Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-11-03
BoLTLNG AS PRINCIPLE.

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Tilton as an enemy of boiling.
This talk Of that little sheet per-
haps sounds very plausible to some
people. If these people will just
lstop to think that circumstances
alter cases, they will be prepared to
hear what we now, once for all, have
to say against this little sheets
idea Of doctoring all symptoms OF
the same disease with the same
medicine.
Anybody who knows us truly IS
aware that we are as sincere in poll
tics as in any other work. The
extracts which the Republican has
copied so greedily from the WORLD
in denunciation of boiling were
written for such Republicans as are
in the habit Of boiling just when
ever it happens to suit them. re-
CARELESS Of whether the party nomi-
nations have been made fairly or
unfairly. We have always claimed
that this indiscriminate boiling Of
party nominations is without the
the sanction Of moral principle.
And why? Because when men Of
the same party meet in caucus or
convention, they do SO as brothers;
and the understanding is always
implied, if not expressed, that the
sustaining Of the party is a matter
of prime Importance. The prin-
ciple Of regard for the sanctity Of
the party carries with it the theory
that the party is above any and all
individual members Of the same. 1t
is the veneration for the party-this
feeling that it is absolutely wrong
for one member to bolt It's nomi-
nations without conceding to every
other member the same right
which has led US to denounce bolt
ing. In other words, we believe in
party discipline, and believe that
each member Of the party should do
unto the other members as he
would that they do unto him.
Now, let us measure the present
so-called Republican movement in
Trego county, and see whether it
conforms in any essential feature to
the groundwork which we have
mapped out as constituting the
basis for our denunciation Of bolt
ing which is so Justify copied and
lied about by the little Republican.
And, first, is the spirit Of fairness
which we urge apparent in the
action Of the ring outfit in this
county in lying Tilton out Of the
nomination for representative? Is
the fact that the ring outfit were
determined to down Tilton, if they
had to do it with Democrat, in
dicative of their desire for political
fairness? Was the treatment Of
the Olson resolution on July IA fair
and just in either political Oh moral
sense? The ring outfit would make
it apper that nothing in the way of
finding that a horsethief, murderer
or seducer had been nominated
upon a Republican ticket by mis-
take, would be sufficient to tempt us
not to give such a candidate a loyal
support. Out with such rot! Away
with such indecent proposals!
The point has been made clear,
we trust, that we never intended our
denunciation of boiling to extend
beyond caucuses or conventions
which are conducted fairly. We
weeks ago challenged Bossed Shop
ard to find anything in the WORLD
to give our Remuneration of boiling
any other meaning. He has not
done so. He can not do so.
This same little Republican, edited
pretendedly by man who politically
is neither fish nor foul, gloats ex-
ceedingly upon our. having asserted
in the World years ago that the
worst Republican is better than the
best Democrat. The meaning of
this proposition is plain. Yet this
Bossed Shepard, at the beckon Of
his bosses, would give it meaning