Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1910-07-27
PARTY POLITICS.
A Suggestion as to How 10 Defeat Unrjght.
eous Nominees.

| MIR. WATcHMAN: | saw in youg
columns of recent date a very in
teresting article in reference to
good mon for offices and some sar-
castle remarks about some of the
candidates Oh the present ticket.
l think your points were we'll
taken and deserve careful consid-
Grafton.
There is DO doubt but what
there is a lion in the way, and
mon should be careful as to how
they tamper with him. But how
to remedy the great evil is the
question.
| Different parties may be a
great benefit to our country, pro-
vided they do not 60 beyond what
is right; but parties and party re-
lations should not lead us to dc
ourselves an injury. Some men
! have a peculiar tact in the way of
working In the primaries to get
then man nominated; and then
will expect every man of the par
ty to vote for him. This would
be real nice provided every man
thus nominated were of the right
character; but, when this is not
the case, feel myself at liberty
to vote for the man best qualified
to fill the place and to advocate
my wishes; and [ feel at liberty
to do 80 without changing my pc.
lltlcal or party relations. This
thing of voting for an agent of the
evil one just because he has been
nominated by my party is curse
to our country. The only way to
keep bad men from our legislative
halls is to vote against them in the
primaries, and, if we fail there,
vote for the best man at the polls,
no matter to what political party
he belongs.
Ii, for instance, there is q can
dldate on my party ticket that
has two faces, is as big a hypocrit
as Ananias aud aapphire, and mis-
opponent in the other party ia a
good man, advocating such things
| as | know are for the best interests
of my country; then l am not
only at liberty TO vote for the
other man, it is my duty to do so.
If | do not vote at all I am giving
the evil man one-half of my vote.
But the bosses say I must vote
the party ticket OF I will injure
the party. 0, Democracy De-
mocracy !! what sacred name, it
will never do to injure that name.
Democracy may be all right, but
there are some men in both par
ties that are rotton to the core,
and when such man comes out
for office, l would show my rot
tenness by voting for him. Why
not give him the black eye by our
votes for 1t will be warning and
a benefit to our party. 1t will tell
the party to put out better men
next time.
If we did not have two or more
parties to criticlse each other, VIC
could never tell the amount of
evil done, SO to keep down the
evil man and the corruption in
our party let US vote for the other
man. There is no doubt in the
world but what some of us are TOO
much tied down to our party. The
party ties were thrown away in
the Prohibition campaign and we
won the greatest victory ever gain
ed in North Carolina. We are
faciAg similar element in the
coming election, and why not
take similar stand for God and
right? There seems to be some
thing behind the curtain along
this line ON the ticket already
out, though it may be denied to
the bitter end, it thus becomes
sober men to vote soberly, right,
eouslv and Cody in Christ Jesus
I do not know what the other
ticket will be when it comes cut,
but if they will put out good 50.
ber men in opposition to friends
of saloons on this ticket, I shall
vote for the sober man, party or
no party. Since we have had Pro.
hibition our county aid state have
been much benefited in spite of
our enemies who have tried to do
us all the harm they could with
their blind tigers and near-beer
stands. Now at the comi,,r lo,,s