The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-10-09
THE APPROACHING ELEC'
TON.

THE APPROACHING ELEc-
TON.
The theory IL that citizens OF re-
public like ours all take part In select
ing its officers, and through them. in
making and executing its laws. The
more nearly practice approaches the
ory in this respect, the more nearly
subject governed State fulfiIls its pos
sibilities. This manifest duty OF every
citizen goes clear back TO the taking
part In the selection Of proper candi-
dates for the offices to be filled, and
hiss i,s grand elimination in going to
the polls and voting for their election.
We need not stop to inquire why
voters always have been, are, and al
WAYS will aud should be, divided into
two or mare opposing parties. The
reason 10 obvious to every one who
gives the m after thought, and we
pas, to = brief glance at the present
array Of the political forces in our OWL
State and county.
Two State tickets are known to be
In the fleld. Every voter 10 supposed
TO compare ia his own mind the char
acter and qualifications Of the candi-
dates they respectively bear, and the
principles and policy of the parties
they represent, and upon the conclu
sion thus arrived at, To vote intelli-
gently for what he deems will best
advance the public interests Of the
State aud the private welfare Of its
citizens. Having done this, We are
really at loss TO see how any Repub-
lican in Iowa can help voting with
his party next Tuesday.
The absorbing question to the mass
es Of the people has been how to Sc
cure needed relief for industrial in
terests which have been oppressed by
combined capital. Upon this very
issue, skillful nanira!a.o,s sought 70
make party which should catch pub
lie favor and votes-but in their In
tense desire to do the latter they stul.
tilted themselves and destroyed the
very foundation on which they had
attempted to build. The strong solid
vote heretofore known as Democratic
must be had and. "a has already been
plainly set forth in these columns. the
Anti Monopoly party in its declared
platform Of principles 50 tied itself 70
the old Democratic dogma Of State
sovereignty a. to put practica! re-
straint Of the absorbing monopolies
out OF the question and make very
farce OF its own name. The Republi-
can party, on the other hand, made
good its previous record by keeping
squarely up to the foremost oppor-
tuDities for reform, and stands pledged
10 measures accepted by the best in
formed a. the only ones upon which |
dependence can he placed in the emer-
gency which is upon rs. t
Do we compare the candidates on
the two tickets man for man, the odds
10 favor OF those nominated by the
Republicans sre not diminished. I,
would almost seem that the State had
been Tansacked by the "Aati.moaor.
oiists' 70 get men for candidates sctii.
GENTLY obscure that nothing could be |
said about them, aud thus, Of course,
they would escape censure. Car
penter, Dysart aud Beck have |
already each and all Of them,
By faithful discharge Of impor-
tant trusts, won the esteem Of the cit.
liens Of Iowa, insomuch that no one
will be surprised a. the fifty thousand
majority they are going to receive.
In our county politics. the lines are
,.rawn just as In the state at large, and
therefore there il need Of no further
reference 10 the thin disguise the
P'Anti's" call their principles" And
|wren we shall again compare the can
|iidates for the several Offices to be
filled, we are quite as paverty stricken
FOR reason why any Republican should
bot vote with his party as be fore.
Clear down through the list We might
30 and compare the rival candidates
OT each position upon al the accepted
Essentials Of honesty, competency, DC. |
&C., and no Republican, ,coaia suffer !
b. the comparison. Republicans Of
edat County, you know this-or may
assure yourselves of it by impartial in-
bestigatiou. You will not readily
believe that with or often expressed
rincipIes-now made . part o! the
tate Republican Plstform-we would
knowingly support "bad or incom-
etent man. for any Office; but good
ea Try brought before the people
the Republican party, we will sus
10 SO long as that party continues to
pid its present place in our esteem;
ID In this we confidently expect to
Joined next Tuesday by at least
pc hundred and ninsty-nine one
pusandths ofthe voting Republicans
old CEDAR
p, the End inst, being an adjourn
vt OF the September meeting, the
% County Board of Supervisors
uimously voted to submit to the
~ Of that county the question of