Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1915-07-02
POLITICAL AGIIAIoRs

tory OF this nation when we needed
statesmen more or agitators less than
at the present moment. The oppor.
tunities now Afforded US on land and
sea demand the best there Is in state.
craft and the possibilities that are con.
fronting us call for national issues
that unite the people, build industry
n expand trade. The agricultural
and industrial development Of this
nation has suffered severely al the
hands Of agi'a'ors who have sent
torpodoos crashing into the port side
Of business and whose neglect OF the
interests OF tho fagmer makes them
little less than political criminals We
want no more OF these evil spirits TO
predominant ia government. Too long
their hysterical cry has sen n SILVER
down the spinal column OF industry.
Too long have the political agitators
capitalized strife. pillaged progress
and murdered opportunity. An indus.
trial corpse Is not a desirable thing,
a crippled business an achievement or
neglect an accomplishment about
which any representative Of the gov.
eminent has a right To boast.
lssues that Breed Aui.ators Should be
Eliminated.
The political agitator must be elm.
mated from public life before thought.
ful consideration can be given to u
constructive program In government.
The liquor question il the most pro.
life breeding ground for agitators and
whether pro or anti. the hatch is
equally as undesirable. This article
Is In no sense n discussion Of the II.
quor question but deals solely and by
way of illustration with the political
products OF that Issue. Other sub.
jects will DO dealt with In the order
OF their Importance.
In the history OF u government
the liquor issue has never produced
a constructive statesman worth men.
tioning and II never will. II has sent
more freaks TO Congress-. Lilliputians
TO the Senate and incompetents to
office than any other political issue
under the sun.
The recent experience OF the Eng.
fish Parliament which dashed itself
into a fury over the liquor question
has a lesson that II Is we'll for the
farmers OF this nation to observe; for
the subject In some form or other is
constantly before the public for solu-
ton and Outlines to the exclusion Of
more important problems to the Amer.
lean plowmen.
Too Many Political Drunkards.
Lloyd-George. TIE Prohibition leader
OF Europe who led the prohibition night
In England. has declared that he will
never again take IA drink politically
and there are manV American politi.
clGns-pro and anti-who would render
their country a service by climbing
on the water wagon or signing a pledge
OF political temperance. Too often
u legislative halls are turned into
political bar-rooms and many OF the
members become intoxicated on liquor
discussions. We have too many polit.
ical drunkards-pro and anti-in our
public affairs. No one who is a slave
to the political liquor habit Is quite
so capable of dealing with the bust.
ness affairs Of government as the
sober and Industrious We have few
public men In this day who are strong
enough to resist the temptation of
strong drink politically and when the
demon. Rum once becomes firmly en-
trenched In the mind OF a politician.
he lie less capable OF meeting the de.
mands for constructive craftsmanship
now confronting this nation.
We have in this country too many
red-nosed politicians-both pro and
anti, A candidate with political deli
rum tremens, a preacher with politi.
cal snakes In his boots and an a%gitator
drunk IN the liquor question are the
saddest sights In civilization and they
should all be forced &c take the polit.
zeal Kelley Cure.
II rs far more important In govern.
ment 10 make II easier for those who
toll TO eat than 10 make II more diff.
hcult for a few topers to drink. There
Is not n person In one hundred OF
our rural population that ever touches
liquor but we all Eat three times a
day