Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-10-26
ABOUT BOSSES.

ticianS lind that they have lost
influence in their party which il
will be impossible to regain
they Immediately cry out
against what they are pleased to
designate as "Bossism." Re.
garding this, George Gorham
has the following to say in the
Washington Republican, which
fits the situation in Ormsby to a
nicity:
All great movements require
some individual, corporate, or
associate head. Whether in
business pursuits, religion, or
society it is the same. There
must be some guiding spirit,
some responsible power to di-
rect, supervise, and control. In
politics there can he no excep-
ton to this general rule. On the
contrary, in view Of the diver
sity of interests and opin-
ions, there is all the more reason
for its being strictly enforced.
Parties, however strong numer-
ically, cannot exist during even
a single campaign were each
member to be considered law
unto himself as regards the
policy to be pursued. All
might agree touching the cardi-
nal principles involved, but diff
fer essentially as to the proper
methods to be pursued in order
to make them effectual, and, as
a matter of course, the result
would he g speedy and absolute
disintegration of forces, render
ing every individual effort look
ing to success entirely fruitless.
The truth of this has been
recognized, in the past, by the
selection of party leaders or rep
resentatives upon whom is de-
volved the marking out of the
plans.of a political canvass and
the conduct of a campaign.
Men in whose wisdom and sa-
gacity the Iarty have conf
dence, and those who have
earned the right to preferment
by their services in the past, are
chosen in convention, and to
these are delegated, either spe-
cifically or by mutual consent of
the masses, every power neces-
sary to the accomplishment of
the objects in view. OF late
years these party leaders have
come to be called, by certain
malcontents, "political bosses,"
and the means they adopt
united and harmonious action
TO carry out the will OF the peo-
pie they represent, s'machine.'
1t is only the unreasoning and
selfish, however, who object to
leadership, and who, as a reason
for setting at defiance party dis
cipline, characterize it as the |
tyranny Of chooses" or the out
come of "machine politics."
And these Disseminated sore
heads fail to recognize the fact
that in arraying themselves
against the majority they are
endeavoring to build machine
If their oWn-to install them
selves as chooses" and that
against the wishes Of all but
mall minority of those who
lain to possess similar views to
heir own in politics. In other
words the SO called Independents
ire merely would-be political
'bosses," who, sailing under
false colors, endeavor to assume
powers which the majority are
to give them.
Such being the case the ques-
ion naturally rises, under which
BOSS shall the people serve
What machine shall they follow?
Shall they submit to the au-
hority designated by the ma
0rity-tO the action Of the "ma-
'hine" which that majority has
constructed and keeps in rum
ling order-or shall they desert
o the first rebel that hoist his
'wn individual standard of sell
ishness and puts his personal
in order for the pur-
'ose, if it be possible, of smash
ng the legitimate and properly
onstituted organization We
hink the answer will at once
uggest itself to every thinking
Republican. We have had rebels
'nough in the past. We want
10 more Of them. When a
member of our party gets 80 that
le sets his individual wishes,