Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-04-11
THE WAY WE FEEL ABOUT IT.

It is not expected that newspaper
will become Extensively partisan or
aggressive in city campaign, unless
there we're very grave reasons for it..
Any honest, respectable man has a
right TO .snire t,, Office and he also has
q right to expect to be treated fairly
-Deadwood Pioneer-Times.
That is about the most reasonable
way to look at these city elections.
Every individual has his opinion in
the matter, and where no party action
is taken in the regular way, 10y
holding primaries and conventions, az
election cannot help being more or less
personal. That is, the nominees are
the more likely To represent personal
ambitions or interests rather than any
we'll defined issues-and we might say
especially so when nominated by Pc
tition-so that whatever a newspaper
might do or say iii city cam
paign of that kind must be personal.
For that very reason the STAR has, we
believe with but one single exception
during the past ten years-and that
was four years ago-not taken an act
i've part in the city elections. This
paper has politically been firm adj
herent tothe will OF ftherepublicanp party
whenever the party i'll it's regular way
decides upon its nominees and its
principles. Two weeks ago the STAR
expressed itself concerning the NAM
ing of "republican'' city ticket, and
nothing has since transpired to change
our views relative thereto
The city is, as usual, again confront
ed " ith two city tickets, each nomina-
ted without any regular party conven-
tion-one by petition, the other by
mass meeting Of citizens regardless of
politics. Consequently it remains for
voters TO individually use their own
Judgment in the matter, outside of po-
litical partisanship. The names of the
various candidates appear in the Of
fetal election notice elsewhere in this
paper.
The opinions expressed in this paper
relative to the manner and methods of
nominating "iepublican' city ticket
by petition are the personal views of
the editor. We contend that there is
a right way to nominate regular re-
publican ticket, which all loyal repub-
licans would feel in duty bound to
support. When it is not done that
way, according to custom, the ticket is
not a party ticket, even though it has
party name. Now that is the opin
ion of IS radical Il partisan as there is
in Hot Springs, and no accusations OF
party disloyalty shall deprive us Of
expressing such opinions. The princ:
pal nominees upon both tickets are re
publicans and the STAR has nothing but
the kindllest feeling toward all, but
this peper has registered and shall con
tinue to register what it believes to be
just objection to a few men seeking
for private gain to foist ticket upor
the republican party, and force thai
party to shoulder whatever blame may
come from such action, without givinf
the party any voice whatever in it. NJ
party can maintain the confidence o
the people by such methods, and it il
the welfare of the public and the party
that this paper looks to, rather thar
the self-interest of individuals-even
though such a course may at times
friends. If these sentiments can be
co nstrued as treasonable to the party
whose hammer we are proud to carry
W e s1e willing to take the consequences