The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-08-03
CHRONIC CANDIDACY,

Thu Independent makes what seems to us
rather dlsparaglng mention of the "clamor
in certain quarters in favor of rotation IN the
delegateship." We beg TO assure our es-
teemed contemporary that there is no
~"clalnor;" but instead an unmistakable and
we'll nigh unanimous demand for d change
from the routine into which we have fallen.
and a return To the good old democratic doc
trine of rotation against which we presume
the Independent has 10 objection to urge.
To all that Our contemporary las to say re-
speeding the incubus of Standing candidates
and the evil deeds of wire pullers, we cheer
fully sub cribe. But we would add that the
democratic party of Montana has been sad
died with a "standing candidate" whose
claims have been adroitly manipulated by
wire ~pullers, until at length matters have
reached such a pass that the man who
ventures to hint an objection against tie re-
nomination for a fifth term Of this sell Same
standing candidate is greeted with The epiIl,el
OF bolter' from one of the chiefs of the
aforesaid wire pullers. And lest our cout-ul-
porary be incredulous on this point, We be-.
to assure it pointe1ly that this is precisely
what occurred on the streets of Butte, less
than a month ago; occurred, be it r-mem
hered, long before even the primaries lan
been called to assemble. A man must have
mis- party very securely buttuned in ms
b~reecl,es pocket when the person dGubrin.
the ACCESSIBILITY of his fourth r~e-nomntatiur
is termed a boiler for entertaining and en-
pressing SO fragrant a heresy. How
eyer, the Independent makes ole cx-
cellent suggestion viz: that the peupl.
take matters into their own hand,
This was suggested some time ago, when i,
was proposed that each of the leading co,lI,
Ties nominate that one of its citizens who was
known to possess th,, greatest strength viii
the party, the nominee for delegate to con-
gress to be chosen from among the parties
thus nominated. This plan w"uld work very
well if it were not for the fact that there are
no seekers after the office. Notwithstandin.
the covert little slurs of the "machine,' there
are no self-seeking aspirants for the office OF
Delegate, and the only difficulty thus far Ell.
countered by the throng of democrats who
are now protesting against IA further continu-
ance of the Maginnis regime is that they car,
find no eligible candidate who will permit his
name to be announced, or will any further
commit himself than to say that he will az
cept the nomination if the territorial conven-
ton sees proper, freely and unsolicited. to
tender it; conditions under which we PIE.
sumo even the editor of the Independent
would accept the p~rotfered honor. But no
one will consent 20 be a candidate, and uI-
der those circumstances the very best thing
the different county conventions cali do will
be to select from among the best men of the
county, from among those who fully com
mand the confidence of their Novelties s.
the delegates to the territorial convention,
and send them to that body uninstructed. A
convention Cf u~niustrLcted delegates would
really and truly he a representative body and
its nominee could without kick or cayil be
accepted as the peoples choice.