Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-03-18
MOVEMENT ON FOOT FOR STRONG
CITIZENS TICKET IN THE CITY.
Republicans and Democrats Met and
Slated a Ticket, but it Didn't go
Through: Plan Yet LiVeth.

The long discussed citizens ticker
movement drew near to a head last
Friday night when a number Of re-
publicans and democrats discussed
the advisability of putting out a strong
! ticket for the coming election. A
tentative ticket was arranged but
those designated on the ticket had to
be consulted and with but one hitch
on the part of a democrat who didn't
want to make a compromise with the
republicans, the ticket doubtless
would have been announced.
The advocates of this ticket have
not given up the task and the outcome
is uncertain since neither the repun-
Ilicans or democrats have named can
didates.
For the past few weeks democrats
and republicans who are tired of the
present system of the republicans
fighting the democrats and vice versa
according to the party in power, want
a compromise ticket, believing that
such will be for the betterment of the
community interests.
The advocates of the new political
reform contend that bitter partisan
politics has had more to do than
other one agency with retarding COM
munity development. They argue
that invariably good movements are
killed by people not in political SYM
pathy with the person who agitates
such a movement, although such agi-
tation il the beginning has nothing OF
a political significance attached to it.
1t is Immediately dragged into dirty
Do1sfioc fhn1y oT1 naturally n0nntS
with a lamentable death to the detri-
ment and loss of the community.
They insist that with biennial county
and annual city elections the city Is
worked up to such a political heat that
the differences are not forgotten frOlr
one election to another and that for
this reason there cannot be the unity
of purpose and cohesion of spirit
needed in community development.
The movement has as it's object q
ticket of mayor and six aldermen.
representing both parties, whereas the
present board is entirely democratic,
and a new election comes in May. In
county affairs the republicans have
the whole show and some of the most
prominent republicans, former city
Office holders and the ablest party
leaders promise that if they are given
a citizens ticket in the city they will
use their influence for one in county
affairs by giving the democrats one of
the county commissioners, and the
democrats promise to reciprocate by
granting the republicans a member OF
the county board of education, which
is wholly democratic.
Some of the leading republicans Of
the city met last week and informally
discussed election plans and a num-
Der of them favored the citizens ticket
idea, but no formal action was taken.
A number of the advocates of the
citizens ticket plan met Friday night
and discussed methods for undertake
ing a change in politics.
Although this plan of a non-politi-
cal ticket has been talked for some
time, nothing definite had been done
until Friday night, and the news of
the movement causes quite a ripple I'M
party circles, especially those
who are bitterly opposed to a citizens
ticket.