Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-10-04


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Il course, %. ono can tail What tho
}prectae effect will be- he Qualiaed.t
But n my opinion It IS very likely to
be destructive Of dividends. Skipping
the dry details. the new law, which Is
EQUITABLE enough on .its own face. can
be made an engine Of extortion In
the hands OF those who administer
IT. In fact, happen to know
that it was designed and carried
through for that very purpose
She smiled. ss@. #.z: ...
II have understood yon were in the
opposition. Are you speaking politi-
cally? ....= ...
Il am stating the plain fact said
Kent. nettled little by her GOODNESS.
.Decadent Rome never lifted baser
set Of demagogues into office than We
have here in this state at the pres
ent moment. . " +. ia ss.s.s ...4
He spoke warmly, and she liked him
best when he put her on the footing
Of an equal antagonist. zz.=..,..
81 can't agree with your inference"
she objectod. "As a people we are
neither obseSuious nor stupid" ~. :
Perhaps net. But it is one of the
failures Of a popular government that
an honest majority may be controlled
and directed by q small minority OF
shrewd rascals. That Is exactly what
has happened in the passage Of THIS
bill. venture to say. that not one
man in, the ten who voted for it had
the faintest suspicion that it was q
graft" E. q y z..... :. ~ =. r
IT that be true, what chances there
are for men with the gift Of true lead.
ership and love Of pure justice In
their hearts," she said half-absently:
and he started forward and said: II
beg pardon?" ...s . j.. @..s;.
She let the blue-gray eyes meet his
and there was q passing shadow Of
disappointment In them. " III
II ought to beg yours. I'm afraid
I was thinking aloud. But it is one
Of my dreams. ! If I were q man
should 60 into politics"
ITO purify them?"
ITO do my part In trying. The
great heart of the people is honest
and well-meaning: think we all ad-
NIT that. And there is intelligence,
too. But human nature is the same as
It used to be when they set up q man
who could and called him king. Gen.
tie or simple, it must be led
"There is no lack of leadership, such
as 1t is" he hazarded.
"No; but there seems to be pitiful
lack Of the right kind: men who will
put self-seeking and unworthy ambi-
ton aside and lift the standard of JUS
tice and right-doing for It's own sake.
Are there any such men nowadays?''
II don't know" he rejoined grave
~. Sometimes I'm tempted to doubt
it. It is frantic scramble for place
and power for the most part. The
kind of man you have in mind isn't
in it, shuns 1t as he would a plague
spot .- =
She contradicted him firmly.
No, the kind of a man have in
mind wouldn't shun it; he would take
hold with his hands and try to make
things better: he would put the sell
fish temptations under foot and give
the people leader worth following
be the real mind and hand of the
well-meaning majority 49,
Kent shook his head slowly.
mot unless motive stronger than
the abstraction which we call patriot
ISM T. l &. !. . {
II don't understand, ''she said; mean
ing, rather, that she refused to under
stand.
II mean that such a man, however
exalted his views might be, would have
to have an object more personal ia
him than the mere dutiful promptings
OF patriotism to make him do his
best"
But that would be-. self-seekins
again." r.
Not necessarily in the narrow
sense. The old knightly chivalry was
q beautiful thing in its way, and it
gave an uplift to an age which would
have been frankly brutal without it:
yet it. had its well-spring in what ap-
peals to us now as being a rather fan
tastic sentiment 49,:
"And We are not sentimentalists?
she suggested. ~
No; and it's the worse for us in
some respects. You will not find your
ideal politician until you find a man
with somewhat of the old knightly
spirit in him. And I'll go further and
say that when you do find him he
will be at heart the champion of the
woman he loves rather than that Of q
political constituency s.y.
= She became silent at that, and fol-
time the low .sweet harmonies OF
the nocturne Penelope was playing
filed the gap. =s .@>',.s@
Z. He turned upon her suddenly.
. did you mean to reproach me?" he
asked abruptly. L. -.
How absurd!"5. ,,:,:.s:@ -
mo, it isn't. You are responsible
for me, in a certain sense. You sent
me out in to the world, and somehow
I feel as il I had disappointed YOU"
e" But what went We out for t<
see ?" she quoted softly. =:
Il know" he nodded, sitting down
again. you thought you were arous.
ing g worthy ambition, but it was only
avarice that was quickened. I've been
trying to be 9 money-getter.'' e..
You can be something vastly bet.
ter ss5s ; s. :. Sss. =
mo, I'm afraid not; it is too late
Again the piano-mellowcd silence
supervised, and Kent put his elbows
on his knees and his face In his hands
being very n1aora hlo .zss IIo halinsuod