The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-02-06
HIS HONOR, THE MAYOR ELECT

his own statement, was the greatest moment in
the life of Michael Boylan, mayor-elect Of Vir-
ginia. It was the moment when his choice as
mayor of this city at last Tuesdays election was
assured beyond all doubt. Mr.. Boyan did not at
tempt to. conceal his JOY and it was pleasant
thing to witness. Mr.. Boylan wanted to be mayor
Of Virginia. He never denied it. He made vigor-
GUS campaign for election and when success crown
ed his efforts he was pleased and he frankly said
so.
The greatest public service Mr.. Boylan ever
did the city of Virginia he did in his very first
after-election speech addressed to typical cleo
ton night crowd, a cheering, huzzaing, happy
bunch of Boylan enthusiasts, the men who had
helped honor him, when he said "Gentlemen,
don't care whether you voted for me or not; you
are all my friends and want you all to get behind
me and help me make a success of my adminis-
tration mayor
That is typical Of Mike Boylan, contracting
plumber, self made man, aggressive Virginian and
good red-blooded Celt, blunt of Speech warm of
heart and possessed of a native shrewdness and
canny judgment that was acquired in the worlds
greatest university, the school of hard knocks.
This is fine honor which has come to Mich
ael Boylan. Cancellation of fractional differences
was the keynote of Mr.. Boylan's very first public
speech. It is typical of the and it is one of
the characteristics which wins for him the kind
of staunch partisans that honor a man who
chooses to cast his lot in the rather unattractve,
stress-fraught, game Of municipal politics. Mr..
Boy]an did his whole duty He came more than
half way. It is the plain duty of every other
citizen who has the welfare of Virginia at heart
to come the rest of the distance and meet him on
common ground in his promised program of con-
Citation.
We like the attitude of that other candidate
for mayor, Mr.. Edward c.. A. Johnson, the man
for whom there were no victorious eagles Tuesday
night. He was one of the first to congratulate
Mr. Boylan. There was nothing insincere about
his congratulations either. congratulations,
Nike" he said 81 am with you and want to do
everything / can to help you make your admins
tration success. You can count on me to help
you in any way I can" Then the pair chatted
together pleasantly for several minutes, compared
notes and INDUCED in several qups and saes that
one enjoyed as much as the other. Kind friends,
that is the way to play the game. Life is too short
to cherish any grudges more than day and day
is too long to cherish one.
Mike Boylan is capable of giving Virginia one
of the best administrations of the office of mayor
it has ever had. To large extent he is in the
hands of his friends for he has indicated desire
to get together with everybody. There should
be no sulkng in tents from this time on, malice
one toward another What's the use?
We are sure Alderman McGhee will do as
much as did Mr. Johnson just as soon as he is af-
forded the opportunity. Mr.. McGhee is Of the
type Of citizenship of which we are proud in Vir-
ginia. AS public official he is man Of fine
principle and as private citizen he is honor to
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made on an issue, one in which he thoroughly be-
ieves and one in which he has always been
consistent The fine vote he received is the best
proof of the fact that he is not alone in the opin-
ions he holds on city government. None of the
three candidates for mayor has anything to be
ashamed of in the matter of the support accorded
them by friends. Each received handsome vote.
It was a good fight and pretty finish and the
man must be a "crab" indeed who not find in
the election returns something to consider a per-
sonal victory, something to be genuinely pleased
about
The Enterprise believes the next municipal
issue before the people of Virginia will be the
adoption of the commission form of government
and it believes the voters of this city will approach
it's disposition in spirit infinitely better for the
city at large than they went into the campaign
AoA I11e e1eetoH WIlc1 LIDS JuSI psSSeu' "A goOu
brisk fight never hurts any community and it
never hurts anybody to forget good brisk fight.
So let us forget. Let us get behind Mayor Boylan
each and every one Of us and uphold him in CIV
ing to the city of Virginia progressive business
like administration. We believe with one of Mr..
Boylan's most ardent and typical supporters
with apologies for the vernacular-that mikes
the boy that can put her across"
---~ A CHANCE FOR RANGE SPORTSMEN.
Governor Eberhart is to visit the Mesaba range
next week. The governor is coming to virginia