Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-05
PRINCIPLE OR PARTY.

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--nro,d 10 belong 10 the great party
,hs, has held sway In this country
while such tremendous advances nave
been made In a hundred direcuonh'
We believe heartily In the principles
Of the republican party. but TOT tnis
very reason we are the more inciin.
Cd 10 object when any. masqueranlhg
A the banner of republican'sm'
seek 10 do unrighteousness and perpe.
trate yilIiany and abuses.
II has sometimes been the fashion
for men and newspapers 10 praise az
vays that which ~ American % 70
condemn all that Ia foreign under the
mistaken idea that this Is PATRIOTISM
Thereby much mischief hal beeh
broe Also there has been a vogue
om the mart III adberents Of those OF
POLITICAL faiths TO pretend 10 regard
rs Immaculate everything ma
cYuana.ed form or concerned on'
marry and TO condemn unsparlbgis
ali ina, had 10 do with another party.
Jus, as far as this has been done'
s,,s, in that measure have we en-
tbroped party above principle 70 lhs
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lasting injury 10 both
We believe II is just and figh' ann
Salutary To be more quick 10 cohoenin
The faults of ourselves. our country
our party than TO censure me oinsl
yelIow We have high authority 0
The wisdom OF removing the obstruer
lion from our own eye before al
,emuting any process OF elimination
ia regard to our neighbors optic. ANA
re are inclined to maintain that we
are q better republican than the man
who IL willing 10 accept any'nihs,
condone anything. support anythine
that Is done In the name OF repub'i-
cAnism.
Relieving az we DO. II would be a
pretty hard task 10 vote a repnuiicaa
ticket In the state OF Colorado. Inc
dominant Colorado republicans are q
disgrace 10 their party In the nation
and they are doing much 10 dnve
the state back to the ranks OF democ-
racy.
The thoughtful people Of all par
ties In these United States Deiieve
that Peabody was 10 elected over
Adams AZ governor Of Colorado. They
A not believe that he believes ne
vas elected. And II he does 70 De
lieye they think he IN a poltroon ID
have consented TO an arrangement by
which he was declared elected by a
republican legislature with the coh
ditiOn that he must pass the Oflice
on 10 a~nother--but afte" be MAD
named the members OF the supreme
court desired by certain i~nfluen'ia'
corporations.
thousands OF people said when the
new judges succeeded to power mat
the supreme court would be snDser-
Went 10 the will OF the bosses. II ~
has been honest and just In Its re-
cent action OF ~unseating hundreds oil
democratic officials In Colorado on
the f1imsiest sort Of pretexts II VIII
be difficult TO make many people OF
any party believe II.
There can be little doubt but the
300 odd officials unseated by the ar.
bitrary power OF the court had receiv-
ed a majority Of votes at the polls.
To the nation IL appears that repub-
leans are put In the vacated places
by the most arbitrary action OF a tu-
dicial tribunal that has been taken
In this country for years. And the
people resent any such course on the
part Of that branch Of the govern
ment which have been led 10 believe
ID the bulwark OF our liberties. PEG
pie outside OF the Centennial state
are inclined e make excuse by say
Ing, "Oh, II couldn't have happened
but In Colorado. But
think what a name Colorado Is max
Ing for herself.
The supreme court has undertaken
10 hush the voice Of criticism al home
by citing Y. s. Senator Patterson TO
appear before IL TO answer to charges
contempt for publishing In his pa
pers. the News and Times, articles
which do little o than represent
Iairly the feeling which people gen.
orally have concerning the matter.
However. the senator probably Is In
he position Of the New York lawyer
who was arguing a case before a
justice. He was not show.
lng his contempt for the court. he
was trying hard to conceal It.
Senator Patterson Is a democrat,
but he appears to be the most able
md fearless champion OF the things