Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-10-04
LOCAL

Even nature wore a smiling counte-
nance Saturday, Sept. 18th when lot
enthusiastic delegates gathered al
Fireman Hall to nominate the coun-
ty repre- sentatives for the next two
years. At no time. since the days of
the mass conventions. has 80 large on
so enthusiastic d body OF delegates
got together. nor held 50 harmonious Il
convention.
We have fired the ;irst gun in The
campaign. We have nominated i
good clean tcNet From top 10 bot
t,4ml ~r have no cue~c tn blush. ni;i
can 60 before the Voters with IN,
excuses no explanations and can ask
their support for the ticket on its
merits. vt this writing the populst-
have not nominated " ticket. I'hr
candidates have been exceedingly
char of contributing ~ notices to the
eNcheqGer OF the Sentinel. int we be-
ieve that tie leaders have decided! on
"a ticket that will b" acceptable to the
| party at large.
There are two ways of gaining The
support of the people. First by CON
vinciny them that oar candidates atl
best able TO care for the interest OF the
county. Secondly cnueavoring t.
convince them that the opposition
| ticket is unworthy their Support.
Which is the better way: We ar,
| warned against rearing structures on
sand. We believe that an attempt tC
| build up characters reputation on
business by pulling down that oil
others is building in just as unstable
| foundations. Let our candidate, %
| before the people then on their merits
| Let them enCeavOr To convince the
people that they can serve theil
| interests faithfully and we'll. Let
each man who took part in the con-
vention endeavor to win someone tc
! his way of thinking and when Nov.
9th rolls around. there will be n.
weeping or gnashihg of teeth in oul
camp. If the other fellows urge tina
they are ust as competent. just a.
willing remind them that they were the
first to introduce partisansiip into
local politics. the first to claim that tt
the victors belong the spoils.
Let every thoughtful. earnest vote
take into consideration the fact tina
the country at large was never st
prosperous. yet North Dakota is pass
inc through that which will probabl,
be the most critical period in its his
tory. Never before has she been. an
we hope that never again will she b
so dependent on outside capita
Under the present financial policy
under present business methods. "
have prospered and grown as fe'
states have. and yet in spite OF all thi
in spite of all the difficulties starln
+ US in the face. we are asked to utterl
reverse that financial policy complete
ly overturn that business manage
fored by the demo-populists had bee
: worthy Of considerations. if the
policy had promised q relief from OF
woes. we might have risked chang
. aud might have pulled through eve
n if the change had brought calamit.
n Speaking for ourselves. we know tn;
n we collected 90 per cent. of our ii
n debtedness. We believe that all on
\ merchants We're satisfied and that OF
n farmers cancelled at least q half mi
lion dollars of Indebtedness. Tn
: wear the reverse will be the case. {
who collects - per cent. will do e:
l. ceedingly we'll. The majority
farmers will 90 behind. and will d
J. pendent on capital to even pu
through. Can they afford to chan!
with nothing better offered tn;
promises anG unsupported promis
at that?