Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-26
CLOVIS CAMPAIGN
NOW PROMISES To
Be INTERESTING
Lively Scramble for Offices in
Prospect Wet and Dry Is
sue viii Probably Play Big
Part in Result
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clovis. n. NJ, March 25-The cam
naien for city officers which at tn"
antset promised TO be a tame affair
i beginning to liven mp a little. and
while II will not be the stellar attrac-
dan thai the prohibition campaign of
. few months ago w3rs, still the pres
ON indications are that plenty of gin
Ger will be injected into it before
MANY days
Neither he emoluments Of office
aor the honor of serving the city
seems to be the siren song that is cali
ING the candidates into the fray. Be
cause. aside from the treasurer and
clerk on whom there Is no fight. the
total salary paid all city officials dur
ing their term of office is practically
nothing, and rs To the honor well, in
some cases il has been known to cause
the recipient to strut around ike a
peacock displaying its plumaee. Rut
generally il is not regarded too highly.
Not that il is intended 10 eliminate.
ar even leave the impression that it is
not more or less of an honor for a
man to serve his city as mayor coun-
Gilman, or in any other position where
he must devote great deal of time
Ia his official duties without COM
pensatlon hut with plenty of fault
finding on the part of his constituents
because Of his sins Of commission, or
omission, as the ease may be, But
honor does not lure him from his hap
py and contented lireside to plunge
INFO a heated scramble for office and,
il elected to devote "a considerable
portion of his time for two years to a
lob that is thankless To say the least
No, il is not money or honor that is
reckoning them on,
Citizen, Ticket Named.
! week ago sO-called citizens
meeting was held at The court house
at which time q full city ticket was
pat in the field Some claim that
there was no occasion for calling the
citizens together for the purpose of
nominating ticket as the slate had
been agreed upon several days prior to
the meeting, and, while the names Of
the various candidates were placed be
fore the meetine in some cases WIN
an eloquence that would have bao ked
Demosthenes off the dock. il was no.
tieed that there was but one candidate
for each office. and the meeting, II
held at an. should have been called "A
ratification meeting to ratify the slate
that had with due deliberation ana
malice aforethought, been previously
carefully prepared And, after the
meeting was over, when the crowd had
dispersed ana the lights had been put
ont. somebody discovered, IN sizing up
the nominees. that every one was a
pro Funny, wasn't it?
Now there was dissatisfaction. even
ON the part Of some Of the pros, with
at least couple of the nominees FOR
cGuncilmanic honors. while others
thought that in a hustling city the size
Of Clovis they would not be compelled
ia vote for any particular man or set
Of men This is free country theN
argued and there is nothing to pre-
vent any man running for office. or
putting out several tickets. So why
not put out another ticket2 Happy
thought SO another meeting was
called last night and while the noml-
nees on the citizens ticket for mayor
treasurer ana clerk were endorsed,
four councilmen were placed in the
field, as follows First ward, Bert
Cnrless: Second ward, }. +. Sellers
Third ward j a. McFarlin, and
Fourth ward, A. /. Gurley
Wet and Dry Argument.
It has been the contention Of the
pros, or some of them, at least, that
a man who was lined up with the an
It's in the recent unpleasantness- would
not or could not enforce the prohibi-
tory law if elected to office. and mat
therefore. the reins OF the city govern