The Evening Star. SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1915.

Evening Star, Issue 15762, 27 March 1915, Page 6

The Evening Star. SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1915.

The commendable aspirations of three energetic members of The Gity the City Council have Mayors! or.asioned :i triangular Campaign, contort for the office of Mayor this your. Katej payors nc-e-d r.'-.i be ombarrasscd by the numeric a] ftrcnulh of the candidature, but of keen competition omifS worth. Sufficient in the meantime for ratepayers to stir their charactoristio apathy, and tak-e heed of the individual (.'.aims for 01-ee-tion, the merit a l '.! sjrvire of cadi man, his ;:.pjuTi iatioii uf civic nw,k, and his capacity for administration. Tho war, opened lr;st lib/it by Cr S. S. Tilyors, chairman of tho Tramways Committee of the (..'itv- Council, and opemd very agreeably f"r the candidate, a.? wo I! as interestingly for the ratepayers' who " want to know, you know/' how their liMncy is spent, or. may one say it? squandered. It was made cle:u" that -Mr Myer.s is vi; !.!in>i as ;• candidate for ike mayoral;;.-, and also th.at he is conscious of tit;? necessity for dificuf.sing warily the extensive operations of tho <'ouncil. By tho time the- ratepayers have heard or rcn<l the careful explanations ami opinions of all tue oambdates. a, fair knowledge of mimii-ipal .affairs, should bo common property. It is not that Ylv Myers on joys the cordial f.upporf of many citizens. lie ha* been a,'.sociate<l for 30 years "with almost everv movement towards civic development a'.k! the advancement o; tin. irterests of tiie ''citizenry" —a ward whi. it represents (as a. oanrtic

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at the ruling standard, if it bo impossible to increase them. Ratepayers need not take serious- note of the forced indignation over parcel rates, mid tho attempt to cast responsibility upon the chairman. Lot the contest- be fought oil more important ant! higher ground. Wo recommend ratepayers to note the thoughtful address given by Mr Myers last night, and to tuse-ss hie. services and his ability at- their true value.