Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-19

sets are listed IN the petition or Sched-
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UN-AMERIcAN METHODS IN POL
TICS.
Editor Times Republican: AS the
time for the coming political contest is
drawing nearer and the different cam
didates are looking over the field, I
shall respectfully call the attention OF
your numerous readers to some disrep-
utable methods adopted by certain
class of office hunting politicians
Before entering upon discussion of
local poltics-which 1 Intend to do in
another brief ARTICLE shall fire a shot
lat the n-American means and meth
eds which some professional politicians
frequently resort to In order to reach
the goal of their greed.
When party politics and personal
gain threaten to supplant honest prin-
ciples and true patriotism in American
politics it is certainly high time to call
upon all loyal citizens to stand by their
guns
Office hunting has now become a
profession and some of the would be
statesmen are admirable experts in the
fine arts of deceit, lying and hy-
pocrisy. No means OF political clap
trap and trickery are Stunned by these
worthless when a fat Office is in view;
and patriotic principles. which should
be the pole star of our deeds and
thoughts as citizens. are simply treated
as sentimental trash. AS matter Of
course different candidates use certain
peculiar methods of their own, but as
rule the wire pulling. rope dancing ma
chine politicians have many character
istics in common. A smart politician
must be a keen observer of human ma
/ ture and the natural traits and PEI
culiarities of foreign born citizens are
4 Very frequently made the special study
lof the charmingly polite and diplomatic
candidate. The Irish vote, the German
vote, the Scandinavian vote, etc, are
Expressions of frequent occurrence and
| some candidates depend to a great ex-
tent upon class or national prejudices
for support in the breakneck race for
office. Viewed from an American
standpoint such system of class pol
| itics is unpatriotic in the extreme and
should be severely opposed by every
| loyal citizen of our lana. Only one
kind of vote should be recognized in
this country-the American vote, pure
and patriotic.
The grandeur and glory of. this
colossal republic is conclusively demon
strated by the fact that all nations and
races meeting on American soil are
fused and welded into superior race
of people, whose vast progress. power
and prosperity have become the marvel
of the world.
! When Issues of national Importance
are to be decided by the sovereign vote
OF the American people no other consid-
erations than those of true and loyal
Americanism should enter the arena,
and all questions of races or nationals
tiles should be left severely alone.
A foreign born citizen may love the
land Of his birth and cherish the fond
recollections of childhood's home, but
the memories of the past should In no
way whatever detract from the loyalty
land love which we owe to our adopted
country.
Political schemers and professional
demagogues do sometimes exercise a
very bad influence upon the victims Of
their craft, but an American audience
is more easily moved by clap-t trap and
sophistry than Is gathering OF Scan
thought it rather strange that people
POSSESSING SO many sterling good quail
tiles and such an ample supply of prac-
teal common sense as the American
should be so easily swayed by false
logic and fine phrases. Perhaps the
northumberland citizen don't
understand the beauty of the argu-
ments as well as the Americans do, but
<L.t ~ i TO- 20 20,
times to examine those beautiful argu-
ments by the microscope of cold reason.
When the American people detect any
political mistakes caused by the de-
ceitful wiles of INSCRIPTIONS schemers
a severe day of reckoning is sure to
come for the overthrow of boss rule and
corruption. but the lesson is frequently
taught at the expense of considerable
prosperity.
OLE o. LIEN.