Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-04-04
REPUBLIcANsi ATTEND THE SAT-.
uRDAY PRIMARY ELECTIONS.

URDAY PRIMARY ELECTIONS.
We want your attention, votel
This is a government Of the people
Yet in every state and In all part
Of the nation---in every county
perhaps in every township-ther
are selfish interests that fatten Of
the public service, that pIey on tn
state for the money there is In it,
the representatives Of special inter
ests, that through the mechanism
of the state, gataer tax and eollec
revenues and make profits great o
small through office-holding. To
some extent. this is unavoidable un
der any form Of government. Yet i
Is our duty as citizens TO keep tb'
toll taken by the preferred classes
and the tax levied by the special in
terests at thelowest point. Few re-
alize how far this Is affected by the
performance or the nonrperformance
Of our duty as voters. If every
voter gets to the primaries OF
Marion county next Saturday and
= honestly and independently ex-
presses his choice as To- who shall 90
to the county convention, and Sc
lect fearless, honest men, then the
foundations OF honest county gov
ernment are laid. If the voters
do not go to the primaries, but allow
few politicians at each place of
holding the primaries to select such
workers as will do the
bidding of some ring or
clique, then the voters must not
expect anything but that their
interests will not be protected and
that county government shall be u
costly affair. The voters have the
machinery for reform right In their
hands II they will use IL intelli-
gently.
The constant tendency of our poll
tiles is to have II get away from the
people and run in ruts and fall Into
the hands Of rings, cllques, aud die
tators. 1t IL by those means that the
representatives of the special inter
ests get in their corrupting work.
We have full confidence In The
integrity Of the masses OF the people
and believe them capable Of every
true reform. But when the masses
do not do their duty with the means
at hand they must not expect the
corrupt influences so prevalent In
our nation TO neglect TO get In their
work at the expense 0f the people.
The republican party is In power
In all three of the great departments
Of the nation. We believe It Is the
only party that can lie relied on In
The long run 10 carry out reforms In
diligently. The democratic party |
had not the ability to give satlsfac-
Ion or to become united upon any
subject but that of getting the
'fiices. II could not get itself to-
yether on any great question and
AIRY out any reform under Presl-
lent Cleveland, and after one term
vas turned out OF power. The re-
'ublican party Is earnestly working
u congress to revise the tariff aud
at down the revenues $4,000, 900
nd do II, too, without disturbing
american industries. In this the
arty must be sustained. IL should
lso be sustained In It's efforts TO give
he nation free coinage OF silver and
postal telegraph system. The
OF anti-monopoly meas
res like these should now sustain
le only party that il In "A positl, u
} enact them into law.
Therefore we appeal 10 all sup. ,
orters OF the national republican
arty, and all who favor the policy
the party as II Is shaping itselfln
'ngress, 10 rally TO the primaries
ext Saturday and select such dele ]. :
ltes AS are sure To represent you
4 these matters. Rally To the re- :
ibllcan primaries aud clip Ia the : :
and cause Of asserting the rights : :
the massts 10 have government
the people, and let not our ma. .
1n degenerate intoa politicalstock.
atering syndicate. Caucus refTm 7
ID abolition Of ring rule arr 10 be = |,
compl,shed right at the home pri- . =
AIRY precinct. do your duty there I
ID hold thuse 20 whom you dele !, ',
10 authority 10 represent you, To y
let ae ounlablllty. The ballot AZ !,
9 primaries should bo as FREE aud "
secret as at the polls. u
The primary elections are the