Mohave County miner., 1886-10-24
vstA CssseieHtl~ssey.

The fiins fr the psople 10 dis
ehsrgs The respopsibIs dnsy Of dscid.
inG who shall In the public work VI
this county is close st hsnd. snd tbs
question OF bow to select from The
candidates u IN importsnt ons ioi
The voter.
Il 10 urged a. = dicsun b. tAe
believers in mouarchsl sOvsrnnsot
that the average man 10 not capable
of deciding intslligently bstvstn
men Wien cous,dered With Ssfsrsoc~
to their iitness ~ directors Of public
affairs II this Hcre ever true 10 tbs
bisaory Of the past. il il 90 ongsf ~,
The march Of intelligence, the ssn.
%ral diffnsioD VI education have Sais
ed men 10 th. level oi sqnslity. sud
'n onr owa tsna the co,,scioaS..ss
u fIrsdWn and it, .X-rcirs bays
demonstrated thst NO method svss
asvised is better adapted Tor g-.f'iax
the right mau in tb~ riYh, pisc. than
thst of popular slsctios.
We believe that the iniaitjoos Il
nsen are oftsn ~ correct ~ tbs con
clusions drawn by them fro,u ,hr
most deliberate efforts Of their reason.
We place great reliance on the in.
tuitlvs consciousness Of nsn wh,
ARE in constant contact uith is.~ir
fellows, and face TO face With ,b.
realities Of life. Man wilho,i
special training can and dose dis
tiogu,sh between those presented fn
their suffsrsge, and each knows os
fssls iE bis owD consciousness sLict.
10 the proper mao 10 choss. and. II
governed by bis o~n eoDsissions and
practical Judgment only. slil vote
Tor the right msn. This Of cousss
prssunss that the slsetor 10 impress
I'd With n psopes sense c.f the Ssspon
sibility and sserednsss Of tbs duty
resting upon him % On slsctos. How
absurd thea to attempt TO influence
the vots VI IN honest nan, sxcspt BY
the conviction of his rsssos thss he
should yield 70 the iolusOcsi He
eaDnot b deceived By sppsarsDoss
DOR dsluded BY talk. He looks isets
fairly IN the fsce, compares the scts
Of . man With his words. rsads
character 10 the countsnancs and
manner, and measures The probabiI.
ity Of the performance Of promises
for The future. By the fidelity die
played In the past. He eousidsss
Asst . eandidsae's ftpsss for the
work hs proposes 70 do, and ssti
% stes this By the answer 10 the
question. Would ! employ this man
10 do this work IL I+sloos were con
esrnsd IN lis being veil dossi He
asks bimself: From al thst / know
spd bslisvs Of this man viii hs dis
charge The duties OF this olBcs with
impsstislity, With perfect 6dslityi
IA these questions sre answered in
the mind Of the hotest voter 20 does
he vots. .r-~r-s' ~~.s .~ ..-, .,
There IL slwsys 3 pssd Of good
Den in ofics; and this 10 q pressing
. want Ut the present day - Il hes
ever been. and the American people
are becoming more and more con
viDosd OF this snd are directing their
ballots to tLst end. We are iesrning
bow to select our servants, bow to
use our freedom for sdvapcsmsnt snd
mutual protection. We are freeing
ourselves from the domination Of
politicians and their agents. We
srs rising above canvsssibg BY sbuse
aud detraction. In this latter respect
tbs campaign in this county is worthy
Of imitation by many places ofIargsr
population and greater pretsnsipps.
To every voter We Say 10 eooelusion,
vote fron the standpoint Of your
own iLtell,genc. and conscieusnsss.
and the result will take csre Of
Itself. irrespective Of the lol,tics Of
the suecessful nen.