The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-03-19

analyzing intricate business problems They have
ceeded admirably and they deserve to succeed because
they had the will the grit and the determination to
succeed
In everything pertaining to the exercise Of good
business Judgment in private affairs, selected
on account of their fitness In everything pertaining
to the management Of state affairs they to be
lected on account of their vocal accomplishments and
their inability to understand and correctly estimate
their responsibilities,
Men are chosen as members of the upper and low
er branches of lawmakng bodies who never in their
entire lives read past the cover page of text book
civil government They are in turn, placed on com
mttees to please friends Of certain interested associ
ates Of still other parties Representatives placed
committees to decide matters incident to the rail
roads who wouldn't recognize a Northern Pacific pas
senger engine from Spanish jackass who couldn't
to themselves from the fires of purgatory divide
the population of Arkansas by the number of rail
roads within the state and be whether the result
was railroads or people; who don't know whether
engine whistles at crossing to warn people of its
approach to boast Of its proves, and who, III
some cases, could not possibly eat meal dining
car without lascerang their mouths while hoveling
baked beans with knife, scading themselves while
drinking hot coffee from saucer-all of which has
nothing to do with the matter of fixing railroad rates
and neither should such men,
Upon the other hand we find class of fellows
elected to who into the world obsessed
of unfaltering belief in the corruption of all
kind; who unwilling to concede to any under
heaven or on top of hell proper motive honest
purpose. They just naturally "agin" the govern
ment and everything pertaining thereto for fear of
couragng graft and corruption and, God saving the
king they are not going to be party to anything
questionable Their influence usually dies young
but their is potent until their legislative tenure
is over
There is still another character who views every
thing from his loophole and who thinks the other
fellows loophole designed wrong in the beginning
and will not admit of correction Usually he is gor
ious reformer and proves his consistency like some
members of the late lamented Arkansas general as
sembly who fought vaantly for Jericho home and
native land that they purified religion by favoring
the measure providing for investigation of converts
proved their aversion to John Bareycorn by support
ing statewide prohibition measure and emphasized
their faith in live stock by ndorsing the Hot Springs
race gambling bill
OF such, in the main, is the majority of a legis-
lature composed There are, fortunately for the folks
back home few high-minded individuals included who
really and sincerely desire to do something of merit
but who unfortunately grievously hampered by
the little follows that progress is impossible And,
more to the point those who are inclined to be
real representatives have not the information neces-
airy to put into effect program which meets the
needs of all the people To acquire this information
it would be necessary for one but several men to
cooperate for great many months in the task of de-
signing policy suitable for the needs of great state
"a policy free from the gamshments of personal poll
tics and not intended as mere chart to be fol.
lowed IN some campaign before the people
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