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Show PARTY vs. Pi:ori.i: There is too much party ami too little people in our American scheme of government. . Party rules and the people are ruled, whereas the people peo-ple themselves should do the ruling. Two distinct classes of people compose com-pose the voting population, those who vote blindly with their party and those who prefer the man of integrity integ-rity and ability. The latter are generally gen-erally referred to as independent voters. vot-ers. The blind partisan gives hut little heed to the real qualities of the man in the selection of a candidate. The one requisite in his eyes is the ability to corral votes. When our primary laws were enacted en-acted they were designed, or at least so it was said, to give the people peo-ple an opportunity to express their individual preferences in the selection selec-tion of candidates for public office. But the law does nothing of the kind, t'nder its provisions the politicians poli-ticians are still in the saddle and driving the people to the polls almost al-most as relentlessly as in the palmy days of old. But few men dare to aspire to office without the O. K. of the pn-"" pn-"" ' " "' "ien who secure - - ' " hne leader" are ..... . ,n .-. , e-vient to the v.;n of those leaders. Political slates are made up behind be-hind closed doors and in secret conferences, con-ferences, and the voice of tli people peo-ple is neither desired nor invited. It is ignored if it is given. The result is that when p'lmary day comes around the people, who fondly prate of their sovereign rights, go blindly and obediently to the polls and vote their choice between be-tween certain candidates selected for them by the political bosses. That, in a nutshell, is the p'air reason why our high offices are Hilled Hill-ed from year to year with politicians politi-cians instead of statesmen. We repeat, there Is entirely too much party and too little people in our misnamed republican form of government, or democratic form of government, whichever you prefer to term it. The professional politicians are firmly seated in the saddles of both political parlies and there they will stay and rule with a ruthless hand until the people themselves muster up sufficient courage to throw them out. But will that day ever come? it it |