The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-09-19
JUDGE MAeUIRg.
The Well Known Spokane Socialist
Nominated for Superior JUDGE.


Nominated for Superior Judge.
In accepting the nomination by the
socialists, who are strong in Spokane
county, Wash, Judge Mcguire gives
out the following dignifed letter:
CAS- duty of citizenship I accept
the nomination, and if elected and
the state of my health (now precari-
ous) permits, will serve. That the
office might have sought and could
easily have found one better quail
fed is of no concern to me person
ally; citizens with whom l am in &C
cord politically, without connivance
on my part-the only strictly honor
able way any man can become can
didate for office-have asked me to
stand for the Office, and l only know
selfish reasons for declining; there
fore, I accept. There is no place for
me in the pending campaign except
under the banner of socialism, and
cannot see that there is any other
place for any class of humanitarians
or Christians.
OF course, as runs the popular
thought, there is not the slightest
possibility of electing a single nomi-
nee on the socialist ticket, but these
are times of much freakishness in
public opinion. We might be at the
stage of public that Lincoln had
in view in that fine play of humor
of his about the impossibility of
'fooling all the people all the time
in one Of the times when surpris-
ingly large number will refuse to be
fooled. / do not think there is much
danger of socialism going below num-
Der three at the next election here,
though some of the manipulators are
just waking up to the fact that there
is socilistic ticket in the field.
"It is difficult to see how true and
consistent populists or peoples party
voters of the past can be other than
socialists now. Every old populist
who is true and consistent is a So
cialist today; only intriguers for Of
flee are on the outside-the schemers
who sold out in 90, when both
branches of the legislature, backed
by a governor who protested to be
populist, were populistic-when,
had those calling themselves populist
been true and consistent, they might
have made Washington the first state
to enact a direct legislation law Gan
honor reserved for republican Ore
gon some years later)-might have
ourbed the rapacity of the railroads
might have done all the good
things they promised the people, but
in every instance failed to do. Do
the schemers supposed with this in
famous record of treachery and du-
plicity, they can again lead .reformers
into their trap?
GAS an educational movement, 20
litical reform has never retrogressed,
and it will advance until it's mission
is accomplished-until we have a
government and for men and not Of
and for dollars. The progress is by
successive impulsions of educational
influence, each inrolling tide elimi-
mating and bleaching inimical clemens
as the forces gather for the next and
grander demonstration,
1.-THE honors and emoluments of
office are nothing, the triumph of
principle is everything. Treat with
contempt it merits the demagogue
appeal, Don't throw away your
VOTE" and know you not only throw
your vote away, but your soul with
it, when your only voting motive is
to secure some friend an official sal
ary."