Show POLITICAL api ETHICS the maii man who ts Is honored and trusted by his vaulty by being placed in charge of erf a campaign deems his duty done and labors finished as afi soon as the ballots are counted even it if his party is IB successful he does bof no assume to control the policy of the officers who have aa been chosen by the people the presumption being that their official conae has been sufficiently deter mined r in advance by the platform upon they have stood and that they hrold themselves responsible to the voter tn in the matter of adhering to it much less leas does a defeated candidate seek to ati direct the successful ones on the same tl ticket ceet such guch wre are the rules of elevated political ethics as abs observed arved in every state in the union and in every munt in every state with rare exceptions the campaign chairman and abe derea defeated ted candidate who assume to control the officers that have been elected are ire regarded as bosses basses with all the theodius odium that the term implies and where bossism has not gained an over the self respect and tone of par party y leaders the in dl dir duals referred to are not permitted to manipulate tha th vav n who have been made mhd tt servants of we the f people e ft la is to be regretted that a higher ethical tata has not beert been la in toil political tir circles cles in this city than la Is no now instead ot 0 tua abi a thia ehfe wholesome t rules above stated are wag being flagrantly violated it fa is charged and so tax for as the news I 1 knows without contradiction from the puerile creatures crea turee who dance tol to the party music as piped by the I 1 personages referred to that a campaign chairman end and the defeated I 1 head of his ticket are having a good deal more to do with the management of municipal affairs than are any two of the men that were elected by the party at least some of the hattei are cutting much the same figure that puppets do which jump when a string is jerked the city council is practicing extremely bad politics under every rule of political ethics relating to the matter the man whom the people elected mayor is charged with responsibility for the results of the administration and being so charged is entitled to select his own subordinates and associates from among such of his fellow citizens as are friendly to him and will work in harmony with his policy only for a cause involving trustworthiness has the council the right to reject a nomination made by the mayor but instead of these principles being observed the council is rejecting or ok hanging up the mayors appointments for purely political reasons or motives still worse the news has good ground for asserting that the caucus of city ity council members which has laid out and is pursuing a policy of obstruction and coercion c in reference to mayor clark Is disrupting the party it claims to represent A numerous and powerful element within that party is intensely opposed to the fatuous and bullheaded course of certain members of the council a fact that will be fully demonstrated ted in due time the universal desire of taxpayers and citizens zens at the last election was that the city might be g given 1 ven a business busine 88 administration tree free from the juggling and wrangling of petty politicians mayor dark clark has repeatedly and abundantly shown his desire to give the city precisely such a government as this during his term he has obliterated party lines and has even gone among men who worked against his election in selecting appointees and not in one single instance has the council advanced a valid reason for refusing to on confirm firm these facts are notorious they are fully realized by the people and they give promise of being made the ground of such a public censure as will destroy the political machine that stubborn and shortsighted short sighted men wearing a little brief authority havo constructed for ulterior purposes of their own and the destruction of the bachint means the consignment to oblivion of its supporters and adherents |