The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-10-14
IS NOT A DRESS SUIT GOVERNOR
Gov Cruce of Oklahoma Unlike Other State Executives
is Sincere to Pledge Which he Made in Campaign
AN Old Fashioned Garden"
sY ESTHER GRIFFIN WHITE.

eY ESTHER GRIFFIN WHITE.
MIR. W. NJ. Bailey. of the Home Tele-
phone company, states, relative to the
remarks made the other day about the
cutting of the trees on Richmond ave
nue. by the telephone company. that
this was not done by the Home Tele-
phone company.
MIR, Bailey states that it was the
Bell Long Distance people who were
responsible for the slashing up of
these trees and that the Home Tele-
phone company had nothing to do
with it. MIR. Bailey further states
that his company is very strict in its
rules with regard to this very thing.
never cutting into trees unless it has
the consent of both property owners
and the city. That the Home Tele-
phone company discharged two EN-
lar rule.
This column is very glad to publish
this statement from the manager OF
the Home Telephone company.
1t remains, however, that member
Of the board of public works authoriz.
ed the Bell Telephone representative
to have the trees cut without consult
ing the wishes of the property own
ers. This was the point the latter
wished emphasized They say the
city had no right to authorize this &C
ton without first consulting the pro-
perty owners whose trees were mutt
lated.
The Governor of Oklahoma, one Lee
Cruce, refuses, it is stated, to wear a
dress suit. He registered a sort of
VOW at the time of his election that
as he had never worn one he never
would.
This shows the greatness of mind
of the Governor of Oklahoma. And al.
SO his peculiar fitness to be the chief
executive of this wild and woolly
state
1t is not possible that he had future
official emoluments in view nor could
he have had one eye on his rural con-
stituency when thus loudly declaiming
his freedom from social convention.
Politicians never think of these
things.
They are animated solely by the
highest, the most exalted motives.
That politicians ever dress for the
part is an obnoxious suggestion
emanating from low-browed cynics
who question every mans most patri.
otto, most disinterested, most sincere
action.
The gosh darn" attitude, however,
on the part of public characters and,
so far as that is concerned by any
body else-is always more or less
amusing and an unerring indication
of weakness.
Governor Cruce isn't going to con,
gress nor heaven any sooner because
he doesn't wear a dress suit than be-
cause he does.
1t isn't what the governor wears
but what he does that's going to count
Is he going to perform his executive
duties in harmony with the platform
upon which he was elected and with
the dictates of conscience and in rea-
son? If he wears a dress suit, or sack
coat, what's the difference.
1t has always seemed a mean thing,
by the way, to the unbiased observer,
for man to get into office on a set
of political principles which he pious-
ly affirms in order to corral the votes
of those holding them, and then the
minute he assumes his official role
proceeds to throw all his political bal.
last overheard and to do as he pleases,
or as he thinks will give him the most
effective ''stand-in."
Very few Governors are sincere.
They can't be. 1t isn't human. No
body's sincere all the time.
But, all the same, there is a certain
"noblesse oblige" in public life. II a
man aspires to a position in the ad.
ministration of the affairs of society
he should expect to play the game &C.
cording to the rules. He should
dress the part. That's what you ex-
pect of an actor in a play And it
should be and is expected in the drama
of life.
In other words when Governor Cruce
says that he never intends to wear a
dress suit he's hitting below the belt
An accepted mode of dress for ex-
allied officials on certain occasions is
an unwritten social law To disre-
gard this because something not a
part of former private life is no indi.
cation of independence or originality
or superiority.