Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-08
the COUNTY CONVENTION.

The County Committee, to-day publish
their call for the holding Of a meeting to
elect delegates to the First District Con-
vention which will be held at Owatonna
on the 18th Of July next, to nominate
candidate for Congress. We have fire.
quently shown the importance Of these
primary meetings. Before the opening Of
the recent spring, every farmer was anx
iously looking for good sccd,-each one
wanted something that should not only
germipate but grow and mature, that
should produce sound healthy grain. Pre-
viously to setting out an orchard, the man
who wishes to raise fruit, reads and in
uuires and examines until he becomes &C
quaintcd with all the different varieties,
and then selects only such trees as give
evidence of being able to Withstand the
rjgors of the climate, and to yield an
abundant return for what they cost. If Il
man wnnld seek a new location he con
salts the maps Of the different States: ex-
a0ines the statistics of production and
sale, compares the mortuary lists of veri-
Gus localities, ascertains the relative rates
Of taxation and public Indebtedness, ascer-
tains the facilities for market and trans
portstion, and finally makes his selection
with reference to all those conditions
which are likely to effect him most favor
ably in the particular pursuit in which he
may engage; and thus 1t is in all depart
ments of business. Every judicioas man
antedates each decisive movement by some
preliminary investigation which serves as
. key to unlock the whole subject and to
Gamiliarlzc him with It. Politics is some
thing in which every man has an interest.
Some may deny this, but it is true never
theless. This is a-govcrnmcnt Of tile PEG
pie, and no man can shirk the responsible
lty of citizenship by ncglecting to perform
the duties which it enjoins; nor is it
enough that he goes regularly to the polls
and votes. BY doing only that, he may
And himself situated similarly to the man
who sowed poor seed which sproutcd and
produced plant that grew for short
time and then died; Or to the one who trans
planted worthless trees, or the one who
bought farm upon which, unknown to
him, there was heavy encumbcance,-
he may have presented for his support
man whom he knows to be wholly un-
worthy of his confidence or of his vote.
A great deal has been said lately about
ahe so.ealled "Independcnt voter" Our
experience with this non.descript, leads
10 10 say that as rule he belongs to the
elass Of men who assert that they have no
isterest in politics, and who do not at
tend the primary meetings ofeither party.
Not having share in the work, they are
not satisfied with its results, Oh the same
principle adopted by the man who could
Gee no good in anything which was not
the product either of his own genius or
his labor. Only very few men will be
satisfied with anything of public nature
unless they have in some way been instru-
mental in It's production, or establishment,
hence 1t follows that all who entertain
similar views upon questions of govern
mental policy should affiliate in those pre-
liminaIy movements through the agency
Of which nominations for public offices
are made. The question of candidacy
for ONCE should be SO thoroughly discuss
ed and 90 fairly and positively decided in
convention - to admit Of no doubt as to
the candidates receiving the undivided
support Of the party. We believe that it is
not only possible 70 achieve such result,
but that It Is an absolute duty to do it. In
view Of al this therefore, we again express
The hope that every Republican, and ev.
cry other man who believes in the prin-
.ciples and the policy enunciatcd in Re.
publican platforms, will 60 to the caucus
. soon to be held in this County, and take
each sction a. will best express his wish
e concerning candidate for Congress
nun this District. In this centennial
year,-n We have not done il before, II
win 30 we'll for each voter to ascertain the
Islet,oa which he sustsins to the govern.
.nant that protects him. # he reaches 4
eaaelusion upon this point, he viii have
% doubt = e his duty to attend primary
nsstises.
we accept and win uphold the Consti.
tutioa.in all ~ parts'
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