The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-06-29
Political
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By Peter ;.Radford.

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There never wassaa time inEthe his
: tory OF this nation when VIZ needed
statesnfen Observation-Disclosures than
ct the present. moment. nhe oppor:
stunftfes now AFFORDED US ON land and
sea demxndsthe best4here ~ lin state
craft and the possibilities thatsRre con.
fronting. ns call for national issues
that unite the people. builds industry
and expand tradei The agricultural.
and Industrial developments sof THE
nation has suffered. severalys at 1.-THE
hands OF tagtatorss who hive sent
torped0es crashing into thSyport side
Of business and whose neglect of 1.-THE
interests of the farmer mAlees themt
little less than political crimsnals. We
4wantsno more of these evifsspirits tc;
#predominate in governments Too long
their hysterical cry has sent1,a shivel
Down the spinal column offindustry
Too long have the politicaksagitators
capttalized strife. pillagedshprogress
and murdered opportunity. IAN indus
trial corpse is not desirable thing.
crippled sbusiasss-a an achievement OF
neglect an accomplishment about
which any Representative OF the gov.
ernment hasa right stosboast. !.
Issues that Breed Asttaeors shsuld be
- EiimtnAeedG
The political agitatorsmustebe elm.
inated1froan pub life beforsat bought.
full cousideratienScan be given to a
constructive p9egfaaksinI gosefnment
The liquor question: iss the smost pro.
life breeding ground tforHa gtta1Ors and
whether pro sor anti, the hatch is
equally as undesirable Thisa article
is In sense a. dfscunsion iof the IL
quor question but sdealsssolely and by
: way ofsinustration with thee political
products Of that issue. Other sub
jectsz will be dealt with in the order
Of their Importance. 81 f. -
In the history Of our goVernment
tho liquor issue has never produced
a constructive statesman worth men,
tioning and it never will: It has sent
more freaks to Congress, Lil1iputians
to tire Senate and Incompetence tc
office than any other political issue
under,thessun. - 4 80 ,: ~. s:s II
The recent experience of the Eng
j lish Parliament which dashed, itself
into a fury over the liquor question
has lesson that 1t is we'll for the,
farmers Of this nation to observe; q fol-
the subject in some form or other Ia
constantly before the public for solu;
ton and ofttimess to the exclusion OF
more important problems; to the Amer
tcan ploWmen. ~. -. - ( .. Il.
Too Many Political DrunkardDi i
Lloyd-George, the Prohibition leader
Of Europe who led the prohib Tonight
in England, has declared that he will
never again take drink politically
and there are many American, .politi
cians-pro and anti-who would render.
their country q service. by climbing,
on the water wagon or signing a pledge
of political temperance. Too often
our legislative halls are turned into
political bar-roomsr and many of the
members become intoxicated on liquor
discussions. We have too many polit,
zeal drunkards pro and anti in our.
public affairs No one who Is a slave
atet The political liquor habit is quite
SO capable of dealing with 4hea bust:
ness affairs Of government as the
esebersande industrious. 7Weghave few
public men in this day who are strong,
enough to resist the temptation OF
strong drink politically and when the
demon Rum onee bscomes firmly en-.
trenched in thessmind of politician,
he is lessscapable OF meeting the de,
mands for constructive craftsmanship
now confronting >thissnation. !.
We have in this country too many
red-nosed politicians-both pro and
anti. A. candidate With politicaiGdeH-
rum tremens, a preacher with sppati.i
cal snakes in his boots and an agifator.
drunk on the liquor question are the
ssadd6st sights in civilization andsthey
should all be forced to take thesp olit
ical Keeley Cure. IS
It is far more important In govern
ment tosmake it easier for those who
toll to eatsthan to make it morsa diff
fcult for a few topers to drink. There
is not one person in one hundteds Of
our rural population that ever touches
liquor but we all eat three times U