Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-08-02
GETTING DOWN TO
BRASS
TAKING DEFEAT

one listens to the plaudits of the
| crowd and accepts the handshakes Of
congratulations from his friends. but
let defeat come. and then you see
the real qualities OF a man come te
the surface.
Many an athlete has been defeat
ed on the field Of competition, only
t o move on to greater heights in lat
er efforts because he has tasted de
feat Many a man has faced the
| vicissitudes of life, won and lost
many times in his struggle for sue
cess, and finally achieved the glorifi
cation of victory because he could
smile at defeat and face the world
with greater determination to con
quer those things which had once
robbed him of success. Successful
coaches In athletics the country over
instill in their subjects a desire to
win by teaching them to lose. One
noted writer has said, even at the
end OF life's journey, "it isn't wheth-
err you won or lost that counts; but
HOW DID YOU PLAY THE GAME
And so. one can never help being
interested in the manner In which
candidates for office accept defeat
after an election. The attitude OF
some defeated candidates is most Inn
pressive. They smile, they greet
their friends with a warm expression
of appreciation for the votes accord
ed them, and instead OF being soured
on the world, they join hands with
those who were their opponents IN
marching on to greater triumph. !
know of no better testimony to q
man or woman's loyalty to a given
cause than the continued service
they offer to that same cause after
falling to achieve their coveted goal
In some election.
This years Primary has offered
some interesting examples OF candi-
dates who "can take it." They stand
as a shining example Of those who
would let the trivial and petty issues
OF a local campaign rob them OF their
finer qualities and permit prejudtces
To set up a barrier between cordial
relationships that in the future must
prove but costly in the pursuit OF
human happiness.
Weldon Richardson. longtime
raneher and farmer Of the Antelope
country, has twice been a candidate
for sheriff. He has been twice de
feated. Following his first failure TO
obtain the approval of his party
group in convention two years ago
he Immediately announced himself as
solidIv behind the ticket. Now, This
wear. after making a rather inten
sive campaign to secure The nomina'
ton. but falling, he has, In his CHAR
acteristic fashion. pledged his "un'
| nualified support to the entire Demo
cratic ticket" on which he was q
candidate. What a splendid way 70
take defeat
4 similar case Is found In that OF
/ ! Gibbons. OF Reserve, who iost
n 4 race for the nomination OF state
representative, both this year n 10
the election two years ago. JACK mas
expressed his gratitude for the 49,
votes he received, placing him intro
in the race where two were named
and smilingly announced that "Well
GO on to win in the fall with our en-
tire ticket" Charley Grant. another
losing candidate along with GID
hons. for the legislative post, Is
seemingly as happy in defeat as II
he had won, and can be depended on
to be Gin there pitching for the
cause In the fall campaign.
Nels r. Miller OF Medicine Lake
to whom goes the honor OF having
obtained the highest vote IN MS
home precinct OF any sheriff canuf
date. but who lost the nomination
has expressed himself as being ready
to do everything he could for the
good of his Party In the fall elec'
ton. Eels, as he is Known 10y MS
hundreds OF friends where he has
lived both In the Lake and In Dag
mar. is lust that kind of a man ano
such qualities are always certain &c
bring lust the sort OF tribute Wnlcn
came to him In his home community
Simon Faahorg would go no othel
! Way but regular" Although he lost
the nomination for the state senate
| seat. for which he was highly quail
fled. he will be backing that same
| ticket on which he lost, w~holelheart
| edly through the fall campaign. Il
was the same kind OF loyalty which
| Faaborg showed himself capable O.
two years ago, when, standing alone
against the entire Medicine Lake
| delegation, he pledged himself to &C
cept the will Of the majority in the
| convention and got behind the Re
publican fusion ticket n hundred
per cent. There are other candidat
es who were unsuccessful and whose
attitude is no less commendable than
those mentioned. We have cited only
a few particular cases OF which We
knew.
Occasionally however, one finds ar
exception to these splendid examples
of submission to democratic rule
One candidate, Tor instance, follow
ing the election, sent a few stamps
to the Herald asking that we stoI
the paper. That candidate has lonf
been the Herald's friend. We have