The nation up to this day has been ruled by a rural people, not an urban people. In the past the cities have not been potent in the making of our laws. The legislation has been molded by the people from the farms and the villages. But the people are drifting rapidly to the city. The urban population is to play a great part in the future of this country.
Municipal government is to be potent in the government of the nation.
We are to rest our destiny on the patriotism of the city voters. In time they will control. The city governments must be clean if the national government is to be good. There is danger ahead. I know of the governments of two cities controlled by political machines that are outrageously corrupt.