The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-09
SOME THINGS
and OTHER THINGS

Be of good courage, and let US be
have ourselves valiantly. 1 CHI 49,
Is.
Let your conversation be as it be-
cometh the gospel of Christ. Phi. 1:27
If all reports are generally true,
the muckrake still has its place in
this state.
In a past age a certain Queen of
France, hearing thaat her subjects
were starving because they had no
bread, asked: "Why do not the poor,
dear people eat cake?" You have
heard the story before and laughed
at it, but it pictures the attitude Of
many people today:
The man who spends his early
hours of life cheating his future OPP
portunity, has no right to damn the
conditions that crush him at his hour
of greatest opportunity
The hour of our civilization has
come demanding the best training
politically, intellectually and spirit
uaIly that man can receive, and woe
to the man who aspires for leader
ship, who in the past failed to obtain
such training.
The people in general, as is well
known, are not saints, but they are
beginning to learn the meaning of
the word Claw" Our courts are not
what they should be, but they are
being more closely watched than they
were ten years ago.
When a man by official preferment
uses his privileges as thought they
were vested rights, it is about time
for the public to ask for his resigna-
ton.
AS We think about this great coun-
try of ours, we realize the cowboy
has passed and miners are forming
trusts; and the hunting spirit of Dan
iel Boone, and the rugged condition
that gave US Bret Harte have passed
but the great spirit of democracy Is
alive and wonderfully new. We
know the west is human and imper-
feet, but it is sincere.
Some of US are blind, and some OF
US have haIlucinations, but only fool:
iZation has closed and another greater
and nob1er is being ushered in.
Watch Out! If you have failed tt
enlarge your vision and greater you
talent you would better build lit
tie house by the side of the road anC
watch the prepared go by. It is mor'
than a guess that you can learn K
grow and eat cabbages as old Gin
cinnatus of tradition did and that i
all you will be able to get out OF life
When your past records your pres
ent record, and the opposing force
clamor for your defeat in your pres
ent aspirations you may conclude tn
best thing for you is to fall back 2
gracefully as possible to a position
where the past and immediate force
do not contest your position. Do
before retreat is impossible. You
! future largely depends upon you
your past record of preparation TO
a position of furture leadership
It seems to me the west is wher
: blood, ideas and habits of every pee
pie under the sun are fusing into re-
I race. The West is where provincialisI
IN any arrogant way has no chsnc
4 of dominating the minds of men. tn
! West is where men have succeeded
where according all ancient breeder
they should have failed. The West
q synoym of hone. ambition and V
tally. The West is original ne
parasitic In the West you find nee
ME dead in earnest. 1t is more tho
likely the past tense of civiliZatio
4 would disappear in the West if
were not for the formal annual Ne
England dinners
In your race for place you can Of
ly fight with the instruments you hay
made in the past. When the conte
is on. only well-sharpened, highly DO
ished swords intellectual or physic
swords-will cut clean and fair. YC
may deny it, but sooner or later yo
will have to confess it. Our defea
are usually brought about by OF
weaknesses. If you are trained Fl
ditcher the first twenty-five yea
: of your life, it behooves you to stiC
to the ditch. and not aspire to be Il
q leaders of thought When you ha7
reached forty.
/ A world without contingency
an agony could have no hero or saiT
It is the man who stoops to rule th
makes the honest man stand out
bold relief Oft times a man wi
in his makeup, turns Wallingford
great ambitions, but who is crook,
and for a while will run off with re
+ prizes. But sooner or later his expo
ures comes and all the explaining
the world will never restore the falle
But all men who find themselves mu
have epics of uncertainties. The su
priseS of life cause the heart to bu
with joy or Indignation as we wa
together on the road on our way