The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-11-08
A FEW POINTS
FOR POLITICIANS
IAN OnIOOker" Discusses
The National and Local
Campaigns
AN INTERESTING ARTICLE
Says National Campaign Has Been
cleaqsst One in History and
Thinks the Local Fight Can
go it One Better

The present National political cam.
pf ign will doubtless go down in histor,
as one Of the calmest, cleanest and
least interesting of any which has oc.
CURED in years; as there are no issues
OF so great Importance as those Of
tree trade. or the gold standard
which made such tremendous imbort
in the choice OF the people few
years ago, the two candidates for the
highest Office in the land will stana
more on the basis Of personal worth
and strength of character than as
representatives OF any radical change
Locally our political situation can
go the national issue few points bet
ter and make a mere interesting case
foi itself 5ut it might also learn a
wholesome lesson from the national
candidates iJi at least some features
all politica! lesues are OF some impor
tsnce to at least a few. if 1t is only
those who expect to be able to pick
fleely OF the political plums so apt to
fall after change Of policy; then the
army OF politicians who are in the bus
mess strictly Tor revenue only, WHOSE
political consciences are as varied as
Joseph's coat of many colors, always
welcome change where the "ins" will
he outs" and vice versa.
AS democratic people whose choice
for any Office is ayowedly "of the peo
pie and by the people" we show de
plciable ht ,t3ss,sfl y
refusing to accept The tact that. no
man. be he never so determined to
prove himself politically ali he has
believed himself to be personally. car
accomplish balf he has wanted to
while in the first flush Of victory over
MS rival for any Office where he has
Leen placed by the choice of those
whose power it was to place him
there is no Office in the power of the
people which is not bound By strings
many and varied and the ends OF
these strings are held by other men
the choice of the people" whose am
hilton grows With the incubating pow.
e. OF the atmosphere surrounding all
colitical Offices. as Deveryism in New
York was the child Of Tammany Hall
sc is every political pot kept boiling by
the ambitions Of those to whom a
little (politicaD power is a dangerous
thing.
Once a man is in the political arena
whether it be national or local, he is
Id pretty much the same position Of
the gladiator of old and he learns tc
lcok for no quarter, as he also learns
to give none; while he may have been
young and foolish enough to have be-
Eeved in such trifing things as integ.
rlty, honesty disinterested friendli-
ness and few more copy book may
inns he soon learns he is the center
.; body of political aspirants who
will stop at no means to oust him l,om
tie position lie has won for himself
ary means to an end seems to be
the maxim Of many, and perhaps tbs
only pitiful feature in the whole thing
is the tools are so often innocent of
the use to which they are being put
and wonder YEARLY at the lack Of sue
cess attending their efforts in other
channels. wholly unconscious Of hav
ing been the means of furthering the
petty spite Of the one whose tool they
have been.
The question Of Honor as we have
been taught to believe it. is a delicate
thing to tamper with as a rule. but
orce in politics it is a word to juggl7
with: the possession or lack of it
seems TO be ali the same it depending
entirely on which SIDE Of the political
fence you are You may safely accuse
man OF all sorts Of breaches Of polit-
cal honor. and you viii find that you
ere speaking Of an entirely different
brand; privately and publicaly you
man accuse him OF all the sins in the
decalogue; you may pay others. IN
promises or money to do the same
thing, and regard your efforts as po}l-
tical Illegal tender; you may accuse
rim Of all sorts Of motives in trying 70
carry out any scheme which will be Of
the greatest advantage to many and
/ yet that very scheme may have been
ore Of the post important planks in
your own platform; and in the mean
while, If you are honest with yourself
al intervals. YOU will have to acknowl
edge the fact that even the highes
political Office has It's limitations enc
IL the once has really sought the mar
give him the same chance TO prove