The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1880-01-09

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thsif formation. and ~ Ausnr Niwns.
t~wome cctrars. Ncsnrtimss rssl issnss
dtc Av~n resnpletrls ~ twiwtvn t~a
kt~ss pAstic&. and havn II N mere
qaresirA whn shah Ret ihv rlllces Thtn
party vcnt~~ls l~~1sae rsMcsls What the
DrAn hAs desrrhcA them alhr mail.
ncas VI many lnr the gain ii 4 nv.
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equally srlnsh, their professions equally
hnllow, and The Masses VI their imfti.
sAns, though perhaps equally honr~t,
ore equally ,lelndcd AMI iuli.h
PARTIES ought 4 be temporary and,
when their ustcnsiblc ends arr gained,
tho people unRht ~ abandon them III.
stAntly, and form nrw party VI new
parties, whose names AllAll express their
new aims. and whose dissolution shnnld
We predetermined tc tNkc place n Nuun
m thrsc ends are reached. An Oil
PARTY, except II be In opposition, In al.
wNya corrupt rAttyi ~ organization
whose vitality does nut spring out III
Tho needs of Tho people a The present
time uf Nh exieency already on
thc county In whttcd sepnlrll.r.
Accordingly tho allegiance III wisc
men 10 psities viii always be- loose,
they will alwnysb be- ready under present
cxigcncv " vute with tho other side.
They atc rarely under TIN miserable ii.
luHion that large inasfes III their fellow.
citizens hitherto gcnrrally,olina another
ticket from themselves arr lot ui ras.
calls. A wise man iS never long under
tho self.deccrtion TINT u Involves 4 lcf.
sonal disgrace to vote different party
tickets IA different ycarr and under
differing circumstances. listhut
he a political idiot and unworthy cit.
zen WHO always Votes ticket labeled In
\ certain way, no matter who ArU thu
cAnlidAtrs, no matter what Kfe the
II ..icrc were larger body than tl,cra
IL of independent voters, who hold
themselves aloof from parties. who ,0
NOT announce beforehand how they Mse
going ~ vote, who actually vote for ihc
host men and Tho hest measures with.
out reference ~ party lines, the pros
poet for the permAhrnce VI 0nf inslltn.
items would be brighter than II n. Tho
voters hest huld IA his vote. NIno times
out ii ten good men aud good citizens
Will he beaten IN tho caiieua by
machine politicians, that uxpudIpht fer
reforming parties hAs leen tried In
vain let Tie eaucusas ~ ~ they viii,
and then lot MI good ritixena exercise
their judgment On thH candidate PRO.
l,csadl Bomstimes II Will In thsir duty
u scratch tickets, sometimes II wall Ia
their duty u vote bodily tiie opposite
ticket from that they Are used ~ vosr,
and solnetlmeA II vii be their duty not
10 vote ~ ail. Tho divine right III boltinN
ID 70 Lc supplemented hy tho desine
right II refusing 10 voie ~ MI when no
worthy nominations Mta made oii either
side. II party leaders wrre assured
that considerable body of anod cili.
xena could not be gul ~ tile polls III
oil In case bad nominations aru made,
very few bad nominations would ,,s
MEAD norm siprs.
4. There In another illusion, ri which
W can cnly glance In concluding this
article, namely, that n partisan news
paper gives All tho political information
and diAcuaeiOn that 4 gu0d citizen needs.
Many worthy man takes his politics
from hia trusted Paper mnch N lie takes
without giving 10 either of them thu
personal thought and sitting thAl boil,
oi Naem may require. There Ii indeed
: growing Independence eveu In me#l
81 The partisan papers, and tliIs n ona
of the beet sinnA III the times hut llteta
u slill fAs. Too much confidence on ll,n
part Uf The tnnAAes lii thAt OilesAtdpd
presentation III political truth common
In the partisan press. WI ran u0in.
monty Tell Z mans politics hy itn
paper he lakes, And his own mind
takes = colOilng, hin prpladicen take
their tlrifl, and his natural Illusions h..
como 4 thicker cloud. In consequence u
the inadequate treatment III political
themes In his fnvOsile Aewst,appr. a
party newspaper, especially " Ii nspifes
70 be-. be sn . organ, - y s1esilsn. lent thing y! r.
whole " vose The ticket opposite w
lhe ono commended BY tile paper aud
lot all others be wary How II would
awseten Tho blilerness NJ political con.
trovetny, mud tend II pnllxIlten h.lf.
illuminated minds, and transform axNrf
pAftiaAns Into .lclllerAtive citizens, II
every man would tAhs tl,e papers III llle
party axAinAt which, On the whole, lie
expects 10 voleI tl.t N ~ pArplIant
practical ruiz fur any ohe willing " tfy
u. Tho present writer hMs lang tried
II fof himself. and hereby confidently
rominsnda II III ilis iplIuw.uilIsens.