Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1912-09-05
PRESENT. POLITICAL OUTLOOK

We are now in the turmoil Of pol
itical Campaign. We have two Pro-
gresive Parties and Stand-patter Re
publican. One of the progressive is
the Democrat party reyamped.
The other Progressive is made out
OF whole cloth, all wool and yarc
wide This party is headed by Theod-
ore Roosevelt man known the World
over. And the most popular man in
the world and has inaugerated more
reforms than any man now be-
fore the people. He Is the big game
and all the political hounds of war
are after him. They have scented
his trail and are beginning to tongue
loudly on cold tract. They are pro-
bling into the political arrives of the
Government to find something to
raise a hue and cry on as a blunder
or criminality that they may place it
before the spectacles of every one.
that has vote.
What man is there that has passed
through the ardeal of long expeari-
ence in public life but has sometime
at some place committed mistake in
Judgement. Shall man who has
steared through scores of conflicting
Influences and holds himself steady
on the purpose of his conviction, III
swerved to the end, be ostracized be-
cause he has been called upon by
his official position to the exercise
os his Judgment in hundreds of cases
and having to depend upon the sur
rounding environments, or conflict
10. Evidence, and without law in
So Fses or. precedence to guide
hipi Ajust decision, and in one cas-
QUITO many fails in disernment to d
cover the real poise of Judgment, and
his decision proves to be Inadequate,
and evil grows cut of it. Should this
man be besmesed with odium, and
charged with vile purpose and Cal
because he had some
where committed in one case out OF
many an error in Judgment. | pre-
sumo we shall have ordinations and |
recriminations, and many hard things |
said, all to get some body up a tree,
or IA hole. We may hope that when
the impulsive dirt and fire singers
shall have given vent to their inflated H
fealings that we may be able to say I|
to them as the Quaker said to man
lfc;,,r nrofa rit,, ssr1hafc -;oh+ friend III
get that bad stuff out OF thee then
thee will be BETTER II we reject
a man from serving us in office be-
cause we can find an official mistake
in the records 70 his business trans -
actions and know at the same time
that if all of his acts We're put in a
balance that he would not be found
wanting would we be thinking judici-
)usly. If we expect to find an infall1
able man. We will be mistaken in
)ur search if we do. Can we expect
Il any man that which we know that
10 man could give? II we want m;
or the higher office that the people
an give and demand perfection as
lie conGition of eligibility We
viii not find the man at all
The all mighty selected David as I
prophet, that had committed !
reyious sin, but repented of his evil
cling. He also gave the keys of the
-ingdom to Peter and his record
hows that he denied his Lord and :
wore that he did not know him. /,
eth David and Peter turned away
ON their sins and became good and
seful men and al supernatural pow !,
r, was given to them to administer
the affairs of the government Of /,
le all wise God. We cannot gain !,
~ his wisdom in the overlooking OF
4 error in these men. Their after
story shows them to bee faithful an
ne. Theodore Roosevelt, is a man
large experience that would be an +
to him in manipulating the
fairs of our government. should he Il
; elected. He is a man highly es- !,
.emed by foreign countries. They r
'uSnI HIS iHlSl pColblOH III ttui6S " &c
ouble. BY his powers of discrim ne );
on he was able to see the right. and j.
I'd the will to do the right. Men OBJ al
ct to his election because it would
5 the third term of service. This =.
true, but not the third term by re-
le people. An assassin gave him II
ie first term and If he should be al
ected this fall it would be hls Sc n,
md term by the people. on
Men cry out Justify against a third pr
rm for the president and are held ali
g government office themselves and RI
lvei held the same for, ashalf doz- oe
/ terms and. some of them think So
at they own the position because ha
their efficiency. They would not ~
Ike kindly to a suggestion to re- 40
On the position. Seine of the' wi
9Th sun republicans aver that men