Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-11-16
OF the Tribe of Judas.

One of the most gratifying features
of the election, so far as this city and
county are concerned, was the rebuke
which the result gave to the few dis.
contented and disloyal republicans
who sought to give aid and comfort to
the enemy. The man who openly and
squarely enlists under any political
banner and who puts himself in line in
manly fight for the candidates who
he thinks should be elected and in sup
port of the principles which he deems
the right ones, is to be respected even
by those opposed to him, but even those
who.are favored by the alliance of an
migrate. or whose cause is sought to
be advanced by one who is untrue to
his own party, must desl Use him, and
having used him are ready to spurn
him.
Democrats who opposed the election
of republican candidates openly and
earnestly can take defeat in the same
manly way they fought, but it is
difficult to imagine how man must
hate himself and how Inundated he
must feel, if after having been arepub-
lican for years and having been favored
with the reward of office by the power
of republican votes, he becomes so
disgruntled because of q failure to
secure other emoluments and favors
as to turn about and attempt to stab
the party in the back.
The man who for other reasons of a
purely personal nature has during the
campaign sought to bring defeat to the
republican party while still processing
to be republican and who sought to
strengthen the cause of the enemy
simply for revenge for fancied wrongs,
must feel deeply humiliatedt to fndsthat
he has accomplished nothing except
to show himself to be treacherous and
ungrateful and thus to lose the conf
dence of those who have heretofore
trusted and esteemed him.
Party and personal obligations ought
not to rest heavily enough, on any man
to prevent his acting freely in accord
with the dictates of his conscience, but
there is moral obligation which for
bids any man from being treacherous
and ungrateful. lfone honestly is con-
WINGED that the party to which he has
been long attached is advocating wrong
principles and he dsires to so declare
himself it certainly is his privilege to
do so, but he should not come to such
a conclusion hastily. Having carefully
considered the matter and having hon
estly reached the conclusion that he
should change his party affiliations, he
can continue to maintain at least his
own self respect and of many others
if lie manfully and openly makes this
avowal. But there is class of repub-
licans, fortunately few in number, who
as in the campaign just closed were
simply miffed about some persona
matter, or who had some personal am
bition to gratifyl who quietly and
treacherously sought to knife some OF
the candidates on the ticket and to
secure votes for the democratic oppo
nent. Some of these not only forsook
their principles for the sake of crafty
ing personal spleen, but also showed
ingratitude to those who had befriend-
ed them and to those whose interests
they were bound by every honorable
consideration to further instead of at
tempt to injure.
1t is gratifying to republicans that
the democrats were beaten, but espec-
tally gratifying that such disgruntled
and tickle republicans as sought to
give aid and comfort to the enemy find
the result no evidence that their dirty