Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 July 1878 — County Officers. [ARTICLE]

County Officers.

TMa I* Iko reason of ihe your when the *‘fi M>wim> ’ i ' fliißfl s ikam in rt wiin 11 u in the country, fully mttotiv* lohin own min i that the oae pent purpowejor which ■S£skk to nomination, eviction about Every line. wry Word and D fact that bo at erect* of hit , >f necewary dy to stand in the bead wit It a policeman’s dub, to be atretdted on tho nek, and afterward hang, deawn and quartered. lie ia nothin", bis interests are of a« importance: the party Is tata alpha and omega, hit first aad hut consideration, lie to seeking the aoaiiaatiao. not because he is especially daairoua of bolding the office, but at thy earnest solicitation of Iris numerous friends, who believe that his name upon the ticket will insure success. He will sub ■tit cheerfully to the action of tho noniinating cetrvcntkm, and give his money, time and talents to secure the election el the nominee, whoever he may be. He bait* yon at every street corner, bows tc you in public assemblies, aad waits for you at the door to assure you that he can command more votes than any mau in the county. In quiet nooks, and at tnopportuno and unexpected moments, hts smiling countenance breaks upon your vision, or you fool his hand taking you by the button or the cellar and quietly pulling you aside to whisper his deration to the party into year ear. This is also the season of the year for county conventions. A largo majority of the members of tins various-political parlies are more interested in state and national, than in county politics. They are not seek ing office, tut believing that the principles and policies of their party are best adapted to the wants of the people at large, are la (raring to secure harmony and awaken interest. They want the party to nominate representative men, of integrity and godd standing, ami attend conventions in the interest of no particular candidate. No care

ran povs'hly ppeyynj some aspirants for office from Iraisg defeated, and the first work after the convention is directed to taking care of the “killed and wounded." A majorit y of the candidates accept (heir defeat as uuaveldalde and make no trouble; but there ape nearly always some who raise a disturbance. They have been "defraud«d,” the “will of the people has been defeited,” and they do not propose so stand it. They are jnst as warmly attached to their •party as ever, they tell you, but they will (brail they can to defeat the nienjwho were preferred ti> fhcm> The opposite jmrty en«outage them and help to keep their wounds fresh and (deeding. They dedare that they will do all they can for the general ticket, hut this or that candidate shall nut bo elected if they can help it. Some announce themselves as independent candidates, and thus distract and divide tin itparty. ‘ At- ev&j general election the republican cause is injured more by dissatisfaction with the result es county conventions than from any other cause. Even at this time, when tile republicans are asked to decide whether the general government shall be given over entirely into the bauds of the rebel democracy, men who profess to see the importance of suocesa are quarreling aad bickering over a division of the county offices. If such men ever have a thought which is not a selfish one U is time for them to think it. J. quarrel which costs a candidate for (he legislature!, or for oongrosa, a half a hundred voter, might secure the democratic party in power. To oppose a part of a ticket weakens the whole. To run inJepei.Jest because of supposed wrongs done by the county convention puts the whole republican party in jeopardy. The man who will deserve best of his party, Bnd be best- satisfied with himself, is he who in the hour of common danger forgets selfish interests and devotes himself to the common cause. Union, harmony and hard wqrk me.« victory in 1878 and 1880. To quarrel over local offices is to put victory out of (ha question for twenty years so come.— luUr-Oaran.