Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-11

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There .s ono l.r1 thar ls worthy n.
all honor because ihe, are rock. fia.
stand ln fre Vat ~ tho floods u
thoughti'fs radiealsm from uashiny
away me Foundations II dopendabl.
insutYt.Dnf D. .s not 10 DO 'ho' that
oil new thIugs arc thc best no rn0r-
than II o. th1t everything old n|
worthy ~ utmost confidence Vyo are
al the time uu.ar.hlrg the errors ~
the past and have made much prog.
rcfs in applying modern remedies Yet
THE very fact has proven the oppor-
tunity Of the dcmagog and the ideal
lst 20 propagate ala sorts Of lnoffoc-
uve and sometime dangerous pnna
c"aa FOR ne ms of tho human rnce
In our recognition - tho errors of the
past We have been too FREQ in taxing
up economic and political nostrums
and have often found tho remedy
worse than the disease. To check this
tendency the standpat'cr Us protlug a :
b.nefactor 0f the rHcc He insists
That wc make haste slowly In upset
ting tiWr-tiod methods ana adop,inr
evils that We know not Of Yet o.
the other hand, standpattism some
iimes becomes an obscsslon. especially |
when backed by sclf-intcrest. aud II
j. this sort II ohstructl1nist who come.
In for condemnation.
Speaking 81 TIM, Owl. the Kansps
CITY stir brcaha forth ln an excellent /
pororation. which is fo good tina. Wc
reproduce o. below. rcscr,inv tho rlgh.
tp take exceptions 20 certain doinue /
The Star says. Those are discourag-
Ing days for the sttndp1ttcr The ON
Harry seems 10 have got into every
thing Nothing goes the way u ought
to. nothing is done according 10 tho
old proved ways. pcouic arc voting
any way they please cities are bounc-
Ing experienced politicians and hiring
managers. ordinary citizens are irtor
fering with politics. churches are In
torierinr with saloons. women are go
Ing To congress and whole RATS ~
f,milies are keeping well wlthou, the
aid of q doctor
Nv hat - ia al coming to the stand
patter amt imagine. n II keeps on
something is bound 10 fetch loose with
loud rigging noise and civilization
viii simply curl MP al tho corners Alto
Kick out y Just can't go on the way
1t is going The world wasn't CON
ftructrd 10 run thnt way You must
have certain Institutions and the righ,
men TO tun them to hold things down.
to keep thugs ON the track You can't
20 on forever knocking the bolts ont
OF these institutions and pot shotting
the devoted workmcn when they try
to tinker them up without coming T.
smash Yet that ~ what the whole
country seems 10 bee doing. 1t has
got behind fence posts, barns and trc, =
and is putting Ia whole sunny after
moons husiiy and paiustakinglv ping.
pinPing away az some OF It's most solid
and respectable citilous Every time
one Of them clars hand 10 the back
OF his neck ana leaps into the air ,
there Is "a laundering round Of ap-
plausc when ono topples over and |
ciumplcs up flags are hoistod and ht.
tie children march m procession nns-
ing. It's scaudalous n II keeps ON
the life of an alderman IS soon going
to be worth no more than his scrvicca
Some OF our heaviest and widest cit.
zens-men who hadn't Skinned up e.
a second story window since the days
Of their early apprenticeship - have
been compelled to climb trees
These things are painful 10 con.
template, nor is there the cousolatio.,
that these revolutionary goings-on arc
confined 20 things political They are
not The whole social structure is be-
ng uphoayod. BOYS are being pivcu
military training, girls are learning NJ
chool lessons that can only make
hem dissatisfied with the home whom
hey grow up ard father and mothet
re Joining civic clubs that meet and
onspirc 10 run invested capital out
town. Lock. says the standpattcr,
what Is being done 10 the doctors
lere's an example. Thousands or
g without medical advice. They ate
crcising, dieting. knocking of smok-
+ and drinking. playing golf, abso- b,
|ely without "A prescription to thor SO
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