The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-05
PUBLIC OPINION
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Vote for Industrial Cffcers.

Vote for Industrial Officers.
To the Editor of The Gate City:
On January 10th occurs the annual
election OF directors of the Industrial
Association and 1t is the duty OF
every stakeholder in the association
to go personally and cast his vote.
The custom Of voting by proxy is
simply shiftless and easy way OF
showing indifference in the manner
in which the affairs of the association
are conducted. When the citizens OF
Keokuk subscribed 100000 for the
upbuilding of the city 1t was a splen-
did expression OF the interest OF all /
in the development that was expected
to follow the completion Of the power
plant. Last year at the election OF
directors only very small percent
age OF the stockholders went to the
polls and cast their own vote and it
was practically an acknowledgment
that the old directory was in every
sense satisfactory and were doing
everything in accordance with the
views Of the majority OF the stock
holders.
Notwithstanding this there are con-
slant criticisms of some OF the acts
of the present directory and it is Ger.
tainly up to the stockholders to
choose and elect directory that will
follow the wishes of the subscribers.
lit would be a physical impossibility
for any group of men to follow In
every respect the wishes and ideas
of all the critics but there are some
things hat are SO unanimously agreed
upon that there should certainly be
a sufficient number Of votes to elect
a directory that upon the majority OF
things would please the subscribers.
| There is no question that the next
year Is the critical time for the In
! dustrial Association and while much
! of the work that has been done SO
4 far has not been apparent to the out
/ slider still great deal has been done
4 in paving the way for the greater
4 things to be done during the next
twelve months. However, the work
Of the association that is known to
all has not in every instance met with
! the approval of the critics on the
outside and it is certainly up to them
to make UP their slate, and elect a
directory that will please hem at the
! coming election. Every man has a
/ right to an opinion and Is free to ex-
press himself freely If he likes but no
one really has any right to criticise
things that are not done in accord
ance with his ideas unless he has
some better way to suggest. 1t is
easy to stand on the outside and con-
denim the work of others but II is
much harder to take the place of the
one in the wrong and do everything
Just right.
1t Is understood that the election
on January 18th will be conducted
entirely by others than the present
directors and that every one will have
a free chance to vote Just as he
pleases and it is further hoped that
the directors will do away entirely
with the proxy vote SO that every
one will be compelled to personally
cast his own vote and that the direc-
tory that is chosen will actually be-
the choice Of the stockholders at
large and IL everything that is done
during the next year does not meet
with the entire approval of all 1t will
be clear case of misjudgement on
the part of the voters.
There is a lot of difference between
chronic kicker and a booster. II
you are sincere booster you will
get out and vote on the. election day