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Show H THE MA YOR-THE ISSUE H Mayor Park's announcement that he will not M he a candidate to succeed himself is an extreme- ly gratifying assurance, lie deserves for once M to he commended for exercising excellent judg- M ment in a matter of utmost importance to the H public. P has always been our belief that he M could best serve the city by retiring to private H life. By voluntarily choosing this course he has m relieved the people from the performance of a M " very manifest duty, for had he stood for re-elec-m ' tion it is certain that he would have been de- H cisively repudiated. We suspect that in arriving 1 ' at his decision, Mr. Park was moved by impulses M which were not altogether altruistic; neverthe- M less, that is of no consequence now. The point H is that with this obstacle removed we have made H a mighty stride towards a city government of the M right Bort. m It 'begins to look as though there would be no M more entries in the race for mayor. In that M event the contest between Mr. Morris and Mr. m Ferry will simmer down to a simple and well de- lined issue The former personifies the Park m administration, he has been its backbone, and he M will be held to a strict accounting of its policies. M Hence it follows that he must face the issue H squarely and be measured, not by his promises, M but by the record of the present administration. Mr. Ferry on the other hand stands clearly in H opposition to the administration, and promises a H reversal cf policy. Moreover, we venture the fl prediction that the candidacy of Mr. Morris will H encounter extraordinary obstacles, for he has H many entanglements while Mr. Ferry has none. |