The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1904-09-16
Poole, w. T. Patterson, Nick M.
Benin. Herman Theil.

OOAO, w. L. dICc1SOu, NlCh M'
Benin. Herman Theil.
The following were nominated for
tho Office of constable A. n Bau-
mann, James Stewart, F. A. Schmel-
zer, E. J. O'Brien.
The chair then called for the nom
nations for the Office of county Judge.
1t was moved and seconded and car
ried that this Office be left open and
the central committee instructed to
make a selection of candidate.
The report of the committee on res
olutions was called for and the COM
mittee reported as follows:
We re affirm the time -honored doc
trine that a public Office is public
trust, that county and state officials
are servants of the people, whose sole
aim should be to give true, concien-
tious and capable administration, re-
gardless Of race, creed, geographical
situation or party affiliations.
Believing this to be true test of
public service as citizens Of this county
independent of party, we condemn the
present situation of the republican
party Of this county, so controlled and
manipulated by scheming politicians
for private ends, as to force upon the
nominees for county Office the require
ment of securing the endorsement Of
of their county central committee be-
fore making appointments of the SER
wants Of the people.
We deplore the weakness of the re-
publican nominees who signed such an
agreement, and pledged themselves to
such pernicious procedure. We charge
that such policy can result only in
the prostitution of public service, in
promoting graft and rascality in Office,
in making public service a secondary
matter, and regarding public Office as
a gift or reward to be given for party
profit and not as sacred trust to be
accounted for to the people. We will
not be understood as charging that
rascality or graft exists in any Bot
tineau county Office and take pleasure
in bearing testimony to the integrity
of the present county officials but re-
affirm that low ideals of public service
cannot be beneficial to the people,
We call the attention of the people of
this county to the fact that such
state of affairs as now exists in the
republican party of this county in its
attitude to public service is simply a
Eeory of the 'situation this state
where in larger radius the same con-
ditions exists and that the controlling
influences in the republican party Of
this state at the present time use opp
ortunity, place and power solely to pro-
mote the private ends Of parties and
relying on the large majority which
the 1epu blican party has secured, has
reached state intolerable to the con-
cience of the people. We pledge our
selves to a faithful administration,
will cooperate with all those seeking
to remedy this situation and call upon
all good citizens regardless of party to
assert their power and influence in
throttling this evil before the public
service Of this county is presented to
irresponsible politicians to further
thier own private ends.
We call the attention Of the electors
of this county to the ticket presented
by this convention where nominations
have been made regardless of party
limitations. We assert that public
service is superior to party ties and
believing that the selfish, designing
and corrupting influences now at work
in the republican party call for i'm
mediate action have disregarded the