The Nome daily nugget., 1914-01-19


 welgh..' W Nhlch moves the faster. the top or the bottom oI a cart wheel 1 Is GeIleSlS true. W hat Is electrlcI- 1 |: How big WAS Eoans ark All \cIA interesting and pertinent qucs- lions. And we might aud another Winch would be much more 10 the puInt than any oi the above when have caused so much discussion Tor :, great many years. The question when ii're particularly concerns most p.-'- bel h tils: Are you thinking Tor !Uurseit Are you in other words, fl ". your own mental feet, or are you i'v."., all rniitalor. a piaSerlsI uI the iu,as and oplnlons Q; others
 Most people do not bring them sciNes to lh,nk or these things at alI ]. tnvy uo, tnNy are usually 4uite sat ished that they iKured il all out t"eiHseIte es anu caiiIe tV certain coll tiua'"hs III rus;tru to certain matters. , ills is d happy ianing ot the human iIiInu .iiId Il gives one the seiso oi q i1iilalilS. Il Is so comforting lo b..!. Just sec now clever l am, 1 Houlru tiis all out, went over all or t.,t ti $ uInents pro ana con. and lave ieaeheu the following conciu- slons:"
 but hold on d minute. DID you s'ui, from the bare preunlses and i.,".r Il all out by yourself: Ar, !,,.i i,.tas original and your conciu- s.ols drawn from your own +Xperi- eItces and your own mental work:
 Why ao you believe what you do in r. s"rd lo your religious faith: Did J"u i6 ure THAT all out for yourself, rr did you accept the faith that some Cne else figured out and handed down you through generations. And now {! al you have accepted 1t, are you us- ins your own mentality on the prob lrms that it represents. or are you leaving il all to your pastor? In this tthDecton do y..u KNOW why you believe what you believe? Each on 3 wili have to answer that question for himself or for herself, but they will little surprsed when they stop to think about it and find that they do L., know why they believe what they believe. do no know what are their responsibilities. They have not been standing on their own mental feet but on those of the ancestor and the rector.
 If this Is the case with religion 1t is also the case with other important questions which are vital to ourselves and to the state.
 How about politics? Whose feet are We standing on in regard to our politics? The question may be asked of both men and women, but at this pari icular time it may be of more importance to the women to find an aHSWer TOT II.
 Most men do not stand on their own mental feet in politics. Some haven't enough mentality for any thing to stand on. and others just t.t.il along in the wake of the political h"sses or the partisan editors. While still another class base their opinions in regard to political questions solely and absolutely on the personal gain tat may come to themselves. It is to be devoutly desired that, new that the women have awakened t, their power in the body polite. Il at they will not follow their men in the haphazard support of parties .bd policies.
 Women claim to be able to uplift Politics Ther. is nothing in this wt rid that needs uplifting from the t"i, to the bottom more than politics and if the women can cleanse the po- li:ical household. for goodness sake let them get in and begin. But they must remember one thing. They will acccmpl6h nothing. will make not the slightest mark on the ages old dust of corruption, unless tkey cut loose absolutely from the standards and opinions of the other sex. If woman is to clean up politics she must lift politics to her plane. not descend to the plane of politics.
 How is she going to do this? Ger tainly not by following the example se' her by the professional and near professional politicians and the run ot the mine" sovereign people of the ma1o scr