East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-23

Let me illustrate this by one anec>
number of years ago / was engaged
in cattle-ranching on the great plains
of the western United States, There
were no fences. The cattle wander
ed free, the ownership OF each be-
ing determined by the brand; the
calves were branded with the brand
Of the cows they followed. If on the
roundup any animal was passed by,
the following year it would appear as
an unbranded yearling. and was
then called maverick. BY the Gus,
tom of the country these mavericks
We're branded with the brand of the
man on whise range they were found.
one day was riding the range with
a newly hired cowboy, and we came
upon maverick. We roped and
threw it: then we built a little fire,
took out a cinch-ring, heated it at
the fire: and the cowboy started to put
on the brand. | said to him, 1T is
So and SOS brand" naming the man
on whose range we happened TO be-
He answered That's all right, boss;
| know my business" In another
moment l said to him. Hold on, you
are putting on my brandt" To which
| ne answered. That's all right; / al
ways put on the boss's brand" /
answered, "Oh, very well. Now you
go straight back to the ranch and get
! what is owing to you; 1 don't need
you any longer" He jumped up and
said, why what's the matter? l was
putting on your brand" And I an
swered. Yes, my friend. and II you
will steal for me you will steal from
me-"
Now. the same principal which ap-
plies to private life applies also in
| public life. If a public man tries to
| get your vote by saying that he will
do something wrong in your interest,
you can he absolutely certain that II
| ever it becomes worth his while he
will do something wrong against your
interest.
Patriotism Indispensable.
SO much for the citizenship of the
individual in his relations to his fam
| lily, to his neighbor to the State. There
remain duties of citizenship which the
State, the aggregation of all the in
dividuals, owes in connection with
other states, with other nations. Let
me say at once that l am no advocate
of a foolish cosmopolitahism. I be-
lieve that man must be a good pat.
riot before he can be, and as the only
possible way of being, a good either
of the world. Experience teaches US
that the average man who protest!
that his international feeling swamp!
his national feeling, that he does no
care for his country because he care!
so much for mankind, in actual prac
tice proves himself the foe of man
. kind: that the man who says tina
he does not care to be a citizen o
any one country. because he is a citl
. zen of the world, is in very fact usu
ally an exceedingly Undesirable citi
zen of whatever corner of the worlt
he happens at the moment to be in
In the dim future all moral needs an,
moral standards may change; but a
, present, If a man can view his owl
:, country and all other countries from
the same level with tepid indiffer
ence, it is wise to distrust him, jus
. as it is wise to dlstrust the man VIII
can take the same dispassionate viey
Of his wife and his mother. Howeve
broad and deep a mans sympathies
however intense his activities, he nee
have no fear that they will b
cramped by love of his native lane
Now, this does not mean in the ieas
that a man should not wish to d
good outside of his native land. o
the contrary, just as 1 think that tn
man who loves his family is NOR
apt to be a good neighbor than tn
man who does not, so l think that tn
most useful member of the family Q
e nations is normally a strongly patri
( otic nation. SO far from patriotism
I being inconsistent with proper re
= gard for the rights of other nations
hold that the true patriot, who Is a
( jealous of the national honor as
I gentleman of his own honor, will b