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PATRIOTISM VS.. PARTNERSHIP.
1t is difficult for some people to
distinguish between patriotism and
partizanship but there is as vast diff
ference as between the north and
south poles or between day and night.
The world is full of partizans. The
Bolsheviki are partizans of the very
strongest type. So are the socialists.
There are few stronger partizans than
the prohibitionists. In fact every
man with one idea or one hobby is a
partizan and the fewer ideas he has
the stronger partizan he becomes. A
recent definition of a bolshevist is "a
socialist gone from bad to worse" But
unreasoning partizanship is not con-
fined to bolsheyists or socialists. They
are found in vast numbers among the
two leading parties, the democrats and
the republicans. Partnership of the
most arrogant and unreasoning kind
is found among men high in the coun-
ellis of the nation, in high offices and
positions In fact the higher the Of
ficial position the more intense, I'M
on n
De the partizanship.
Ole Hanson, mayor of Seattle has
suddenly risen to international fame.
He had been prominent for many
years, but he is now an international
character and his praises are being
sung from one end of the United States
to the other and even in France and
England. Hanson, a native born son
of a Norwegian immigrant, is a pa
triot He is not narrow partizan
and his statement of his attitude and
his idea of partizanship may well be
adopted by the man who really wants
to be a good citizen. He said:
"a man who will not leave his party
for the good of his country should be
forced to leave his country for the
good Of all parties"
Truly noble saying, worthy of an
American. Hansons parents came to
America to better their condition and
they bettered it and they reared a son
of whom America is proud and ole,
in turn, is rearing family of nine
children, five sturdy sons and four
handsome daughters, of whom he and
Mrs. Hanson are justly proud. That
he will instill into the hearts and
minds of his children the same sterl-
ing patriotism and love of country 7
that he has shown, is certain.
1.-The man who attempts to inter-
fere with or overthrow this govern
ment will be shot on sight is another
saying of Mayor Hanson during the
recent strike which will become his
torical Another statement was "The
of Seattle is still located
at the city hall and not upon the street
corners or on the water front"
Hanson became an international fig
ure because he is an American and
thinks more of his country, his native
and the adopted country of his
parents than of any political organ
cation. He fought for labor and was
60 L. Of l,bo IN,
he state of Washington. He cham
,foned the cause of labor in the legis-
AZURE where he yielded a wonderful
influence and he succeeded in having
he eight-hour law for miners and for
Fomen adopted in Washington. He
altered and had passed by the Wash
ngton legislature the anti-race track
NV which stopped horse racing in
Washington, despite the fact that Sc
title, his home insisted that the race
rack at "The Meadows near Seattle,
where hundreds of suckers" were
trimmed" every season, be permitted
0 continue robbing the public. He
ras the progressive candidate for Uni
ed States senator in 1914 and was de-
Gated by Wesley L. Jones, republican.
Hanson placed principle above par
'. He was a leader of the republican
arty in Washington and could get
lmost anything he asked from that
arty. But he believed his party
.rong in 1912 and went with Roosevelt
ito the progressive party and made
hard fight for progressive princl-
les. He was still progressive in
,16 and when Roosevelt went back
the republican party and urged the