Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-09-13

We puolfen eisewoeFe - eoieos3a
ffom he Enterprise on the formatiog
of Independent part,es 10 THE and
washcs county. Republicans shcald
read II atteDtively. On the formasioz
u independent parties In general
SONS observations may be pertinent
and Interesting. They appear al
Ens genuine. and perfectly lcgi,i-
mate things the outgrowth Of an
honest sentiment On the part Of the
perpb ~ tue general welfare. Al
saca. saey oit.n attract % their ranks
. class OF very exemplary cit'aens.
The sustensihle object is ~ fair that
the Sounding Of gongs and hew gags
and the general Aourish attending
political organisations are unneces-
sary. The honest sous Of toll and
upright men generally range them.
selves ia line, without the loadstone
Of music and the seductive charms ~
flushed oratory. The motives OF
the masses are unquestionsble. 1t
things were to e. rs they might d..
rect. the result would lie hailed AS .
boon. The honest masses, however,
forget one important consideration.
No political party can succeed with
OUT leaders and men skilled ia the
art of manipulation. Taose who
form the rank and file Of al INDIE
pendent party are generally I'M
acquainted with the workings of the
political machine. 1t is through
DISCUS, with that very machine tina,
they desert the old organizations and
depart upon a new course. They
ind, however, that without leaders
aud manipul.tors they can do moth
ing. Those whom they accept rs
marshals and directors-for they
must of necessity have such-sre in
every Gaze rs detrimental to purity
in government as the very men
whose exclusive control of party a.
fairs has caused the new departure.
They are those who have failed OF
their purpose within the old orgsni-
cations, and who have deserted item
in consequence. They are called in
common campaign parlance "sors-
heads" These sorrhead politicians
have always controlled Independent
and will always do so.
Those who have been successful in
the old parties, Will remain there.
Those who, because of their un-
have been unsuccessful,
will gn over to the new movement,
or will become prominent in it dur
ing its incipiency. They are worse
than the manipulators of the old
parties, because they have seeded
in C nsequeace OF being unable to
carry their ends. They will I've sure
to bring defeat upon the new orgaui-
cation, tor the reason that their IN
10 the old prevented
them from succeeding as they would.
OF course there are exceptions To this
but re exceptions are 81
rare that it is needless to consider
them. Nine out of zen of tue lead
ers of aa In,irp n lent movement are
th,,se who have failed in their EN-
deavors to get office, and are cnnse-
quently political cynies. That they
have failed thus is not e. their dis
credit. The discrrdit lies 10 Their
not being able to detect the reason
of their failure. A man WIN runs for
an Office and is defeated may he,
and often is, the superior in every
respect of him who is elected.
Shrewd persons should be able to
detect their unpapularity, and should
not think any the less Of themselves
for being thus unpopular. Where
the votes of the mass Of the people
are necessary to the election Of man
his special fitness and superior quail
ties often have no weight in his he
halt. One who is entirely devoid OF
these, may defeat him by large ma
jority. 1t is the part Of prudence
then, to submit to that which cannot
be changed. But the leaders OF the
Independent movement are not capa-
BILE Of this view. They cannot 4
their own deficiencies before the peo-
pie. They imagine that, were they
under . new banner, and with diff
u