| Show THE TWO TICKETS except in the dizzy attempts 0 of the democrat to say tome complimentary about the men put up on its ticket be the liberal press has displayed much concern leat lest the personality of the candid candidates libeg on either elther eide elde should be discussed daring during the campaign there must be a cadee for this solicitude beyond the specious plea that the contest is not one between men but between principles the democrat dew says men count as nothing and it hopes the contest would he to jost just as spirited if mere sticks were the candidates but it only says what arc harris says anyway it is such a gory old organ and so valiant for righteousness I 1 we do not understand this th theory eory that the strength and popularity and purity of the candidates cut no figure in the question submitted to the voters among a thinking community these ought to be highly important inobe in the first place how shall the quality ol 01 the bartys professions ba be judged elj ex capt by the men who represent them Is a dishonest man or for instance a stick a fair representative of an honest olt and a progressive party 7 we are aware that it would be unjust to charge upon the general body the foulness ol 01 any individual member but when the latter is thrust forward into prominence and all the other members of the body are united in sustaining it are not men justified in judging the whole by the part set before their eyes 7 so S 0 in addition to rood good principles it la is also necessary in the present independent elate state of the world to have good men even the earmy I ia Is s forced to admit that in the latter respect the peoples Pao convention scored a triumph the candid ass there nam nabad d are men whose records are known to the county there is nothing in it to be ashamed of it will shrink from no investigation the ticket was made up by honest men seeking capable and trustworthy representatives for the office offices in the gifton gift of the people and merit not the machine was the touchstone which wrought the litt list that appears at the head of these 0 columns and which we hope to see vict monday on the opposition ticket are somo some men of strength ability and reputation the liberal party baa has many such ouch in IQ this instance it knows its candidates perhaps batter better than we edo do but bat it must ba be a galling reflection that in tho desperate apologies aps apdo logies gies framed for bone of the candid ites hag lies a confession of weakness which cannot bo be kept concealed these apologies have been as galling to thosa those for whom they were uttered as they have bave been transparent to hundreds of others the ticket as a whole ia Is not strong and the party as a a whole knows it even as we have invited the voters of the county to compare the principles and records of the two parties eo so do we now invite them to compare the men nominated ai the exponents of those principles |
