The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-11-02

Slre,. 60 discuss at length, the issues
OF this campaign.
| will try however in supplementary
way to point out the Importance OF
putting Citizenship before partizan-
Eship.
I A self,evident fact Of record, declar-
es. that in order to perpetuate a re-
Ipublic, 1t Is necessary to maintain
fmoie than one political organization
And It is generally understood that
after party has been in power sew
feral gears, or for a considerable time,
1T becomes corrupt.
Keeping the one party in power
indefinitely is directly opposed to the
principles upon whicha republic is
POUNDED, and to regulate this the
people should vote change occas.
ionally.
A few weeks ago when Secretary
OF war Taft opened the campaign in
North Carolina. he told them down
there they were making a great mis-
take by not taxing advantage OF vot
! ing for two political parties, instead
fof one. Now the salse thing could be
said i'll regard TO our voting here in
the North, only we should set the
better example, and the result would
help break up what is termed the So
lid south. The use of more than one
party, lis our common right as u re-
public. and ii we fail to use both, we
are tending tow ard Il monarchy.
Secretary Taft in this claim is GER
tainly correct. Politically we are
suffering today from partizanship,
bossism' and party rule. TOO much
t'pnrt9s spirit leads the individual to
vote for anything and every thing.
the party bosses dictate.
We are too busy as a rule in these
strenuous times, to thoroughly ill.,
form ourselves of the facts, causes,
and results, and only little time to
listen to half the story as told by
our favorite spellbinder.
The real partisan always believes
his pnrty ms done everything it
should have done, and has doEe
nothing it should not have done.
The old theory was that the King
comltEsMpS wrong.
If has not been very kong since
i-ntall County was furnished. ;tn OH
iect lesson along this line.
AHaiFS became so thoroughly bad
under the continued r. r reg ime that
the populist ticket was elected with
perhaps one or two exceptions.
The popnlist County Commits sion
ers had the book exported, and found
the majority of the officers in error
for example; the. Auditor was short
about $4,000, the Probate Judge set
tied his part with the Commission
ers for $500, and deputy was sent
to the penitentary.
II these irregularities are allowed
to happen so near the voters. it is
quite reasonable and probable to
suppose that the same irregularities
will occur in the state end. nation,
only in o greater degree and in larger
proportions, being farther away
they have a better chance to cover
up their tracks
Patrick Henry said: eternal vigil
lence is the price Of liberty" In fact
it ill.,. and, always will be, the price of
anything valuable that we desire to
have and hold: especially where the
welfare OF the nation is concerned.
There are many reasons why, and
as rule with few exceptions; the
country would fare better with, only
two parties politically. Where bos-
sism or monopoly is more in control
OF one, the people should unite, and
vote the other. When the people
divide and vote two or three diff
ferent tickets. they always lose, and
GlVisi9a is Just what the trusts want
and are sureto help along
We have two propositions this
year. as good citizens to.-consider,
namely: county and state govern
ment.
In regard to county affairs, after
all that has been revealed, surely we
are sufficiently informed to vote in
diligently, the duty is SO plain that:
who runs may read.
: Relative to. state government,
what would be the natural condition
OF things after eight or ten years
continuous office holding, by the
same mcumbents? The only sane
conclusion we can arrive at is to
suppose, after finding the affairs Of
the county bad, that the government
would be in % similar condition, if
not worse:
For the sake OF argument only; we
will admit the state officials
have given the people good admin
istration, have they then done more
than their reasonable service?
If these were tie facts, is it in
keeping with the rules OF maintaining