The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1906-02-21
WEDNESDAY. FEB p 1906

IT Is said thai the phrase ''stand
pat" introduced into national politics
by the late Senator Marcus A. Hanna,
national chairman Of the Republican
party, and now used by our political
tricksters. is a vulgar expression bor-
rowed from poker players. In the
light of intelligence and reason, the
.'stand pat" phrase is little short of
idiotic when applied to business prin-
ciples. The phrase virtually means
stand where YOU are-don't move.
But progress is not made by standing
still, but by moving along. While
sudden and frequent changes are bad,
no changes at all are still worse. As
the country develops, conditions
charge. and laws and business meth
DDS must be adapted to suit them.
Whenever you hear lot Of politicians
preaching the "stand patn doctrine,
you can put it down in your notebook
they are after the spoIls Of Office and
in effect making war against growth,
reform and progress. And it is a
common practice Just now with our
Senators and Congressman when
there is so much discussion of the
tariff, railroad rates, prices of COM
modities, etc. Anything entering
into national development for the
betterment of the masses will be met
with stern resistance by the repre-
sentatives Of the favored interests;
and in the next campaign a wall will
ascend to heaven, .'stand pat" But
let us not forget that this is the vul-
gar phrase of the gambler, and that
the politician who makes use of it, is
a hiieling, or a stakeholder in the
trust-a gambler who plays high
stakes and robs alike the producer
and consumer-who has been lured
into a confidence game Of "stand pat
THE WORLD today is looking for
men who are not for sale, men who
are honest, sound from center to cir
cumference, true to the hearts core;
men with consciences as steady as
the needle to the pole; who will stand
for the right if the heavens totter and
the earth reels; men who can tell the
truth and look the world right IN the
eye; men who neither brag nor run,
men who neither flag nor finch; men
who can have courage vii hout shout
ing to it; men in whom the courage Of
everlasting life runs still, deep and
r. s-anrs men who know their message
~ VI; men who know their place
and ill it; men who know their bust
ness and attend to it; men who will
not lie, shirk or dodge; men who are
not too lazy to work, nor too proud to
be poor; men who are willing to eat
what they have earned and wear what
they have paid for; men who are not
ashamed to say mol" with emphasis
and who are not ashamed to say Il
can't afford it."-Macey Monthly.
EVERY nov and then you hear
somebody say something about the
lid being put on" 1t is astonishing
how many people who profess to have
intelligence, the law-abiding citizens
and some Chustians-will expose
their ignorance, their unlawful ten
denotes, and their hyPOcracy, in con-
versation. They will abuse the
Mayor of the city and all other city
officials for enforcing the laws on our
statute books and doing their sworn
duty. Did it ever occur to you that
the man who stands around and crit-
cizes officials for enforcing our laws
no matter what be processes to be-is
as much of a criminal as the man who
violates the law? Whenever we do
not uphold officers for performing
their sworn duty-and their duty is
to enforce the laws-we become iugi-
tives from justice. Did you ever
think of this before? Think it over.
The Editors of the ninth congress
sional district will meet in Maysville !
February %, to organize publishers
association. A good thing, and |
largely brought about by the efforts
Of Editor j. M. Allen, of the CyRthi-
ana Democrat.
Farms and City property tor sale.
ID. w. TREBLE,
Real Estate Agt.