The Colorado statesman., 1917-04-28
DENVER, COLORADO, SATURDAY, APRIL 2s 1917
CITY COUNCIL ELECTION

T the municipal election to be held Tuesday May 18TH
forty three candidates running for councilman in the
nine districts be elected from each, eight TOR city
auditor and for election commissioner will ON
the ballot 1t will be up to the people of Denver to dis
within fourteen days the names Of these men, then
ability serve their ideas on certain propositions relative
city, that brought about IN the present council
and finally whether they entering real nonparsan
action still catering to the order OF corner politics.
lawsuit the election commissioner and the usual
election STIR petitions of of the present coun-
cmen return power this election should not be be
hind others point interest sensation and the other
qualities that go make it exciting But this Is not all
Many times have voters puzzled by the number of
the ballot and often'iq disgust do not attach
enough significance request kexpanation but either
refuse to vote or sPo vote vote R Es 70 f
ELECTION and the old party venom generally entertained
ever-existing feud must giway to modern political
views which city government successfully ana
satisfactorily to all concerned
SUPPORT STRONG MEN. Men strong in mind,
on ready sacrifice selfish ends for the good OF com
mnity and who in serving the public find pleasure IN the
benefits received by that public whole IRON thelr m
PRODUCTION of wise and just laws and support OF everything
promote among the citizens OF whom they are
component part Electors of especially must NOT
go bndfolded mentaly) to the polls Remember there
was attempt get this present council to pass laws
that would interfere greatly With civic freedom deprive
us of rights and privileges by the Constitution
United States and how the present councimen acted
voting against sEGREGATED PROPERTY OWNERSHIP.
There may be these fifty candidates and more per
soma
individually but we must take from the publicspirited
standpoint and after carefully examining, they Will act
all one then confidence may not be abused III giving
same TO them We must send men feel their interests
in the development of citizens identical with ours ana
the rendered must far srpass racial ties and
relationship if to serve the mass ana not th
class takes first place with them.
All candidates or less populary known
having resided long time Denver engaged IN b!sl
ness and IN some cases have filled and filling political
positions hear from them, we must get some
thing them the part they will play towards us so
that we can present readers subscribers and the peo
pie general facts assumptions, practice not theory
logical deductions not vague imagnations then we can
start our activities the right and commonsense way III
our instructions that will present problems involving
deep mathematical calculations but plain simple reasona
BILE arguments will convince to the righteousness
of the candidates all the people or their one
sided and abomnable sefishness for the few who cannot
be relied and who try to preserve the saby OF
our good institutions ,,
sources the nine councmen should elect the auditor
and the election commissioner and have minds made
mn to vote according to the best of your ability and con
ON TnesdaN. Nav 18th.