The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1910-10-13

don't know why there should Dc
such a hullabaloo because "a cahalaate
nominated on the republican .iehe'
at the primaries openly opposes POM
ical organization. Personally pe
heve the American people are grow
ing away from party and toward
common sense.
AS our direct primary systems are
improved we Will have less and less
use for parties. The primaries VIII
be improved. There was a time
when politicians berated the Austria
liam ballot system, but it was step
toward political independence ana
the people demanded it. No one would
now suggest that we go back to the
old form of ticket. Just now many
politicians object to the primary. We
are willing to admit that our stat,
primary law is not as good as We
would like it TO be, but, the impro-
vements we would suggest would
he even more strenuously objected Il
by the politicians. The primary Id"
has come to stay until it is improve
toward even more political lhdepeh-
dence.
What do you or | care about 'he
party of our assessor OF our ''u"''
clerk. The only thing we really care
about are his qualifications. why
is man better sheriff pesaus'
back in Illinois he voted Tor JOE
Cannon for congress, or here III WASH
;pgton voted for VIM. humphrey /
cant for the life OF me see Whefe ~
improves a coroner to be cram
TN the tariff question. don't kho"
why county commissioner is an!
more capable because he is owe.
friendly with the county chalrmah'
or the big Bellingham banker
,,r,,,as me the thing we ought u
NV abont a candidate is whether Oh
not they are capable OF dong e"'
duties of the offices to which 'he'
aspire. .,a,
,t,derstand l am not arguing thal
Mr. kaufman should be elected asses
or | think likely he Will De- 81
sonally have yet to see OF nes'
ANYTHING to convince me that 1T
is pa,ticularly qualified to jugde pro-
perty valu IS. But the Tribune peieV-
es in giving the devil his dues anu
we te,ie,. Kaufman is on the right
track when he criticized party organ
izutions.
The Tribune believes the business
,uen of LynGe n should organize {
club. We pull together here pretty
well without 1t, but l believe we'd dc
better yet, if We communed more TO-
gether. Another lthing-we ought TO
visit our neighboring towns. We
ought to go in bunch to Everson,
Custer, Nooksack, Ferndale, Sumas,
Blaine and other places. We ought
to know more of cur towns and coun-
tfv about u.s.
Now if Grover street was graded
and had cement walks along it for
its full length, We could begin talking
for the Improvement of some Other
streets.
Now that the town water plant is
completed and most of the mains are
laid, every property owner should
get pipes laid to his lots. Let's be
prepared to make the whole town a
garden next summer.
If some foreign mob should kill an
American We would go to war to re-
venge It. The Vanderbilt cup auto
mobile race may kill off dozen OF
two, still it is only good sport.
There will be more cup races.
Portugal is a republic. That Is, it
il at this writing. The Tribune is a
weekly and there is no telling what
a week may bring forth.
Last week We commented on the
need of cross walks on Front Street
After the Tribune was out We learned
that cross walks had been laid. Of
course If an editor is bound to be sick
at home for three or four weeks at a
time he is bound to find himself be-
bird the times in any live, wide
a, AXE town in the west, and in Lyn-
den particularly.
If you love your neighbor as your
self you are bound to see some good