The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-08-20
TIE PASSING OF ROSS AND AGEr.

TIE PASSING OF ROSS AND AGEr.
At the county convention, last Sata7-
day. and the congressional convention
on the 18th, several things happened
the true iliuardness of which the people
Of Douglas county ought to consider
and ponder well. In their disappoins-
ment perhaps people who run things"
will listen to reason if it is pointed out
to them, to which they SO often turn a
deaf ear.
As the TINES predicted two weeks
ago Mr.. +. A. Ross failed to carry Dou-
glas county for congress- This is the
second time in four years tie people
have cmphaticaiiy said they viii have
none of him for that place; and they
never will. As n congressional factor
lie is ''out of it" for all time to come.
There is a deep seated feeling here
that Superior, in all respects the largest
and most important city in the Tenth
congressional district of Wisconsin, has
a right to aspire to have congress-
man. 1t seemed like disloyafty not to
give home man the Douglas county
delegation so long az Mr. Agen was in
the field. That was the sentiment that
carried tie county convention, not that
there was any strong hope FIAT he
would be nominated. He secured foar
totes outside, tventy -four in all, hardly
enough to make a starter towards be-
ing nominated. The trnth is Mr.. Jen-
klns had a cinch upon the place for an
other term, and we ought to have fall
lon into lino and li~cn hi,tN tho dele
CATION from Douglas comfy AS the
matter now stands we have weakened
ourselves relieved him from all polti-
cal obligation to Us, and foolishlv shown
that We are not willing to abide our
time. Oar time will come if We do not
make bad breaks too often. 1t NAV
seem silly to say now that Mr. jenkins
had Waikaway, etc; but that is no
answer to the position the TINES took,
nor to what It said for Mr. Jenkins early
in the campaign. 1t was the only paper
III this county that had the backbone
TO be for hIm or for anv one else with
the exception of The Wave. The signs
all pointed to his nomination. Judge
Roberts, who has strong political sense.
saw which way events were turning
and gracefully bowed to the inevitable |
The result is, from now on he will have
10 be reckoned with by future congress
sional asprants around these parts.
That Mr.. Jenkins will be elected goes
without saving. But he will not be
congressman forever. Two years Hence,
\ short time in the future, We will be
confronted with the same problem, a
congressman to be elected, and the !
Petersons, llaugens, and others nv the
score wanting the place. What will
Douglas county do them Send a mere
adyenturer; offer the people of nine
other counties some man whose sub |
stantial qualifications are nil, but who |
is n hustler political nimrod who
caught the passing fancy and carried |
the Seventh ward? Unless we look the |
matter sIuareiy in the face and soberly |
prepare for 1t. that is hat we will do, |
and be turned down again. Congress is I
an exalted place worthy Of the ambition !
Of \ man who is we'll qualified to start
with who has a turn for politics and
public affairs, and who bv his course in |
life has won the respect and confidence I
of his nei.hbors and fellowmen. Be- !
fore we can nominate man living here
4,
some one who fairly meets these re-
quirements. We might as well recog-
nize the fact that continually presenting (
candidates, good, bad. and Indifferent
for every vacant place is the surest way
Of getting nothing Eau Claire persued
that course for twenty years and got
what we get nothing At last a con-
vention occurred in which they said
they had no candidate. and offered TO
support men from other counties Their /
conduct SO won the admiration Of 9TH I
ers who had always been against Eau !
Claire that they nominated Mike Griffin |
for congress the next year. We should +!
have kept ont Of the field this time; hut I
since the deed has been done all we can /
10 is 10 say that We are sorry, and that /
We will offer better timber the next
time
What is said ir this editorial is not de- /
signed 50 be censure of Mr.. Agen. I
The TINES has always been friendly to /
him, and Is so yet He has many adj F
Inirable qualities. He is direct and sim
ccre IN his thought and action, and he I
has beer an active and untirinc worker
for Superior. He made a good assem- .
hyman and We would have been
pleased TO have supported him for the
State senate. We hope that the time
map soon come when we can do some
thing for Mr.. Agen again We have
supported him in the pas, for other +
places. We hope that he will not at
tribute his defeat TO treacherv on the /.
part of his friends nor To active hostility
on the part of his personal enemies. /.
Those were not the elements that stood
IN his way.