Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-08-11

In Massachusetts, where, because of the supposed
effect of the traditional of thought the people
might be expected to look with favor on long tenure
of public office, the the state is elected
yearly. The mayor of the city of Boston also holds
ot1ce only for twelvemonth Massachusetts and Bos
Ton are no weaKhngs commercially There has been.
however, tendency the the Union to length
en- the terms of the chief executives That which seems
wise to-day would have been deemed folly half CEN
tury The people have found that they can trust
themselves Ito keep away from the pit of apathy for
three or four and that not possessed
of dangerous ambitions.
The recurring talk of a term of six years for the
president and the for life terms is prob
ably but talk for talks sake Anything has politics
for basis is of interest American and in the
and each can back the given with reasons that
Tor which the advancer couldn't get vote-not even
his
American politics largely in futures The man,
Ing OF presidents is done many thousands times
before the convention days that figures cannot keep the
count The question of the witnesses the
oath taking of president the platform of the
capitol is who will take the oath four years from
today" There thousands of individual mem.
bers of the multitude who will quick to give answer
and each can back the given reasons that
he believes all convincing 1t a great game and il
makes for safety.
There never has been time since Washington was
inaugurated in the city of that the concerns
of legislation no matter how vital to the country have
been strong enough to keep politics matter of
the presidential succession of peoples minds
The American thrives politics-proof enough per
haps, that it is healthy food
There has been the ever-ready sneer at American
methods of naming president Men who think none
too we'll of popular have said until by re-
iteration they have to believe their own words
that the politicians and the Office holders (aso poll
ucians) do the presidentnamng for people It is
statement that bears test When Mr. Roosevelt
began the outlining of his policies was hardly
politician In the land who approved members of
congress who friendly to the presidents course
could be counted with knowledge of counting Meas
went through that the congressman who
voted aye loathed in their souls
What the of it all? The people them
selves were voting using unwilling finally politically
wise agents to do the voting for them. The man who
wants to succeed himself in Office an eye and ear
for his constituents. If he to commit political
suicide he becomes temporarily blind and deaf The
force OF public opinion sharply shown
than In the United States senate winter before last
when senator after senator for measures that
three they would openly declared to be
Ubiquitous because they might disturb business inter
ests business interests being interests of
lions which some people little and reap plente
ously.
AS for the house of representatives the men who
stood against the presidential policies still clinginR to
the belief that the majority people was not in
sympathy with the administration out their mis-
take at the convention or later at the polls
All this was part and parcel Of the plan of presi
dentnamng by the people 1t is certain as mundane
things be certain that if the politicians of either
party and their allies succeed in thwarting the win of
the voters at national convention there always the