The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-10-18

publicans of Iowa under Governor
| Cummins, the Democrats of Missouri
| and Massachusetts, and the Republic
cans again of Wisconsin.
On the other hand, consider the
| men nominated at Jamestown and
the method by which they secured
| their nomination, and also the plat
form of principles upon whic they
| ask the SURFACES of the people? We
do not attack their character as men
F., but we do claim that most of them
as public servants are the mere tools
of the corporation bosses, and that
their official conduct has been and
will continue to be controlled by the
dictates and wishes of their masters.
Their platform is conspicuous for its
silence as to party principles. About
the only principles set for is that the
party is in favor of an amendment of
the primary election law so as to
make it apply to candidates for state
office, but this met with strenuous
opposition from the gang and was
adopted by a bare majority of the
delegates in the convention. The bal
ance of the platform consists of eu-
logies upon platform leaders and high
men have been in public life for
years and their political record speaks
for itself.
You know that the passage Of a
primary election law extending to all
state and county offices, means the
death OF the political machine in this
state. You know, too, that the poll
teal machine, in order to perpetuate
it's existence, will bitterly oppose the
enactment of such law; and the en-
tire machine ticket, will be unfriendly
to the passage of such law, and if
forced to submit will endeavor to
give to- the people law that will not
stand the constitutional test; hence
you have everything to gain and no
thing to lose by the defeat of the ma
chine ticket. The resolution in IA
vor of such a primary election law
was adopted without a dissenting
voice and in the midst OF the greatest
enthusiasm in the democratic conven-
ton, which such resolution was adopt
ed after a long and strenuous fight
on the part of the machine against
it, and by a bare majority, and not In
good faith, but for the purpose of
trying to keep the insurgents in line
for the machine. Voter! which is bet
ter, to have in power an administra-
ton heartily in favor of the passage
Of such primary election law, or an
administration which is bitterly OPP
posed to it and whose life depends
upon the defeat Of such a law? It is
for you to decide.
that has been waged in the Republi-
can party during the past year be-
tween the friends Of good government
the men who actually stood for hon
est reform, and the machine politi-
clans who are now in control. Had it
not been for the assistance given by
the corporations to the machine, the
so-called insurgents, the men who be-
lieve in honest government, would
have been successful. These reformers
We're defeated at Jamestown by the
usual tactics employed by the gang"
If these friends of good government
had been successful there would have
been adopted at jamestown a plat
form similar in most respects to the
one adopted by the democrats at Mi
friends of good government is to unite
regardless of party affiliations, and
fight the common enemy, and if they
do this we are satisfied of victory
at the polls in November, and this is
the only way to bring about the de-
sired reforms in the politics of this
state.
Voters! whatever may have been
your political creed and affiliations in
the past, we ask you as citizens Of
the state to give us your loyal sup
port in this campaign; and we pledge
our candidates, If elected, to give you
a clean, business-like administrations;
to enforce the laws; to grant no spe-
cial privileges to corporations or 9TH
ers. and to compel the railroads to
pay their just share of the taxes Of
the state. With your assistance we
will drive the men from power who
have SO long served the railway cor
porations and neglected the people;
with your aid we will restore to the
people the reins of government in this
state.
UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORT
FISK FOR SUPREME JUDGE