Show faai now PARTISAN nominations that the nonpartisan non partisan committee is ad adhering bering to its announced purpose of a ticket on business principles totally regardless of religious or political lines to Is sufficiently proven by tu additional nominations it has an sd today viz miss joan sprague V ec order joseph E calne caine for treas 1 arse li nye for attorney sam for or auditor and orson A woolley for police justice every one of these names is good and strong not a valid objection can be urged against either of them each of these candidates is well qualified in every way for the position for which he or she is named and in choosing them all lines of religion and politics have been obliterated the objection may be made that they have been selected by a few men and that only a small number of persons have had any voice in naming them how many persons usually determine nominations in a ward primary or municipal convention Is it not the rule tor for a group of a very few factional or sectional leaders to control nominations sometimes a candidate is the first and spontaneous choice of a convention but such cases are rare exceptions to the rule usually he is the result of trades or combines As a matter of fact it rarely happens in a political nominating convention in this state that so large a number of conscientious unselfish and intelligent tell igent men canvass the names of the candidates before fixing upon them as took part in the selection of these names the number of members of the committee who gave earnest and careful thought to each nomination before finally agreeing upon the candidate far exceeds the number of men who usually control nominations by a convention but this is not all for before the people will be asked to support this ticket at the polls it will receive the endorsement of a larger number of strong and patriotic citizens than any political organization could well collect in a nominating convention the politicians who seek to belittle the nonpartisan the movement which it leads and the ticket which it is preparing because of the small numerical strength of the committee are likely to be astonished as well as defeated by the reserve strength behind the effort for reform the parties measured their full strength in this city long ago and partisan feeling has been on the wane for some time A happy juncture has been hit upon for a strong non parti san movement in city affairs and every day from now till election as the real nature and prospective results of the movement become better known will see its strength augmented men ted |