The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-06-25
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published Every Friday Morninq
r. 4. Young. Publisher.
FRIDAY. JUNE 25, 1856.
POLITICS.


In q little over four months the
people of this county will again lie
called upon to make their choice of
candidates for the various county and
territorial OFFICES. While this question
has. doubtless, been engaging the
thought and attention of not Il few
candidates and others for some time
past, it is proper to call the attention
OF the public, generally, to the subject
in order that a more general interest
may he elicted, leading to u timely
consideration of tie claims of. candi.
dates and other questions involved in
the approaching campaign.
The motive that will, or ought to
actuatc voters in general, is to select
such as are believed tt be the best
men to till the various offices. The in.
terests of the public and not 80 much
the claims of candidates are to be
considered. No man. whether in or
out of any office, has any claim to the
position he seeks, farther than the lie.
Communications II ffordc,l in the capa.
bilities he is shown to possess. n
public office is not to be considered MS
u gift for the most popular man. but Il
public trust to be placed in the safest
and most competent hands.
There will probably be two political
conventions this year far the nomi.
nation of candidates. BESIDES those
nominated at regular conventions
there will probably he Independent
candidates in the field. We have no
doubt that for most, if not all the
offices. capable men will he selected if
the people in general will hut intelli.
gently exercise their political rights
and not allow them to l,c manipulated
by politicians office seekers.
The most important duty to which
we shall now refer is the selection of
candidates to represent the twelfth
Legislative district in the next terri.
torial legislature. We liavc 10 inten.
ton now of discussing the claims of
individual: candidates. Tie PlONEl:l,
EXPRESS does not aspire to name any
man for the upper or lower house of
the legislature. 1t hopes to have the
privilege OF giving it's hearty support
to worthy men, who, il elected, may
be depended OH to represent the dis.
trict with credit, work for the in.
terests OF the people and not fall Il
prey to knayes and scllel,rrs such us
have rendered notorious the career of
some Of our territorial legislative
bodies of the past. In our next legis.
lature there will doubtless he repre-.
sentatives from various E,!ts of the
territory who will go there to do good,
honest work and help tn pass useful
laws. Tlere'will be others there who
will Use their trust us prize they have
won to he bartered for their personal
advantage. it may be to rccoup them
selves for the losses of the compaign.
We don't want to send men from this
district that will be either the tools or
the alliea of this class of politicians.
but men who will cooperate with the
better element in the legislature,
whose chief ambition will be to do
faithful work for their constituents
and earn the appreciation accorded to
faithful servants of the p,;llic.
We do, not assume That available
candidates are SO plentiful us to rcndef
model representatives easy to choose.
1t would be u qualification to I'LL to
have the twelfth district represented
by men of commanding ability. five
cannot succeed III this, let us, ut least
fi,deagor to make sure that we are
choosing meD OF uutloubtcd probity.
They should, indeed. he men who are
not noviccs in public affairs, nut when
we sc'ld them we have IL right to be
assured that they will not hire them
selves; 10 help on corrupt jobbery.
Because senal politicians have so often
got the uppcrmost hand in the past it
is 10 reason Why We sl,0aid continue
to allow them sway. 1'hese things
can be righted if right thinking
people will stand together.