Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-04-23
SOME ASPECTS
Of PUBLIC
SERVICE
C0RTELY0U ON MAKING
OF PUBLIC SENTIMENT 7
Cleaner Methods in Politics
Must Have Their Beginning
in the Primary Where Indi-.
viduaI Opinion is Expressed,

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nrv Tb% eIIhiect nf bis ,dd,.,s ,,+,,
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Nas given q fIattarine rncentio,l h,, tbe
o75 Inenhers of th@ ,seociatio,, n,,d
tbofr puests m eacrotar, said in
,nrt,
Wr roaet,,asto,. and ca,,tlo,,,o,, Of
tho Rnstnce. Nrc,te ,ssnriotion.
Tho suhiact of rer,arllg this
evcninq is to somIya avtent an ont-
orowth of tho aFE lesne 7 bavo hed
fho nri,,iIege Of y atAilo, bornro ca,,,..
n,orciaI orgarigat. T. T., Trtira and
Svracuse In mi ,,nt, city 7 made
some ohservatiorl "Rnsiness and
Citizorshi,, " In r, Du.+o,, On "C,oyc,.,
,no,,t a,,d Ppr,irolau LIe,,n ,,,I,.1ase
s,,l'a for ,r,in,,t.s ,inot,
g., s,oots of5 a., eer,,ioa >, ,,nt
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ma,,ol,t l'I ~ H.. inri r. aVortod h9t in.
ji,,ilI,,ai, ar otbs r. ,oias ~, oT ont
~ direnf ro1otjnnt ", 10 p,achirarv
of government. zwhen he government
and public opining out he country.
In one of his ling. Wiu bits of verse
the poet Horac liahes us:
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A. Juur ii''itt Fl, - ,t,u ri,.
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aio .h - tha,,o t,o,.o obo.o, fs q
fairly good one, but as ! have turned
it over in my mind / have had some
misgivings as 10 the conclusion reach~
ed by the great Latin satirst. For
this reason | shall attempt no sharp
analysis Of the duties or privileges or
embarrassmepts of the public official
and others who render public service.
on the contrary, | shall be very gen
eral in What | shall say tempting
only to point out a few of the ways in
which genuine public service can be
rendered and some Of the ways in
which agencies of large influence not
only fall short of this but in fact be-
come forces for OWL
rhe nublic official holds a peculiar
" responsible relation to the COM
munity He Is not only, in a sense,
The custodian of the public interests,
but he is in the limelight of publicity,
where his example for good or i'll goes
to make the people hopeful or dis
truStfIl of their government. HIS pO-
sition has therefore. Is peculiar op-
portunities 5 ties and it's peculiar embar-
rassments If he is to achieve sue
cess, true success, that which comes
from worthy endeavor he must be
honest, open-minded. fearless. ener-
getic and endowed with common
sense. If he does well he may hope
,or tbo annrovaI Of his constituents
Ha has af least the right to expect
it, but it is far more important that
ne have the approyaI Of his own CON
scionre ON the other hand. he must
realize the likelihood. almost the GER
tainty of condemnation in greater or
Iesg deprec of at least some of his
nnhIic acts No man who enters pub
iiC nrfica in the right spirit, detor /
mined to act fcarlessly and, if need
be, aggressiveIy may hope to escape
lion criticism may be deserved, It
NAV he undeservcd. but that thcrc win
be criticism can be safely counted on
as an accompaniment of his service.
If no is FIGHTING abuses, the cynical