The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-03-10
MANY MENTIONED
BUT none ACCEPT
MANY MEN MENTIONED AS POSI-
BILE CANDIDATES FOR MAYOR
THIS YEAR.
Large Number of Good and Deserving
Men are Being Talked of but NObidy
Is laundering for the Work and Re-
spOnsibility-Helt and PlOwhead
FaVOrites.


spOnSibility-Helt and PIOwhead
FaVOrites.
Men who will accept the position
of mayor of Caldwell this year are
scarcer than hens teeth and they are
a mighty scarce article. The posi-
ton has become one of such work and
responsibility that most citizens are
10th to assume the burden. The Tri-
bune can see no outcome except to
follow the suggestion made some
time ago by this paper and nominate
and elect a woman In the mean
time we shall mention those promin-
emily discussed as available men.
Early in the game Messrs. c. S. Doan
and w. H. Roadway were talked of.
Both have absolutely declined The
next man was Mr.. B. NJ. Holt. Mr..
Holt is one of the leading business
men of the city and would make a
good mayor Mr. E. H. Plowhead is
also mentioned for the position
Neither of these gentlemen has stated
his position. Mayor Gowen is talked
of for reelection. We do not know
whether or not Mr.. Gowen would
care for another term.
There are two elements in Caldwell
at the present time, while there should
be three. There are the radicals and
the conservatives, and there should
be an element between the two. A
remarkable feature of the situation is
that the radicals are the conservatives
OF the town naturally and the conser-
vatives are naturally radical. The
radicals in this campaign are inclined
to stop all improvement work in the
city until the town RECEIVERS its credit
and is on cash basis again. The
conservatives are inclined to keep
moving ahead but not so rapidly as in
the past two years. The conserva-
tlVes are represented by such men as
Mayor Gowen, Messrs, Plowhead.
Holt, Farrar, Dever and E. H. Plow-
head. The radicals are men like
Cooper, Crookham, Cleaver, Dement,,
Judge Smith, Scaterday, Jackson and
Buckner. 1t seems that the line of
demarkation arose out of certain
improvements made during the past
two years. The radicals are inclined
to think that the administration used
poor judgment in making improve
ments and charge that the cost of i'm
provement was excessive They want
the work re-estimated; the accounts
OF the city exported and the repudia-
ton of any unjust, unreasonable or il
.egal warrants issued Whether or
not any unjust and unreas enable
claims against the city were allowed
The Tribune does not know. That
Illegal claims were allowed is freely
admitted. The ultimate handling of
these warrants seems to define the IS,
sues for the coming campaign
The argument used by tn, city ad-
is that circumstances
arose during th> past two years re.
curing action ard at n at once.
They proce aGei to do the things
needed and in many instances had L,
stretch the law point or two. For
instance, while he Improvement wcrk
was going en-, the council was meeting
every night an J ,metimcS in the day
time, thus thfowry an unusual ur-
den upon the city clerk T., tC,h.i- |
ize matters, n: clerk WAS granted an |
additional sum of money each month. !
BY law the ARK, was entitled to his |
salary The ADMINISTRATION clanls that |
the necessities of the occasion :usti-
lied the course it pursued The Tri
bune thinks that in this matter the
city council was perfectly justified ard |
would not favor the Reputation of a
single, solitary warrant issued t. MIR
Shorb. Other matters arose in the |
same manner, according to the admin
iStraton
The anti-adminiStration citizens are
charging that the council was waste
full, extravagant and neglectful They !
charge even worse things than that,
but thus far have not attempted to
Substantiate charges, In view of I
these charges they ask an investiga-
ton and reputation of any warrants
illegally issued,
We have tried to state the condition
impartially in order that the people
may know the real issues in the cam
paign. 1t may be that there is no
standing room between the two ex-
tremeS,
The purpose of this article is simply