The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-09-26
STAND BY IT.

STAND BY IT.
Next Saturday, the last Republican
convention for the campaign of 1894 in
Canyon county will have completed its
labors, promulgated set of rules for
political conduct and named the men
for whom all good Republicans are ex-
pected to vote. Realizing that in free
and intelligent country, parties are es-
sential to good government, great re-
sponsibility devolves on the party con-
vention. We suppose. though, every
body understands that. What We want
to say is that we hope platform and a
ticket will be put up that every loyal
Republican can cheerfully and consci-
entously support OF course, there will
be some dissatisfaction. There are 60
ing to be disappointments and soreness,
but this is no time for cherishing un-
pleasant and improbable grievances.
Every candidate and every voter ought
to make up bis mind to stand squarely,
openly and aggressively on the action
of the convention. If it is not just
what you want, remember that there
10 nothing perfect in this world, and
remember, too, that no one man is
wiser than all men and that possibly
more people would have been dissatis.
fed II you felt comfortable. The time to
correct the erroneous tendencies Of your
party is before the convention, not af-
ter it. A man that gets out and bowls
and kicks at his psrty's ticket when it
is in the field. only proclaims himself
sorehead and exposes the fact that he
10 mad because he couldn't run the
whole party to suit himself. There is q
proper time to agitate and kick within
your own party. That time begins on
the day after election and ends on the
day of the next convention. There is
generally about twenty-three months
out twenty -four for purifying work. II
you can't accomplish any publication
in that time, there is no use trying to
crowd it through in the other month.
When man joins himself to political
party he should direct all his energies
to shaping the primaries and conven-
ton to his purposes. which ought to be
the public good. He must not expect
to more than half succeed, because I'M
less he is mighty good man he is gen.
orally not more than half right and
ought not to succeed wholly. When
the convention is over, all contention
within the party should cease at once,
because you can't afford to take any
chances on making victory for the
common foe. Fight within your party
lines when there is no danger threaten
ing it, but when there is danger, fight
everything that shows fight except
your own party. When the Republi-
can party gets through at Nampa, we
want to hear every Republican say,
that the ticket is his ticket and he pro-
poses to elect it if it costs leg. 1t
doesn't matter what quarrels and haul
ing and pulling there was before, all
must end with the decision of the con-
vention, because within the party that
is the court Of last resort. A man who
will knife regularly nominated candi-
date of his party is political assassin
and q moral coward. There are rare
cases where party conventions have
been corrupted or made intclerable !
mistakes. In such cases, the opposi-
ton is open, avowed and generally
numerous. What we mean by knitting
is going out and working against a
on account of some personal
or working for an opposi- i,
ton candidate for some private advan-
tage. We hope there will be nothing of |
this kind in the coming campaign. Let !
1t be straight, honorable fight all |
along the line and every Republican in
Canyon county determined to carry to
victory the ticket put up by the Nampa
next Saturday.