The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-01-02
BETTER DAYS ARE COMING


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BETTER DAYS ARE COMING r y k
Some few people, who have worked themselves /
up to an intense pitch of excitement in the city
campaign which is just opening here for the cleo
ton of mayor, several members of the city coun-
Gil and other officers, are firmly convinced that the
city of Virginia is hopeessly set by the ears over
city politics. >....'.
There is much tugging at bootstraps, good
deal of vain and high-sounding bombast and
deal of raucous noise, attended in some quarters
with extreme and acute f1atuency that is interest,"
ing some, amusing others, and disgusting not a
few but as matter of fact is seriously affecting
nobody.
The present affray of superheated atmosphere
is confined to a very few people. They are in
tensely in earnest and as prejudice is blind they
are naturally laboring under the unfortunate hal
lucination that the rest of this community is quite
as excited as are they.
Nothing could be farther from the true con-
dition. The great majority of the people Of this
city are indicating slight interest in the city cam
paign. Neither are they in sympathy with the
tactics that some over-zealous self seekers are
adopting to disport themselves before the people
as the only simon-pure patriots of the common
veal hereabouts.
There are between 1900 and 1000 intelligent
voters in this town. They have been through
city campaigns before and they are we'll aware
that much that is said and done in such cam
paigns must be accepted with grain of salt and
viewed in the light of the broadcast charity. These
people are not excited.
Whatever the majority of these 1900 or g.
900 voters dc on the third day of next February
will be the best thing for Virginia, for there was
never a time when the ballot was used more in
te[hgently than it is today and never time when
inspired and malignant abuse was less effective
as moulder of public sentiment.
Such little interest as is at present manifested
is over the mayoralty. There are at present be-
fore the people three very good men. Any one
of them is capable Of administering the affairs
of this city worthily. Beyond the personality of
these three men there is so far no issue worthy
of serious consideration.
The Enterprise is not among those who de-
plore present conditions. What's the use? There
are in every community certain elements that have
the faculty of solicitation developed to high
degree, men who go about with knitted brows
and profound air taking themselves seriously.
From the ranks of such as these in days of old
who acceptably filled an important niche in life.
The real people Of Virginia are too much in
terested in the welfare Of the town. too anxious
to see it continue to grow and prosper and keep
it's place among the livest and best conducted
cities in the northwest to become excited over
city politics. They will discharge their duties at
the polls February becomes good citizens,
they will accept the result of the election be-
soon as possible. Virginia will continue to grow
and prosper dispite those unfortunate excitable
influences that reach the verge of hysteria ever
and anon over the question Of who is going to run
this town. Then some day there will be adopted
the commission form of government which will
considerably simplify city politics and rob city
campaigns of much Of the envy, malice and all
uncharitableness which now attends them.