The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-01-09
Campaign Opens in Earnest
With Meeting at Fay a0pra
House Tomorrow Night
TAKES PROGRESSIVE
GROUND IN STATEMENT
Judge Montague to Deliver Speech
In His Behalf While Mr.: Boylan
Will Also Address the Voters with
Regard to His Candidacy.-Politi-
cal Gossip. .-

cal COssiD- r
President Boylan of the city coun-
Gil, candidate for the mayoralty, will
open his campaign in earnest tomor-
row night with a big meeting at the
Fay Opera house The Virginia band
will be on hand to furnish music, Mr..
Boylans will address the voters in his
behalf and Judge R. j. Montague will
make the principal speech of the even
ing, which will be along the line of
the issue laid down in Mr.. Boylan's
platform promulgated yesterday.
The Boylan meeting will be the first
of the campaign. The other mayoral-
ty candidates are planning on holding
meetings., but neither the Messrs
johnson or -McGhee will do anything
along this line until the week after
next when the various candidates will
have filed and the alignment of can
didates is more clear than at present.
The Progressive league held a reg
ular meeting last night. The plat
form committee did not report and
beyond informal discussions of the
plans for organization little was done.
The leagues big effort will be made
next Thursday evening, when the
platform committee will report and
the finance committee as well. The
league plans. a more effective organi-
zation than that of a year, ago. when
twas represented by personal work
ers in every block in the city. Pub
icity will probably be an important
feature of the campaign organiza-
ton. 1t is planned to publish daily
newspaper during the closing days of
the campaign which will set the
leagues side of the issue fairly be-
fore the people. Lafayette Bliss, ex-
superintendent of schools, will be ask
ed to edit it, but whether or not he
will accept cannot yet be definately
stated. Mr.. Bliss is an old-time news
paper man, a forceful writer. is we'll
familiar with local conditions and the
advent of the leagues newspaper will
be awaited with considerable interest.
At last nights meeting of the league
the sentiment was freely expressed
by the members that Alderman Nc
Ghee's candidacy was meeting with
very satisfactory reception in every
ward in the city. Mr.. McGhee has
received good deal of valuable news
paper advertising during the week
and members of the league expressed
themselves as more than pleased with
the way things look for him at pre-.
sent.
Edward c.. A. johnson said this
morning that he would not begin his
campaign until after the final day
| for filing, which is January II. Mr.
Johnson's friends are quietly work
ing. The johnson organization is
said to be noiseless but highly effici
ent and is busy in every ward in the
city. Mr.. Johnson said he had no de-
finite plans for public meetings, bu'
that he planned to address the voters
He said he regarded the present con
dition as very much unsettled and dit
not look for definite shaping of th'
issues until after all the filings wer'
in. He expressed himself as wei
pleased with the assurance of sup
port coming to him from his friends
Candidates who have filed to dat
are as follows:
Alderman First Ward-E. F. Muir
ray.
Alderman Sixth Ward-Willian
Eddy.
Alderman First Ward-C: O. Lar
son.
Alderman Sixth Ward-Thoma
! Moe.
Alderman Third Ward-Jacob Lack
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Alderman Third Ward-C.L L. Eaton
z=- Alderman Second Ward-H. H
Lem. !. .1 1a. III. a. 8. -
. Alderman Fifth Ward-E. {
i Strauss. r: - - !. e..
i Alderman Fifth Ward-F. j. Moi
. Ian. go, r.4..s.
Alderman Third Ward--John Byrn
Alderman Fourth Ward-Joh
Dahlin. ~. 81. : tx. z---,.
j Alderman Second Ward d-Edwar
s Ala. # .'s.. 49,. zs .s j.. .sz=.s=z== .s. 5
!, Alderman First Ward-D. G. Reet
!. For City Treasurer. ! William