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Newspaper
Nelson Daily Miner
Location
Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jan 10, 1902
Page
2
The Nelson election features rival slates with Frank Fletcher as mayoral candidate for the Miner ticket and J A Kirkpatrick for the Tribune. The piece defends Fletcher and his aldermanic picks against alleged pro power-company plots and urges voters to back the Fletcher slate.
Mayor Fletcher and aldermanic hopefuls are long time Nelson residents with deep property interests. The West Ward ticket includes Aldermen Hamilton Selous Elliot and candidates Paterson Gillett and Blake Wilson, all praised for conservative judgment, business experience, and prior council service. Mayor Fletcher’s civil engineer background is cited as a civic asset.
The Native Copper Times argues copper stocks are not unusually high. It cites a maker of electrical supplies claiming 100 million pounds stored by United Metals Selling Co would vanish in two weeks if major producers moved prices. The piece notes shifts in copper stocks and a language reference to years in Roman notation.
Editorial discusses the Tribune's contempt for a protege labeled a wabbler and predicts Fletcher Houston rivalry in Nelson politics. It warns editors may overreach, muses on leadership after the editor leaves, and mentions Pierpont Morgan visiting Egypt with the khedive guarding pyramids against an American promoter.
An old editorial voice criticizes a pro public ownership stance with sharp humor. It mocks the self styled defender of public utilities as overreaching and prone to false alarms, likening him to a boy who cried wolf in Aesop’s fable.
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