The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-09-23

pledges, forgetting that by following af-
apt to leave unprotected and at the mercy
of the common enemy that great ques-
ton which is greater than all. Some
of our newspapers are inclined to make
this mistake thoughtleSsly. | would not
charge them with being vicious, but they
seem to forget that the end of discussion
upon these questions is written on the
ballot that, when the American people
have acted, whether it be in convention
or at the polls, that the action of the
majority must be accepted as right. If
it should happen, which it seldom does,
that it is not right, the remedy lies in
the next time.
PARTY MINORITY SHOULD ACQUIESCE.
This is country the government of
which is based upon majority rule. The
minority must consent to the expressed
wish of the majority at the ballot box.
When the convention adjourns, the min
ority of the party must be content with
the action of the majority Whenever
you forget that rule or over ride it, then
the foundation of this government has
been shaken and it would eventually tot
ter to its fall All of those "isms" which
arise from time to time, which we may
Justly term crank politics, eminate from
the minority. They spring from the
spirit of revolution and discomfort of the
defeated it is lack of political discipline |
We can account for it to some extent by
well known human idiosyncraces of
temper, and they are often unfair in the
charges that they make as to the meth
DDS which defeated them, and they will
attempt to batter down the principle of |
the government which actuated the ma
jority. We are getting old enough and
civilized enough in this state of Idaho to
learn to now recognize the fact that the
majority must rule.
BOSSES ARE THE FAULTS OF PEOPLE
| hear complaints continually against
bosses and states Why, no man can be
boss of another in this country against |
the will of that man. No slate can be
formed that is not in acord with the will
of the majority. These conditions of |
which you complain all arise out of
your own fault, your own intelligence
i'll the performance of the duties of citi-
zenship. No person in this government
of equality is under any obligation what
ever to perform your duties Of citizen
ship for you or any part of them
There is not man, nor woman in
this blessed day of womans suffrage,
who is not equal at the ballot box to
every other. No man is subseryent to
the will or wish of another at the ballot I
box or in the caucus or in the conven-
ton, and, when you complain of bosses
and or primaries, you condemn YOUR
self unless you took part in those poll
teal functions Bear that in mind I
have recently been in communities where
they had three hundred legitimate bal
lots and only cast sixty of them at the
primaries, and they are complaining at
the result of the primaries.
Be reasonable on this; be considerable
in your condemnation of the actions of
your fellow citizens. Be sure that YOU
have performed your duty up to the
highest measure of citizenship before
you condemn those who do exercise
judgment and with whom you differ. 1t
would be SANDER upon the American
people to charge that they are not cap
able of selecting faithful and representa-
tive men to represent them The presi-
dent of the United States represents the
American people in the execution of the
laws of the land The congress of the
United States, consisting of the senate
and the house of representatives, repre-
sents the people in the making of the
laws. Have they betrayed your Now
do not deal in glittering generalitiesr