The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-04-18

Ohio Is, Oregon, 10; Pennsylvania, 8;
South Carolina, 2; Vermont, A; Wash
ington, 8; total IA Oranges reorganiz-
ed in same period, A.
! Faithfully yours,
JOHN TRIMBLE,
Secretary National Grange
SOMETHING THAT EVERY SUBORDI-
NATE GRANGE SHOULD DO.
| Labor to increase its membership.
Start library. Strive to keep the dol
lar far enough from the eye so that
some other useful thing may be seen.
To own hall of their own at the earliest
! possible date. Make the lecture hour
prominent and the programs so interest
ing that the members will feel that they
cannot afford to be absent. Conduct
their meetings according to strict parli-
mentary usages Open on time, attend
strictly to business, and close on time
Have charity for those who do not
know or appreciate the usefulness and
value of the Grange and use wisdom in
striving to lead them to the light.
TRUE POLITICS.
From The American Grange Bulletin.
Emerson, says George William Curtis
in one of his delightful Easy Chair es-
says, had no proper political tastes.
Yet for true politics, the application of
the moral law to the control of public
affairs, no man was more perceptive or
uncompromising.
There are politicians and politicians,
and there is politics and there are poll |
tics. If Curtis is to be believed. Emer-
son was punctual in his duties as citi- |
zen and was always on the right side |
of great public questions" Many will |
fail to appreciate what is meant by the !
right side of public questions; it is not |
always the popular or the profitable side.
To be on the right side of many ques-
tions, some of us must be against our
own immediate personal interests; we
must oppose the men and measures
whose triumph would add to our mate
rial prosperity. 1t requires courage and
genuine devotion to the higher ideals to |
be always on the right side of public !
questions.
If you are an admirer of the methods |
of the pothouse politicians, you may go |
to the dictionary and find definition to |
your liking-"the schemes and intrigues |
of political parties, or of cliques or in |
dividual politicians" Are you be-
lever in the policies of the men whom !
all the world rightly honor? Then you
will be glad to see politics defined as |
''the regulation and government of a |!
nation or state for the preservation of |
its safety, peace, and prosperity" You |
will understand that true politics may
be the application of the moral law to |
the control of public affairs. But this !
is something which the Quays and the |
Crokers have never begun to appreciate.
They and their disciples can not under
stand how moral law can be applied in |!
a business which, as they know and |
practice it, is essentially immoral. OF |
course they know that morality and |
honor are to be talked about in public; |
for the people believe in morality and |
honor, and steadily and rightly refuse to |
make heroes of men who are known to |
be immoral and dishonorable.
The Bulletin is glad to be counted |
among the advocates of the men who be- !
lieve in testing public acts by the moral !
law. 1t is eternally true that righteous
ness exalteth nation and that sin is !
reproach to any people. True politics
is righteousness in public affairs; it i'm
plies honesty toward the people before
as well as after election; and it requires
faithfulness and integrity in the manage
ment Of the business of the people. The
only politician who is worthy of |
SUPPORT or respect is the one whose pri |
vate life and public acts will square
with the moral law. Perhaps there are |
few of this class. If so, it is largely the |
fault of the people.