The Struggle for Fairhaven's First Government

This is the last time which the Herald will have an opportunity to speak on the subject of the selection of officers for the new city of Fairhaven, before the meeting which has been called for ten o'clock this morning. There is very much to be accomplished yet before Fairhaven can justly claim to possess the advantages of a city, and there will probably never be a time in her history when it will be more important to have a corps of officers who are fully up with the times and who not only know what the best interests of the city are, but who have an interest in fostering these interests. The Herald does not believe that men who have no business of their own, or having none to attend to it, should ever be entrusted with the business of the public. When it is remembered that there are no salaries attached to any of these offices and that there is connected with each of them a very large amount of hard work and careful thought, it is difficult to see why any man should become a candidate unless he has a substantial interest in the city. Under the circumstances, the seeking of an office by any one whose interests in the city are not very great looks too much like seeking an opportunity to make what 'boodle' there may be thought to be in such positions. We appeal to the citizens not to nominate or elect any man to any position who is not a business man and who has not a sound and substantial interest in the city and a well-established character for honesty.