Amador ledger., 1902-07-04
A FRIENDLY SPIRIT.

With its usual friendly feeling for
lone the Jackson Ledger of last
week vaulted into the arena and de-
clared itself against the holding of
the county conventions in this city.
Just what we expected. Just what
the people expected. But we are to
make an attempt to get them, just
the same, and we hope that the old
hog town and the old hogs in the
parties will be sufficiently in the
minority to give us a show-Echo.
We venture to say that the people
of lone generally take no stock in
such ill-mannered and Incorporate
filings. The residents of the valley
town are too sensible to sanction such
editorial rawlings. They are able to
distinguish between a just demand
properly presented, and such empty
vaporings as the above. The editor
himself ought to blush to see it in
print. He seems to think ii is a
matter of much greater consequence
where the conventions shall be held,
than the success of any particular
set of nominees. We beg to inform
the Echo scribe that the Ledger's
''friendly feeling" extends to the
whole of Amador county, lone in
cluded. Unlike our cotemporary,
we entertain unfriendliness toward
no section Of the favored county in
which our lot is cast; which, judging
from the tone of the above article,
is more than can be said of the Echo
man. Abuse is not argument; it is
always the dernier resort of one de-
feated in the arena of legitimate dis
cussion. The man who imagines he
is helping the cause he represents
by dishing up such a mess of hog
wash to the public, is deceiving no
one but himself. Personally, the
writer cares not a snap where the
convention is held. The mere ex-
penditure of a few dollars in the
place where the meeting is held is
not worthy of consideration But
we do contend, and will continue to
contend, that the least inconvenience
in the matter of time and expense to
the greatest number, has been, and
should continue to be, the deciding
factor in such matters as far as the
county central committee is con-
cerned. Never since we have been
resident of Amador county has a
conven tion for the nomination of a
county ticket been held outside of
the county seat. The last conven-
tion was held in Sutter Greek, but
no county ticket was placed in the
field To ask the members of the
committee topursue an unprecedent-
ed course, by calling covention at
an uncentral point-it matters not
whether that point be lone, or
Lancha Plana, or Oleta or Volcano
would be fraught with peril. We
cannot understand how any one,
loyal to either party, would dream
of such a thing. Such despotic
powers were never intended to be
confded to the county central COM
mittee. What would be thought of
the state central committee if it
were to call a convention for the
nomination of full state ticket in
San Diego. Would such a course be
regarded in the interest of harmony
and party success? And this is no
more absurd than to ask the man
ayers of the local party to assume
the responsibility of attempting to
summon the republicans or demo-
Gratis in county convention at a
place distant from the center of the
county. If the question is to be
brought up at all, 1T be threshed
out on the floor of the convention;
let it be decided by the party in
convention assembled. In the fiat
tering estimation of the Echo, the
towns of central Amador may be
hog pens, and the residents thereof
hogs in human form, but let him
never think for a moment that they
are fools or lunatics.