Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-28
AMERICAN PUBLIC LIFE.
e,.:.,;,, Conclusions Reached by
British Observer.

,.,,o, orce widely held in IsnGlith,i
.ni sei,Ilously inculcltcd D.! q T:nitnd
American writer's, that IN ny ,otI,inr to
states decent people will have i't ,,,,r il
a. uith politics, if ever it was III "a"
',ow ,s much out OF date as Woiio w ~,
oninivn that scrofuia can re ~ aa,Gr
tha royal touch. Whether IL pc M ,i,,.t
a. the effect of the war waGcn ;'S"i,'
..Rossism" there can he no doubt Una,
the proportion of men OF renitcih'i' ~
position entering political ne u, .,mv
United States is as great Us u ~ ~ -, H.,
other country. Moreover, II tcnds ~ - 4
crease. Bose, ,till exist, and well br'n
and honorable Americans who. III orr, ,i'.
that they ray do their duty l" 'n'I
country. engage i'll politics nave 70 W.
ate them, for time az ic,st, ~
Of unblcmshed reputation VII" aIii"s
themselves on the turf have to SUNNI. ~
contact with the shady characters ina
the sport of li.TScraciES has as YET Ii
itself unable t. slough away.
The Americas Senate as u b1dH hHy
have declined at late III p'ibilc cSt''it ;
The visitor is told 50 often enough IL -
nevertheless, the fact that Senators rs IN
,iivi.ualS desrrvcdiy take hiEh RANK IN
the society of the capital. and not 0niy
i,cci,Isc of their official status. Nhri
the Senate is in session . sight OF IL IN
II" way encourages acqnicsccncc ~ ~
OstrogOrSki'S Responding estimate. lh'
same may be said of the House of Rep
hammered and carefully dressed men N
that body strikes tn" spectator N ~" -'ii-
lcry as quite as high aS II - III i'"
House Of Commons. The deliberations Of
each branch of Congress are as oricfi|
as these of Othcr legislatures, and Tn"
House OF representatives. docs not hear
the smallest resemhlar 70 to tie lceisla-
tive bear garden depicted by supporter
pcrsorI., who write books % travel and in
sisted upon by not 4 few Americans ]: is
doubtful il the bear garden ASPECT was
ever presented. II j, was it has disap-
pear~d rs completely rs the knee breechcs
and silk stockings of Lord NorthS time.
The superior political and admins rsi-
tive officials in the nitcd States are gen
orally and most justly esteemed by Their
fellow countrymen. 1t has become an al
NEST commonplace remark that Presi-
dent Roosevelt naturally endeavors 20
surround himself with men OF high char-
actcr. No tribute to his own could be
more honorable. Standing close TO his
side ere mon who-with 4 patriotic in
difference to personal interests which ii
would be difficult to SurpaSS-have re
signed opportunities of securing afiiuencc
in order to assume arduons, thanklesS
AMI i'll paid posts in the Administration.
1t is Il new feature of colonial policy that
men of wealth should go to distant couIl-
tries with unhealthy. or ut any rate lin-
congcnial climates, and take up not po-
sitons of splcndor and high social dis
tinction, but posts in which hard work
and often SQualid surroundings await thc
occupant. Nothing could prove more con-
clusively tho resolve of the Americans to
act justly by the people Of their newly ac
quired dependencies than the high char
actcr and scf-devOtiOn of many of the
men who hav;. under taken to govern and
s.irerintend them.
In this country We have seen what class
of men the United States send to repre-
sent them abroad. and til" great personal
distinction of these cnVo"S ought To IN.
able us 20 form I. correct idca Of those
who administer the governments; of re-
mote archip"lagooS now sheltered by the
American nag.-Admiral Sir Cyprian A. G
Bridge in til" Nineteenth Century.