Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-11-20

the right. The position pays fairly good salary-probably one sufficient for a city the size Of Pine Bluff. Every depar +ment of the city government should have 'his attention. He should know what is gong on at po- lice headquarters, around the fire de- partment, in the street department, the sanitary department and be fa- mil ar with every public movement and all improvement work over the entire city. No one sect on should have his attention this morning and various ot1ne parts of the city ne- glected in the afternoon.
 There have been many improve ments in Pine Bluff in recent months. Tn city is naturally good one. It has grown steadily for many years and will continue to grow. No mayor the present one nor those who pre- cedel him ill office, should cla m credh, for the public Improvements. The property owners of the city have paid out their hard earned money for the street pavements, sidewalks, sewers and other public benef ts. The mayor did not bring them about. Nor the council. There are some inn prcvements that may be laid to the pO oil vxrhn Inrvt is hot the vv.ers of this city put the alder men and the mayor in office for. The City Beautiful Club is m large measure responsible for many of the improvements.
 The trouble seems to be that after /! the property owners form districts pay taxes and bring about needed inn prov aments the city officials do not maintain them. They permit them to go 10 run and the paved streets of the e,ity. with the4r many holes and poorly repaired gutters, are the best evidences of th's fact.
 Mayor Jordan's personality nor S. mon Blooms personality should nct be an issue in the present campaign. Who can make Pine Bluff the best mayor? That ought to be the ques- tion with the voters and they alone should dec de it on the efficiency of the two candidates. Mayor Jordan'S i profess s'cnal life in this city has been a complete success. As a physician and surgeon none stand higher in his state and local people regard him highly in that light. He s a good citizen as we'll and commands respect. His practice is large and probably h's inability to give the city Il s entire atten ion in the past two was due to his popularity profession ally.
 The Graphic believes that it will be fer the best interests of Pine Bluff to elect "a man who VII give ILLS uuuIV Qtu dlleullOu lO tue UullcS of the mayors office. Simon Bloom is making the race for mayor on a platfor that includes the statement that he will devote all of his time to the office. He says he will ve the people every m9ment of his time. MT. Bloonl $ capable of giving the people good service. He is liberal-minde,l, aonest and hustler and by close attention he ought to be able to give the people of Pine Bluff an admin g. tration that they should have-one that will be unseifish and progress sive. An admins ratcn that will not only be for the betterment of ! Pine Bluff as whole but for the in- terest of those who are always work ing For the upbuilding of P ne Bluff and .ts surrounding territOry-all of fhe people. He says he will be "on the lob" every minute and those whc know his we'll known snerg es know that there is much vigor and deter minasion to do things about Il m. He has many progressive ideas that, if given an opportunity to develop, we believe will result in good to P ne Bluff and its people.