Middletown transcript., 1904-09-24
THE PRIMARY ELECTION

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of this county holds a primary
to select its candidates for all
county, district and legislative
offices. That it is not a common
primary to be participated in by
all Republicans regardless of
faction is not due to any lack of
effortand willingness on the part
of the Republican County Com
mittee. Rather it is due to the
determination of the Chairman
of the Union Republican County
and City Committees to force
two tickets and elect Democrats
to Office if they cannot secure
their personal friends certain
positions. In spite of this desire
and action by the Chairman, a
large part Of the Union Renubli-
can voters have refused to vote
at their primary and intend TO
vote at the Republican primary,
thus making of to-day's nomina-
ton, in large sense, a common
primary. To meet this condi-
tion and to be consistent the Re-
publican County Committee unan-
imously decided to accept the
names of all Republicans regard
less of faction as candidates and
receive the votes Of all Republi-
cans who have not been recorded
as voted. In spite of this unan-
imous action Of the regularly
organized and constituted gov
erning authority of the county,
the EUening Journal, a so-called
Republican organ, which claims
to be the only simon-pure expo
nent Of Republican principles,
has the following to- say -
"Here are some hints to guide
you. There are candidates who
have already run at one primary
and propose to run ct another;
they would take their chances at
the Democratic primary if they
got the opportunity. What they
want is to get their name on the
ticket, they haven't made up
their minds what set Of princi-
pies they espouse. These men
were voted for at one primary,
and that should be sufficient to
satisfy any appetite.
Others are candidates for re-
election. Of cource you owe
them nothing; they have been
amply rewarded. The only
question you have to decide is
whether their merits as officials
are such as to demand their re-
election in order to best serve the
public interests. Otherwise
those who deserve well at the
hands Of the party and who have
not been rewarded, should be
given the preference.
To sum up, our advice is to
pick out good, clean men, new
men if they are fit for the Offices
to which they aspire, and men
with sufficient intelligence to
know whether they are Republi-
cans or Union Republicans"
We do not believe that any
other newspaper Of the State
has ever descended to such a
loW-doWn trick as this. There
are men whose names appeared
on the Union Republican ticket
and also appear on the Republi-
can ticket to-day, who are better
Republicans than any one con-
nected with the Journal Per-
sonally, we have our choice and
expect to exercise it and to use
all the influence at our command
to try and secure others to do
the same. But it will be done
without attempting to arouse fac
tional feeling. When the candi-
dates above referred to filed their
names they distinctly and speci-
tically agreed to abide the result.
Does any one who has followed
the course of the Journal believe
it will do SO? We do not.
AS to the candidates for re-
election, that question has been
settled and they have the same
rights and privileges that other
Republicans have Nomore and
no less. Because u certain off
cial has refused to give public
printing to certain paper is nc
good reason to attack another
man whose work and services
to the county and to the party
have been Of such nature thai
he was conceded q denomination
without opposition.