A NOVEL ELECTION SUCCESS.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12477, 12 April 1906, Page 7

A NOVEL ELECTION SUCCESS.

Here is an interesting example of a man who did not expect to succeed in politics, but was given a surprise. In tke town of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, at one ,- titno the wealthiest ship-owning community for its population in the world, and even yet giving evidence of substantial wealth and comfort, a local election campaign brought out a letter from a veteran physician in which ho said:—"Without solicitation from any one, I, in justice to myself as a ratepayer, offer myself to my fellow townsmen as a candidate for the office of councillor. I believe lam wrongfully and illegally taxed, that the town officers receive too much salary for work performed, that the expenditure for town necessities is too expensive, that the water tax is a burden to the poor taxpayers, and that the unnecessary expenditure of public moneys must be stopped. I believe that I can see a remedy. . .

I will not solicit a vote nor use any means- to secure one. I will not give a drink of rum for a vote, nor hire a team to carry a voter to the polls. If I am elected on this principle I will be astounded—and will try to merit the confidence of my fellow ratepayers. If I am Jiot. I will consider that they have a right to judge who should conduct the spending of their hard-earned dollars." The worthy physician must have been astounded, for he led the poll in every district, though ho made no canvass and did not Bohcit votes in any way beyond issuing tho above-quoted card.