Imperial Valley press., 1915-10-20

Throughout the state all parties ar,
combining to defeat the partisan
bill. which will be voted on Tuesday
October u, and which would bring
chaos l. the government of Califor.
mia.
In line with the work being don,
elsewhere. the Republican and Demo
cratic county committees have joined
their efforts and have passed the fol
lowing joint resolution:
Whereas, special election viii b.
held throughout the State of Califor-
MIA on Tuesday October %. at which
the qualified electors Of the state will
be called upon to vote upon the adop-
ton of so-called non partisan bills.
and
whereas, careful examination
and consideration Of the proposed non
partisan bills convince Us that said
measures are wholly preiudicial and
are destructive of the very fnndamen-
tails Of our form of government; and
"Whcreas the maintenance of party
integrity reaches 10 the very root of
our Industrial, commercial. financial
and agricultural development; there
fore be il
"Resolved, by the members of the
Democratic County Central and Re
publican County Central Committees.
in joint session assembled. That we
are opposed to the so-called non-par-
tisan amendments aud that We earnest
ly urge the voters Of all parties, in
Gliding the Democratic, Republican,
Progressive. Prohibition and Socialist,
To go To the polls at said election and
vote No on said non-partsan amend
men;, to the end that each party may
maintain the integrity of its party or
ganiZation.'
This is not wholly a state affair.
but Is of import 10 the whole political
activity Of the American people, and
the view of big men ON the subject
is well illustrated by the comment Of
Champ Clark for the Press:
Il have always believed in political
parties and | believe in them now, for
the reason that no man can hope to
accomplish any great enterprise alone.
He must work in conjunction with
others.
Men of The same political ideas af-
filiatc together and YOU have political
parties. Just as persons of the same
creed affiliate in churches to accom-
plish some object. Political parties
are a fundamental part of our system
Of government
Along much the same line is the
comment of President Wilson;
President Wilson's Views.
Extracts from his article in North
American Review, May 1910;
- OF course parties are necessary.
They are not only necessary. but de
sirablc, in order that conviction upon
great public questions may be organ
lied aud bodies of men of like opinion
and purpose brought together in eff
fective and habitual cooperation. Sue
ces Sful, orderly popular government Is
impossible without them.
- The old New England town meet
ing, for example, was an admirable IN
strumcnt of actual self government.
Where neighborhoods are small and
neighbors know pne another they can
make actual selection of the men they
wish to put into office. Every candi-
date is known by everybody, and the
officers of government, when elected,
serve constituency of whose interests
and opinions they are keenlN and IN
timately aware Any community whose
clements are homogeneous and whose
interests are simple can govern itself
very well in thi, informal fashion. The
people in such case. rather than the
are the organism. But
those simple days have gone by. The
people of our great communitions,
from one end of the country to the
other. are not homogeneous, but COM
posite, their interests varied and eN-
tended, their life complex and intri-
cate The voters who make them up