Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-06-17

duu SEE W ~ IuaC ne is fe.nOml0.
ated at the primaries this month
and reelected next fall. The SEN
ator is just recovering from a
serious illness and it is not pos
sible for him to look after his cam
paign as he should. This, with
the fact that his opponent, Tom
Marshall, and Marshall associates,
are flooding the state with
money to accomplish his defeat,
should awaken every voter to his
duty of going to the polls June goth
and casting his vote for the great
est and most sincere political
worker North Dakota has ever
hsd-P. J: McCumber.
The Republican ticket published
in this issue represents, we be-
lieve, the dominant political sem
timent Of this state. 1t repre-
sents the policies for which Roose-
Welt contended and for which Presi-
dent Taft is striving. Moreover,
it is not the ticket of dark lantern
processes. 1t was not Matched be.
hind closed doors before the filing
date had passed. 1t is made up
from the best and strongest ma,
terial, as we believe, that was at
hand after the time in which
filings could be made had gone by.
Until then the field was open
for all who desired to enter the
race.
This, as the heading to the
ticket says, conforms to the
principles and intent of the pri.
mary law" 1t is the ti.ket from
the standpoint of principle and
from true conception of the law,
that any republican may conscien-
tiously advocate and vote. From
the standpoint Of personality, it
S equally unassailable. Every
man on it is a representative
citizen, as nearly without blemish
as it is possible, in these human
times, for any considerable aggre-
cation Of mortal men to be. In
theory. and according to his own
notions, of course, the 'reformers''
of other days might have selected
Ia better ticket than this one; but
when we recall the fact that the
Performers" Of those other days
are now the political machine"
men of the present hour, and that,
in the matter Of combinations and
states they have outdone the worst
gang" stunts of the political yes
terdays. it must be admitted and
we have no doubt will generally
be conceded that theory is a weak
reed for a practical public to lean
upon.
Now it will have been noticed
that the champions Of the ticket
taht was framed up at Valley City
weeks and weeks ago, long before
the expiration of the filing date,
are referring to the persons on
that ticket as candidates." By
whom were they made candidates?
Certainly not by the voters,
through delegates or otherwise. A
candidate is one who has been
selected in a lawful and orderly
way to represent his party in a
campaign between two or more
parties. Until he has been so
selected he is mere aspirant for
a place on his party's ticket.
The date of making selections of
candidates, as provided by law,
is June 29th. The men selected
at that time will be the candi-
dates to contend with the opposing
party at the November election.
However, these important dis
tinctions have never disturbed the
old "reformers'' who are now
the machine politicians" of our
state; else they would not have
had the unprecedented hardihood,
or perhaps it would be better to
say the unparalleled gall. to do what
they did at Valley City last winter
when the eliminating committee
was making and unmaking "can-
didates'' while their financial
hackers (the "gold-dust twins')
waited!
So it is that we are presenting
the Republican ticket that repre-
sents true party and genuine
primary law principles the
ticket that any republican may
vote, knowing that when this ticket
is elected and after the men on it
take their places as chosen, Their.
will be no Democratic senator's in
Washington from the Republican
State of North Dakota.
acknowledgements from
my place last Tuesday night. a
branded sorrel mare weighing
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