The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1902-07-19
PUT ONLY GOOD MEN ON GUARD

II selecting candidates for State Offices
certain classes of men should be avoided.
Among these are chronic, Office seekers
and chronic office holders. They are
usually men Of small intellectual calibre.
ignorant, incompetent, Enthusiastically
and interruptions. They are absolutely
destitute OF principle, and are Republic
cans, Democrats or Silver men for rev.
enue, and for evenue only, and to Sc
cure the revenue for themselves they
would sell out not only their party, but
their dearest personal friends on the
ticket.
II they fail to secure the nomination
for the coveted Office, they bolt and i'm
mediately offer their political services
and influence to the highest bidder in the
opposite party. They try to justify their
desertion and political infamy by alleging
corruption in the party they left, and
thereafter masquerade as political reform
ers Of the purest type.
In what does the alleged party corrup-
ton consist? Why in not electing them
to Office, or in not continuing them in the
offices they have already disgraced if
they had been previously elected. They
flatter themselves that they own the Of
fees, that they were created for their es-
pecial benefit, and that to dispute their
claim to perpetual incumbency would be
rank treason to the commonwealth.
To steal and plumber, according to their
code of political ethics, is all right, but to
be detected is infamous. They act &C.
cordingly, and exercise all the ingenuity,
the low cunning Of their craft, to cover
up their tracks. Occasionally they are
detected, and if they fail to evade the
responsibility of law, and obtain free
tickets to States prison, they immedi-
ately become E~vangelists, put on a look
OF injured innocence. and preach to the
benighted inmates the sublime gospel
OF peace on earth, good will toward men.
If they succeed in eluding justice they
still pose as political reformers, are still
willing to serve the public and to affiliate
with any political party whose machinery
they can manipulate to their own profit.
They tell the dear people all they have
done for them, all they have done for
the State and Nation, and the personal
sacrifices they have made in the inteaests
of tho no tv thav rapraaapf
They would like to retire from public
life, to the peaceful joys of home and
loved ones, and the society of friends and
neighbors dear to them from life long as
ISOLATION but their sense Of duty is 80
strong that when grave issues are at
stake involving the interests of the peo-
pie, the prosperity OF the State, and per-
haps, the perpetuity OF the Nation, the
public is entitled TO and must have the
benefit Of their inestimable services, no
matter what hardship or personal sacri-
fees it entails upon the long-sntfering,
patriotic and public spirited Office holders
or office seekers.
This is the sort OF pabulum the selfish,
hypocritical office seeker offers to the
people for their votes. He tells them how
much he has done and how much he ex-
poets to do for them, but says never a
word of what they have done for him,
and pretends that he has no personal in
terest in the matter and seeks Office only
for the public good. !
The SENTINEL believes that the Office
should seek the man, not the man the
Office, and that every chronic office
seeker and Office holder should be
elected to stay at home, and be per-
mitted to enjoy to his utmost capacity
the pure, sweet joys of domestic life.
The people, not the political bosses,
should choose the candidate for Office and
hold each candidate 81 chosen RESPONSE
blefor the faithful and honest performance
of the duties OF the Office to which he is
elected. When office holders understand
that they are responsible to the people
from whom they derive their authority.
not to plundering. political bosses, they
will render better service to the public
and give q better account of their stew
ardship.
Let the bosses stand aside, give the
people an inning. and nominate and elect
only good men and true to office, is the
advice of the SENTINEL to each political
party in the State.
A word in reference to the above. and
To other reeapt editorials in the SENTINEL.