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Show TUB MAYOK'S APPOINTMENTS. The Mayor's appointments to city ofliccs made on Monday evening will bo accepted iu good part by the poo-plo poo-plo of this city and by tho American party. Wo trust; that ho will mako up his mind, having done so well as far as he has gone, that it will, bo a good thing to go a little further, and to place the police department in such form that the American party can stand for it, inasmuch us the American Ameri-can party is made responsible- for it work. This can never bo the case as long as Captain Burbidge romains in his present position. Ho is .incompetent .incompe-tent for the place, ho is a member of the opposition, and his present there is a constant mcnaco and weakness "to tho public service as well as to the party spirit of Americans who elected the present; administration to office. . The nominations sent in on Monday night by the Mayor were unanimously confirmed except in tho ono caso of Mr. Hobday. The voto against him was by Mr. Murdoch, -who was. Mr. Hobday's Hob-day's opponent; as a candidate for the Council in tho municipal election of last November. It was, therefore, an ungracious thing in Mr. Murdoch to voto against tho confirmation of Mr. Hobday." It shows that the sores of tho olccliou contest have not yet healed so far as ho is concerned; and yet ho would havo shown more magnanimity of mind and a brondcr comprehension of what public life means, if he had buried his personal feelings and given Mr. Hobday his vote, a voto to which Mr. Hobday was certainly entitled. "Wo trust that tho Mayor, having made so good a start, will not bo weary in well doing, but, will push on with tho good work and make tho public service of this administration such as not only the public but tho party will approve. Wc do not believe thero i3 any greater abilii' outside- of the American party in this city to fill pub-lie pub-lie station than there is in that party. We believe, on the contrary, that the American party, voter for voter, is a more intelligent party, a more public-spirited public-spirited body, a party with greater capacity for both public and private service, of greater average intelligence, and of higher personal honor, than is exhibited in the rank and file of the other parties. Consequently there is no need to go outside of the American parly to fill any office, if cither of the oilier parties were in power they would not think of leaving an opponent,' oppo-nent,' and especially an American party par-ty man, in oflice. They would fill the offices within their own party, without with-out regard to tho fact that on tho averago they would be filled worse from those parties than the American party is able to fill them from its own ranks. Both the public service, therefore, there-fore, as well as party obligation, require re-quire that American party officials shall be put on guard in every important impor-tant station in the municipal administration. adminis-tration. "We believe that Mayor Brans: ford senses this position fully and agrees with it. Thero should bo no difficulty, therefore, in his continuing the good work that ho has so well begun, be-gun, and making a clean-up in favor of the bettered public service, as well as thereby strengthening and satisfying the American party in greater degree than has been dono heretofore. |
