Arizona republican., 1900-10-18

DEAR BOY" LETTERS. NO. b. My Dear Boy: l want you to do lit tie work in politics before election. want you not only to vote right, but to get two or three others to vote right. l know that your friend Morgan says that politicians are all corrupt and that, if a man wants to turn out q grand rascal, all he has to do is to mix into politics. But, my boy, there are two kinds of political workers. A little true story will show you what l mean:
 In 1S4S Martin Van Buren failed to get the democratic nomination for the presidency He and his friends bOlted the ticket and he accepted the nOmina tion of the free soil party. His bril- liant son. John Van Buren. went up into Massachusetts, to make some free soil speeches for his father. Now with Prince John, as he was familiarity cal led. politics was a game He had no real, fixed, political principles. And 1t was a revelation to him when he got irl;O Massachusetts and found man like Garrison. Higgins1n, John Brown and others, of pure character and lofty ideals, whose very lives were laid on the altar in the cause of freedom. When he came back from his trip. he met a friend in New York and the fol- lowing conversation took place:
 Hello, John; where have you been?'
 Up in Massachusetts. making free soil speeches for father"
 Did you find many free soilers up there?"
 Yes. and. d-n it, they believe it, too"
 My boy, this nations safety depends largely upon the political work of men who work because in their very heart of hearts they believe that their poll tical principles are founded in truth and righteousness. That is the kind of worker l want you to be. Don't get down to anything mean or tricky, but work because you believe that the republican position is right. and that the election of Mckinley and Roose- welt will be for the good of the nation and the good of the world.
 Now I will tell you what I want you to do. l want you first to go down and see Barney Crogan. They have been
 
 the republican party is the rich mans party and that the democratic party is the poor mans party. He sees the rich men and great corporations grow ing richer and they have told him that whenever a rich man grows richer il is at some poor mans expense. They have told him that the republican policy makes the rich richer and the poor poorer"
 I want you to go down and tell him that when q farmer raises a thousand bushels of corn. the farmer is richer and no man is the poorer. but some poor man Will get the job of cutting that corn and be the better off. Tell him that when a man digs q thousand dollars worth of gold out of the ground he is richer. but nobody is the poorer. Show him that there is such thing as a natural increase of the worlds wealth which benefits all Tell him that in this country whenever the rich are doing the best the poor are doing the best; that when coal operators make money miners have more work and better pay; that when railroads and .hanufaC.Ii"rrs are mak- ing money labor is most abundant and receives it's highest reward. Tell him that the republican party is the party for the whole people. rich and poor alike. Tell him that We do not believe in arraying one class against another but that all classes should work to- gether for the common veal. And then, point him to the results of Me Kinleys administration as proof of what you say. s And keep poking the truth at him until he sees it and prom ises to vote for Mckinley.
 Then go and see Will Barton. A dem- Ocratic neighbor is trying to get him to trade on a part of the ticket Tell Will that this is not the year for q republi can to monkey with his ticket. He will get it tangled up and twisted till his ballot will not be counted if he is not careful There is too much at stake this year. Tell hlm to let his demo- cratic friend vote as he will, but that this is the year for straight republican votes. Do this, my boy. and then vote right yourself. and when the news of victory comes you can cheer with a vim and rejoice that you have a share in the glory. YOUR FATHER.
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