The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-04-22
THE BEATEN REFoRMER,

During years going fight
reform the ennchd political abuses and corruption which
rather suddenly walked find that many Of
office holders least desirable citizens and that
the highest positions Of trust who utterly unworthy
of trust whatever Everywhere small of eormers
work
victory the polls The professional politicians still
enched in one New Jersey city the fifth successive defeat has been
New York there have but two
the beginning to go up that is not worth While that the peo
pie prefer corruption, and that reform is beaten.
1t understand how who has worked less
sincerely for reform and the good of the people will feel when he
has by corruption ignorance
pleasant beaten and with theory the majority
right il still harder to have principles ePudated by the
people One is likely feel that the people against reform and
that there nothing worth while to keep such tbankess
task
And tho the torers almost always beaten the reforms
almost always In the New Jersey every
the reforms advocated has adopted the practical
politicians themselves What greater victory could there be than
have the worsand confess the justice of
the demands York the fight winning
corrupt cover
till the really we'll governed tho there a eormer
in Office The politicians have been forced adopt the reforms
they know that the people educated by the Ome will demand
what right and the beaten reomers their foes doing
the very things they have fought for
II always with honest brave fight right
right wins the end tho who has fought for
the right has been beaten No right thing has failed will
it fail Tho beaten again and again will the end have the
victory and the who fight will the go lasting
for for who nothing OF its succesby who
their lives and happiness the fghby who willing
be defeated for the sake of the right they loved
And while the fight going there always signs of
believe what the reformer and they bury
ballots have heard the truth, by by
he has warned against begin appear will
against their And fight
kind, they forced be better officials
people and they that prophecies
the will the election vigiant
eomer always ready watch for their crimes and publish them
the them will doing which
stand the light Tho the final victory for the right
years still good fight for time
there complete victory the distance and
OF there many who will that
worth working for They will tell that distinct victory
when they dead strike them comfort
and that they the good working
else will be allowed carry out They insist that they
share the proceeds, or they will not work
II this point that the real test of the sincerity
former Many started right side be
he thought he could make the Of
he takes little comfort from the fact that the thing fighting
for winning And the time likely find him
place where the immediate profits are largest
But the real willing forget himself setting
bis fight death for the right given
him Such nothing whether he fall
his whole soul cented the fight he making like soldier
battle and tho be fall he will drop knowing
will win in the end
Such the real leaders of civilization
The truly likely popular
farther they the appreciate
them But their principles and their fight will be recognized long
after their have forgotten stuck
the field Of history, and their work will part fabric
Of our civizaon-he heritage OF the
Surely for any that has in him single spark Of
hood there doubt which side OF fight
akel Surely such tho beaten, will despair
fort For he knows that in the end complete victory shall
him. and ths the fruits OF the victory beginning
reaped But who victory corrupons
thief be well trembe and despair him
surely holds defeat-here and hereafter