Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-12-19
Sensible Advice.

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Just at this time when many ot
our Democratic exchanges are appar.
emily worrying themselves half to
death over the question as to who
shall be the nominee of the Demo.
cratic party for President next year,
we deem it judicious to call their
attention to the following advice
given by the Democratic Ijatchman,
published at Bellfonte, Pa. OF
course the party should keep a sharp
look out and see that proper candi-
dates are nominated, but their ankle
ty in this respect should not cause
them to overlook the necessity of
organizing and preparing ourselves
to elect whoever may be the nomi-
nee. But we will let the Waterman
speak:
A number of our Democratic ex.
changes are just now bothering them
selves to no small extent in fixing up
a Democratic candidate for Presi-
dent next year. We don't wonder
at the anxiety displayed to have a
strong, unobjectionable man to sup
port, but just at this time we wish
to suggest that there is much more
i'll the perfect organization of the
patty than in the location or personnel
of the nominee. If, III place of try
ing to get up a feeling for this man
or a g boom for that, the Democrat
ic papers aud Democratic leaders
would devote themselves to the Or
gauization of the party, it would be
a much surer way to success next
Fail.
With q complete organization of
the party, i'll every State, we can
elect any man who is nominated for
President. Without it, we can elect
no one. Through proper and efli-
cent organization is our only road
to success, and the sooner the party
newspapers and party managers rec
ognize this fact and begin work to
secure it, the sooner will the Demo
cratic masses come to believe that |
we mean to try to win and are not |
fooling away our time and prospects
trying to have this clique or that
crowd of Democratic leaders succeed |
in controlling the general convention
of the party. ',' ----..---..
If we are to win at all it must be |
by unity of action and through or
ganization. This we cannot have if
the wrangle about who is to be the
candidate is kept up. Every aspi.
rant has his friends, and the more one
candidates friends work for him the
others friends will work for them,
and so the matter will 60 on until
there are prejudices aroused and
feelings engendered against all who
are likely to he named in the nomi-
mating convention; and then, when
the nomination is made, we have
these prejudices to contend with,
and the feelings aroused by the long |
dispute about who should be the |
nominee to get over, and then it will
take us all the time trying to fix up |
the little difficulties created in this
way and leave no time to do that
work which is absolutely necessary |
for success.
The time to nominate the candi-
date is next Summer, when the nom-
mating convention meets. The
time to organize is now. These
long Winter evenings a single docu-
ment, put in proper hands, will
bring a greater harvest of votes than
thousands of them sown broadcast in
the busy Summer days, and which, in
the heat of political campaign, can
possibly bring. Men can be rea-
soned with now; their better judg- !
ment can be appealed to, and thou
sands upon thousands of voters can
be made doubtful for Radicalism who,
if left until the excitement and pref
udice Of campaign are awakened,
cannot be moved or influenced by
by anything that can be done.
Let us organize now. Lot us dis
tribute our documents, papers,
speeches, etc, this Winter, when
men have time to read and when
their prejudices will not prevent
their thinking. AS to who shall be
our candidate, let the question be
postponed until we are organized
and in trim to elect whoever may be
the choice of the nominating con-
vention.
A little girl out for her after