| Show A WORD WITH DOCRATS The county convention which will assemble In he theatre FrIday wlll have Importatit business to transact 11 is certain that the men and women nominated for the varIous offices wlll be elected if they are In every way worthy of the confidence of the people It will notdo for the delegates to the county convention to become Imbued with the Men that any person w o maybe may-be nominated for office on the Democratic Demo-cratic ticket is ure of election Abso ute fairness must charaterlze the proceedings pro-ceedings dad good honest fairminded citizens having the confidence of their fellow citizens must be se1ected as candidates can-didates 10 unworthy person will receive the support of The Herald as a Democratic I candI atc even though he be the unanimous choice of the c nvei1t1on I Every good citizen s particularly interested in-terested in the character and qualifications qualifica-tions of the men and women who shall be chosen to fill the respective county offices and Democracy being in the as cendan y hi this county It devolves upon the party to select none but the wisest and best citizens available for public servants The Herald is especialLy Interested in the welfare of the people and in behalf be-half of good government and the honest hon-est and economic administration of public business Ve must insist upon care and good judgment being cxer cised by the conven lon The Herald has no desire to dictate who the nominees of the convention shall be aU worthy aspirants are entitled en-titled to a fall show and so far 3S this paper is concerned eyshall have it but we reserve the right as an nd pendent Democratic journal to criti cise the action of the convention or even to refuse the support of this paper to an unworthy candidate The late Democratic primaries In this city and county are sUbject to criticism criti-cism because the men and women who have recently left the Republican party and joined the Democratic party were not recognized more liberally in the selection of delegates to the county convention An opportunity is afforded however to make the recognition of these men and women more emphatic and absolutely sincere by choosing some of them as candidates This suggestion is not made in the interest of any particular man or woman wo-man but in the interest of all who have had the courage and independence to shake off partisan Prejudices and declare de-clare their allegiance to the Democratic party No delegate to the county convention will be doing his full duty if in order to carry Qut an actual or implied pledge to any candidate he at any time fans t vote in accordance with the dictates dic-tates of his own Conscience when he knows and feels that it is for the best Interest of te party and for the public good To all delegates we would say If your candidate is worthy and capable support him honestly and by aU honorable hon-orable means strive to secure his nomination nomi-nation Under no circumstances promise prom-ise to support an unworthy man in order or-der to secure reciprocal benefits for your candidate In the discharge of your oblIgation to your constituents and to the public we admonish you First to 4yourself be true and it will follow as doth the night the day thou canst not be false to any man + |
