| Show TEE cranfo ELECTION the municipal will lo 10 fraught aa nil fuch lie with vital 0 o alie well being anil prosperity of ahe it will lie the privilege of the voters 90 that to ex their wish aa to who ad mio ibler the of this city it will be their duly to catt their bullosa for abo men who in their opinion will best alie public dieal and ali s and this duty ley with a coni piousness of hie responsibility upon freemen in choso whoso placed for tl e moment alie safety stid welfare of their aid ai d interests it should not le a tin e for hancoc hostility between opposing partied par tiec nor for alie promulgation of emit abuse and calumny aa too often are licud to be proper weapons in election wai faro Karn cst work oa abe part of leading cit zens whether tit one parly or ahe other li legitimate and alio llio mass of tle people without some to action are apt to be neglectful ul their right of suffrage and that w liali in reality ia the popular will defeated by neglecting to anae use of ahe proper method to express it to aroune public sentiment and to lay plainly before alie electors alie necessity of action are therefore strictly he functions of elioso who liao at heart the common couil on the other hand it behooves the aers as alie great arbitrators of alie question of the men and measures presented before them to maintain their fibber man lioom ly prejudice un snaked by passion t is they who are to decide not elioso w lio liar angue usein from the platform not even those alio address them alie crebs I 1 lection day felien properly understood ia alie peopled peo plea day theirs to maintain hie old order of things if satisfactory theirs to install the new defeated wishes hence wo repeat alio coining election nill lie an occasion of much importance particularly since those ranging under the opposing banners are so nearly equally divided in numerical strength all confess that alie will bo close and if both carlies par lies succeed in bringing out their full strength neither faill have any overwhelming victory to hoail about all that is afkend is fair honest manly conduct on the martof both electors and election officers and this wo trust will be the worthy ambition of aery one and the dicost pleasing characteristic ot the day we do not believe that the party in power has abused the trust reposed in it by the maj rity to the cautions conservative course pursued by our off nials of the past must be attributed cuili of abe stability and firmness which our municipal fabric cow re scalp no ono can deny that their prudence and wisdom laid the solid foundation upon which could be safely reared llie proud superstructure in which we all take such pleasure today to day tuxes have been dept low andi ci lias been avoided yet public improvements lave been carried on with gratifying alacrity and the corporation has met every reasonable demand upon it alie cleanness of hose in lias never been questioned men leave been called from alie ranks to take to and after serving constituents faithfully have gone baik into private life followed by the gratitude and the esteem of their fellow citizens we have improved as individuals and as communities improve everywhere in our ideas of duty to alie public and allegiance to llie can e of progress pro greES our city lias never been beliinda in the iii arili of civilization lie is ly to be strangers say of lier vv e repeal it not boas tinsly that she has led the van and w hut she lias already done alie is able to continue to do we seo no gain therefore in withdrawing our support from alie party and llie illicy lie zeal and willing enterprise of c spirited citizens leave all there years done so well lor us we are satisfied aliat the peoples party will present a litkel for the acceptance of electors which will be a guaranty of continued prosperity tho liberal party will doubtless also nominate its beet men it 13 to be they will and etien it the voice of the majority it alio fortune of alio day de lor a toiuo the old shall give place to the new we shall still be able to feel that the common cause id in safe lianda and that our growth progress and ultimate destiny are certain to alje realized A NEWSBOY willio kaul up his eland in front of lle leading st hotels for the last twenty j ears died a few days ago at the age of thirty eight in his room were found over in greenbacks green backs and in liia box deported at the bank in government bonds A KEW eeck lias been orga myed in ur ope taking tor Us roi language its symbol is and ua bembera talo an oath to abstain from tobacco faleali and intoxicants they also favor an ascetic life IT is said that colonel A M ot kentucky la anxious to become governor gov einor of utah the change from snipes would bu bog but kentusky might hao decency to give eoma other elate a elbow IN ina pulpit laba sunday evening an oakland preacher referring to the story of alie publican and the pharisee eald of the hattei ife was a hard hard oa any you will find in the legislature at sacramento tills winter C jtb lian his brutus sackville west his murchison and Oa vernor west way profit by their example ii this Is treason in ake the moat of it |
