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Editorial
February 16, 1895
Blackfoot News
Blackfoot, Bingham County, Idaho
What is this article about?
Editorial warns Idaho voters against partisan illusions in senatorial elections, urging objective inquiry for public good over personal loyalties to avoid bitter defeats and legislative disruptions.
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Political Campaign Illusions.
The condition the senatorial question is now in before the legislature makes it well to remind those of experienced age and to caution the younger element that there is not a more unreliable state of mind than that of the candidate and the candidate's manager and worker as to the real conditions and merits of the canvass. They may be honest; still they cannot duly estimate the prospects and the rights of their favorite. This is a well known fact but it makes no impression on the partisan. He is the lover and in his eyes the girl of his choice has no freckles on her neck; no cast in her eye, no downward pull of the corners of her mouth, though everyone else can see these things; and to him the other girls are all homeliness personified though others can see that many of them are radiant with beauty. Therefore the electors should take cognizance of their infatuation and look with clearer vision at the situation. If they do not the bitterness of defeat will have a sharper sting for them. Idaho has had enough of the contentions and disturbances and legislative perversions that have come to be regular features of a senatorial election. What is needed in the electors is a manly, honest inquiring spirit, to learn the truth as it relates to the public welfare and to act accordingly, but not to care so much about the individual as to be on the side of justice. Guided by this spirit and resolution the elector will not be swerved by claims of selfish ambition at the expense of the rights and requirements of his constituency.
Lewiston Tribune.
The condition the senatorial question is now in before the legislature makes it well to remind those of experienced age and to caution the younger element that there is not a more unreliable state of mind than that of the candidate and the candidate's manager and worker as to the real conditions and merits of the canvass. They may be honest; still they cannot duly estimate the prospects and the rights of their favorite. This is a well known fact but it makes no impression on the partisan. He is the lover and in his eyes the girl of his choice has no freckles on her neck; no cast in her eye, no downward pull of the corners of her mouth, though everyone else can see these things; and to him the other girls are all homeliness personified though others can see that many of them are radiant with beauty. Therefore the electors should take cognizance of their infatuation and look with clearer vision at the situation. If they do not the bitterness of defeat will have a sharper sting for them. Idaho has had enough of the contentions and disturbances and legislative perversions that have come to be regular features of a senatorial election. What is needed in the electors is a manly, honest inquiring spirit, to learn the truth as it relates to the public welfare and to act accordingly, but not to care so much about the individual as to be on the side of justice. Guided by this spirit and resolution the elector will not be swerved by claims of selfish ambition at the expense of the rights and requirements of his constituency.
Lewiston Tribune.
What sub-type of article is it?
Partisan Politics
What keywords are associated?
Senatorial Election
Political Illusions
Voter Objectivity
Idaho Legislature
Partisan Bias
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Illusions In Senatorial Campaigns
Stance / Tone
Cautionary Advice To Voters
Key Arguments
Candidates And Managers Overestimate Prospects Due To Bias
Partisans View Their Favorite Uncritically Like Lovers
Electors Should Seek Truth For Public Welfare Over Personal Favoritism
Avoid Selfishness That Harms Constituency Rights