The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-05-31
SELECTING 4 CANDIDATE.

Thea. are busy times for the king
makers. Tbv national conventions
are Gals a lltglr more than a year
agf ana the state conventions ~til
81 fnenfing ana snatraetlug In less
shan gsAf Ia both parties fsxerssr
amna age beIng brought out and tho
availability ~ eligible candidates ia
Is les discussed 10 the republican
pagty she main question seems 10
- whethrF the president ALL be 81
tossed 70 pies out the republican can
.atsaga as ahethny the republican vo~
lgsfs wlu have opinions ~ their o~ .
gpsagp TAFT enems to be the pteai'
8ensH eboiee. bat tlgs President
IEslttanks f. bHay with bis eonfrreu'
ea sad Speaker Cannon IL conduct
igaH hgnAelf llke onp who would net
prosecute TIE nomination Tor as-
sanlf aua battery II u took him by
| fierce
Tne democratic party is NOT With
aat lia exeitemgaie Ia tbs ness col
Tomas Of The Commonsf mention has
aeen ma1g ~ q number Of men whose
friends have yuuchod for their ~iti'
ifaeaess ia run aua for their popular
Itg
| Sow c0mes the veteran journalist
Hegry WattsrHnn. and volunteers TO
telge Hr. ngan tbs name of demo
rrat Who, without oulanRiinE ni-
fHaHccs with any Of the money pow
leH. yet without any antecedent&
| uhich could drive away conservative
democrats. fills the specifications
made In Nr. stealey's Washington
iletter exactly. "a good organization
democrat who supported the ticket
lin 1896. who. in our judgment.
could sun the disCufds aud restore
| the hafmouies. yea, fiil the loose
| sails Of The Old Ship Of Zion with
hopeful gales. and perhaps prove an
| Abraham Lincoln To the Lost sheep
Of tho house Of jefferson and Jack
son aud 1llden,
who In this man whose name Is
| concealed but whose personal fitness
and political prominence are thus
| youched for? Mir Bryan does not
pose as Warwick. He has no de-
| sire 10 assume the role Of candidate
maker lie mildly protests against
the Misrepresentation of his position
by those who prefer some one else,
| but he is not eager to have mana
in the making of candidate.
The woud-be Warwicks should
not forget that, after all. the ques-
ton Of candidacy can not be settled
by few leaders. Leaders propose
but the voters dispose. Mr. Waiter
son may object TO the initiative and
referendum when applied to govern
ment-alth0ugh 10 do 50 he must
discredit the intelligence of the peo-
ple To whom his eloquent appears
are made-but he will not deny that
we have the initiative and referen-
dunn in the matter of nominations.
The friends of the various candidates
employ the initiative; they bring the
names of the candidates before the
public but the people through the
sit in judgment upon
IthccIaims of candidates. VINO are
more interested than the people
! themselves in the selection OF a can
didate? And yet, from the manner Oh
| some one would suppose that the
only thing necessary to the selection
of candidate was agreement among
| the leaders. And who is leader? Is
it not one who is going in the same
idirection with the people and, as
someone has said, a little bit ahead +!
Mr. Watterson owes it to his par
ltv and to his country to bring OUT
lhfs caudidate-One if he has but one,
iseyeral If he has several. Every mem
her of the party owes it to the par
nv TO contribute his part toward the
party's success. The party Is entitled
Ito The most available man and aVaii-
liability depends upon two things
First. no one is available who does
inot stand for democratic principles
land policies as they are presented II
itho democratic platform, and ina
ipIatform must represent the wishes
E1f the voters. Second. among those
who represent the principles and poi
fcies of the party as stated IN th'
+ lgIatform. the choice should fall upol
. the one VINO, all things considered
gives the best promise of strengthen
| ing those principles and policies be
b. fore the public. No person is m1ai
] iIible iu judgmeut-evon "a maJorlr
I may make a. mistake, but the respon
s t-HfTity of selecting a candidate ]
r ! loo great for o. few leaders to bear
81 rests with the yoters.-The Com
muusr.