Arizona republican., 1912-02-07
Why Not Tell the Truth?

r. some man will found school of politics whose members will come out openly. tell the truth about their acts and motives. and stick 10 it. these men ought all be elected To office for life at about doIble the salaries now in vogue. The American people could well afford to pay muuficently for service such as these men would ren- der
 Why is it necessary for every dcmago=ue in the land to shout from the housetops his love for the people when all he cares about is the cleo tion of his own precious self or others of his kind to onfcee Why cant he be honest about itc Why cant he tell the truth
 How much self respect can a man possess who shouts passionately against the tyranny of "big business, % when the same man would. at the drop of the hat. fight just as readily on the side of ~bis business" if that were the polite thing to do?
 There are thousands ol office hold CTS and would-be office holders in this country who storm the citadel of our ears" with their loud aycrments Of passionate attachment to the princi- ples of Lincoln and Jefferson. when. as a matter of fact. they care about as much for either Jefferson or Lin coin as they do for the Bull of Bashan. If one of these fellows met a Jerfersonian principle in the street he wouldn't know il from the Apostles Creed.
 Take glance at the cstimablc patriots in congress. On the stump they loudly declaim about their fealty to the principles or righteous govern ment and they try to give you the impression that the whole fabric Of society would go to everlasting smash if ir were mot for their devoted serV- ice 10 their country Pat what is the truth The truth is that the heroic work of these gentlemen consists mainly in trying to pull down some dinky little postoffice appropriation and similar acts of gigantic states manship by means of which they hope to keep themselves attached to the payroll and thus earn an easy living. Nobody bIames them particu- larly but why in the name of the Seven Sutherland Sisters cant they be honest about it
 And men who are good deal big ger than the average two-by -four congressman do the same thing The other day the Honorable Woodrow Wilson. democratic aspirant for the presidential nomination. threw viricgated assortment of patriotic fits because somebody dared suggest that somebody said that somebody told somebody else that somebody inti- itdAfh NliiA If NstS Niiiiii7 " iN a campaign contribution from Thomas r.. Ryan No Ryan money for MT Wilson, Not in a thousand years, What, He the immaculate defender of the peoples rights accept the tainted money of Wall Street? Per ish the thought. Likewise perish the thinker. And yet. just little while ago Mir. Wilson applied for a pension from q fund supplied by Mir. Andrew Carnegie. And the fact that the Carnegie trustees refused MT Will sons application doesn't seem to af- feet the morals of the case. The inn maculate gentleman who indignantly refused the Ryan money. which wasn't offered him, is the same immaculate gentleman who tried to get the Car negie money. but couldn't If MT. Wilson can point out the distinction between those two transactions he is about the niftiest pointer that has ever done business in this country.
 If Mir. Wilson wanted to refuse Ryan's money. all well and good.