Amador ledger., 1906-05-18
No Anti-ConVention Booster.


policy always adhered to under its
present management, will take no
part in advocating the claim of any
prospective candidate for nomination
on the republican side before the
meeting of the convention. We take
it that it serves only to create dis
sension and division in the party
ranks, to urge through the columns
of newspaper the claim of any one
for consideration prior to the meeting
of the representatives of the party
that decides such issues. The re-
publican party of Amador county is
composed of intelligent men. The
members in the different localities
know better than the outsider the
fitness and popularity of aspirants in
their respective districts. We believe
in the free and imtrammeIed express
ion of the verdict of the majority on
such matters: without political COM
bines of any kind. When nominations
are made in that way, the candidates
are more likely to command the
practically united support of the
party than when the selection is
made as the outcome of intrigue and
wlrepulling. We have the utmost
confidence in the judgment of the
party as a whole, when their Sverdict
is expressed after an interchange of
views and free from the influence of
political manipulators. When a
ticket is so made up, it is more likely
to be solidly and enthusiastically sup
ported, then when the nominees are
dictated to suit the notions of few.
All the Ledger asks is that the
candidates be honest, intelligent,
capable men, and such they will
unquestlonably be if selected in the
manner herein indicated. We NAV
think this or that man would make
the stronger candidate; we may have
our. preferences for other reasons.
Such matters belong to the conven
tion. They have no business to be
paraded in the columns of the press
beforehand, with the inevitable result
OF distraction and inharmony. We
want to see clean and strong ticket
placed before the voters by the re-
publicans this campaign. With a
ticket so made up, there is no reason
why it should not be elected straight
through. We have the material from
which to select such a list of candi-
dates. We have the party adherents
IN suthclent torce to elect the re-
publican nominees. There is no more
disposition to scratch on the republi-
can than on the democratic side. All
things being equal a republican can
be counted upon to stand by his party
nominees as Loyalty as a democrat.
1t is simply a question of meeting the
standard of fitness from the view
point of the individual voter. If the
republican convention meets the re-
qulrements as we'll as the democratic
nominating body, the republicans
should win easily, as they are MINER
ally stronger. AmadoI is strongly
republican IN sentiment, and growing
stronger with the lapse of time. The
democratic party is without living
issue upon which to appeal to the
voters. 1t is being ground down by
the attrition of other political bodies.
gradually but persistentIy sapping its
vitality. Why, then, should the de-
votees of back number organization
the shattered idol of a once power
full body-fiIl the public places in a |
republican stronghold like Amador
county. If the republican conven
tlon will only meet the expectations
of its friends this anomalous con-
dition will be ended in the approach |
ing campaign. Republicans will take |
their rightful places at the head ct
the table. Let us work together t.
that end, not only in convention, but
before and after. Let US try what we
can do when pulling together, and not |
what we can accomplish by pulling
apart. The Ledger is not an advocate
OF standing by party nominees, simply |
because they are the party rominees, |
and regardless of their qualifications
for office. We cannot afford to ad-
vocate the election of any one whom
we believe is not a suitable man for
the position sought. We place fealty
to good government above the claim
OF mere partyism. All that repubIi-
cans ask in this crisis, is "give US
men that we can heartily support
ourselves and recommend to the con-
fidence and support of our friends. "