The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-01-29
Joseph 4. Malley Of Maine Says
it is a Young Mans Duty.
MUST Be A MAN OF PRINCIPLE
And Hostile to "BoSSism in All
Its FormS-Honor Brings
Success.

The Sunday Magazine, a publication
issued by the New York Press, recent
ly contained the following article on
''The Young Man in Politics. from
the pen of Joseph H. Manley:
1t is we'll in these days, when it has
become somewhat popular with class
of men of decry politicians, and to
sneer at all who participate in the
politics of the day, to really under
stand a politician and his career in
politics. The idea that a politician is
a mere ward heeler" or a seeker of
| official position is all wrong. Politics is
| the science of government, and true
| politician is a man who is versed In
| this science. His aims and ambitions
are not to hold office, or to dictate who
shall hold office, or to carry ward cau-
cuses and party conventions. That is
| the work of the intriguer, and of the
man who can never rise to the dignity
of a politician.
| A man, to be a successful politician,
must have a sincere love of country
and be thoroughly grounded in the
science of government. He must be
man of principle, of earnest and thor
ough convictions, and have the faith
of his convictions.
| Parties are an absolute necessity to
the life of the state. Factions never
serve the state 1t has been truly
| said that it reflects no glory on a
| statesman TO stand aloof from his
4 II hi rri,-trr
in the citizen of state to belong to
no party The honorable and dignified
name of statesman is given only to
those men who distinguish themselves
as guides and leaders among the poll
ticians.
1t is the duty of every young man
entering upon life to take an interest
in politics, and become, in a degree, a
politician. The career of politics, like
every other career. has it's hopes and
disappointments, its advantages and
disadvantages, it's successes and fail
ures. But there is no career open to
IA young man in free republic so full
of advantages and enjOyments, SO
beneficial and useful, as the career of
politics. A politician, to be success
full, must study human nature in all
tits phases. He must treat every sub
ject candidly, and deal with all men,
honestly. The trickster can never sue
ceed 1t is only the honest man who
is in the high and true sense a poll
tician. Enemies he must hope to make
for ''he never had friend who never
made a foe" And men are better
judged by their enemies than by their
friends
By entering the career of politics
do not mean office-holding or office
seeking The professional office-seek
er and office-holder is not a man to
be envied. 1t is not a career to be de-
| sired. It is not a career to be follow
ed. The professional office-seeker and
office-holder is never from the very
nature of things, a man of independ-
ent mind. His one end and aim in
life is to hold office. This narrows
and dwarfs him, stamps out independ-
ence of thought and action, and makes
him Crook the pregnant hinges of
the knee where thrift may follow
fawning''
1t does not follow that the young
man should decline office Preferment
is always to be accepted. But office
should not be sought. When it comes
as a trust from the people it should
E be accepted and worthily filed. Young
: men should be ambitious to so live, tC
! have such an interest in politics, that
they will be fitted TO occupy the posi-
tions of honor and trust; and the peo
pie will readily discern and rightly de
eide who are to be intrustd with these
: positions of honor and power.
Y There is ample opportunity in thf
: great country for all young men wht
have high aims and lofty purposes
and who properly fit themselves, t
, perform the great duties of officia
= trust. Let every young man strive t
- be
= Statesman, yet friend to truth O
- soul sincere,
= In action faithful, and in honor clear
- Who broke no promise, served NJ
private end,
Who gain'd no title, and who lost n
friend:
Enobled by himself, by all approve
And prais'd, unenvied by the muse b
: lov'd"
i The great and crowning glory in tn
4 life of the immortal Lincoln, who's
y memory we cherish was his firm an
steadfast faith in the people. He be