Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-03-27

vital Issues or by tho excellence OF
/ candidates The whip of nn organizh-
/ tI0n can 200 longer drive citizens INTO
lIne So we see that the old methods
I nrs obsolete The old order chnngeth,
! giving place to that which o. new.
Senator Bcvcridge paid his respects
/ Go cuQucs and lotteries of self seeklng
] politicians who undertake. Co run the
] party for their own aEgrandlAe meht
! IIa comments are worth preserving
.Thc only control which the Ropuhli-
can p8rty win attempt over its own
/ members as to their political CONDUCT
] d. precisely the same as the appeal
/ which we make to an citizens OF al
parties for their political support. and
: that is that each shall Dee governed
/ hv his conscience and Judgment as 90
/ tho superior worthiness of our Candi-
I dates and wisdom of policies.
TT this Doe our party policy -ond ll
/ will be-thcro can be no factions
among u.s. There must be no factions
among us. there shall De no factions.
Factions within a party are contra
diction in terms. The theories or par
ties and factions are IN deadly nose
uiV party ls "a group of citizens
in support OF principles or policies 100
approval or disapuroval of general ten
denotes. DOB endorsement or CunuCmn1-
ton OF the peoples work well oouc on
badly done boy the party which the
people have commissioned TO do &C. A
faction is "a coterie Of political brig
auds gathered about subtle and
scheming leader for purposes OF their
mutual personal Advancement.
THE very nature OF a faction pre-
vents its thinking OF the public good.
10 never Is devoted 10 any principle or
policy. 1t considers only the personal
interests OF its leaders and its mem
a. HH.H.I 90 ga.
reer OF any man amounts 20 nothing
from the viewpoint OF the public good
The only thing the people care for
SO far as any public man Is concerned
is whether he Us the best public SER
want they can get TO do their work, So
we see that the man who tries TO Gre
ate a faction within a party is traitor
20 the party. Every party should eX-
tend the hand OF peace 20 an men eN-
cepting only the man who tries 20 build
up "a faction within IL. and that man
every party should strike. for 10 is
either that mans life or the partys
life. since q faction within q party
means death 10 the party
'I say AN parties as well as our own
because ] want other parties 10 be
clean and vigorous. J care little for
victory won by my own party because
other parties are weak; I care much
for the victory OF my own party be-
cause 90 rs stronger and better than
other. parties which also are strong
and good. After all, the welfare ~ any
party. as such. is nothing the welfare
of the people Is everything And the
people VIII be better served II the OPP
position is strong. pure and high pur-
posed. for which such opposition hui
man nature forces us to be stin purer,
ADLER and higher purposed than our
opponents"
Proposing a remedy for the machine
evil the senator said.
Here and there the convention sys-
tenn developed into the boss SYSTEM
and candidates OF both parties became
the creatures OF bosses OF both parties,
and. when elected. the servants Of the
bosses instead of servants OF the peO-
pile. The selection OF senators by leg
,slatures often resulted IN corrupt scam
dals. In some cases. senatorships We're
bought openly; in others candidates for
the legislature were nominated BY tho
money OF senatorial candidates spent
secretly. In still other cases. profess
sional master bosses were sent TO the
senate and kept there by the interests
they served
so self-protection forced the people