Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-09-25

pledges, forgetting that by following af-
ter those immatcrial questions they are
apt 70 leave unprotected and al 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 AZ the polls, that the action of the
majority must be accepted as right. II
Il should happen, which it seldom does,
that it is not right, the remedy lies in
the next time.
PARTY MINORITY SHOULD AcoUIEscE.
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 10 time, which we may
justly term crank politics, eminate from
the minority. They spring from the
spirit OF revolution and discomfort of the
defeated il is lack OF political discipline.
We can account for it 10 some extent by
well known human idiosyncracies 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 20 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 agains,
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
in 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 Tor you or any part of them.
There is not a man, nor a woman in
this blessed day OF woman's suffrage,
who IS not equal al the ballot box to
every other No man is subscrvient TO
the viii or wish OF another at the ballot
box or IA 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 7
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
Re reasonable on this: be considerate
u your condemnation of the actions OF /
Gour 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 sou differ. II ,
would be a SANDER upon the American
'eople TO charge that they are not cap
lblc OF selecting faithful and representa- {
I'VE men TO represent them The prcsi- J
lent of the United States represents the
Amerlean people in the execution OF the ;
avs Of the Rnd The congress of the ,
United States. consisting OF the senate {
nG she house OF representatives, repre-
ents The people in the making OF the =
avs Have they betrayed your Now &
10 not deal IN glittering generalitiess