Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-03-06
FIRST PRIMARY
COMES MONDAY
Non Partisan Ballots Will BE
Used in First of City's
Primaries
ONLY ONE CONTEST IS ON
Five Seek Nomination as Short Term
Commissioners With Four
a. Limit.

The first primary election TO be
held under the charter of the COM
mission form of government IN Alma,
will be held Monday, March 10, at
which time the candidates for the
various city and ward offices are TO
be chosen this year.
Under the charter only two men
can be nominated for any one office.
This means that both Charles r.
Murphy and Henry II. Soule, the two
men who have filed their initiatory
petitions for the Office of mayor will
be nominated -Four mo- have filed
initiatory petitions for the Office of
commissioners for the long term,
and as there are two such commits
sioners to be elected, these four men
will be nominated. They are John c.
Chick, Jasper W. Blakely, Floyd II.
Glass and Wmfred Wilson.
For commissioner for the short
term, petitions have been filed for
five men, so that one Of these men
will be eliminated at the primaries
this coming Monday. The two men
seeking nomination for mayor, the
four seeking nomination as commits
sioners for the long term, and A. j.
Archer, j. NJ. Montigel, p. w Creas-
er and Frank +. Pollasky, for the
short term, who have the endorse
ment of the Board of Trade, are the
men that The Alma Record believes
are the most capable men who can
be nominated.
Nelson Fullerton, who also has
a petition filed, and will have his
name on the primary ballot, is one
man whom The Record cannot sup
port He was a foe of the commits
sion form Of city government adopt
ed by the voters of the city by a vote
of about seven to one, and as such
his work under the commission could
hardly be expected to be as good as
the work Of those in sympathy with
it. In the years that he has served
as an alderman we have discovered
nothing in his record that would par
ticularly entitle him to serve the city
as a commissioner. 1t has been noted
however, that he has drawn sal
airy from the city as an alderman,
and also as an employe on city work.
The men whom the Board Of Trade
endorsed for the nominations for the
various offices are those who have
made good records in their own bus
mess affairs and are regarded local
ly as successful business men. II
should be a matter of pride for the
city 20 nominate and then elect such
men TO public office, and the voters
could then feel that the affairs of
the city would be conducted properly
at a minimum cost. They should
have men in Office who can see the
advisability Of having city work,
such as sewers, buildings, and paving
done in the summer, when it can be
done at a minimum cost, rather than
in the winter, when costs are bound
to be more. because Of delays which
must be experienced, and because of
slower work due TO the weather con-
ditions.
The name Of only one man from
each ward will be on the ticket at
the primary for nomination as super
visor. These are j. +. Fuller in the
first ward, n. E. Saad in the second
ward, A. r. Smith in the third ward,
and j. ID. Helman in the fourth ward.
William II. Rogers, with an init
iatory petition filed, will have his
name on the primary ballot as seek
ing the nomination as justice Of the
peace He is the only candidate for
this office, and his record is such that
he should be nominated and elected
to succeed himself.