The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-03-31
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or the votes Of the church ~ which he

saver.yswas able to lioldShkis party vote
Or the votes Of the church which lie
IT Is no credit to the members Of a
political party that after selecting a
candidate. for Office they will .repudiate
their ownI action by assassiniting tbs
candidates OF their choice Hall &
q We regret that III the, Election on
MorlSlay the voters who part cipated in
the Republican and democratic cauelases
bOadted of their independence and OPP
posed hA sand d&tass i hey aided IN nom.
mating and even candidates running on
the. ticket hadss the .ternerity ITO: bolt
s Tsis 70 t Rsisf
.doeS hot commend itself. IN "a :. sssSt 8
The candidates for city treasurer,
Mr. Voss and Mr.. Saggau, were beth
good men and both respected by the
people Itswasslargelysa echDiee based
On Adluainta pee. Ifraendkhip Ia I'D other
personal CONSIDERED tons, for II was con-
ssidStea that they were both equally
a Mt. Laub and his candidacy were
Handicapped by the record he has mdle
since he entered the Office 0f mayor.
This charge was made tl,at he has been
ytoosl iberal in his views. Then, too, Che
management Of the electric light plant
came in for a share of criticism, many
insisting that they are paying too
much for their lights. etc. He also suf-
sfered because the merchants believed
that he permitted foreigners to sell
their wares here decomposition with To-
cal business men of the city to an ex-
tent that was not justified. There were
other reasons urged against him but
we think the chief cause of his defeat
was a feeling that he had held the Of
flee long enough and should give way
to some one else. "a
It is evident that the old crowd which
first put him into Office deserted him
more or less and he did not have a sui.
ficient number of new recruits to pull
him through.
J. H. Patterson certainly has reason
to be fiattered with the large vote he
was able to poll for mayor. He was
from the start helped by the cry of his
,fiiendsath af he was the only man who
could beat L.aub. 49, This cry naturally
attracted the support Of the opposition
tor I.aub.S 1T was advertised that he had
the support of the American Legion
and this. became from the beginning a
strong factor in his favor. The legion
denied the truth OF this statement and
asserts that one OF its cardinal doctrines
Is that it is not to enter, into politics
WuiiS5 lnlS PIOlcs5l was ulaue, IIlc 1dCt
remains that large number of the
members supported Mr.. Patterson but
they insist it was individual and not col
lectivc support.
Mr.. Patterson was able to hold the
church vote to a large extent on the
theory that he, would administer the
affairs of the city on a higher moral
plane than what we have had in the
past. At the same time he was given
generous support from those not under
church influence so that he was in the
position to control votes from all tlirec.
tons. He can readily see what is ex.
pected of him as mayor and no doubt
will not disappoint his supporters. The
moral tone of the city is expected to be
raised and maintained above what 1t
has been in the past and that the scan
dals which we have had in the past will
not be repeated. There Is great work
to be done and we predict he will be
able to accomplish it. He is a man Of
5experiencesand Of great executive abil-
ity and We believe of sufficient ambi-
tion to make every effort. as his friends
state is one of their slogans, ito clean
up the town." Mr.. Patterson is so con-
stituted that he will be on the alert to
see that the affairs of the city are not
lost sight Of In other words we antici
pate an active administration with the
reforms which Denison has needed for
a long time