The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-03
THE COUNTY CAMPAIGN.

1uL SUCNlI SAMfAlUNs
The county campaign by the candi-
dates on the Republican ticket is fair
ly under way at this time, and from
now until election day, much OF the
political talk and interest will center
around the local candidates and the
local fight AS matter of course,
the questions involved are largely
those of the perpetuity of the Repub-
lican party. The several candidates
who are now seeking election at the
hands OF the citizenry of the county,
were placed on the ticket by the peo-
pie themselves. They are men who are
we'll known in the county and many
of them have filled the positions to
which they aspire with credit and abil-
ity in the past Receiving the major
ity Of the votes in the late primary,
1t ia conclusive that they are men
whom the highest court of inquiry has
decided are entitled to credit and
whose qualifications are such as are
demanded OF men seeking positions of
public trust.
These things being true. it is clear
that the present contest is one largely
OF party principles. II there were a
man on the county ticket who was
not worthy of the confidence OF the
voters It might be some excuse to talk
about splitting tickets and supporting
the opposition. But they are not
What, then. are the advantages to be
derived from a support of the Repub-
lican ticket by the voters who believe
IN that governmental doctrine? 1t
must be admitted in reply that the
political party in power has more ad-
vantages in the way OF perpetuating
that power than does the party which
is not in power. The same reasoning
applies to one or more candidates on
the opposition ticket. A Democratic
governor can build UP party machine
through the appointment of officers,
and can weaken the opposition by
compromising its leaders by means.
OF appointments from their ranks.
He can in short, so enthench him
self in power that his defeat is far
more difficult to accomplish than
would be that OF a candidate on his
ticket who was not so fortified in his
position. The same can be said of a
county official. A Democrat in Office
can so hedge himself in that he can
not only perpetuate himself, but in
so doing, in both his case and that
of the higher official cited, is able to
add to the strength of the entire Dem
ocratic ticket. including presidential
electors and congressman. thus strik-
ing at the very foundations of the
work of the Republican party in ma
tional matters.
With ticket. every candidate on
which is worthy and capable, there
does not seem to be single reason
for aiding and abetting the common
enemy by giving him comfort and as
sistance in the form of votes. This
state is Republican and whether we
choose to shut our eyes to the fact or
not, 1t remains true that local advan-
tages come largely through party
fealty. Grand Forks county has too
too much at stake just now, with the
university and the state fair to be con-
sidered, to trifle with its prestige in
the councils of the state by supporting
the minority party. Personal preju-
dices, II there are any in the ranks
Of the Republicans, should be laid
aside and all should rally to the STAN
dard under which the greatest pros
perity and happiness that the Ameri-
can people have ever known, has been
accomplished and enjoyed.
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