The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-03

THE EVENING sIAK WEDNESDAY. j0r
A Few SUGGESTIVE rnoUoHrs FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY
Procdming yourself a patriot does not make it 50.
Waving the Stars and Stripes isn't necessarily a proof of
citizenship
Good citizenship demands more than mere words, no matter
how eloquent.
Every man born in this country must live up to it if he
would be considered a good American.
Prejudice against fordgnborn citizens does not prove our
own superiority, but rather the reverse.
The Fathers of the Republic did well their duty, but they
could not do ours.
Pretty sentiments are all very we'll, but the man who fails
to do his part on Election Day il a poor specimen of citizenship
Don't let yourself be fooled by the man who deals out
plattudes about good government unless he follows it up by
action.
The country's greatest enemies are the loudest and most
vociferous in shouting about their loyalty to the Flag.
Men who misuse the peoples confidence for their own sell
fish purposes ire glib enough in their talk about ideal citizenship.
The professional politician who is frankly in the game for
what he can get out of it is a more desirable person than the
hypocrite who prattes about purity in politics. while filing
his pockets at the public expense.
IF you vote for me- merely because they are good fellows,
or ar members of your club, organization o n church, 1t doesn t
lie with you to complain of the evils of misgovernment.
You cannot get good government merely by rubbing the
lamp and wishing for it.
The American Republic will endure just SO long as its citi
zens prove by their actions a belief in honest, clean government
and absolute justice to all.
We cannot honestly believe In a government of the people,
for the people, by the people, if we seek to gain special
privileges for ourselves, or would permit others to have them.
From the beginning the oppressed of all nations have come
here to escape the burden of over-much government.
Our aim should be for the fullest liberty to the individual
so long as it does not encroach on the rights of somebody else.
CATER me the deluge' has been the motto of selfish poll
ticians in all ages.
When a man is a candidate for high public Office these
should be the questions:
Is he honesta Competent ceanlAvingf Independent ?
.courageous3 What public service has he rendered? Has he
remained silent while wrongs against the people were being COM
mitteda What have been his affiliations and antecedentsf
Eleventh hour conversions to Reform when there are prizes
in sight are to be expected and, therefore, not to be wondered at
Men who make money through the gullibility of the public,
or by rafcking in franchises flched or cajoled from faith1ess
or chumpish public servants, would give a good deal to have
"vindication" at the hands of their victims.
When a man comes around asking Tor a seat in the band
wagon ask him where he was when the battle was on to rout
the corrupionists and the leeches. Was he fighting in the ranks
or busy filling his pockets with loot?
If Civil Service examinations could get out the quality of a
mans conscience they would be worth something. Mere tests of
memory are not of great consequence.
Making laws won't count for anything unless there is a
public sentiment behind them that compels strict and impartial
enforcement.
w try to make up for our lazness, Indifference, incompetence
or cowardice in the enforcement of laws by passing new ones.
Al +bao ua uoder III some peoo1e reoard the Law So Eoht1v I