Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-27
THE rALkER AND THE -DoeR.


The world is full OF. and every good
cause is damned by, those who talk
but fail To do, great battles have been
lost because OF those who promised
fairly but failed to act In accordance
with their promises. In short good
performers are scarce on the stage OF
life while promisers are drug In the
market.
Whenever reform rs agitated there
Is, as a rule. no lack Of enthusiastic
promisers who proceed. speaking from
a promisory standpoint. to buckle OH
the sword and get ready to go out
to fight, and IL need be 10 blesd and
1Ie. for the cause but, IKE the sup
per spoken of by the Master, when
the time of test comes they have ex-
cuses to offer instead OF service.
No reform in the affairs of ma
tion or city can be accomplished
unless the advocates of the reform
will work as well as talk and fight,
as well as pray, no amount OF faith
in the righteousness of the cause Will
count unless you show your faith by
your works and this is worth remem,
bering in view of the fact that an
important event, the city election. Is
to be pulled off in the near future and
though you back up the cause of good
government with the tongues of men
and angels and fail TO vote right you
are but as tinkling brass and u sound
ing cymbal, you help not the cause
and, If you vote against your spoken
views. you are like the one who stabs
his friends in the back while they are
fighting for the common good.
We all respect an open foe, there
is nothing dishonorable In fighting il
the fighting is done fairly. the man OF
woman who sees things In different
light than we see them is not neces
sarily worse than we. 1t might posi-
bly, be that they are merely better
posted and are taking observations
from standpoint of better knowledge
than we possess. In fair fight we can
stand up In the ranks of battle and
fight without more than temporary
disagreement, but the one that talks
fight with us and fails to deliver uI
even the rudiments of scrap in the
interests of the cause talked for for.
feits all claims for respect and friend
ship.
If you are in favor OF commission
government then talk 1t and vote it,
don't help to defeat those who are
with you by failing to vote for 1t when
the time comes for action. 1t Is an
historical fact that the opponents OF
measure are always more willing
to make sacrifices to be at the polls
than are the friends OF the measure
Human nature is such that we will &c
further and work harder to knock than
we will to boost. The "againsts" are
always out in full force when it is
often necessary to scour the highways
and byways and run hacks to the polls
to get the "fors" into the voting line.
or course II you are against the propo-
sition the same rule will hold good,
you should vote early, and often If
possible, to aid the cause you espouse
but we will do you the honor to place
you in the line with those who work
as we'll as talk and drop the matter
SO far as you are concerned
In city elections platforms are usu-
ally made to stand on. they differ in
this respect from state and national
political platforms which are usually
made only to catch votes with. In a
city election the candidates are all
known personally to at least a large
majority OF the voters and the plat
form on which they make the race be-
comes to great extent a personal
pledge of the candidate and for that
reason the planks of a platform in
this case really represent something
and should be taken into consideration.
II you favor the reforms advocated
by the candidates on ticket then vote
that ticket. That Is our advice and we
hope that the ladies OF the Civic club,
who have worked SO hard and SO long
for the city's good, will find that the
voters Of the city have not only made
good promises but will also show their
T.s