEMENT
STATEMENT OF CHAS. RECKER
Candidate for Mayor on the
Citizens Ticket

When | was approached sometime
ago by number OF influential bust
ness men asking me if | would allow
my name, to be used as candidate
for Mayor this spring, hesitated,
for the reason that | knew the condi-
tions of Rocky Ford would require
II large portion OF my time, and fur
thermore that unless council was
selected that would work in harm niony,
that an effort would be made to select
such a council, and after carefully
considering the possibilities and
probabilities OF securing council
that could work harmoniously /
agreed to be a candidate, and, | made
no promises only that in case | was
nominated and elected that | only
alone was to he Mayor of Rocky
Ford.
| am subscrvient to no one and to
no interests, and if elected with my
council it is my purpose to devote
the necessary time to bring about 4
vast Improvement in the financial
condition and the general upbuilding
OF the City of Rocky Ford.
feel that at this time perhaps it
will be well to- make statement to
the people OF Rocky Ford as to what
the election and that OF our ticket
will mean to you. ! do not consent
to become 4 candidate for Mayor
without due consideration OF what
that important office means at thi>
time. as all know | am very heavily
interested i'll our city as a taxpayer
and have lived here for nearly TWEEN
ty-four years. My business affair.
are now in such condition that | can.
4 Il at hal
time to looking personally after tn,
affairs OF the city, and when ncccs-
sary the entire time, as | have felt
for sometime that until the Mayor
of our city did devote his personal at.
tcntion to the affairs OF the city ",
would not make the progress ",
should. feel there has been toe
much OF the city's most important
business left to those who may no,
be efficiently interested to properly
look after the city's interests. l..
elected Mayor it is my purpose thai
not i dollar OF the city's money shal,
be expended unless under my person
al observation, and shall certainly
know for what purpose the people,
money shall DE expended in every
case. propose that the city shall
get dollar in service and i'll value
Tor every dbIlaT expended. In OtnCl
words promise to see that the city,
business shall be conducted just 4.
carefully As | have looked after my
own business in the past.
Already some OF our citizens ar,
attempting to cast reflections upon
the Citizens Party because that part!
has. in years zone by. stood for wei
ticket. Whether these persons are
misguided or are using il for politica,
argument | do not know. but our
people have not forgotten that only
two years ago DR.. Nan Buskirk wa
elected Mayor on tile Citizens Ticket
and Mr.. Coffman was elected an Al
dcrman on the same ticket. at which
time we remember the same argu-
mcmtS were used against these gentle
men. and it can he truthiully said by
everyone that this administration in
a most successful manner suppressed
and prevented the sale OF liquors OF
any kind. must confess that the
platform upon which the Citizens
Ticket was nominated is not As
lengthy a. that upon which my op-
poncnt. MIR. Coffman. was nominated,
but in my opinion it means more.
We believe that there is great fu-
turc for Rocky Ford. She i located
in the heart OF the richest agricultur