The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-03-24
4 NNor,d 90 FIfth NNarders.

A Word for Fifth Nvarders.
!! Residents Of the FIFTH ward OF
the city have a singularly vital In
terest in the municfpaT campaign
now wagine. Cast ng aside for the
moment ALI considerations in regard
to the general city ticket, the voters
OF that section find they have to an
swer this quest on at the polls on
election dag: SHALL the improve
ments that have been. undertaken IN
our ward and partly completed DC
carried out. or shall they be delayed
For another year or perhaps longer!
IN order to subject this question
IN the test OF probability, let the
voters recall what happened rev
years back when representatives OF
that ward n the council were not in
harmony with the majority mem
bersbip OF that body nor " IN
the city administration. Inose
representatives were for the
most part continuously antagoniisis l
"a the general policy OF the admins
tratfon for the simple reason they
had TO stand with their own party by
oppos 'ng the party In power. Inc
results we're that the ward got very
Ii++I. in return for its senseleSS OPP
nosition. The people of that ware
know only too well that they mauS
mistakes IN past years ana they
surely do not want to make any
more like them.
ments worse, perhaps, than any
other ward n the city. Lee street
siraDly has to be paved. as the splen-
ala Washington Irving high school
building viii be completed ana oceu-
MED this summer and NOBODY n the
city wants the school students IllrS 20
in the mud as they VIII pc 80 -
street is left in it's present como tloh'
rTbere are also other important inn
nroyemnts in that section that VIII
have to be made -
Due attention has been gwen to
tba needs OF the ward during the
r7tunicipaI year now drawing TO q
close. The paving Of Mechanic sbEeeL
was fin shed, Fifth street "1s
nayed. improvements were maoe
n chestnut street, pavements were
laid and repaired in the new aodl-
tione there. street crossings were
Established and a number OF electriC
o-c lights were added. The work
was prosecuted as speedily as ap-
preparations and the alertness
ward representatives In counch ~ouL Ld
hermit There should be apr ecla-
ton Of this much needed "o arrieI
such an extent tnat II can 'Oe
~ T ~ fifth ward voter may as we'll
,>oe,+a n In his hat that ma
io,..tv IF the members OF the new
oornc;l viii be Republicans and tnaI
they viii have charge OF the sen e.iot
plan of improvements TO De ca 1LI,.,.
out during the coming Yedr. ~
SoIIv then, would 1t be to put IN :
oo1s,c,Iman who would not be IN
harmony with those plans and Wno
could not cooperate with tne
other cc.uncilmen and city ofhclais ~
tbat work? 1t is not out OF place "
remind the Fifth ward voter tnaI az
five OF the hold-over councllLneh q
Republ' cans 80 ofven
=. 49, lFifth ward situation, the argu-
ments advanced In regard 70
sIaction IF counc'lmen who viii Work
- barmony with the adm ;nistratloh
.1,rIv with equal force to the selsc-
sion If councilmen in any OF the
other wards. Everyth ng IS 70 D
rained nv cooperation; pract'ca
nothing Ny antagonism or o0stFu"
'io DR. w 3 conaway. the Republi-
o.1 nominee for councilman In the
1S,F+b ward, is a man who can pc
+rrsted tn look after the interests o.
that ward. HE will see to 1t that tue
EltFfb gets everything that 1t possIDly
can get during the coming year dent
doctor ia a fair-minded, fndepenu '7l
u ,,ori~b+ citizen. as all who are per,
s S5n acquainted with him J. t Witi
agree. Nobody has any strings gs c cnrl
- nm neither individuals nor cor
n 10 . e, interests. He is a eonscienti-
GUS : Republican and he wiz COOPER Irtv
ate with his party and ms pas PaTss
,,,ambers rust so long as he THINKS
thew are dong the right thing
Another thing should be reme men
bered by the voters of that W nd
DR.. Conway stands fairly anu
i Dr upon that plank of the Re.
ru6i'can party's platform on, fhaI
pledges him and all other Repu way
can nominees to assist In every WY
nossble in the enforcement OF the
liquor prohkbitiOn laws when en- t5 fegs
are put into effect July \: tn eai2
is any sincerely among those resi- 81
tents i Of the ward who have stood up
for THIS thing in the past tb e3ey 70 ' to
do only one thing %h tha, 'I Is 70 vote
for mr. Conway.