The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-03-09
WHY A REPUBLTCAN TICKET.

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WHY A REPUBLICAN TICKET.
A vigorous effort has been made in
certain quarters to have 1t appear
that the REGISTER alone is responsi.
bic for the calling of convention to
nominate a Republican city ticket,
and that nobody else wants it. OF
curse this is not the case. The call
was issued by the Republican commit
teemen, representing every ward in
the city, and the action was
unanimous, not even a suggestion OF
dissent coming from any quarter.
And the committeeman represented
as they then believed, and as they
now more than ever believe, the sem
timents of their constituents. The
Republicans of lola believe that Re-
publican city ticket should be NOM
mated and elected this spring for the
fol owing reasons:
First: 1t is good Republican poll.
tics. a campaign ofgreat importance
is just beginning, in which the cleo
tion of State and National tickets is
involved. 1t goes without saying
that the political control of city of
six thousand people will be of great
advantage in this campaign. The Re-
publican party is entitled to that adj
vantage by reason Of the fact that it
lie in the majority, and it would be
very foolish to throw it away. 1t is
very certain that If the Populist party
had that advantage it would not
waste it.
Second: 1t is good business. As
individuals the members of the pres
ent city council are good citizens and
nobody doubts that they have the
good Of the city at heart. But they
weuld be the first to admit that they
had not accomplished anything of i'm
portance in the way of public inn
provement and that there is very
little in the record they have made to
which they can point with pride.
And "this poos, record has resulted,
not from want of will to do well, but
from lack of harmony. And that
lack of harmony has resulted from
lack of responsibility to any political
party. Being responsible to nobody
there has been no settled policy, no
definite end to work toward, no unity
of purpose. Instead of these every
fellow has had his own opinion and
held it, there has been continual see
saw, perpetual conflict of cross-pur-
poses, and the business of the city has
anyone doubts that if these same men
had been holding Office as representa-
tives of the Republican party they
would have accomplished n.fOld
more. than they have done. Party
pride and their interest in continued
party success would have compelled
them to get together and do some-
thing. If they had not done this of
their own accord, they would have
been prompted and prodded by other
Republicans who were Interested in
having a good party record made,
and there can be no doubt that the
result would have been vastly to the
advantage of the city of lola.
The REGISTER hasn't a word to say
against the gentlemen who were
named by the "Citizen's" convention
Monday. Personally they are all ex-
cellent gentlemen, and many of them
are Republicans. The only objection
to their election, or the chief one, is
that they do not stand for any fixed
policy, any well-defined political
principles, they are not responsible to
anybody. We have had that sort of
thing in lola long enough now to have
given it fair trial, and nobody will
assert that 1t has been a glittering
success. Let us try the other plan
awhile. Non.party management hav-
ing proven disappointing, let us try
party management awhile.
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