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POINTS IN POLITICS.
Who has not noted the soothing
effect of the music that floats from the
churches out into the summer air, on
the Sabbath day? Thero is an absence
of those sounds and discords that mark
the six working days of the week; there
is peace and quiet; the song swells out
into 6pace and it seems like Sunday.
One can bear this music from afar off
and one hearing it can easily forget the
exciting and worrisome subjects that
crowd the brain on week days for other
and more serene thoughte.
Last Sunday morning between the
hours of ten and eleven I passed on the
way down town three churches where
services were being held. From each
there came out into the stillness of the
beautiful Sabbath the soft and melod
ious sound of sacred music The streets
were deserted. Not a sign of life any.
where. Scarcely a leaf stirred on the
trees. Even the birds sang in a minor
key. The music from the churches,
Boft and low and sweet, pervaded the
atmosphere for blocks around. It was
soothing a lullaby to peace and gooa
will. The madding crowd and ignoble
strife seemed far away things of yes
terday. It was the quiet Sabbath and
all things were quiet.
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Five minutes walk brought me to the
caravansary at Eleventh and P streets,
where the destiny of the state has oft
hung in the balance, where ambition
has knocked at the door of hope and
perseverance has pursued and persisted,
'mid the swirling turmoil of practical
politics; that birthplace of intrigue, and
cauldron wherein have been brewed the
elixir of political life and the potion of
political death the Capital hotel.
And here, almost within sound of the
chaste music that came from the
churches, there was indeed a madding
crowd, and a 6trife in many instances
ignoble. No Sabbath influence here.
No hymns of praise. No anthems of
swelling joy. No quiet. No peace.
The Sabbath came betwixt the Friday
of the republican primaries and the
Monday of the convention; and the ex
igencies of latter day politics demand
ed, or seemed to demand, a general at
tendance at this headcenter of political
interest, and a close attention to the
peculiar process of Blate making, and
the politicians were at it. Candidates
jostled the unwary delegate. Delegates
plotted with delegates. Workers kept
their hands on the strings. They were
all republicans. But who thought of
republicanism in that motley Sunday
crew? Who was there in all that mass
of politicians that stopped to think of
political principles in the race fcr per
sonal profit? Republican? It might
hare just as well have been democratic
or what-not. There was nothing of
party in it. 'Way up in the high
branches of the tree of fortune hung a
scant dozen of plums, and the poles just
reached the fruit and that was all. In
the scramble for advantage men
trampled on each other's feet, and
sometimes. J am afraid, they resorted
to unfair means to add an inch to their
poles. Selfishness held high carnival.
Practical politics had its exemplification.
Political parties are necessary. Only
last week they were defended in The
Courier They have indeed given the
world enduring institutions of liberty
and equality and justice. But, like
everything in which men have a part,
they have a base side. One's idea of
the standard of honor among men is
not enhanced by an .insight into the
workings of what id called practical
politics. There is seen the selfish and
the base sido of men, the struggle for
gain, and the abuse of party for private
ends. One learns that such a thing as
the office seeking the man is the hollow
est kind of a hollow mockery. There
was, long ago, an idea that men were
urged to take this or that place. That
idee is now enbalmed in tradition. It
is obsolete and mummified.
Politics is to some extent comparable
to a horse race. All kinds of men enter
and seek to pass the judges' stand.
Some fail to get off, and some are ruled
out at the beginning. The others, the
good and the bad, pass the judges, and
away they go. Each man flies his
colors, and has his friends and sup
porters who line the track and spur him
on. On they go, some neck and neck,
others ahead and some behind. They
pass the quarter stretch, and head for
the wire. The crowd stands breathless,
every eye on the men who are making
the race running, and as the first man
comes under the wire a great shout
goes up.
Some years ago one of the cartoon
weeklies. Puck I think it was, illustrat
ed the workings of the horse race.
There were the horses and the judges
and the jockeys and the track, and
everything was, apparently, fair and
open and above board. The horses
seemed to be going for all they were
worth. But from a little hidden box
came invisible wires that were attached
to the horses, and these wires were pull
ed in and let out, the horses kept back
or pushed ahead, at the'will of the book
makersthe gamblers and it wasn't
the horse that won. It was the gambler.
So in the political race, the candidates
are controlled in a measure by some un
seen power, and the man who wins may
be the best "man or the worst It
is sometimes the one and sometimes the
other.
There is no intention to cast any dis
credit upon the men who were candi
dates before this week's convention.
There were many excellent men, good
citizens, upright and true; butfthey were
not always permitted to do their own
running. Conventions are a good deal
alike. A curse of this country is that it
has too much politics. It is one of the
bad features of a republican form of
government. An office is within the
sight and almost within the reach of
every man, and all men, or nearly all,
are politicians. There are too many
offices, the terms are too short, and there
is too much politics.
There was considerable difficulty in
opening the county convention. There
was some loose work somewhere, and
the confusion was such as to cause one
delegate to remark that it seemed a
good deal like a pop or democratic con
vention. In order to bring a semblance
of order out of the chBos that reigned
it was necessary to take a recess and
start all over again.
It is no secret that there was an or
ganized effort to ignore the sentiment of
the delegates and place in nomination
candidates particularly acceptable to
certain intei ssts, and there was a for
midable array of power and influence
on the side of these candidates. The
younger element of the party was large
ly represented among the delegates and
this element gave no heed whatever to
the pin setting and schemes of the pol
iticians who were responsible for the
slate, and the result was what the result
always will be when the element that
dominated Monday's convention is
thoroughly aronsed and in earnest.
There is no desire on the part of repub
licans to make any criticism at this
time; but the feeling that the work
could not have been done better is prac
tically unanimous.
It was a surprise when Sam Low car
ried the Fourth ward primaries by a
majority of over 400. It was a greater
surprise when this young man broke
down every barrier in the convention
and received the nomination for clerk
of the district court by acclamation.
The remarkable hold this candidate has
on the people, simply through his per
sonal magnetism and admirable quali
ties was given a striking demonstration
in his nomination. It is not often that
such scenes are enacted in political con
ventions. The enthusiasm could uot be
restrained. It leapt all bounds. As
the delicate and pallid joungman, worn
by the anxiety of the last few weeks, ap
jeired on the platform, hereceived what
can truly be called' an ovation. Tears
came to the eyes of more than one dele
gate, and it was a scene that will not
soon be forgotten.
Thfe convention was generally unruly,
howevr. Disoiganized and demoralized
at the outset it was almost impossible
to make of the convention the calm,
deliberative body it should have been.
An element of the hilarity was the
boundless enthusiasm of the young
men. Victory was with them from the
start and it was natural enough that
they should bubble over.
It is the usual thing for the news
papers to say, after the convention, that
the ticket named is the strongest ever
put up by the party; so that this state
ment has lost somewhat of its force.
But republicans and citizens generally
will agree that seldom, if ever, has a
better ticket than that selected last
Monday been placed before the voters
of the county. It is evenly balanced
with ability and integrity, youth and
age. It is strong at every point. There
is no occasion for a defensive campaign.
There are no excuses necessary. The
nominees are all well and favorably
known, and they are clean, straight
forward men. The Courier said the
republicans would do well if they select
ed men as strong as the leading fusion
candidates, Tibbetts, Miller aud Baker.
The republicans did well, very well.
There was an unjust discrimination
against the Fourth ward. All this
ward got was two judges of the district
court, one clerk of thedistrict court, one
county surveyor and one coroner.
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It is the judgment of republicans that
there isn't a bad nomination on the
ticket, and no fears are now entertained
that the three county offices at present
"held by the enemy' will not be re
claimed. Republican success in every
instance seems assured.
The only resolutions adopted by the
convention were those instructing the
delegation to the state convention for
Judge Maxwell and Regent Morrill.
Years ago in a republican county con
vention held in theFunke opera hou:e,
A. D. Burr was a candidate-for clerk
of the district court, and withdrew his
name on the first ballot, as he did last
Monday. The coincidence was noted by
some of the delegates.
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