The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-09-06
The Question of Compromise.

The Question of Compromise.
Yielding to the tones of his
masters voice there has come
from a jealous source within the
last few days a prayer for COM
promise between the regular Re-
publican organization in Mar
shall county and the pretenders
and the little fellow absolutely
gets truthful in his zeal TO pre-
pare the way for dignifed re-
treat from the position of those
who used their power at the
Grand hotel that day and refused
to depart in any way from the
commands issued from a dis
lance at any cost to bring back
the organization 30 the weaker
camp. The people will recall that
day, but they and its incidents
should not be recognized for
anything but the shame they
wrought. The regular organiza-
ton, for the sake of peace and
harmony, went to considerable
length to pave the way for a le-
| gal and consistent adjustment of
the. difficulties and thereby Sc
cure the active cooperation of
even the dissatisfied ones. But
the ones who want compromise
now would yield no point in
their fancied power then. 1t was
a question of rule or ruin. Law
yers were not wanted to tell the
legal status of the case. Har-
monizers could get no recogni-
ton.
There is no better thing than
compromise There isn't much
worse than shame. But for hun
dreds of years compromise" has
been the dearest word in the vo-
|cabulary of the blackmailer, the
claim jumper ard the usurper of
the rights of others A man
brings an unjust suit. He pushes
it for compromise. The claim
Jumper seizes the property of the
man who has been there before.
and when the rightful owner OBJ
jects the claim Jumper begins to
suggest compromise. What has
the claim owner to compromise?
Is the defendant in a personal
injury suit bound to compro-
mise? Must man surrender his
entire rights merely to be COM
promiser and please the senti-
mental ones who pore over Am
erican history and glow in exult-
ant praise of the men who COM
promised The excellent exam
plies of historical compromise re-
cited were woven around men
who were big enough and broad
enolgh TO surrender on a ques-
tio,l Of belief. But none of those
men compromised upon rights.
Does the one who points to a
compromise as the one and only
thing to save the party in this
county feel for a moment that
any of those historical figures
would have given up some right
that they possessed merely be-
cause some one else claimed it?
And while the matter OF or
ganization is being discussed it
lis just as well to deal with a few
old fashioned principles of poll
tics, principles which obtain to-
day as they did at the birth of
the Republican party. No state
chairman, no district chairman,
no county chairman is in any
way greater than the party. He
has no rights that are not ex-
pressly declared. He is the ser
want of his party and is bound
in honor to give to those who
elect him the best and truest SER
vice that he can. Any man who
abuses his position as presiding
officer is unfit for service, and
his retirement is much to be de-
sired. The duty of the chairman
is plain, and his rights are no
greater than the humblest work
er in the party ranks. He is an
executive officer, and not a polit-
ical law maker. The chairman
of the Republican county central
committee has been regularly
eletted. He stands ready to give
his. best service to win success
for the entire ticket. The best
that is in him is at the command
of the party. All party workers
must be treated alike. 1t is a debt
of absolutely fair play to all the
workers in the party ranks that
he owes to those who elected
him. He owes it to the men who
regularly elected him to serve
out his term and render the best