Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-10-26

for all Of US to get into line this
year and vote the ticket straight
and some other year we will get
our men on the ticket" This kind
of talk is just what the leaders fig
ure on and they have been through
it all before and they know that
promises are easy and that two
years must elapse before the prom
Uses are to be made good and then
they can appeal once more to party
loyalty. On the other hand, when
a party is in the minority it real
ICES that the best material within
it's ranks must be put forward.
The inferior men know a nomina-
ton means defeat and they there
fore refrain from pushing them
selves before the public. If we
had a majority and a nomination
meant election it is entirely posi-
BILE that some inferior men would
succeed in landing nominations.
1t may even be that in time we
would develop a town ring and a
political boss. But it does not
matter what we would do if we
had majority and a boss. What
we have done under present cir
cumstances is the qeustion before
US now. When the opposition
comedies that we have selected the
best material we are satisfied with
the concession and it does not con-
Germ US what we might have done
under different circumstances.
1t was the intention to nominate
candidates whose characters would
be a guarantee of faithful service,
if elected. Candidates whose stand
ing in their home precincts insured
the hearty support of their neigh
bors. The commentator that our
ticket has received shows that we
succeeded in our desire to secure
the best. We are free to say that
in putting forward good men we
expected to appeal to the members
of all parties. The spirit Of indie
pendence is growing throughout
the United States. Only two years
ago the republicans of New York
state endorsed the democratic can
didate for supreme judge because
of his recognized fitness for the
place. The present year William
Randolph Hearst, the proprietor
of the greatest democratic papers
in the country, is running for
mayor of New York on an indie
pendent ticket against Mayor Nc
Clellan, the democratic candidate.
1t may be that some of the tools
of the New York machine come
around to Hearst and whisper in
his ear that he ought to withdraw
from the race and support the
regular ticket. Perhaps they say
to him that the convention did not
do just the right thing but that he
must forget that and vote the tick
ct put up by the bosses. If they
do, their appeals fall on deaf ears
for Hearst and his great papers
continue to fight the regular Or
ganization and to assert their in
dependence. 1t is this spirit of
independence that is giving our
opponents so much trouble. Since
the convention adjourned they have
heard from the people and the re-
sponses to their appeals to vote
the ticket straight have not been
so hearty as in former years.
Three or four men may get to-
gether and parcel out the nomina-
tons but they will find that the
voters are going to be heard and
if their voice is choked in the con-
vention they will seek a hearing at
the polls. 1t is notorious that the
convention was dominated by
few men who had selfish interests
to serve and that trades and bar
gains were freely made, and that
men who have served the party
Loyalty for twenty years had to