The Sidney herald., 1959-11-11

part In MAINTAINING our govern
ment. Our system provides that IL
the voting booth and not by con-
spiracy and revolution we car
eliminate the incompetent anc
corrupt public official and here
also we can perpetuate loyal ano
honest public servants in theil
offices.
Voters under our primary sys-
tenn are also charged with the
seriius obligation of selecting re-
sponsible candidates in the res
pective primaries for the voters
choice at our elections. Now 1860,
is an important election year for
US, for we shall, at our respective
National Conventions select the
Democratic and Republican candi-
dates for President and Vice
President. l know that the leaders
of both parties recognize that we
are facing a serious period in
Americas history. I know that
they recognize the fact that the
burden of the Presidency is be-
coming too great a task for the
shoulders of one man alone. With
these facts in mind it seems to me
that we should scrap the outmod-
ed method of selecting a Vice
President because of his personal
popularity, his youth, his geogra-
phical origination or his vote
getting power. We must select
our Vice President because we
consider him to be a man able to
fill the Presidents shoes regard
less of where he came from and
regardless of any other incon-
Squential factors.
with the general election over,
however, we must always keep
in mind the fact that party politics
is only the means to an end and
not the end in itself, for more
important than the political par
ties themselves is the good govern
ment goal we seek, and the well
fare of America and the welfare
of Montana. Montana must pre-
sent a united front to her sister
states, just as America must pre-
sent a united front to the rest of
the world. Political pickering,
coupled with the lack Of construc-
tive leadership, al do great dam
age to the democratic process by
slowing economic progress with
actual loss of income to our people
on a National and State level.
81 think most of you will agree
with me that in the past few years
has not shared with her
sister states in Americas forward
march of economic progress. For
insance, in 1858, we were twenty
fourth in the United States, with
a personal income average OF
81 800; while our national aver
was $2,067. Per capita person
al income gain during this same
was only 1867 while our
national average was nearly twice
IS much or 38 per cent. This
placed Montana next to the
asst in the roster of our states with
ihOde Island only showing a
personal income gain since 1850.
Figures released in Business Week
'ecently indicate that personal in
come in July of 1859 showed only
IN increase of 81 per cent over
July of 1858, while the national
lverage of increase for the same
,eriod was of 7.2 per cent. This is
rue because ours is primarily
IN agricultural economy with
title else to supplement that
economy.
Opportunities for our young
are limited in u present
economy, which has too little dl-
justification and without indus
rial and other business opportun1-
les many must seek jobs and
heir futures in other States.
Along with this distressing situa-
ion is the fact that u cost OF
iovernment has risen at a rapid
ate and with rising living costs