The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1960-11-25
PARTY REGULARITY AND PARTY LOYALTY.


ercses the right guaranteed him to vote for any
of his choice 1t not basic commonsense to talk about
purng from the rolls persons who thus stray across the
line. We say believe in two-pary system and theo-
retcaly it assumed that such system should encour-
age each party comb it's ranks to pick out the BEST Its
most capable the most conscientious dedicated
them for public office Each party has
against running office and the other hand should
encourage those in its ranks who have rendered party sev
ice who loyal to their party and whose tenure Of Of
fore is the duty of the party leadership to work for the
nomination of such members.
It does not always follow that all those who are nom-
mated the best Through various causes men who
should be nominated get the ticket One of the
is the default of the voters OF party to turn out
whereby those with to grind who indffer-
and willing to vote they told car
ry the day.
However men of consequence do not turn about face
and desert their party their club their church or their
lodge merely because snkers get the membership
roll that should be the general custom, organization
could accomplish much, make lasting contr
button to the good of the country.
Aside from the right of citizen and to vote
he chooses that right does not extend in the fuller
those who sought and assumed places of leadership
any level in the party organization When accepts
the responsibility of leading his party in his precinct at
anv other level he has obligated himself to work for
success of that party for its good as whole
fall upon the unity of its leadership and its whoehear
an office his party and who has accepted the response
by of leadership betrays that trust and either openly
or under cover .5 de OF aose
to represent it, he is guilty OF grave offense against his
party and his obligation and for that matter his own self
respect
There is another kind of loyalty that should be mani
tested by those who at the head of level of party
activity That is the and reward which is
due to all who have Loyalty worked for their party through
thick and thin is definitely unfair when party leader
ship instead of jealousy protecting the rights of the work
caousy ignores them, and pass out the honors and
benefits that through the party to those who are un
worthy incapable dishonest and particularly to those
who have betrayed their party betrayed their position
of trust in the party.
If man cannot in good conscience support the cand
dates of his party then he should not hang on to post
of leadership which imposes him the responsibility Of
loyalty, faithfuness integrity He should resign that Of
ce and allow someone who faithful and true to carry
party leader also is not eager to that only the
rewards of be equtaby distributed those
who deserving then he too should relnqush the place
of honor with which he has been entrusted.
The failure to abide by these principles, which has
grown into condition that widespread today underies
most of the lack of good government which has plagued
citizens through several years Because of this there
is great waste inefficient incompetent and sometimes
rupt people holding offices of great responsibility Honor
must prevail in all organizations political party,
good government to be attained AS the honors
must to- the worthy for otherwise neither party army
long endure.