The Green Forest tribune., 1902-03-08
ROTATION IN OFFICE.
xtrhcts From the Fayetteville
 Speech of Hon. J. C. Floyd.

> > 55xtrhcts From the Fayetteville
 Speech of Hon. J. c. Floyd.
 Fm s%,5 The Harrison Times of last Sat- " 'fday published in full the speech e'5f Hon. J, c. Floyd, candidate fl laor the democratic nomination :ador congress, against Hon. Hugh s' as ]. Dinsmore, delivered at Fay 'STltteville during the joint can-
 ass of the district last fall.
 !, sa From literary point of view Alhis address is simply superb, R'vhile the argument used and the 's hought expressed therein show
 9he Speaker to be 8 man of fine well calculated to make 6 UT district an able congressman.
 Upening his address with a cu ueautiful tribute to the home own of MT. Dinsmore, the home Rp4f the state university, where he
 ,raduated B years ago, he paid wIs high a compliment to his dis eIainguished opponent as eloquent
 words almost could formulate.
 He readily admitted that were the smontest to be decided upon of popularity or person : iis,l Friendship for the candidates le should retire from the contest,
 @lr rather never should have en- elered it. But continuing. he said: h sThis, however, is not a per- v ,onal but political matter. In
 very political contest, and es- g;aeecially in every democratic con- ali est other and higher principles ', Ire involved than mere per- -onal considerations for the can
 lidates. In fact, a system of
 ire democracy, such was found-
 l in this country by our fore- athers more than hundred od'ears ago and which the party to which we belong seeks to main- re {, ain to this day, there is no ele-
 nent in government so repug-
 iant, so detestible and so utterly as sbhorent to right thinking people Q, Us the element of personal favor aism in the selection of public of- | icers. Wherever tolerated or in- Iyoked it gives rise to nepotism, rc:lass rule, class distinction, ''slass legislation, plutocracy and results in granting special privil- sl sges to the favored few to the ex- n,lusion of the common rights of 22II5he many. As men we are all
 mere mortals. As individuals we
 are born into the world, live, die
 and pass away as mere bagatells, but the human race of which the Vindividual is for the time being a neomponent part, lives through generation after generation and 2hever dies. In all matters of l5tatesmanship, the uppermost Consideration should be the good
 of the race or ofmankind in gen.
 eral. Principles are likewise Ieternal-eternal as the stars in 'the heavens. Principles govern
 ing human life, human thought, human actions and human insti-
 tutions, are as inflexible as the laws of gravity, and in propor- Aion as these principles are good ,Or bad, they bring veal or woe, contentment or misery, happi- pess or sorrow, to millions now
 living, who are within the scope and purview of their reach
 ing Influence, and to greater inil-
 lionsyet unborn. Public officers should be selected in keeping with we'll established customs and
 usages on account of ability, in-
 tegrity of character, and the
 soundness of their political prin- tciples-principles advocated not
 merely by word of mouth-but principles governing their lives. In Considering our respective claims for preferment, I therefore ask you not to look so much to us las individuals or personal friends,
 Rs to the issues we advocate, the principles we represent, the re- 'sults involved in our election, and to time honored usages and lcustOms of the democratic party Ito which we both hejonp