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Show Hi A CHANGE NEEDED. K H Ccmmeat adverse to Tin: Rkiuuli. H can'h expressions under the caption, H "A Change Needed" Is founded On the H , advisability, of promoting "harmony H Jp the party." None of those who H .have expressed an adverse view have H denied the'general correctness of the H expressions. Of favorable comment, H there has been some little, and It has H been straightforward, and more era- H phatlo In denunciation of both demo- H critic and republican laxity than any H ' words of The Uei-uiilican. H This paper Insists on nothing other H than that nether party has, made It H the rule to nominate Its best men far H office, A glance over the personnel of H those who have held ofllce in the city H and'eounty during the past Is ample H , proof. Most, If not all, of these men H were honest,, well-intentioned men, but H not all by mental training and practl- H cal experience were fitted for the par- H tlcular position to which they, aspired H and were elected. Perhaps the elec- M tofs were occasionally fooled In the H man selected', but In 'not few instan- H ces men known to be Illy fitted for H office have been elevated. m It is this latter disposition that H Tiik Rki'uiilican would urge the H average voter to throw off. The affairs H of this city and county should be In H the handsof the very best men it Is H possible to obtain. It may be party H policy to nominate the popular man, H regardless or qualification, but It is H not business policy. It may be party H policy to nominate the man with a H countless array of relatives, or the B Jolly good fellow.or the"party worker" B or the man from this, that or the H other section because he Is from that H section, but It is not wholly business H policy, and it Is clearly the business H of the average voter to Insist on cer H tain needed changes. H ' 'Ihk Bkp'uiilican has no grievance B against any past or present official. H It has no disposition to criticise spo- H clllcally, and Instead merely suggests H' to the avcragu person who now takes H littln or lio part in making tickets H t'oifi.c owes It to himself and the M city, county and state, to Insist for- H elbly on the nomination and election H of men well uualilled to give the people H the best service. Our suggestion Is H that tlio public should discourage tho H would-be candidate whom it Is felt Is H unfitted for ofllce, and to encourage H stronger and abler men to lend their H .names and service to the public. As H It Is today, tho man capable of giving H the city and county the admlnlstra- H tlon-niosl to bo desired refuses to en- K tcr Into the scramble for olllce, because H v that scramble is a most undlgnillcd one H and in tho end he will in all proba- H blllty lose to the mart who has little H more to recommend him than family H ' connection or some landed service H rendered. Then again, If'somc men H- of fair capacity are elected, they arc H not Infrequently handicapped by being H surrounded by a bunch of well mean H; ing but ery ordinary Individuals Bfr. ,,.in.... ,',-Ir- " unable to t'rasp the necessities of :i situation. Not every man desiring otllce Is worthy of It In fact, few of those anxlogs for olllce are the men most to be desired. Public otllce Is no sinecure, sine-cure, It Is no bed of roses.no unalloyed delight, It H not remunerative, and as a rule is unattractive to the man who would fill olllce most acceptably. It would be far better, In most Instances, to turn down the man who pushes himself forward, and .seek .frorr ',he ranks of those to whom acceptance of otllce would be a sacrifice. The public should give thought to these matters before makers of tickets have slated this, that and the ether Individual for otllce; It should 'demand that men who handle their money shall be men of good ability, honor and integrity. The leaders of both parties should keep faith with the public, aad the public should make it clear that the leaders must do this or be relegated to the Inocuous dessuetude. |
