Emmons County record., 1916-06-29

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the Record the 1916 primary election
will be a thing of the past. AS all
elections are bound to do, this cam
paign has engendered considerable
ill-feeling in some quarters. No
doubt, the Record has been roundly
"cussed" here and there, either on one
score or another
However, the election goes, we will
all have to be satisfied and make the
best of it. The people of the state, of
course, have the deciding of all is
sues in their hands. This not only
includes the farmers Of the state, but
the merchants, the bankers, the
newspapers, the laboring men and all
other classes who are voters in the
state. There is never any condition
whereby good can be accomplished by
arousing any one of those classes of
voters against the others. The indi-
vidual rather than the class should be
investigated in public matters OF
course, this article is being written
before the votes are cast or the re-
suits known. However, we do not
hesitate to state our belief that this
farmer movement" fostcrcd by men
who are not farmers, many of them
not even citizens of the state, men
who are simply looking for easy mon
ey and political control, will be in n
measure successful, we mean that
many of those candidates allied with
it will get the nominations. If all the
important positions are controlled by
them, then it can be said with truth
they at least captured the republican
party in the state. If, on the other
hand, only certain ones of their ticket
are successful and these not the ones
who control the making of the laws of
the state, then the fact that individu-
al candidates were successful will
show that the men themselves were
voted for-not the non-partisan
league. Ir such case, the bosses of
the non-partisans have failed. If
they control the whole slate, then they
cannot depend upon practically all of
their candidates to stand for their die
tation. IT, on the other hand, they
cannot do so, then even their own can
didates will cease to be cogs in the
non-partisan wheel and they will be
out on their own resources.
There are plenty of men in this
league movement who would be goot
political timber if left to their own de
vices. The allegiance they owe tt
these carpet-baggers is the draw.
back, as we have seen it.
Very few sensible men will contend
that the newspapers of the stat.
should keep mum, or pat all candi
dates on the back, at election time
True enough, the people thcmselvc.
have the last say but what sort of j.;
say will they have if they are tt
learn nothing of those men coming
before them at the election, or if the,
are able to hear but one side of thu
story. Often it means more in dol
lars and cents to a newspaper man t.
throw bouquets at all the candidates
but it doesn't make a high place in tn,
estimation of it's readers.
The Record has heard men contcn,
that they didn't want the newspaper
throwing mud as they term it. Un
less they state that the candidates
ARE all good fellows" it is possibl
to answer all charges by yipping
they are throwing mud" 1t is al
in the point of view If you agre
with the newspaper, you will no douh
eXclaim that's the stuff; we want t.
know these things" If you disagree
and can't answer the argument, the
it is likely throwing mud"
We believe in every man votin
honestly and intelligently, and we be
lieve in trying to place before ther
the facts as they stand to assist ther
in doing so. Thus has the Recor
been conducted and thus will it be i
the months and the years to come.
AT least up to date, the man is We
to be found who has shown the Rec