The Harrison times., 1914-03-07
Marion COunt'ys Plea for State
SenatOrship.

IN lDlS ISSUE OF lDC LNhO VIII OS
found the announcement AS publish
ed in the Harrison TIMES, of W. W.
Cartwright of Boone county, as
candidate for State Senator; subject,
as we presume, to the action of the
Democratic party. We understand,
as man and a citizen, Mr. Cart
wright stands well before the world
Therefore with him, personally, The
ECHO has no quarrel. And, as be
has moved into this district since
the last meeting of the Democratic
Senatorial Convention, he may not
have known the situation in which
he would find himself in entering this
race. But candor compels US TO in
form him that the Democratic party
Of this district has already spoken
on the Senatorial question And if
if Mr. Cartwright is a good Demo-
crat, he will withdraw from the
race, and be subject 70 the party to
which he apparently presents his
claims. 1t is true that a CLOSE peru
sal of his announcement in the
TIMES leaves some doubt as TO
whether he means 10 be subject to
the party or not But we hope this
is an oversight, and that he will make
himself clear ou this point at once.
1t was, in the city Of Harrison,
nearly four years ago, that the
Democratic party Of this Senatorial
district, IN CONVENTION ASSEMBLED,
solemnly decreed that in the year
1914 the Senatorship should 60 to
Marion county. And we will not
believe that the democracy Of this
district, and especially that Of
Boone county, will support Mr..
Cartwright's candidacy For the
reason they know that it is Marion
county's turn to name the State
Senator. Boone county has a
splendid and always generous
citizenship, and her people know
that, with their great population,
neither Marion nor Newton can ever
hope TO furnish a Senator, if Boone
county should so selhshly decree.
They know that 1t is excellent 70
have a giants strength, but
tyrrannous TO use it as a giant, "
Eight years ago the nomination
went 10 a Boone county gentleman,
and four years ago the same thing
happened, II was this condition Of
things that caused the convention
70 adopt the plan Of rotation. 1t
was 20 60 90 Boone four years ago,
20 Marion this time, and TO Newton
four years hence And our state
cony ntions have all along
recognized these solemn party
actions and the Supreme Court has
decided that it is up 70 the State
convention % decide who are the
REGULARLY chosen nominees for the
district Offices, And. even If there
was any hope OF a bolt from the
action Of the party succeeding, there
is no excuse this year for a bolt It
is true, we understand that a
"hue and cry has been raised in a
few places in Boone county that Mr.
Owens is an unsafe man on the
liquor question. But this is entirely
unjust While he is perhaps a little
more conservative in his utterances
than some Of US, yet his record in
the legislature speaks louder than
words, While there no man in the
House stood frmer than he on the
right side Of all temperance aud
moral questions, And we, in
Marion county, who are more
interested in this question than any,
thing else that will come before the
next legislature, are not afraid that
he will besmireh his past fair
record in that body Marion county
democrats are going % depend on
her brothers in Boone county 90 do
the right thing in this matter; and
we will not believe that they will
break foith with the people Of a
sister county for n man who is
almost q stranger within their
gates and especially for a man
who, if he stays in the race, must
admit that he is NOT subject to the
action OF the democratic party. As
TO Marion county, there should be
no trouble in giving Owens 1000
majority, II the democrats will 60
TO the polls and this is oSB TIME we
helieyp thev will. =M6uBfajB Eebo