The Huttig news., 1909-05-29
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 things by their real names. At first glance this statement will give you shiver of terror. that is, if you hap pen to be maiden lady or gentle man with reversible cuffs. But your shivers will be without reason. Prue may read, and modest Prue's mamma; for 1t isn't going to be a naughty story; on the contrary, grandma's spring medicines are less harmless. Yet there is parable to ex- pound and a moral to point out; but I shall leave these to your own discern l ment
 It has always appealed to me as rather silly custom on the story teller's part to invent names for the two great political parties of the United States; and for my part, am going to call Democrat Demo- crat and Republican a Republican, because these titles are not so hal lowed in our time as to be disguised in print and uttered in a bated breath. There is fortunately no lese-majeste in America.
 Men inclined toward the evil side of power will be found in all parties, and always have been. Unlike so- ciety, the middle class in politics usu- ally contains all the evil clements. In politics the citizen becomes the lowest order, and the statesman the highest and, thanks to the common sense of the race, these are largely honest and incorruptible. When these become disintegrated. republic falls.
 Being a journalist and a ph!,oso- pher, I look upon both parties with tolerant contempt. The very near ness of some things disillusions us; and have found that only one illusion remains to the newspaper man, and that is that some day he'll get out of the newspaper business. vote as 1 please. though the family does not know this. The mother is a Repub- lican and so is the grandmother; and, loving peace in the house, I dub my self Republican till that moment l become an individual who votes as his eemmon-sense directs.
 The influence of woman in politics is no inconsiderable matter The great statesman may fiatter himself } that his greatness is due to his ora torical powers; but his destiny is often decided at the breakfast table Why four-fifths of the women lear 3 toward Republicanism is something nc mere historian can analyze
 In my town politics had an evil odor. For six years Democrat had been mayor. and for six years the town had been plundered. For six years the Republicans had striven, with might and main, to regain the power and the right to plunder. It did not matter which party ruled. graft Get us omit the quotation marks) was the tocsin. The citizens were robbed, openly or covert ly, according to the policy of the party in office. There was no independent : paper in town; so, from one month s end to the other it was leaded edi- torial vituperation. Then Caliban re- voted. An independent party was about to be formed.
 The two bosses, however, were . cQudl lO t1t OCCdSIOu. Hey 1mfn6- diately hustled around and secured as candidates for the mayoralty two prominent young men whose honesty and integrity were unimpeachable Calihan. as is his habit, sheathed his sword and went back to his bench, his desk or whatever his occupation was.
 On the Republican side they nom mated rich young club man. Now. as you will readily agree, it is always written large on the political banner that man who is rich has no incen- tive to become grafter The public Is ever willing to trust it's funds to a millionaire. The Democrats, with equal cunning. brought forward a brilliant young attorney. whose in come was rather moderate but whose ability and promise were great The Democratic organs hailed his nomina- tion with delight
 We want one of the people to rep resent us, not one of the privileged class" You see, there happened to be no rich young Democrat available. nCot tWO CduulddtcS were ClOS6 nersonal friends. They had been c'ums from boyhood and had been graduated from the same college. They belonged to the same clubs, and were acknowledged to be the best foreemen in town. As to social prom incnce, neither had any advantage over the other save in the eyes of ma 'rNns who possessed marriageable (and extravaganto daughters. Will Hard, the Republican nominee, was a handsome chap. liberal-minded and generous-hearted, without a personal enemy in the world recollect only one fault: he loved the word a little too we'll The opposition organs, dur ing the heat of the campaign, dropped vague hints regarding dinners to singers and actresses and large stakes In poker games Newcomb, his oppo- nent was not handsome. but he had a fine, cleaR-cut, manly face, an intrepid eye, a resolute mouth. and tremend- OuS ambition He lived well within