Mower County transcript., 1903-07-29
FRANK EDDY SPEAKS.
A Stirring Address on The Citizens
r responsibility Favorss Tariff
M $t Revision. sfisj

- cIATIIHX AOOEe6S SOM the SNlIlASusS,
r ResponsibiIity FayOrs Tariff
Revision.
So much interest has been taken III
the address given at Dodge Centre.
July 4, by excongressm Frank N.
Eddy that we give; an extended abstract
of what he said. His position On tariff
revision agrees thoroughly with Repubs
lican sentiment \ in this First Congress.
sional district. IF Mr.. Eddy decides.
to become candidate for governor,
he will make a formidable candidate
Following is an extract of his Dodge
Centre address: III Fl & .655 l5i S@
Ny Friends and Fellow Citizens: I
have been talking about American
achievement on the field OF battle, but
it should be borne in mind that the
accomplishments of peace cast those Of
war in the shadow, that high, import
ant and sacred as the duties Of a soldier
are the duties of q citizen are higher,
more important and more sacred The
duties Of the soldier are periodical.
Those of the citizen are perpetual.
Even in time of war comparatively few
can serve in the ranks, but every in
dividual is citizen and has citizenship
duties to perform. 1t lis IA great thing
to die for ones country. It is infinitely
greater olive for. it and live right. 82I
In my twenty years OF public service
two marked characteristics u of the
American people have become indeli- y
bly, impressed upon my mind, the
extraordinary care and alertness with
which they guard their country's in.
terests in time of war, and their mon
umental indifference to those same in
terests in time Of peace. Men will
sacrifice their best years, their sub
stance and even life itself on the altar
of their country in. time Of war, and
many of these same men will not per-
form their duties Of citizenship in time
of peace unless they are paid for it.
Should the news be flashed to us that a
foreign army had invaded our shores,
you, like your fathers before, you,
would leave the ploW in the furroM,
the hay unraked in the meadow, the
harvests ungathered in the field and
rush to the defense of the flag yet
there are a whole lot of you under the
sound of my voice today who would
not sacrifice a half bushel of potatoes
to attend a caucus or give up an hours
time to 80 to the polls and vote, and
this is equally true of every audience
that assemblies beneath the .hag today.
Yet, unless we faithfully, adfastly,'
and above all intelligently perform our
political duties every dollar spent in
The defense of our country has been
wasted and every drop Of blood that
has been shed for liberty has been shed
in vain. Thousands upon thousands
OF our best and bravest men have died
for principle and many times the living
through ignorance or neglect have
placed the keeping of those blood
bought principles in the hands of .un-
principled men for keeping. Il
Honest men, country loving men,
God fearing men, men who love the
right and hate wrong constitute a
majority of all political parties and if
they were all politicians and faithfully
attended to their political duties! by
exercising their right selection in the
nomination of candid dates, 1T would not
matter much what political party con-
trolled the government; honesty in
legislation and justice in administra-
tion would prevail. 5.s.i ~ & M. n 3@65 X
Corruption never raised its hideous
head in town, municipal, county, state
or national affairs but what it was the
direct result of the ignorance of the
Individual voter of his political obli-
cations or his neglect in their perform.
ance. Il y 5{.3 +, 55 FL n (. III # 81
Minneapolis glories in the conviction
and sentence of the corrupt ionists who
smirched the fair name of that fair
city. Her record would have been
much brighter if she never had any cor
ruptionists in public positions to con-
vict and sentence. sszf %$S \
st. Louis takes credit for ridding
herself OF official hood dleism and she
is entitled to credit, but it would have
been more creditable if she had never
had. amy boodlers to get rid Of. II n s;3S III
1t was good thing to clear the Post
Office Department Of bribe takers who
debauched the government service for
private profit. It would have been
better if bribe takers and defaulters
had not been permitted to enter the
service in the first place. s5ss NJ s 53 s5
Corruption would not have existed
in Minneapolis, hood dleism in ST. Louis
or bribe taking in the Post Office De.
partment, if IL proper men had been
selected for0public position; il an un-
American, lln-repnb blican II and die
! eliminating system Of making appoint
ments had not been nitted to spring
up and q pernici ions practice allowed to
be inaugurated.
AK Individual corrupti ion Away has and
probably always will exist I'M govern
mental affairs, but organized graft
1 never exists except when II individual
voters are ignorant Of OF Indifferent to
the duties Of citizenship and permit
the selection Of corrupt men for candi.
dates and the allation Of improper
\ methods. NJ HI
Itmay seem a strange statement but