The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1872-07-11

|tins; but We sevsr q plsdss eussalfts
tAe support Of any naa long bstors til
Ipominaaion or tho electioa-As the case
may b. No editor; who has . propel
sense Of his duty and his rssponsibility,
doe. We do not know Who we sAsll
support for the q. 8. 8enate next winter,
any moro than We know who we shall
Support for President in 1876-for the
reason We do not know who will be
candidates. When the time comes, We
shall select from among the Republican
candidates the one we think will make
the best Senator, and give to him what
little induencc We may have.
We do not know that P0mer0y will
be candidate. We are not in his conf
dencc-we never have been. If he does
b candidate, he should stand-and -
far - VIC are concerned, be shall stand
on his own merits, by the side Of others
who may Be candidates.
That is not tho question by any means.
You do not once allude to the mass Of leg
islszve investigation committee last win
ter or to the numberless charges Of ven
atty and corruption that have been and
arc hurled against Senator Pomcroy.
Mr.. Pomeroy is at present U. s. Senator
and We know, and you know it as well,
that he is 5 eking with his whole main
for . reelection. II is bosh to talk
about "principle" in this case! What is
principle butte brcak:ths power ofschcm-
ing, designing and bad men! Principle
We deem TO be TO purify the party. II
we wish TO weaken the party, we have
only to continue men of tho POmeroy
stamp ut its head to accomplish it.
1t is duty We owe not alone to the
public service, but one we owe to our
selves Us honest men, to expose and de-
n0unce unworthy men wherever they
are found. There have been bad men
at all times, in the Republican party as
in the Democratic, and they will yet cx-
Ist until the end Of time, and it will re-
main for those who love honesty above
spoiIs, who desire toe spouse The Right
above tho fear Of making enemies Of
those in high places, to give the public
the facts wherein error has been commit
ted, where men have abused the trusts
rcposed in them and to show wherein
remedy lies. As We have said before,
we will be doing moro wholesome work
for the Rcpublican..party by showing mp
the weak, Facilitating, wicked points OF
party men than to seek TO strengthen the
party by covering up all. We bold our
self to no doctrine that in order TO keep
our loved party in power we arc COM
pelled to bow in serviIe to every party
measures and act; on the other hand.
We feel that We are cspousing principle
the principles Of our party which was
to advance the ends of Re-
publican government and justicc-when
no take to task those who have misused
ne party.
We are pleased to see the Herald give
'omc sort of an expression on the moot |
ID question Of some OF the corrupt pol
ticians OF our State. 1t is the first we
,ave seen in its columns for months. |
That paper will gain for itself more re-
'pcct and dignity if it will in the future
'ither support or oppose, in manly,
'utspokon manner, such questions that
rave attained the significance and a.
Get the veal or voc of our State, rs
he Pomeroy and Caldwell issue. In Il
CIV words newspaper should be one
hing or tho other-eithcr believe or
lisbelieve, and SO express itself.