The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-08-16
A Word About Nominations.

EDITOR lEPUnLIcAS-In the excitement Of an
important Presidential campaign like the pres
ent, when the public mind Is Occupie with
great national questions. there Is danger that
our local petty politicians, schemers and wire
workers will tskc advantage of this prcoccupied
selves into nomination fnr ONCE. Therefore, il is
more particularly TO the interest Of farmers, and
others, Ia attend the different conventions and
ted for Office. Ir the right kind Of men will not
announce themselves, let their friends bring
them out and elect them. Let the ofiice seek the
man; for II We take only those men that seek the
office. w ~ i'll not get the best men; for, ms u gen-
cral thing, those thaf are Desf qualified have ossi-
or things TO occupy their time and mind, aud 1t
will not pay them 30 spcad their time and mou-
ey for the sake nf getting m Office; fer IL Az on
Ger does his duty faithfully and honestly, gets
nothing but his Ia { salary, docs not make use
of the public money Tor his own private purpose,
II will not pay him 10 neglect his own business Ia
attend 10 thai of the public; much less to spend
his time and mon In getting the Office: There
lore, when you -'r Is man ucgiertlng MS bust
ne-s and spending his avn time and money cleo
pioneering for n Ittie petty ONCE, you may sci; IL
down - 81 pretty sure thing that 10 he Is elected
he "a lHcts io derive = profit from some other
source besides his lawful salary. We have bIti
enough OF dishonesty and incoinpefeney In Of
lice, and II Is tim. that the people take the matter
into their hands, aud put men in Office tina; they
can trust; men that have been living nrr- among
Us long enough 10 acquire y name for honesty anfi
stea'lfasiness; men that are interested In the vel
fare and prosperity Of the community in which
they live. We have such men among us, aud We
sn6nl,i seek Them out, and, though they Iuay not
wanI nm offer, YET IL their friends will elect Them
they will serve the pnblic faithfully. | am glad
To- see thai some such men are being br"rsif be-
fuIe The l,ropi-, AMI anon; the number our old
friend and fellow citizen, Jonathan SRpwicn- \
more suitable and trustworthy gentleman cannot
well he found. lie has been almost q lifelong
resident among us, having come here about the
year lsp. Hts interests are all here. He served
with distinction, on the right side. all through
the late ''onYleasanincs-,'' and although he was
not, I believe, promoted above . First Sergeant,
he had command Of a company = good portion OF
the time, AMI was in several engagements. -
Further than this, ! am not posted. not having
spoken 10 him on the subject. 1 to not speak in
his praise TO the Encouragement OF others; but II
q m re suitable man can not he found, J think We
ought togive Rochester Township the candidate
for sheriff. lie will run we'll NJ home; that Is a
strong point In his favor. ! will again urge the
people ESPECIALLY the farmers) TO turn on; in
force, take the matter into their own hands, put
men In ofire that We can trust, and let II, not be
imposed upon like we have been In years past
lc, us not have our money s9uanderrL and derive
no benefit from il. II We do, after the past eNpe-
rience, IL Will be our own fault. In conclusion,
let me shy that We have heard from the old NORTH
State.
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