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Nominate the Best Men.
Nominate the best men for Office,
writes A. NJ. Willoughby, editor of the
Greensburg Gnd.) Review. 1t is a
lamentable fact that not always do the
best men offer themselves for Office. 1t
is equally true that even good men
men who by their character and rep
utation for honesty and uprightness
appeal to the people and are accepted
with satisfaction by the voters-are
not always among the candidates for
each Of the various offices to be filled
at the November election. But it is
the sacred duty of every smfragist to
cast his ballot and influence for the
man or men who will measure up to the
highest standard demanded by the peo-
pie.
The wave of reform that is now
sweeping the country and will continue
to sweep 1t, would never have beer
heard Of IL all men IN public office had
discharged their duties according to
law and the best interests Of the pub
lie. Who is responsible for these men
being in office? Possibly some of the
men who have betrayed the confidence
of the people procured their nomina-
lions and elections by false pretenses,
in that they posed as honest and up
right citizens in the ante-election days,
but it does not require a riotcus run
of the Imagination to conclude that
there was something wrong earlier.
Men do not change in a single day.
With the disclosures Of official ras-
cality that have been made has come
a widespread inclination to examine
more closely into the character Of the
candidates. That a man is known and
accepted by his associates as a good
fellow" is not sufficient to satisfy the
average voter. There must be some
thing more than this. There must be
ability and a reputation for honesty
before the great mass Of the voters
will consent to cast their ballots for
the elevation OF men to positions of
power and trust. With the demand for
reform-for honesty in the administra-
ton Of every public ofice-has come
a ~loosening of the ties, that have here
tofore held political parties. 1t is my
humble opinion that never again will
we see party lines so closely drawn
as they have been in the past. Men
will vote the Republican ticket where
Ire oonaIIofoc onl r~fpcfnIoc doSoru0
to win. This has been shown over and
over again So the way to win and
hold the confidence and support Of tn
voters is t. put forward such men as
will command the respect and conf
dence Of men Of all parties. Good men
for every Office should be the watch
word. Do not slight the unimportant
Offices. Zee that every man named
for a place on the various tickets to be
selected is of the best to be lad A
good man for even a minor Office is a
source Of strength to a ticket.
Republican Party's Fifty Years.
All over the United States prepara-
ions are being made by the Republic
an clubs for participation in the gold
en- jubilee of the party, to be held In
Philadelphia IN June II, Is and 10
Of this year, under the auspices of the
National 2en=5Iican league. Pennsyl-
vania, which naturally has a special
interest In the celebration, Is leading
or in the work. Philadelphia has just
had a meeting Of the Republican clubs
Of that town, as a preliminary to the
task Of entertaining the visitors from
all oyer the country at the coming
sem~icentennial. New York, Boston,
Chicago and all the other centers of
population are getting ready to hold
conventions preparatory 20 the selec-
tion OF delegates to the Philadelphia
gathering. The chan ,s are that this
will be more interesting that any Of
the Republican reunions which have
been held thus far, although that of
1904, in Jackson, Mich, to celebrate
the meeting Of the first Republican
state convention ever held anywhere,
attracted attention all over the coun-
try and had many distinguished par
Elephants There will be an especially
warm welcome for Missouri at Phila-
delphia- In the Fremont canvass of
1856 there was no Republican organi-
zation in Missouri, but a Republican
organization was started o after.
and it has been maintained ever since.
There are excellent reasons to believe
that Missouri's swing TO the Republic
an side in 1904 for President repre-
cents a condition which will be per-
mament. Missourf's representatives at
the Fremont semicentennial In Phila-
delphia will receive a welcome from
their Republican comrades from the
re : the country which will be mem
orable for its fervor.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Revf e the Tariff OF Course.
Back OF all, and overlooking all, will
be the tariff issue.-The Hon. John
Sharp Williams, In defining the Demo-
cratic issues for 1908.
That Democrats Of Mr.. Williams
kind would seek to make the tariff a
leading issue was to be expected. The
tariff, being a concrete effort to meet
existing conditions, is always open to
discussion because those conditions
change. Nor are thinking Republicans
at all alarmed by the prospect of a
tariff campaign in 1908. They are not
afraid Such Republicans do not regard
the Dfugley schedules as sacred nor