The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-22
Wallin Writes Pointed
Communication
Republican Nominee for Senate Gives His Views Concern
ing the Independent Candidate Whom He
Defeated at the Primaries

About the Independent move
ment in politics in this county, which
the voters should look into and and
out whether the independent candt'
dates have any reason to run indie
pendent1y. After a candidate has re-
ceived the nomination by a majority
or plurality vote at the primaries, he
is entitled to the support Of HE
party and the defeated candidates
are under moral obligations to lie
down. When a candidate has beer
fairly defeated at the primaries and
stiM insists upon running Independent
", such "a candidate must be efthe'
a chronic Office seeker or he must
have am axe to grind
In my own case Mr.. Walter Bond
insists upon running independently
was nominated in square cam
paign ait the primaries and accord
ing to parliamentary rules in all
organizations the majority Should
ruiz, and am entitled to- even Mr.
Bonds support. Mr.. Bond says that
the only reason he is running inpen-
IDENTIFY is that he is ambitious and
his friends insist upon his running.
Mr.. Bond knows THAT by running in
dependenltly The is doing "a thine
which is not right but still he does
it, in order to please his friends. Il
MIR. Bond is in the power Of hi'
friends to such an extent that he
does not dare to use his own jads>
ment then will he not in the poWe"
of those same friends should he BE-
elected to the legislature? A mar
who betrays his moral obligations t."
his parity because a few friends in
sist upon him doing 80, will betrav
the people also if those same friends
wish him to do 50 and as far as Mr.
Bonds ambitions are concerned it,
10 all right to be ambitious but wher
ambition carries an individual SO IA"
as to disgrace all fairness and jus
tice Ito. crafty his own ambition
Such a person becames rather too
selfish and egotistic to be trusted to
serve the public.
Some sore-heads in Minot have
made Mr.. Bond believe that even it
he had won out at the primaries,
would have run independently. Those
who say so either wilf,lly misrepre-
sent me or they do not know me
Anyone who knows me can testify
that all I am after is absolute JUS
rice and fairness to all concerned
/ hold that after a man has gone
into the primary campaign and been
fairly defea'ted and still runs indie
pendently he is unfair, unjust and
is not entitled to the support or votes
OF his party and do believe that
the majority of the Republican vot>
ers of this COUNT and district have
enough sense of justice to under
stand this and will disapprove the
action of even Mr.. Bond. If we are
to disregard all fairness and justice
for the qualification Of our own sell
fishness just because things do not
go our way, then we are on the
road to barbarism and anarchy and
for one will have nothing to do with
that kind Of politics. II the Re-
publican party OF this state and COM
munfty consists OF individuals with
50 little sense OF justice as to dis
regard the action Of their own party
and vote against their own candi-
dates chosen at the primaries by ?
majority vote, what has then become
Of majority rule? The very first
principles of a government by the
people IS majority rule and If that is
to be disregarded then the funGamen-
tai principles of our government are
at stake and q dead letter only To
create strife for every little thing
thar does not suit us is humanity, I'M
patriotic and un-American. It Ia q
hundred times more manly to abide
by the decision OF his party.
For my part will support the Re
publican ticket from top to bottom
as nominated and think all true Re
publicans will do the same. ! ap-
preciate the support received at the
primaries and hereby express my
appreciation. and thanks to the voters
for the nomination cannot AFFORD
to renew the campaign this fall but
my name viii be on the Republican