The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-05-17
Initial Stage Of Municipal
Campaign Only Three
Weeks in Distance
CANDIDATES MUST
FILE THEIR PAPERS
Petitions Required To Be In
By June 9, Sixty Days Be-
fore The Primary

Even now the local municipal pot
is beginning to stir. Before long 1t
will begin to boil, and before we
know it the city campaign will be on
all fours IN our midst. The township
campaign will be thrown in for good
measure.
According to the state laws made
and provided nomination papers must
be filed SO days before the primary.
The primary will be held on Tuesday.
August 8; it will be necessary, then,
to file the candidates nomination pc.
titions on or before June 8, which is
few days more than three weeks dis.
tant. That means there remains
somewhat less than month in which
to make ready for the coming initial
campaign.
Both city and township offices are
to be filed. At this moment it is
difficult to find any particular inter-
est or concern in party matters, and
Democrats and Republicans are frat
ernizing as they always have done be-
tween elections. But it is probable
as the time approaches there will be
more or less Of stiffening of the
party lines and both will make an ef-
fort to control the city and township
lOaves and fishes. O
The politically wise gossips are dis
cretely silent as to possible candida
Pcies for mayor Upon numerous oc-
casions. Mayor Ned Tiger has an
nounced his unyielding purpose not
to seek a denomination. Two years
of the annoyances and chickering's that
are Part of the emoluments that
fall to the occupant of the Office are
enough for him, and he has uttered q
solemn VOW, Never again."
1t is not going to be an easy mat
ter, either for the Democrats or the
Republicans, to find candidate will.
ing to make the campaign, carry the
fight, take all the kicks and knocks
and, II elected, try to fill a responsible
place at which everyone is heavine
criticisms and which few themselves
arc willing to fill. The pay that at
taches to the office is by no means
adequate. 1t should be larger and OF
an amount sufficient to be an induce
ment to men Of the calibre the office
demands and to justify him in giving
his whole time to the city
In county matters there is nothing
doing. The county elections do no
come until 1922. and all conversation!
in that field are more or less tenta
tive.
Unfortunately. the present system
of the primary is not conducive to {
big list of the right kind of candi
dates and in most cases they have tt
be coaxed, urged. prodded and all bu
forced to come out No one cares tt
make fight at primary, be sure t.
make number of enemies, more o.
less active and persistent, and thel
engage in another hight for the cleo
ton. No one particularly wants thu
present primary system, but at thu
same time none of our good legislat
ors at Columbus seems to come for
ward with a worthy and acceptabl,
successor. But why worry? Jol
says, "Fretting killeth the foolish.
And there you are.
In Republican circles the faithful
continue to have hopes that th'
plums soon will fall from the stat
and national political trees.
So all in all, the next few week
ought to bring about enough politica
events to keep everybody interested
in such affairs on the "qui vive,'
whatever that may be.