Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-09-10
Office Seekers.

There are some men who believe
that the highest object for which a
political party was created was to
give them an office for the term OF
their natural lives. If q party fails
in this, its mission is ended, and q
regiment of disappointed office-seek-
ers offer themselves as pioneers in
an independent party movement.
Every year we have fresh batch OF
these patriotic gentleman. They are
willing to suffer for any new party
that can give them fat offices. They
are willing to make an affidavit that
they are competent to fill any office
from that of President down. They
agree to serve in Congress, or would
take Cabinet position, or even a
foreign mission if the party can do
no better by them. For the
past twelve years the Rspub-
lican party has been affiict
ed with these self-c0nstituted
and natural born Office hunters. They
have swarmed around the party
wigwam like flies around a sugar
hogshoad, and to brush them away
is to imperil the party by driving
them out of its ranks. But their alb
sence has rot been noticed. They
depart, and are followed by others
who buzz for season, and, like the
first, take their flight when the
sweets of Office are denied them. So
it would be to the end. We shall
have our annual assertions of men
who think themselves aggrieved be-
cause the people or. the appointing
power fail to recognize their peculiar
fitness for the high offices to which
they aspire. But the party lives on;
it's offices find good men to fill them,
and the places made vacant are filed
by others who join the standard of
Republicanism, not to obtain its OFF,
ces, but to sustain its glorious princi-
pies Look over the field of political
aspirants who to-day are clamoring
for new party movement,
Aside from those Of Democratic
faith who have opposed the Republic
can party on general principles and
purely party grounds, who are they2
Disappointed men Chronic Office
seekers who have failed to sharpen
their axes at the Republican grind
stone They know that the party
has weighed them and found them
wanting, and now they labor for it's
overthrow in the vain hope of secur-
ing from it's ruins the coveted offices
denied them IN the temple itself. We
trust the time will never come when
men, no matter how high their stand
ing or potent their influence, shall be
kept within the party by promise or
gift of Office. Ii their attachment to
the party is simply a desire to fill it's
offices, the sooner they leave the bet
ter. Their presence can give no
strength-their departure will relieve
us of burden.
We hold the Republican party to
be the peoples organization for the
purpose of securing good government
and an honest administration of af-
fairs. When an Office is to be filed,
either by election or appointment,
the people have right to demand
the best selection possible tor the
place. If men have the merit and
the people desire their services they
will cali them to the front. 70 seek
an office aud claim it as right
should be regarded as the best evil
dencs that the applicant is unified
to hold it. Let the Republicans
everywhere bestow the offices within
their gift on the very best men who
will accept them, and We shall have
a party that no combination can
break up, a party that will stand
through years to come, as 1T has
through an eventful past, the true
exponent of the popular will, the ac-
kpowledged defense of constitutional
liberty.