The Washburn leader., 1908-04-17

LII V1eW OI tuo IaCC CQdC CQe Cal
to elect delegates to the Minot
convention has at last been made
it is important that the voters o1
Mclean county should consider
carefully, conscientiously and pru.
IDENTITY the existing situation, and
also what the ultimate results o1
their own actions will be in the
impending election.
There is no valid reason why
this call should not have been
issued sooner, and we aver that in
the delay more or less injustice has
been done the citizens of the
county, because that, while we
believe them to be willing and
patriotic in the highest degree,
yet at this late date when the
seeding and planting season is at
hand it may seriously discommode
many of the loyal supporters of
good government to be obliged to
suspend their farm labors to at
tend the election.
However, the local committee
man having this matter in charge
is controlled by the Mckenzie
Little machine, and being under
its orders must issue the call when
directed to do so.
The average voter is sometimes
prone to underestimate his own
value in the upbuilding and sus-
tanning of good government. The
people of one community some
times do not comprehend why
their taxes are excessive or why,
with all their diligence, care and
effort, their labors do not seem to
be so remunerative or their toll so
effective as that of the people of
other localities.
While it is true that the fnan-
cial condition of each man is
Immediately dependent upon the
amount of his daily labor and his
own good judgment in conjunction
Herewith, yet it is also true that
the conditions under which he
labors is largely made and imposed
upon him by his representatives
in the state legislature and in the
U. s. congress.
If a farmer or other business
man employed his hired man or
clerk to transact certain business
for him he would expect that bus
mess to be done according to his
instructions and for his interest.
The same principle applies to
officials of all classes and degrees.
It is therefore important that each
individual should vote for the per-
son who represents the principles
that will bring the greatest good
to the largest number of people.
The people of Mclean county
are without question staunch re-
publicans. Their sense of honor,
justice and right will impel them
to support the hero of our day
Gen. Taft. There is no such
thing as Stalwarts or Insurgents
in Mclean county. There is no
county in the state where truer
republicanism exists. The imme-
diate and important question is
this: Shall we elect delegates to
the Minot convention who will
support McKenzieism, with it's
iron rule and bossism which feeds
upon your honest labor, and which
rule may be perpetuated for sever.
al years to come if given an oppor-
tunity to control this convention
and elect delegates to the national
convention, or shall delegates be
sent to the Minot convention who
represent reform, good government,
and the best interests Of the people
at large?
All we ask is that there be fair
play and that there be no manipu-
lation as in the jamestown con-
vention whereby the rights of the
voters are disregerded and the
sentiments of the community held
void.
It is a matter of record at the
otato Canitnl that the measures