The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-18
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heartfelt. and as we strove to attain
the goal Of our ambition we have been
urged by l assurance and hearty en-
couragement from you. As we appear
before you In these last hours of our
class organization. we hope that you
may greet many successive classes from
Butte high school under as happy aus
pieces"
Miss Bsnnetrs Essay.
Miss Benefits essay vas Cicero as a
Modern Politician" 1t was as follows:
1T has long been a common COM
plant that craftsmanship is at a low
ebb. What we have is of a very poor
kind. and there Is very little OF IL. The
views and actions OF our public men.
even the best of them. lack width.
steadiness and persistent harmony. and
II Is the union of these three character
is.ics in an adequate degree that gives
to politics the quality and dignity of
statesmanship.
I'VE miss men gifted with the faculty
of taking a wide survey of the present
or the future. a r perception of the
enduring elements OF a nations great
ness, a clear comprehension and an un-
swerving pursuit of those measures by
which the object thus distinctly seen
can be as certainly attained.
Cicero. the old Roman. although not
a true statesman in every sense OF the
word, yet possessed many qualities
necessary for a man In that position
of life. In civil questions he had the
fine faculty of sitting everything and
selecting the best at all times. The
modern politician Is more apt to adopt
immediate meant to immediate ends.
Augustus said OF him: He loved his
country And this is the key of Cicero's
political life. His low of country Is
strongly displayed in his orations de-
livered against men whom he consid-
cred civil enemies.
III Cicero were to appear in our
country to-day. woe to the public OFF,
cial whom he discovered in any way
connected with fraud and bribery, for
In the corrupt currents of this world
Onense's gilded hand may shove by
justice .
And oft tits seen the wicked prize itself
Buys out the aw.' -
.Cicero's greatest desire was to make
Rome the city Of cities. the nation Of ma.
lions. No thought OF self or personal
gain entered his mind when he toiied TO
secure for Rome a pure government
What he did for his country was from
his great love for her, not money. which
liz the object of most politicians. In
deed IL has at last come to this that
the masses OF the public expect ~venality
from pubic Onlclaif ana are dsTttdpis
disappointed when they find an honesf
man. The 'accursed system OF rotation
in office has sapped the honesty OF the
people. and thousands have descended
so far i'm the scale OF morality that they
are prepared to wink at the sins of OH
cials because they look forward to tht
| time when they themselves will feed anc
fatten at the public crib
Cicero. as a modern politician, would
-. H. .a 100 AvaC
his motives too pure, and he could not
be bribed: these three excellent quail
| ties are impediments to a modern POLL
tician. For.
Dull rogues affect the politician part
And learn to nod and smile n shrus
with art.
Who nothing has to lose the war bewails
And he who nothing pays at taxes rails.
Our country Is making great de
| mands upon as. and one of the greatest
| OF these demands is purity I'm our poll
| tics. We must have men I'm our pub
| lie offices who have the welfare OF oul
| country at heart. n not the men WHIT
are in the ace only for what they car
personally gain.
THE people. Will one day wake to Q
realization of this great need, bu'
until such a time we can simply say:
%. that estates. degrees and offices
Were not derived %corruptly,
And that clear honor
Were purchased by the
Merit of the wearer.'"