The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-03-22

Leavenworth are likely to ari,e, and it
would be suicidal for US TO fill our public
positions with men who will not be equal
to the occasion. The people of Leaven-
worth have something more At stake in the
result Of the coming election than the mere
empty hurrah Of caucus victory, and We
cannot afford to give our support to any
Tom, Dick or Harry that may be put for
ward with nothing to commend him bat q
party nomination. The city needs the SER
vices .. this time Of her very best men, and
no @bummers" or ward politicians should
be permitted to stand in the way of her
Obtaining them, neither should any good
man feel at liberty to decline position to
which the public interest calls him.
If the Republican party, shea it meets
IN convention next Wednesday, will shake
off the "dead beats" and chronic office-seek
era, who have nothing to commend them
but their infinite Cheek" and nominate a
ticket composed of the hest men Of the
party. it will be supported BY the people and
elected, but if it permits the classes above
referred to, to control its conventlon and
put themselves in nomination, i. will be
beaten out Of sight.
The people have grown tired of the rule
of the ofice-seekers, and propose to put an
end to it. There is q growing feeling
among all classes, and in all parts Of
the country, that the time has
come to rebel against the reign of
the political bummers," and turn over a
new leaf. Col. Ingersoll struck the popular
chord. and expressed the feelings Of the peo.
pie on this subject, when, in his great New
York speech Of last week he said:
"Our elections are.too frequent. They inter-
fere with the business Of our country. Where
elections are SO frequent men make, as it
were, a business of politics. II they fail to
get one Office thew Immediately run for an
other, and they keep running until the peo-
pie elect them for the simple purpose OF get
ting rid of the ANNOYANCE. Laught.r)
Lengthen the terms, purify the ballot, and
the present scrambles for Office will
become contests for principles. zap
plause) man who cannot get Nv
ing-unless he has been disabled in
service of his country or for some other cause
without holding Office, is not fit for an
office. (Applause.) \ professional office
seeker is one of the meanest, and lowest, and
basest of human beings-a little higher than
the lower animals and little lower than
man. daughter and applausel He has no
earthly OF heavenly independence; not par
ticle a successful ofiice-seeker Is like the
centre of the earth he weighs nothing him.
self and draws all things toward the Office he
wants. laughterl He has not even got
temper You cannot offend him. You can
not insult him. Shut the door in his face and
so far as he is concerned IL is kft wide open,
and YOU are standing on the threshold with a
smile, extending the hand OF welcome. lie
crawls and cringes and fiatters and lies ana
swaggers, and brags and tells of the nilnehce
he has in the ward he lives in. We cannot
too often repeat that splendid saying, The
office should seek the man, not man the
office Ifyou will lengthen the term oi Of
flee, il will be so long between meals thar lie
will have to do something else or starHe'