Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-11-02
DEAR BOY" LETTERS. No. 10
Ny Dear Boy:

Ny Dear Boy:
want you to DO little work In roil
ties before election. rwant you not only
10 vote right. but to get two or three
Others To vote right. know that your
friend Morgan says that politicians are
all corrupt and that. IL man wants 10
turn out grand rascal, all he has 10 do
Is 10 mix into politics. But, my boy,
the:c are two kinds OF political workers.
4 little true story Will show you what
| mean:
In 1919. Martin Van Buren, failed 10
get the Democratic nomination for The
presidency. He and his friends bottled
the ticket aud he accepted the nouina-
ton of the Free Soil party. His brilliant
son. John Van Buren,. went up into Mas
sachnsrtts 10 make some Free Soil
speeches for his father. Now with Prince
John, as he Was familiarity called. politics
was a game. lie had no real, fixed. 20
ltical principles. And 1t was q revcla.
tss:. 10 HIN. when he GO. Into Massaehn-
set's and found men like Garrison. Hig-
ginson, John Brown and others. Of pure
character and lofty ideals. whose very
lives We're 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 following conversation took
place:
Hello. John: where have you heen?"
Up In Massachusetts, making Free
Soil speeches for father"
did you find many Free Sellers up
there?,
ri . h., A.lt 10
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 political
principles are founded In truth and right.
eousness. That il the kind OF worker l
want you to be. Don't get down to any
thing mean or tricky. but work because
you believe that the Republican position
Is right. and tina, the election Of McKln.
ley and Roosevelt will be for the good OF
the nation and the good OF the world.
Now l will tell you what l want you
to do. l want you first TO 90 down and
see Barney Crogsn. They have been
stufi,ng him with the statemcn, tina, the
Republican party Il the rich mans party.
and that the Democratic party IL the poor
mans party. He sees the rich men and
great corporations growing richer and
they have told him that whenever n rich
man grows richer Il \ at some poor mans
expense, They have told him that the
Republican policy makes "the rich richer
and the poor poorer"
l want you to 60 down and tell him
that when a farmer raises q 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 aud
be the better on Tell him that when a
man digs a thousand dollars worth OF
gold ont Of the ground he Is richer. but
nobody Is the poorer. Show him tina.
there Is such a 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 ana
better pay. that when railroads and man
ufactnrers are making money labor is
most abundant and receives its highest
reward Tell him that the Republican
party IL the party for the whole people
rich and poor alike Tell him that we do
not believe In arraylng one class against
another but that all classes should work
together for the common veal And then
point him to the results OF Mckinley
administration ms proof OF what you say
And keep poklng the truth at him until
he sees II and promises to vote for Me
kinley.
Then 20 and see win Barton. A Dem
ocratic neighbor In trying to get him to
trade on part Of the ticket. Tell VIII
that this il not the year for Republican
to monkey with his ticket. He will yet
II tangled up and twisted till his ballot
viii not he counted II he IL not careful
There Is too much At stake this year. Tell
him to let his Democratic friend vote as
he will. hut that this Ia the year for
straight Republican votes DO this, m,
boy. and then vote right yourself, and
when the news OF victory comes you can
cheer with vim and rejoice that you
have share In the glory.