Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1878-08-13
THE SANE Old TICEET.

GI 4 A0ih1A ~ sAt@ ~ $500
which will meet on September 9Th, i
made up. IS We predicted time ane
again before the meeting Of the pr
lmaries, it viii be composed Of tbs
same old clique, with few change:
In small offices and a little shifting
among those of Importance The per
lpetual candidates hope, by changing
positions on the ticket, to hoodwinb
voters, and to keep as quiet as posi-
BILE dissatisfaction 10 the party ranks
A continual office-seeker-the next
thing TO carpetbagger, and between
which two it is hard to draw the line
of distinction-run for one position
till he finds people become dissatisfied
ut the unprincipled course and will no
longer sanction it. Then he changes
his tactics little and comes out for
something else, but never to any sta
ton that affords a small, or even an
intermediate, salary They will have
men to approach you aud not only ask,
but beg, for your vote and influence;
men who realize SO plainly the shame
fitness of such a course that they have
not the courage to acknowledge pub
licly what ticket they support; men
who use all manner of dishonorable
means to gain their ends; men who
will vote against the best citizen that
could be nominated simply to receive
a broad, though sarcastic, smile from
non-producing political bummers, who
would not lend them a Slight fayer
unless to gain possession of them,
souls and bodies. THAT we DO not cx-
aggerate, but speak the plain. facts as
they really exist, observing, unpreja-
diced men of all parties can testify
We could name large number Of
men in Boise county, many of whom
are honest, industrious, and Of whom
there could be found no ground of com
plant should they be nominated for
any county position, have been from
time T. time promised tue support oil
The ring leaders for good positions
But promises are lickie aud have al
ways been ignored with llimSy excuses. +
The fact is, men who attend to no
,ody's business but their cwn are not
wanted, because they would crowd
,ut Inferior men.
y Rupblicau that VOTES for Demo
ratio candidates IS "a good, sensible /
man, but a Democrat who does not Al +
ways swallow the straight ticaet is "A .
,0rcLead,7 "acoundrel," "dir,y dog
nd many other things taat we cannot
mention here. D, Consistency, a jew
! thon art. When airing, composed
# Republicans for pecunlary interests
nd Democrats, or, more properly,
aen Of DO political principles at all,
ttempts t. elect candidates to the
most Important Offices by snch combi-
ation, it is time for the people to
mite solidIy against them. The true
of politics is to labor for the
dvancement of the country, and not
ending to those who arc in power
he men who constitute the ring III
'oise county donothing else but study
II kinds Of trickery aud congregate
n street corners to yentilato the slang
nd filth of their tongues for the
Of the low-bred, to the dis.
ust Of passers-by. Those who love
nch society and are lond in their
Iau1its, most invariably vote for the
ny candidates and render them sub
,antial services in various ways. All
inds Of unjust measures are used to
amagc the business Of every man
at uses his vote and influence ac- ,
,rdrg to the dictates of his better