The aegis & intelligencer., 1897-09-10
4 WORD OF COUNSEL.

The Democrats of Hartford have
now had a week in which to consider
the ticket nominated by the county
convention, and it is conceded by all
to be n good one. There is no name
on it which bears the tarnish of any
thing in the slightest degree dishonor
able either in a business or political
way. The candidates are admitted
by all to be good party men and men
of the highest standing in the commu-
nifty.
AS a natural consequence of failure
to win in hot contest the friends OF
the unsuccessful candidates are dis
posed to feel a little sore over the
defeat of their favorites. The fact
that Il strong Democratic district
is left without any representation up
on the ticket, which is a source of sin
cere regret to all, whether victors,
vanuuished or non-combatants, has
been adversely commented upon by
some of the disappointed ones with
hints that it was due to manage
ment.n
There is no use of being harsh to
the defeated candidate and saying
You have no right to feel SO, the
primaries and convention we're per
fectly fair and you must now give
your successful rival the same hearty
support that you would have expected
of him had the result been the re-
verse" When we are hurt we feel
sore and the only cure is time, which
heals all wounds the death of
nearest and dearest relatives. If a
child bumps its head it will cry, and
it is of no use to tell it that crying
does not help the hurt-it knows that
as well as you do, but it cannot by
mere exercise of will power change
the Unborn characteristics of the hu-
man race Time will cure the hurt,
and the child will smile again. Just
so with us children of larger growth.
While the arrow of defeat is stiDging
we cannot help being cross and little
inconsiderate, but as soon as that
wears off we can take a cheerful and
reasonable view of things. We have
sympathy for the vanquished, as well
as congratulations for the victors; we
know that they will in short time
recover their old time form and take
their places valiantIy again in the
front ranks, from which promotions
must soon be made again to fill the
quota of commissioned officers.
As to the idea of Management in con-
nection with the convention, any
reasonable man who will consider for
a moment will see that the thing is
absurd. Those who were present as
impartial spectators could see that
there was no attempt at dictation or
coercion whatever, but that, on the
contrary, each candidate was studious-
ly careful to avoid any entanglements
and worked only to promote his
own success, leaving the delegation
from his district absolutely free as to
their choice for other officers. The
very fact of one district being unrep-
resented on the ticket in itself pre-
cludes all idea of management from
parties either outside or inside the
convention, for, naturally, the first
aim of any combination attempting
to fix up slate would have been to
have every section represented en-
said ''slate" to insure its success.
or course, the principles maintained
by the Democratic party are eternal
and unchangeable, but the organiza-
tion of the party as it now exists in
this country is conceded to have been
the work of Thomas Jefferson. One
of the first maxims OF that great states,
man was Absolute acquiescence in
the will of the majority" This has
been from the beginning and must
continue to be the central pillar in
the governments of both our country
and our party. And jefferson said
further, in effect, that to ignore this
must bring about anarchy and despo.
tism. But this maxim is not followed
by the enemy in this county. Their
motto seems to be rather Absolute
acquiescence in the will of minority .
On Tues lay, September 81, the Re
publieans will hold their county
convention in Bel Air. If there be
any man who feels that the Demo.
cratic party in its practices does pro-
perly represent his ideas of fairness.
we would urge upon him to attend
that convention as an unbiased wit.
ness. He will see six delegations from
the several districts of the county
wandering in an aimless manner
around the steeets, waiting for the
dczen men who will shape their ticket
to get together and agree upon the
same and tell them what to do. He