The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-07-14
The Republicans Greeting.

AAe NepuO11cauS OTeeCluS.
The REVIEW gives greeting to the re-
publicans of Crawford whose represen-
tatives will meet here in convention to-
morrow. 1t means something to be a
republican in this democratic county
1t means that one cares more for prin-
ciple than for the loaves and fishes of
public Office. 1t means that for the
sake Of what these republicans consider
the cause Of good government they are
willing to be to a large extent olsen
franchised in county affairs. Despite
these facts the republican party in
Crawford has been making steady
growth during the past few years. The
utter inadequacy of democracy during
the Cleveland administration, the pros
perity which has come with the Nc
Kinley administration, the wild and
untenable theories Of Bryan and his
ilk have all contributed to the increase
of the republican vote. Even the
treachery of those formerly high in the
party councils has reacted and is help
ing the republican cause.
There is but one thing which can re-
tard this steady growth and that is
divisive strife in our own ranks. Let
us remember first, last, and all the time
that we are republicans, that the party
does not exist simply to crafty person
al ambitions or prejudices. That it is
great living principle we are fighting
for, not personal aggrandizement. He
serves himself the most who serves
himself the least. To make ones in
fluence felt is not the highest stand
ard of party fealty.
| We feel that these words of advise
are to great extent unnecessary. We
feel that the republicans have too
sound Judgment to make the party a
vehicle for the furtherance of personal
likes or dislikes. We feel that they
know that success depends as much
upon the loyalty and zeal of the repub.
llcans OF one part of the county as an
other.
The REVIEW has no enmity toward
any republican in Crawford county. il
IS gladly willing to support any candi-
date whom the party in its wisdom NAV
see tit to nominate. The REVIEW
never scratches its TICKET, never bolts.
never damns by faint praise, never
makes anything but the best kind of a
straightforward contest it knows how.
The REVIEW endeavors to confine it's
work to the principles of republicanism
1.-The larger, broader issues upon which
all can unite, and to leave matters
within the party to settlement by the
party without endeavoring through its
columns to influence the decision in
favor of any man or set of men. In do.
ing this we reserve however the person
al right as republican to think as we
deem best on party questions, right
which should be cheerfully accorded to
every man.
The REVIEW congratulates the re-.
publicans Of Crawford upon the splen-
did, brainy men who are included in its
ranks, it congratulates the party upon
the earnest, struggle it has made
against odds for SO many years, it con-
graduates the party upon the fact that
the carrying out Of its principles has
brought prosperity and blessings to the
nation, and it congratulates the party
in Crawford more particularly upon
the fact that it has given to the state
and nation one its brainest and most
able statesmen in the person of Cover.
nor L. M. Shaw. He has proven him.
self one OF the very best of Iowa g illus.
trlous governors, his name and fame
have spread throughout the nation. In
honoring him we but honor ourselves.
There is nothing within the gift of the
people too good for him. We are firm.
y convinced that his political career
has but just begun. That other and
greater honors are in store for him.
He is the kind of man the people want
aud the people have habit of getting
what they want in the long run.
Crawford county republicans should be
extremely careful to do nothing which
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vancement. We do not know what
even the near future may have for him.
Let us keep ourselves in readiness to
assist him heart and soul as we did in
1897. That he will be renominated is
beyond question, his record as governor
has assured him this. we want to do
nothing to prevent his having the larg-
est majority ever given candidate for
governor. Let us act with this end in
view and with further eye to those
contingencies of fate which may mean
even greater things for him and for
Crawford county.
Whether United States senators
should be elected by direct vote of the
people is still an open question. at