River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-10-23

But little more than two weeks
remain until the election. Both par
ties are exerting their utmost to pre-.
pare for the great Presidential strug-
gle and while the brilliant victories in
Ohio and Maine prognosticate VIC
tory in November for the Republican
forces, still it will not answer to rest
in our labors until the day of election.
Earnest work is needed everywhere in
order that victory may be won
which shall fifty express the minds of
the people at large upon the great is
sues of the campaign.
But in the great interests of the ma
tional campaign voters must not for
get their duty to their local represent
atives. Pierce county has often in the
past neglected party interests in SYM
pathy for this or that friend and
neighbOr and In some instances the
candidate of the Democracy under the
alluring name of tho Peoples Candi.
date has been elected over the candi-
date presented by the Republicans.
Where this abandonment of the party
lines is inspired by nothing more than
mere desire to please some local
candidate it is mistake. While we
freely concede the right of each voter
to select his own candidate and to
vote for him regardless of party issues,
especially where party nominations
are obtained by fraud or deceit, still
where these are absent and candi-
date is fairly chosen by his party a
voter owes something to the party
with which he affiliates and even in
local matters should think twice at
least before he abandonS it even tenn
porarily.
We have this year in opposition to
the regular Republican nominations a
Peoples Ticket. The name is but
thin veneering over the old sign of
Democrat. The ticket is essentially
in every part Democratic ticket and
intended as such by its promoters.
knowing that the name Democratic is
not popular in this county while the
Peoples ticket has won by the eu-
phony of the sound in times past the
Democrats are trying by this term to
allure the people from the good old
standard and try new paths,
Does any one believe in his heart
that if the leading candidate on the
Peoples ticket is elected he will vote
for anyone but Democrat for the
senate when the question comes upl
Does anyone think that in any party
measure his voice will be heard in
favor of any question on the Republic
can sidel No one is so blinded as that;
but the answer is, he is good repre-
sentative for us. This is true as
mere local question, but the same is
equally true of Prof. Thayer. He too
will be as anxious as his opponent to
serve the people of the county in any
manner when he takes his seat in the
Assembly. In our educational inter-
est Prof. Thayer has large expert
ence and will act for the good of the
people. In matters of general inter-
est his studies have been such as to
recommend him in every respect. He
has no personal interests to guard in
his election in which his personal in
terest may and indeed must come in
contact with those of the farmers.
Can the Republican voters afford to
desert their flag even for this local is
sue simply to please one whose polit-
ical sentiments are totally at variance
with them. What we have said in re.
lation to the candidates for Member
of Assembly will apply with much
force to each of the other Republican
candidates now before the people of
the county. Nothing can be more dis.
couraging to any ardent Republican
than when his name Is presented to
the people TO be laid upon the shelf by
the votes of those whom he has good
reason to believe are IN political sym.
pathy with him. 1t is unfair treat
ment and unwise in party sense, es-
pecially. Decentralization in party
lines even for local candidates is det-
rimental to the interest of the party
at large except only where the rea.
SONS for such boiling is that the pro-
posed candidate has obtained a nomi-
nation by methods at variance with
the principles of the party itself. We
urge therefore our friends to consider
the matter carefully before they ac-
cede to the requests of the enemy, no
matter under what disguise presented.
and to be sure TO vote when the time
comes the whole ticket local and ma
tional and roll up the largest ma
jority yet given in the county for
Blaine and Logan.