The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-03-08

aud maintained. IL you please Mr..
E1itOr, etc etc., etc.
Dewey is very pronounced in opinions
of not entering the political field. He
makes lscOnic statements in his own
terse style about even a suggestion for
him to appear in the political arena.
We must all commend his decision.
He has been a great success on the high
seas, but it doesn't follow that he would
be in another avocation. Dewey is not
Indifferent, certainly, to campaign news,
and anticipations 10 those fitted for the
business. He is not like good many
people we all know, who feel that to be
in politics is to be in a questionable and
even discreditable position, therefore
many of our best citizens are Indifferent
as to results of an election and as to the
individuals in a campaign. Usually the
men who have the least at stake in a
city, town or country and the least sense
of responsibility are earliest at the polls
and stay the longest. The relation be-
tween politics and religion is close with
right thinking men and women. An
Indifference of the religious classes, to
some extent, makes a distinction which
is drawn between the sacred and secular.
In the Old Testament as we read it, his
torically, we do not find such disposi-
ton. In those books We find religion
and politics mean practically the same
thiTg Take the writing OF the sixteen
prophets (which have Just finished)
and if you eliminate politics from them
you do away with much of their work
and words. think God is personally
and directly interested IN every political
campaign and in every strife and con-
fllct of any country. His arm was sure.
ly not shorn in our late trouble. To
those people OF the Old Testament their
national capital was the dwelling place
of the Eternal and they made it bust
ness to make it a worthy abiding place
for that Presence. The very word poll
tician today is an i'll Odor. He is labeled
as a sly person acquainted with intrigue
and skilled in pulling hidden wires, g IT.
ed with genius for defeating the good
purposes Of the people and for divertiug
the money which is meant for the pub
lie benefit into his own cspacious pocket
don't believe word OF il. 1t means
that We have departed to an astTonomic
distance from an unselAsh, patriotic,
public-spirited political activity of old
jeremiah and Isaiah. These are men Of
course, who seek for Office OF rsonal
aggrand cement only, who are not for
greed and gain. So 1t is in all walks OF
life. Eyen enthusiastically. but let us not
bring up our boys and young men with
such ideas of the men in political
authority. We have had aud We do
have honest men in politics, statesmen
solely intent upon the public good,
Intelligent men, who are not only
anxious 10 do what is socially b at, but
who are acquaiht d with the conditions
under which this betterment can be
brought about, Several years ego l
remember reading OF Mr. George Rus
sell preaching in London regarding
elections He urged every man TO vote,
for voting" he said, sis part OF life >
ID wsy ID on the very pinnacle OF fame.
IL deserves It. He knew just when to
grasp just when to strike. He did il,
hence bis Is worldwide fame. An OPP
pOrtunity comes to every man sometime
in life, to grasp il. 10 the idea. There are
AZ many good men in politics as in the