The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-08-04

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let him bring along his woman, Miss Lang
) &..~ith Dem .eOms in WbshindUa
THE CHOICE OF TnE PEOPLE.
When we sps1bOfypaaRasa candidate o
the peoples 4 @4H ~ til . man ha
been - u By State OsuSention, VI
mean Ia 3Ach .pen.ss isseally lnired b,
the people, Is pe6nlF Oh them, and ha
been selessf by fihtm. But the vkDie PEG
pie do6d a@snhle in cmvsaions q ever
in ward or tssbship seeding. Their powe,
is delegated and givsn aw.y to a very small
number, 50 that only one of many hundreds
actually Appears in, a Convention sud vosdu
on the selection IF c..lidatex. This one
person may be false and bad man !; he may
h.sfo1sAukablalaSa II the abe d a.k-
ing money or getting the promise Of an Office
for hipself or his. friends Thus it often
hppD 1T ooaseasiens bsCume corrupt,
are bought BY candidates, either with money
or with promises, and that the persons nomi-
mated by the convention are not the choice of
tbepSoRe. III avn ~ II :
I've psb64 Rtep oaay FROM sHyyan3sae
and Anderson counties showing the senti.
mcnt of the people there, and showing that
it is substantially, ,uszninsoss against Sid.
Clarke. The same is true Of large ma
jorty Of the counties in this State. In
! eavenwerh, Clarke has not one single
Isominent man who is avowediy in favor Of
him, and none Of the people as a whole.
We think the towns and wards will instruct
their delegates against Clarke, andthink th.t
policy is sure and good one. There are
men here and elsewhere INSCRIPTIONS enough
to trade off themselves and other delegates
for Clarke, or for Clarke votes, or for Clarke's
stolen bribery fund, unless the people in
stfisicf sIainx it. . .i's - -i'''' pa
Another safeguard Of popular rights is for
the primary meetings to demand riu rocc
voting in yconvenions. We have often in
sisted upon this before, and there is no doubt
about its efficiency and value. When can
didates are voted for in the State Convention,
the vote should not be BY ballot, and thus
and secret, but riu rooe, with a
loud voice, each delegate naming the person
he votes for, SO that all other delegates and
all spectators in the Hall can hear him.
Adopt that rule and Sid Clarke can never be
again nominated by a Kansas Convention.
His name is Infamous; it is hateful to the
people; and the delegate who should try to
vote aloud for him would find that Clarke's
name, like Macbe4h's amen, would stick in
his throat. of --$Uuf -
had most need of blessing, and "Amen''
stuck inmy threat. " y - Er-grfE.gsS /
The principle which ought 10 govern in
hese cases is simply this-the ordinary voter
'hould vote ~ ballot in order thai, his vote
nay not he kiovn; it is his just protection;
t saves the ao1kingman from intinidation
'r influence from his employer, and,it pro
ects the pooress and humblest in the exercise
# nsH saczed right. But. the opposite
ule shodld Always prevail in ,ddfberstiyc
'odies, where ne person votes, NOT for
,imaek but for Others. The 0ele-
,ate in a conveltion represents those Who
ent him and who tald bshod him.. Its
he right Of the people to know how he votes,
o that they may not bebetrayed. This prin-
:iple is founded upon justice, and the man
vho is no. willing to be, instructed to vote
or or against certain candidates, and to vote
Ill the time riua roce, is a sneak, and no. fit
o have the power and wishes of the people
delegated to him. We hope primary meet
ngs will give instructions on both of these
points. If all the people could go to the
there would be no danger. But
My small fraction can go, and that frac- |
ion must be SO tied up with instructions that |
Kansas shall be fifty represented, and no
onSer- be called infamous and rotten. -
The people of Kansas are opposed to the
denomination Of scoundrels by more than ten |
% one, but the scoundrels have had all the |
patronage, have appointed all the Office
,oldes md have stolen money by the cart |
oad $3oep00 At one time-to pack the |
primary meeaings and to buy delegates. Un-
Ter these circumstances no popular safeguard
must be neglected, no right left unenforced,
10 duty left yndone. h rs