The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-03-10
FEW PEOPLE ARE
ANXIOUS TO HOLD
PUBLIC OFFICES
ONLY CONTEST APPEARS AT
PRESENT TO BE IN RACE
FOR CITY CLERK

lngly the chairman OF the party coH~
mittees have gotten together and de-
creed that caucuses should be held at
various places in the city for the
purpose of placing in nomination fro
election to Office, the names of men
well qualified to guide the destinies
of the community and our local little
ship of state through the rocks and
ruts to be encountered during the
next year.
The caucuses have been set for
next Monday night and detailed in,
formation regarding them may be
had by referring to the official calls
given out by the chairmen of the
committees and published elsewhere
in this paper. Look them up, men
and women voters, and then be on
had at the time and place designated
to take part in the selection of the
right kind of people to suit you, to
hold offices for the next year.
Political news seems rather scarce
considering Che interest usually
shown in the spring elections and it
us hard matter to say who is going
to run for Office, as most of the
people who have in times past desired
to hold such place of trust or honor
have been given the chance, grew
tired of the criticisms of the thank
less thoughtless and unappreciative
constituents and after holding the
reins of Office for term or two, were
| glad to step down and out with the
declaration that never again would
they accept such place if it was
carried to- them on the proverbial
gold platter. AZ r 4f
Mayor Fales, who has served the
city during the past two years as its
chief executive and two years more
on previous occasions, says that he
Thoroughly appreciates the honors
bestowed upon him in the past, but
that it will be out of the question
for him to accept the Office for an
other term, owing to the fact that
his time will be so taken up that he
does not expect TO be in the city more
! than one-half of the time, if he is
here that much. Mr.. Fales has been
a good Official, efficient, broad minded,
! square as square could be and he has
I given of his time to the citys inter-
est in the past so that he is really
deserving of a great big medal of
honor and appreciation from the
people.
With Mr.. Fales declaring as he
has, the question Is who will the
caucus nominate for mayor? There
are lot of men who are undoubtedly
we'll qualified for the office-but as a
rule they will not take it. The thing
TO do is to look around, find some
good hard-headed business man with
time enough aside from any regular
business so that he can look after
the affairs of the coming year and
then elect him. Referring to our sug-
gestion about the "Hard-headed'
business man and meaning it in the
nature of a compliment and not in
any sense in derogatory way, we
join in with the people. knowing full
we'll that were he nominated and
elected to the mayors office, the bus
mess of the city would be admirably
well attended to. Mr.. Wahburn has
been practically a life time resident
of this city. Altho urged many times
to accept some Office he has always
declined on the ground that his time
was too much occupied to accept.
Now, however, he could not make an
excuse of that nature stick and he
should consider it an honor to him
and a duty which he owes his COM
munity to accept and fill the office of
mayor, should the people of the city
call upon him to do so. We have
heard the name of no other person
advanced for the position of mayor,
but will be pleased to publish them
should the friends of any man or
woman thought of for the Office in
form US about the matter before
election.
The office of city treasurer has
been filled during the past year by
John B. Essex. According to all laws
and customs of the past Mr.. Essex
will undoubtedly have no opposition
and viii perhaps get the Office for an
other year.
In the city clerks nomination, the
present incumbent Clellie s. Hoover,
will find opposition in the person Of
Frank K. Conant who held the office
for a number of years, dropping out
last year when he accepted a posi-
ton as local manager for the Clean
ers branch. Mr.. Conant's friends
boast of his splendid record in Office
and contending that the place be-
longs to q man, they will exert their
every effort undoubtedly, to REIN
state him in the Office. Mrs. Hoov-
er's friends, claim on the other hand
that a more competent person never
filed the Office than she, and that
inasmuch as she has only had one
term of Office, they consider her as
good as reelected right now and
they will defend their contentious
until the last vote has been rounded
up and vistory brought to their
camp. The clerks race will be an
interesting one and will be watched
by many.
The election of school inspector
will complete the city ticket, no JUS
tice of the peace Office being vacant
and Justice Spencer's term not ex-
piring until next year.
In the wards the only names we
have heard mentioned for supervi-
sor are the present holders, Frank
Baldwin in the first ward, w. Bl
Travis in the second ward and b. c.
Curtis in the third ward. Alderman