The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-12-17
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE
CITY OF EulENSBURG
THE REASON WHY IT IS so

makes such a poor showing at the
polls and yet has candidates that
have the confidence and esteem of
the people; competent and quail
fed to fill the position sought and
pledged to platform that as rule
is far less Objectionable than that of
the republican party. To solve
the question does not require the
brain of a philosopher. 1t is a
question that most any man that is
capable of doing little real hard
thinking can give at least an an
swer that ought to be fairly satisfac-
tory to most any one. The surface
skinner or the man of only snlat
tering of ideas might fall short of
giving a satisfactory solution.
To our mind, one of the best
reasons for this failure at the polls
is this: For years it has been
without any organization either in
states or nation. Great results can
not be obtained without organiza-
ton and concerted action. The
party needs good strong and capa-
bic men at the helm and the CAM
paign should be carried on Contin-
uously, every day, week, month
and year, a campaign of education,
enthusiasm, energy and one that
has no place for lethargy. The
people, millions of them, have not
even the slightest conception OF
the cardinal principles of the demo-
cratic party, and again millions
think they have and do not. They
have read republican papers to the
exclusion of their own press until
they are actually poisoned and the
very life blood of the nation-mon-
ey-and its power and its influence
is used to keep them in darkness to
their own detriment, and the oily
tongue of the sleek and well fed
politician of the republican party
palavers and distorts the facts and
leads his victims to the polls, un-
supected of course, and votes them
as so many dumb brutes. He
makes them believe that they owe
the republican party big debt for
bounteous crops, rain, sunshine,
health, vigor, prosperity and every
thing else in the catalogue, and
that it would be an insult to the
government to vote the democratic
ticket. OF course, the politician is
very careful as to whom he APP
breaches with his schemes, but
when he has once inveigled HIM
self into the confidence of his vic
tins and learned of the vulnerable
points, he usually applies the tight
cinch. He works the same cute
and sharp practices not alone in
the democratic party, but also in
the republican party, otherwise the
the weak kneed and liberal minded
republicans would gradually work
into the democratic party.
If the democratic party had a
strong press ard strong and eff
fective organization, it would be an
easy matter to thwart the work of
the fine italian hand of the boss .
politician, and now is the time to
effect an organization in ever coun-
ty and state in the Union, and
with organization will come more
and better democratic papers, they
will be better supported and made
power. Therein lies the remedy.
1t is purely a matter of educa-
ton and when the false inp1es
sions that now prevail are wiped
out and the befogged and befuc-
died votes get their binders re-
moved, the success of the party
at the poll will come easy.
Commercialism in politics must be
wiped out..and principles must pre-
vail. AS it is now, dollars has