Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-11-09
Stories Of CurbStODe and
Corridor

1T is a condition not a theory which
confronts us. said the late Grover
Cleveland, late high sheriff of Buffalo,
later governor of New York and lately
president OF the United States. That
was putting it right up to the point
says King John Satterlund. There is
such difference between theory and
condition. One is right under your
nose to be felt and met and grapplel
with whilst the othe: is child OF
mentality. companion for leisure
hours. to be played with and exploited
at will \ condition is the elimination
often Of theories tried out, the crystali-
zation OF many schemes. If man
comes to you with the proposition that
YOU may enrich yourself by investing
i'll the capital stock OF a corporation
which proposes to manufacture good
government out of bad policies, you are
up against theory but when YOU are
met by masked highwayman who
puts 4 pistol barrel in your face and
demands your cash it is condition
which is confronting you. The results
OF the recent elections leads one to
the conclusion that We will have to
meet theories as we'll as conditions. A
theory is an untried principle Take
socialism for instance. When you
study the elections returns you must
conclude that it is growing in this coun-
try And the peculiar feature seems to
be that once socialist always social
ist. Socialism is alluring because it is
so far removed from violence. Its adj
vocates preach gentleness and modera-
ton, brotherly love. They have only
theory of government and appeal to
your conscience and Christian spirit.
1t might work out and it might not.
But on the other hand the politician
comes to you with tried and untried
principles and demands that you sup
port them, even backing up his de-
nands with threats of violence. The
average voter is in pretty pickle
Men change their principles but prin-
ciplcs never change, so there you are
Will we patronize men with theories
good or bad or men with policies good
or bad One is a promise, the other
an achievement, a theory and condi-
tion-both confront us, and we must
choose between them"
Senator Neal was philosophizing in
the lobby of the Grand Pacific last
night. He had heard the election re-
turns from New Mexico, where some
of his close friends were candidates for
office Maybe he had placed certain
small wagers on the results-maybe not.
Anyway his talk ran something after
the style of these lines, borrowed for
the occasion:
'"Why some people laugh is a question
to which
Philosophers oft have applied
Their minds with a wisdom SO won
drously rich,
They are matters of natural pride.
But the mystery fingers: Annoyances
vast
Great sympathy surely should claim.
Yet when you are fearful
Perhaps even fearful.
Somebody will laugh Just the same!
when Willie has eaten green apple
pie,
His pain may be very intense.
The people who motor and others who
fly,
Are facing peril immense.
And the small speculator who ventures
his all
Is swiftly put out of the game.
1t is very unfunny,
10 lose all your money,
Yet somebody laughs, just the same"
Jay w. Bliss patronizes the motion
picture shows. He has seen about all
of them and he is not stingy, this Jay
w. Bliss. He takes his company
along Here is the manner in which
he described recent experience to a
friend:
The hero strove,
My seat | gripped:
Just then. by jove!