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Show Gentiles at No Disadvantage Were Not Discriminated Against Nor Did "the Machine" Run G.O.P. Convention. Both the uu-Atuerlcau and Herald representatives here make It appear that the editor of this paper'' dropped out of tho race for representative because be-cause he thought tho cards were stacked airalnst him by"the machine." They also make' It appear that the Republican Re-publican convention discriminated against Gentiles because of tho fact ttiat they aro Gentiles. The editor of this paper refused to let his name go before the convention only because of tho fact that he found bome sentiment against the Idea of "a new man" stepping In ahead of others who "had been republicans when republicans re-publicans were spat upon and considered consid-ered apostates." The editor of this paper has no political ambitions and thought of the legislature only because be-cause of his keen Interest In the present pres-ent situation and the belief of himself and others that he could probably bo of valuable service in "the houso"ncxt winter. Rather than that any should feel that we are of tho "buttinsky" disposition, we decided to not have our name presented. ''The maahlno" had naught to do with it In any way. - So far as the convention discriminating discrimin-ating against Gentiles this Is an hallucination hal-lucination of men who persist in deliberately de-liberately befogging their brains. W. W. McLaughlin was defeated purely because of the fact that he has no extensive ex-tensive personal following, because he went! into the race at tho latest hour possible, almost, and because many felt that his position as a college professor pro-fessor precluded the possibility of him being of the greatest service. It is rankest hypocrisy to claim that aught else entered Into it. J. C. Walters was defeated not by "the machine" or because ho Is a Gentile. Gen-tile. A. A. Law, his successful opponents oppo-nents a rustler.a vote getter and had canvassed the situation thoroughly J. 0. Walters Is qulet,unassuralng,not self-assertive, hence his defeat. Tho only word said that could have been construed as emanating from deep-seated antl-Gentllo convictions, was spoken by the gentleman who nominated II. A. Pedcrson. That was merely one man, however, and a casual statement, which every Gentile is big enough to overlook. So far as machine domination Is concerned, con-cerned, there never was less of it. No slato was prepared and while members of the machine spoko occasionally it was so clearly for the good of the party and ticket generally that none but a warped mind could have misconstrued it. |