The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-11-27

was called 20 nominate a candidate for
congress over eight months before
election, giving the people only one
weeks notice, this paper denounced
this method of thwarting the will of
the people and allowing five men to
say that only one man should be a
candidate in that convention,
We did not do this in the interest
of any nal or in opposition TO any
man, but simply in the interest of
government by the people and for the
people.
Because VT did this the editor of
the Tribune was denounced as a kick
er and a disorganizer and all the
henchman of ire one candidate were
set to work To destroy the Tribune if
possible.
The Tribune was to be taught that
if it dare express an opinion in favor
of government by the people it would
be crushed; but we still survive and
want To present a few facts for the
consideration of our readers.
In South BEND and Elkhart the
same tactics were carried out in the
nomination of city tickets and the re-
suit was overwhelming democratic
majoriGies where republican majorities
were previously given.
South Bend, which ought to have
given a republican majority of 1000,
elected a democrat mayor by over
1000 majority and elected the entire
democratic city ticket.
The st. Joseph county republican
convention had then been called and
the South Bend Tribune which had
stood in with the combination, saw
the Handwriting on the wall" and in
a frantic appeal To republicans not to
desert the party took the position
taken by the Plymouth Tribune almost
three months earlier and said:
But the straw that broke the cam
els back was the method the republic
cans used in the selection OF the dele.
gates to the city convention. This
was the first time the republicans have
reSorted to such politics and it is to be
hoped the last. 1t needs no explana-
tion, as the one who were implicated
in it know what it was. Let 1T be a
warning and go to the ward caucuSes
Saturday and nominate, in such a
manner that the labOring man will
have as good a show as the politician.
then it don't hurt, and every republic
can will put his shoulder to the wheel
and we will score an old time victory.
Congressman Bricks personal organ
had got its eyes opened, but not SO
with the henchmen of ring rule in
Marshall county; they still believed
that the proper thing for Marshall
county republicans was for Postmas-
tiers Yockey and Pickerl to tell re-
publicans what TO do and have them
do it. These two men and their satel-
lites did this as far as they were able
and the result was written in Novem-
Der.
Every man with a grain of political
sense knew that Mr.. Brick would be
elected and knew also that the wav to
keep down democratic majOritieS in
Marshall county was to make a long
pull and a strong pull for the republi-
can county ticket.
But these men did not have sense
enough to know this. They were
frightened because they knew they
had been trying to fool the people and
they were willing to sacrifice every
county candidate through fear of los
ing offices for themselves.
And not satisfied with the disor-
g%anization which they had wrought
they are still denouncing the Tribune,
because it supported the whole repub-
licap ticket and did not devote all its
space to a single candidate.
These are the men who r back of
what they call a new republican pa
per-a paper to deprive the people of
all their rights and substitute govern
men by two or three postmasters for
government by the people.
This paper has always opposed snap
conventions and all skulduggery in
politics.
1t never has and it never will sup
port candidates who are not fairly and
honestly nominated if it Knows what
it is doing. 1t will in the future, as
in the past, demand that every man
who wants a nomination shall be given
a fair chance.
We knew last February that this
was good republican doctrine and we
ask every man who doubts it to read
over and over the paragraph from the
South Bend Tribune quoted in this
article.
City Council Proceedings.
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