Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-03-25
THE NEXT PRESIDENT


nv naS never oeeh president OF the
'''" ''"'es rom west OF the Missls-
s'pp' ,Ne'' ana 'here Is no good reason
why Ui's Shou'" continue So but there
are many reasons why IL should not. The
ldea that candidate must come from
sunni uo"u1iu' STATE OF one whose electors
are vi suihe"h' number to control the
uaiahee OF power IN the electoral college
Po'lueal lailaey' IL Is more than
mat IL l. unjust. unpatrlotic and is in
"hlasohism TO the spirit OF republicanism
""" ueiloeraeN' u j ahtagonistic To the
sranu central Idea oil sovereignty in
american eilzehshlp
II mas oeeh the boast of this republic
,n'. an! ei''N'h' no matter how humble
us "'ith' nor now ioWlN MS bringing up
ana calling. may be made president Of the
hlleu states. II he l. worthy in his man
hoou' lhefe Is no bar in the laws. msti
tnti"hS' or even preeedentS. against il,
save that he must be naiive-horn and un-
a''alhted- Lincoln was "a rail-Splitter,
"arh"'u was canal-hnrSe driver. Grant
was tanner heiping-man. These be-
came great men and presidents. That
party policy should demand man
must be a citizen of a certain legality If
the republic Is not right and the people
will hold Il 80 Vet aud probably AZ the
next election.
Politicians aud demagoguery have had
the say long enough in this country The
sovereign people are becoming tired of the
machine in politics and thew will rise
against il. Politics is well enoupb In
deed partisanism is. In a Ger ain seuse a
safeguard. There must be parties and
they must outline their tenets and policies
for the people to choose from. and the
fact that both the great parties of this
country have a following sufficiently near
equal To make national campaigns close
and more or less uncertain AS 10 their TO.
suits. in the matter of choice of a prcsi.
dent. sets one-balf Of tho nation o, Vol.
liant guard against the other In
political sense. and the critics
Of the respective parties make il impossi.
ble for an upv-ortbv man or a., ,,,,,,.',..L,.
",s ~, al u"Morlny man or an unworthy
nnpe If {, IL ,,.,,,,,,,.a'.o W '.'', 'o'
,Ilv :, naII,i,.,i - ,i''i'' ,'"
velisr, "''' "'"'"'"
Experience has proven that il is mn,
imperative a man sbould n. .i,i,o,
Of doubtful state. necessary IN M. ,arriad |
nv his personality. IA succeed I'm ol,ction
Even had Indiana gone agains, Uarriso, |
in the last camnaign he would ba,,, ,,o,,,
4.
was from New York d id not carry that STATE
for him. The whole countrv eloc,s no
president of the Uni,ed States and tho
insisteace that a candidate mus, n. frnm
some particular locality in which no Il
surrounded BY intense partisaps who
claim that he must he from that sr.ciaI
spot. j. never ANYTHING moro ar los ,ban
the importunitv of crashing and s,raod,,
politicians who see in tho Selection ana
election of their man. tho oman ses,n,o q,
Office and reward IN their sphordins,os
and favorites for mast political services
and the pay for further work of the same
kind ID j. not patriotiSm hui nolitical
self-seeking.
There is nothing less than pure Justice
in rotation in office. applicable To sections
a. well as 10 men. In Justice To itself the
nation should be just. and such Justice
would give the presidency. "a an honor.
and a an aid. to different sections Of the
country al different times Tiue and
again nresidonts hay,, -. ~ suu
England frnm tho Niddlo S. -.
the South and from I'M. North h,, &c.
from the mighty West and ~, -,
mighty West .' il used ,d,,isodI,- -
significantly here Tho wcs, ,.a,,,s ~
next president and II has 4, M - {
and even demand , strn,, ,.,,,i,,. I,h. q
a right that the pevt nr,sido,,, IL, d
know personally and b,. ,.,-,,,,,or,o., II, !
the needs oftho Western reo,Io ,,o. IL, a
theiraims and ambitions -, {
and resources and n tbc ,.n,,ti,,a,, -, b
should once take il ipto IN nd =, -. Il
what i'd can do with ono b,..,,,.h - a. a
power-lts voting povcr- Tho ,nli,i.t..s
of the east. of haiti n,r,ios ,,,,'is l''a
denly s.e that tho c,,.,-i,,,, ., -. 49, n
state h, a ,rcsid.,,i,l ,,,,,'i,...' -, I
comparatiyol, ,,i,o,,,,,.,,,r., -. "
states ALREADY. in Tho MI, ,.., - ~ o
voted for A., nrosid,,,, -, - ~ q
four morn b,' tI,, Tim, .n.,,I.o, .l.s',','' I
i 10 he yot ID for will y.i,h a.. o.. -, Is
- '"i 49, ! q