The daily tribune., 1908-10-30
VOTE As YOU BELIEVE.

Realizing that the Office of county
clerk and recorder is the most impor-
tant one Of all the county Offices, the
Republican county chairman and the
Republican county candidates are
bringing to bear every induene to ~
cure that office for their candidate.
Every friend. neighbor or realtive
that can be enlisted IL being uses to
further this end. Even the school
children Of Canon City and vicinity
are being enlisted in this effort. Al
few days ago three High School girls
from Canon were in Florenoe offering
to pledge their parents to vote for
any candidate on the Democratic
ticket If several of the Florence mer-
chants whom they interviewed would
agree to cast their vote for the Re-
publican candidate for county clerk
and recorder. The circumstance is of
little import further than that It
shows to what extreme the Republi.
cans are going in order to wrest this
office from Democratic control. The
candidates, tine canvassers, and all
the Republican workers are advanc-
ing the argument that Professor
Smith is an excellent man, q splen-
did school teacher and q pleasant fell
low. all of which Is doubtless true,
but this is not good argument or rea-
son why any Democrat should turn
over to him the most important Office
in the county or to surrender to him
the stronghold Of the Democratic par
lty
TO do this would be equivalent to
a soldier during a battle turning over
to the enemy the most impregnsble
fortress. In such case that soldier
would be- AN enemy to the cause he
WAS supporting and traitor to his
country. The situations are very
similar. In this political bat tie the
war is not being waged for individ-
uals. it is not u question of who is
the most agreeable man or has the
most pleasing persona ity. though the
odds are even on that score The
battle is being waged on the lines Of
whether you believe in Republican
or Democratic principles, whether
you believe in Republican or Demo.
cratic practices and whether you pre-
fer to see the government managed
by men who advocate Democratic
ideas and practices Or whether you
wan to see it managed by Republican
methods. II you believe in Repub,
licanism then you should cast a Re-
publican ballot; IL you believe In
Democracy. then you should cast your
ticket for Democratic principles.
The only way you can do this Is to
vote for the man who advocates and
stands for those principles. and not
for the man whom you know stands
for the very things you do not believe
in II you put Republican officer In
the county clerk and recorders S
Office you will turn over to the Repub.
lican party almost the entire county
business insofar as II has to do with
the next election The county clerk
has the appointing Of all the elec.
tion judges and clerks at every vot.
ing place IN the county. He con.
ducts the election; he does many 9th.
er thugs and all the things that has
to do with the next election. This
10 the position you will. by scratch.
mig George Nix's name, turn over
to the enemy-and more than any
thing else you can do-6eliver over
to the Republican party the mex.
election. and thereby more than
anything else you can do. help
elect q Republican governor, a Re-
publican Legislature, Republican
sounty commissionor. sheriff. clerk.
Assessor. aud all other officers You
also by dong this weaken all the
candidates and the entire county tick.
ct this fall, and this IL the very
thing you should do II you believe in
RepublicAnism. and the very thing
you should not do II you believe in
Democracy.