Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-09

actly the same right to enforce order
there as here, and by the grace of God
we will do it. 1t is idle to talk about
abandoning or undoing a wrong. We
may have made bad bargain. but we
have done no wrong, and all such talk
is as idle as the wind.
A HIDDEN DANGER
The greatest danger to complete re-
publican success this fall lies in the
overwhelming one-sidedness of the out
look. AS the prospect presents itself
now, outside of few counties. there is
hardly a question raised as to the prob
able success of the republican ticket
and taking these conditions for granted
thousands of republican voters will re-
main at home on election day thinking
sistance. This is the one danger the
party has to fear this year, for there is
hardly a county wherein local elections
are to be held, that are not endangered
by close local contests. In counties
where the parties are equally divided
the opposition having no hopes of sue
cess for the state ticket will devote
every energy to capturing the county
elections and in those counties where
the republicans are apparently invlnci-
bic the wiley leaders of the opposition
will be found centralizing their strength
upon some one candidate for the pur-
pose of breaking into the republican
ranks and destroying the party's influ-
ence. Every fancied weakness upon the
republican ticket will be taken adyant-
I age of and magnified into a mountain
of trouble, republicans will be asked to
support the democratic nominee or
nominees as independent candidates
and in case enough should yield to ac-
complish an election, they will have the
pleasure of being told the next day that
we did it. Such a growing and cack-
ling as invariably taxes place is enough
4 to disgust every voter who has the well
fare of the republican party at heart
The problem of whether to follow
i strictly to party lines in selecting local
loficers is one that has puzzled many q
we'll meaning citizen. Often the con-
Icluslon has been reached, and not with
i out reason, that the best thing to do is
ito vote Tor the man and not the party
in matters such as town and county
government where party politics sell
/ dom bear any relation to local affairs
iWhere there is such marked differ
ienee in the capacities of several candi-
dates as to actually impair the public
service by supporting the ticket Of
fered by ones party no good citizer
should hesitate to register Veto ufof
the incompetent by voting for the mos
competent irrespective Of what part.
happens to be behlnd MN. The voter
of a republican form of government
!. should never allow party allegiance t.
be at the expense of good government
But in almost every case the differ
ence in the merits of two candidate
are mere matters of opinion. One ma
viii favor one candidate and his neigh
Dor, equally Wen Informed, Will fave
another. The question of principles i
in no way involved. 1t is in these in
stances that ones duty to his part
supercedes all other considerations.
preference upon mere personal ground:
which is so often allowed to contre
one's actions, should never be Above
: to influence "a vote. Especially is thi
: true with those party men who hav
repeatedly received honors and emolu
ments at the hands of their party. j
8 a party organization can not Deepen
n upoi' 'nese men ior SUPPORT "nefs ca