Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-11-02
Ward Job is Void

| w PAuSh tiS lIlSIiS anu pldnL
flower when | thought the flower
might grow. Humble and inconse-
quent as | am, must subscribe to this
sentiment also, and am constrained to
say that / hold no grudge or hatred
for any living soul. being as | trust
so constituted that malice, hatred nor
envy cannot for long find lodgment
with me, but on the other hand
through the influence of the great ex-
emplar just mentioned, seek at all
times to cultivate that feeling of fra
ternal regard, CAS- broad as humanity
and as lasting 1--WE trust) as eternity. "
This same example and principle
still sustained, when it became impos-
sible for me to hold the reins of gov
ernment and continue in the course |
had mapped out for our city affairs,
andsfor some months sought to follow;
and when 1T became necessary for me
to part company with my associates
over a matter of principal, as seen and
construed by myself, l did notTfeel
! called upon to upset their vehicle or
cause their team to run away-what-
ever may have happened to it since
then.
AS always, | stand now Free
lance" in politics, reserving my sup
port for men and principles only, hold
ing that no platform. it matters not
how specious its argument. how pleas
ing its diction or how splendid its
sentiment. can rise higher or carry
farther than the characters of the men
nominated thereon; as the nominees
mutt gbecpYnetbee ee4isonents Of s9s Jlt7Y
eiples and through them (if atIs8 4.
these principles become operative lnndl
take tangible form: and as no stream
can rise higher than tits source, or no
work be performed that will not reflect
in large degree the character of the
instruments employed in its execution;
then the need of men with qualities of
heart and brain commensurate to that
task is most apparent.
+ It cannot be denied that we have
men in both factions in our city. so
intensely partisan. so blinded by preju-
dice. SO jaundicedssby hatred and envy,
so bent in individual exploitation, or
SO absorbed in watching the "other
fellows" acting in the passing pano-
rama, as to forget their part in life's
drama for themselves. or.who so shape
their own conduct by what they think
or assume their opponents are doing or
might do under certain circumstances,
as to totally unfit them or those whom
they may influence. to be entrusted
with the reins of government; in fact
it is debatable question if such men
for bias could be accepted as compe-
tent witnesses or jurors iin court of
justice, where the interests of the OPP
posing factions might be involved.
Therefor | hold that it behooves all
citizens of moderation and of independ-
ent thought to sift the wheat from
the cbaff, and as the truth can usually
be found about midway between the
two extremes. to seek for the cause of
these extremes, what interests (if any
that foster and promote the frenzied
condition of our city at this time, and
when found to remove that cause; for
no interest or combination of interests
is so great or so important as to cause
this to be city Discordant. bellig-
erent' and set eternally by the ears.
|, for one, do not believe that peace.
harmony and unity of purpose insthis
city has become "An irridescendeBt
dream and forever vanished but
think it is yet attainable, not Only a.
tainable, but our duty to acquire sd
achieve, believing that it is hTgL y
and, wholly within the province ,of the
conservative element Of this dty. the
men of moderation. Of indeoendent
thought. to dot his: 70 at Ieas create
and establish new doctrine lev
cult as il were IN city politics
tripe breaking away from the r.