Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-02

Fo1ucS GoVernInenL
spent
$4,000 good
While Roosevelt was speaking men and women in Bos
ton, the crowd yelled, "Tell about Perkns
Roosevelt replied I'm glad asked that question:, and
Gran answered
he said Perkins although man. joined the Pro
presve party and interested himself In politics BECAUSE
has CHILDREN AND FELT THAT IT WAS HIS DUTY TO DO
WHAT HE COULD TO MAKE CONDITIONS BETTER IN THE
COUNTRY IN WHICH THE CHILDREN WOULD LIVE AFTER
THEIR FATHERS DEPARTURE.
Mr. Roosevelt said made all the
money wanted something really useful
and worth while for the country at large.
This country glad ability come out in the open
work politically in the OPEN their influence intelligence in
the open-insead of working mans
behind closed doors using cash to buy those Office
This country needs ABILITY in public affairs Gov
emen something more than getting Offices and dividing
them up something than collecting taxes and spending them
extravagantly.
This country o ability of its abest men
1t should have such j. Hill working for the nation
instead of working, however usefy builders for
The big rewards in this world big and the able
And the small rewards outside of periods of national
excitement, attract the small and the feeble men
Our government has been offering small rewards to its
poyee while industry railroad building great corporations and
organizations of all kinds have been offering great
Therefore of unusual and ability have been
into the industrial field and from the field politics
government
big organizers and decides that while to
share in government than to make additional money
Agas the great scientist preached whole when he
said Il am too busy to make money"
1t would be excellent thing America more of the
abest should the
to have tired of It, and should find themselves busy
tnue making much public and important
affairs to continue working for private profit
articles in the Hearst Magazine show Ms orr collection 80
senators and other public officials acting oadies
handy for the big geniuses of the industrial world
It humiatng of the people and Of
ing as the lackeys of those organizers.
The country the such men as F. Fl Hartman
powerful and enough thousands upon thousands Of
miles of railroad life that ended The country needs
the imagination power man as Pierpont Morgan
wasting his energies in the money that does
him no good and spending the money col
leons that will do him goodahough they may be useful to
the country IN future
like Morgan interested in the United States
Instead Of being Interested IN j. p Morgan and Company would
give this country the canals roads and other needs
1t needs. ""'
The country has been long too often by men
HY Pq Fox s S 95 Repfs e IN BHcAsE
because Of hysca half baked ambition nowhere
One hrStOass BIG OF the type country produces
Legislatures honest f l"'' u0N'n
One such George Perkins, giving to the business of the
people the energy and capacity that he has private bust
undertakings, would be good, thing politics. and
useful And the people bound until thew
have proof to the contrary that sincere in his
advocacy of the parywch has antagonzed and is do
nounced by most OF the men rich and influential
proof the value of Perkins in political organization ~
given at the Roosevelt convention in Chicago
Mr. Perkins directs the financial and practical management If
the Roosevelt party-LUCkIIN FOR THE PARTY
The Roosevelt convention hired the hall occupied previos
by the Republican It had the same bands If nrin5
the same finely engraved tickets.
And the Roosevelt convention together in Chicago
$1,000 whereas the regular Republican convention managed bv
the odfashioned grating politicians. COST MORE THAN
NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS
In other words under oId-fashoned political management
republican convention cost about thousand dollars or
800 cent than exactly the kind of convention
managed by man used to business undertakings
would be interesting TO who S75 900 difference
IN the cost OF the Republican convention
The fact may also be mentioned the Roosevelt convention