THE MAYOR.

Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2497, 16 February 1871, Page 2

THE MAYOR.

To the Editor of the Evening Siar t Sir, —I thoroughly endorse all that ap» peared in your leading article of last evening. with respect to the part his Worship the Mayor takes in political parties. Con:! mon prudence might dictate to him that such procedure is not becoming in the Magistrate of the City, however, citizen Fish might desire to manifest his energy on behalf < f any person or party. There is an honor and [vestige connected with the Mayoralty which si o Id place the person holding that office beyond the influence of any class of men, because he is the servant of every class, and should not act in direct opposition to any large section of the community; therefore I think yon have expressed a truth, widely ackn iwledgod both by those who hold that Mr Fish makes an excellent Mayor and t ose who think otherwise, that he has lately in connection with the elections shewn a want of sound judgment a id discretion in so immediately mixing up with political parties. Of course no one wishes to deprive Air Fish of his liberty as a citizen to th nk as he pleases and to vote for whom he thinks best. But it must still be recognised that there is a difference in doing this simply, and in acting with inordinate zeal for a particular individual. Our sense of propriety would receive a shock were the K.M. (Mr A. C. Strode) to appear before the public as the advocate of any political creed or person, and every man of sense would denounce such a course. Our R.M. is a gentleman who knows how to conduct himself, and shows no such unseemly inclinations. Ancj I would seriously adyisq My 'to pyofit by the example of the higher and more experienced magistrates. But perhaps, Mr, Editor, some apology may be offered on ac-, count of the juvenility of our Mavor both his manhood and magistracy—and perhaps the citizens will overlook his indiscr tion and inexperience for this time ; but in future will certainly expect that the Magistrate and Mayor of our City show more judgment and discrimination. I am, &c., Prudence,