Year: 1865

m, :. nothing more essential to the


;n.orests. to the well-doing of county, than
that its officials should be men of capacity


mon cspable of discharging the duties of the


,,os;t;on to which the people. have or may elect


.bsr And now, in advance of the action or


the Convention as nominating body, we


raise this question, and propose to remark
\ upon it briefly, and that, too, without wishing
in any way to reflect upon present incumbents.
As to the competency or incompetency of
all presenting their names to the Convention,
each number of that body should be prepared
to Judge, before voting for or against any
candidate, whether that candidate possesses
the requisite merits. Because man has
held county Office, that fact does not dis
qualify him from being candidate for re.
election, prorided that during his term of
service he has been honest, efficient, and has
so conducted himself morally and officially,
as to reflect no discredit npon the Office OF
upon those who elected him to fill it. But
whenever an official has been tried and found
wanting in any essential qualification, either
as an officer, moral or loyal man, or found to
have SO conducted himself as to- have even
brought discredit upon the position he
occupies, either as man or officer, then it be
comes the duty of the nominating power to
see to it that he finds that retirement said
to be conducive to reform


We speak on this subject HoS, because we
would excite the minds of delegates to the
Convention to think of these things. On
them we must rely for the nomination of
good men. On them lies the responsibility
of giving to the county such officials as will
insdre the cheapest and most efficient gov.
ernment; and the people will hold them as
having done less than their duty if they come
short in the premises. The number from
which they have to select is not limited, the
material is good, and with proper thought,
proper discrimination, and determined
purpose in making good selections therefrom.
the members can return home with the con-
sciousness of having done WE'LL


A nomination by the Union Convention
will be equivalent to an election, and this
very fact increases the responsibility of that
body far beyond what it would be under
circumstances such as when there are two
powerful parties in the field. The great
mistake of dominant parties has been the
nomination of 'pets." unqualified political
hacks, with no qualification or fitness for
the position. Let the Union party now do
nothing unworthy Gifts antecedents; be careful
in the right and independent in the doing
of it, and its strength will grow with ags.


In this connection we will say that we
shall, at proper time, advocate the equali-
zation of fees and emoluments to all the off
GERS the taking from one and giving to the
other until there will be no strife for office
for the emoluments of it. We shall advocate
such system as will bring the pay of officials
within the limits of the profits of an average
good business, believing as we do that the
county should pay no more for the services
of its servants than would first class bust,
ness house pay theirs enough simply to Sc.
cure the services of competent and good
men,