The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-13
SEEN and HEARD

Said a gentleman, yesterday. "Ther | Is no word more misused and misun derstood than politics The diction ary sets it down that politics is th' | science of government. that branch O. morals which has to do with the regu lation and government of a state ol | nation.
 Politics is that science which Ina. | to do with the safety. peace and pros perity of a country. the augmentation | of its resources and the protection o1 | its citizens in their rights. with the preservation and improvement of theil | morals.
 ''The Norwich Bulletin was quite cor | rect when it declared that the business men are in politics and do not know it. And it is little. just little bit amusing to see a director of the Busi- ness Mems association prove the charge, by a heated denial that the as- sociation is in politics. 'The error Is excusable. Business men are busy doing business. They For a great many years the managers or public service corporations have made diligent outcry that those who would correct them must not go in to politics.
 They were in politics themselves. shaping the laws to their own profit. They are there now. and they always will be there. unless the people get into politics.
 Fortunately that is what the busi- ness men have done. They have con- tr1ved a political measure. whose en- dorsement they seek of politicians. and which must be passed by a political Legislature to be of any value.
 'They are in politics up to their necks and they do not know it.
 eff they were not in politics their a ci 11 vo11 al the public utilities bill was not politics it would be of no more use as a cor rective than any other collection of language.
 Politics" continued the speaker. also includes the search for office. and the attempt to get office.
 For instance. Is our friend who is at issue with the Bulletin candidate for the office of senator? Then he is in politics. and if he is not he can neither be nominated. nor elected. he is. In this country it is the duty of every man to be in politics. It is his duty under oath. if he has been sworn in as an elector.
 That is a queer kind of thought !, which assumes that a man may not benefit the state to help himself.
 Again the gentle public service cor porations. wise as serpents.. but not as harmless as doves.
 Viewer will their wicked power in the state be overthrown if nothing can except by men so perfect that their place is in heaven.
 ''The corporations do not ask what a mans motives are but If he will do their work. Politicians are not lacking to do the work of the privil- eged ones. for promotion.
 Occasionally man arises who is willing to serve the people for pro- motion. He has the goods the people ought to have. He will do things the people want done.
 "The day is at hand when the voters will do as other business men do. They will inquire if the man who seeks their favor has the goods that they want. and if he will deliver them.
 You can bet that the Business Men are in politics, and that they will stay in politics until the last gun is fired.
 And some day, whisper 1t not iii Stratford, nor shout it in Fairfield. they will wake up to the knowledge that they are in politics and the choir will sing. Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow
 Speaking of musical barbershop chords, how about Pianos tonsoriaI parlors at IA Middle street?
 Never forget the time I ran across a hold-up out with a paper of tobacco the only weapon in the hands of the hlghwayman'' said a travelling man lantic last night
 "I was in a little town in the middle west, nearly 30 years ago when it hap pened. l learned later the highway