Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-10-28
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Ipirc= which decides between right and
E&rone, and 1t Is, the du:y Of The citizen 10
use Il io,elligently snd houestly. I. 6rea,
privileges de'olve great responsibilities,
and that1nan who enjoys the protection
which free government affords, - under
obligation to be; loyal to the power which
defeHNts him and II! :" The institutions which
psrpetuase his liberties. The right to vote
is n sacred one. and the act ofvoting is an
exercise Of that riaht-hence no man
ahould be Influenced to cast ballot CON.
trary to his sipeere convic,ious. II ever
. man should act dispassionately it 10
when he participates in ,he work Of
choosing rulers. f'r; by TINT act he dele
gates to the per,ons Of his choice the
right to represent him in The adninistra-
zion Of The government Except at the
primary meetings and At the polls the
American people transact al political
business til rough their representatives,
This fact makes 1T necessary for voters
to sub 'rdinste persona: feeling, Apd .tos|
Disregard individual preferences, for the
sake Of something more important and
they are thus led to distinguish between
public and private interests. and If they
d" this dispassionately they will decide
that delegates regularly and formally
chos zen, and charged with the Guiy of
making proper nominations are. very:]ike-:
ly 10 select proper :fandidate., and that
it is not only injudicious but positively
dishonorable to disregard their action.
II voters look for candidates outside Of
conventions, they will ind only such ss
represent n disappointed faction or . lo-
Cal interest Or IN individual qpiaion.-|
Men meyer tolerate tfac,iansl 81 an tnde. |
pendent candidate tor = stste office! Why =,
Because there is neither dignity nor jus.
,ice, nor proprie,y in an Enforcement by
the State Of any man who has not been
regularly nominated. St. Paul cares
nothing about the jealousies of rival pol
i',cians st Minneapolis. or.at Winona or
elsewhere. She concedss the right ofeach
on the republican ticket, to
every republican vote and this even
though portion in each city may bolt
and ruin some renegade as the representa-
live OF their local quarrel. Is the defec
t,en Of half dozen malcontcnts Of So
great importance that 1t must supcrcede
the action taken by the peoples represen-
,atives.! TO answer af11rmative'y would
be to assert an infamous doctrinc-one
that will ultimate in the overthrow of our
liberties and in the enslevemep, Of the
race, and # = Hainority Anay not dictate,
what should be said IF that concei!ed
aud shameless BOBBY who attempp 1ol
conceal his lnordinxte passion for ofece
behind false assertion who trsnscepds /
all rule, all propriety. all decency, and
himself as aq ."independent
ut the request ofmspy cjtizeps"
TO the candid voter it will occur that the
':ipdependcnt candidate" knows but lit
tie, regards no principles as sacred, rep
rescnts no public interest, has no policy
which he cherishes, seeks only his own
promotion and is as careless Of the rights
Of his fellows as he IS regardless Of their
yishcs. ]. P. Williams is that candidate,
out Of two conventions,
he nominates himself, and then goes from
house to house begging for votes. Poor
d!elY!ded fellow; he reminds US Of col"
guy between two idiots. One said TO,
you're fools" and the other answered,
yes, Bill, l am fo u, and lkaow it: and
you are fool; but you are such big fool
that you don't know enough to know it,"
That is the kind It - that Williams
has shown himself to be, and If he gets
many votes We shall think there are sew
cr.l other people in the county who don't
know any more than he does.