The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-05
STATE NOW RIPE FOR MANY CHANGES Governor Woodruff Calls for Honest Public Servants Before Mems League
 In Waterbury. PEOPLE OF STATE
 ARE VERY CARELESS Tolerate Men in Places of Pub lie Trust They Would Not
 Keep in Their Own
 Employ.

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 of intelligent and earnest young mel
 who have serious purposes in life. I makes but slight difference just wha
 you do so long as each man does well
 that which he finds at hand to do, fo,
 other things in life are largely acci.
 dental or the result of circumstances
 that human planning cannot forecast
 or human intelligence foresee. The
 main thing is to work honestly ant
 resolutely, ever seeking to take an Am.
 erican's full share in our democratic
 citizenship, risking it's hardships, shar-
 ing it's glorious opportunities; and
 maybe, if the people call, to do your
 share of official service.
 Reduced to it's simplest analysis. if
 is plain business proposition. The
 state selects servants to conduct the
 states affairs. The peoples business is
 done by the peoples representatives
 If the business is done rightly, the peo-
 pie are contented and share in the
 benefits; if it is done wrongly, the peo-
 pie are dissatisfied, but suffer the con
 sequences. An honest man in public l OAAASN etAAd elAA 1iOllSoI iilctu III d RTIValG
 business is the same thing; a dishonest
 man in office is exactly the same as a
 dishonest man in your business con-
 cern. The only difference between the
 two situations is that the people as a
 commonwealth are very careless how
 their business is conducted, and they
 tolerate men in places of public trust
 whom they would not keep in their own
 employ for a day. Every man is rated
 in this world "A mans value is known
 in business. He is watched. Reputa-
 ton counts, honesty counts, faithful | service counts in the commercial world
 This is the way business confidence is
 sustained. Public men are known and
 they are rated, but not the same way.
 We overlook things in politics that
 would be stopped instantly in busl- ness. A man who stands for honest, faithful public service must be pre- pared for long fight It would seem that politics on general principle Is not Ian honest game, for when man un- dertakes to do what Is right, he meets with storm of opposition and it takes nerve to stand up against it. ''Time and again it has been demon- strated in Connecticut that the people at large are with good man, but the politicians do everything within their power to destroy his usefulness and drive him out of public life.
 ''The whole fault, however, is with the people, and the only remedy is in their hands--the people may, through |carelessness and indifference, practice ally turn the government over to dis honest or Incompetent and unscrupu- lous men, who make a business of de- livering the town, city or state offices as the case might be, to the highest bidder, not necessarily for money. but for promises of their own future pre- ferment
 It Is struggle all the time to get anything like square deal. and the value of faithful men is crippled by a continual conspiracy devoted to block ing decent and necessary legislation.
 NO man can be a faithful public servant unless he stands absolutely free from the influences that may handicap his independent actlon-and he must be supported by public optn- ion. No man can render faithful ser vice to the people who Is controlled bv a political boss, a corporation or any private interests.
 Faithful public service can only he rendered by an honest man and to that honesty must be added a business | mind. All our town, city and state | concerns can be conducted ecnonicaE ly-yet providing for every necessary development; and all can be done in half the time-with double the beneh- clal results-if men in the public ser vice are selected for their integrity and ability Things are soon done and well done when men are inspired by right motives.
 To render faithful public service a man must be inspired by something higher than 8 selfish ambition. He must know the meaning of honor and feel the weight of responsibility that rests up- on all who hold places of trust He must in fact, be a map--every inch of hlm-fearlessi and independent-with one fixed. purpose to do what he knows to be right, regardless of personal con sequences.
 i've have many such men in Con. neeticut who do their work without ij noise Some of them are rewarded and some of them forgotten. We have tlmid men who mean well, but who are afraid. We have men who do every thing for policy's sake, and take no chances that they iniure themselves. These men are sometimes called diplo- mlats-they sail with the wind. And { then we, have the political hypocrite, who fools everybody, and the common 1 grafter who robs us all.
 Now the value of faithful nuhlie is hard to estimate It's infu- eence is tremendous, It goes to the factory the counting room and the shop, and reaches every home. It shows in the taxes, in the works of public in the relief of the unfor- tunate and in the public health. It is sunlight radiating over the state and purifying the life of society It's force Is spent in education, and it operates , n commerce like a charm. It means square deal to all men-laws that are for the benefit of common decency, ana l business balance sheet absolutely clean. It means efficiency in the ad- I of public affairs, the an- of modern business methods adopting every up-to-date facility to i ave time and moIey-giving the state \ he value of every cent and every min . lte in the service of increasing the [ comfort, convenience and safety of alI g he pople. It means getting out of tha f i'd ruts-the ,old-fa shioned long-wind- | "a, cumbersome and expensive habits Of iolng thlnGs wrong. It means dispens- (