El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-04

10 know how. to run the government.
but never works at L.
The innocent office holder has here
! tofore been a man who knows that he
doesn't know anything about it. yet
! who is willing 20 try. does his best
and does run IL. and wonders how Il
happened ali the days OF his life.
To be a politician. even OF the tin
horn variety. one must first Of all
have AZ least one good ear. close 20
! the ground, in order 70 hear the first
rustic Of the gum shoes OF the gather
Ing clans Care must Re taken. how
ever, 70 keep this ear from beings
stepped On The other ear must be
artuned 70 the soughing OF the winds;
20 the signing q the gentle zephyr. IA
order that one may be able to catch
the "calI' from afar
The call Is always sweet and Sc
ductivs. low and insidious, but you
3 must hear IT,
You must he ready at all times 20
answer. surprised. q course, but
ready. The less yeu say and do. the
less you viii have 10 dodgs. the fewer
questions you viii be asked. and the
easier you can answer
The lees you say as a politician the
longer you NAV last and the more
successful you may become You viii
notice that 7 use the word may in
this connection.
After you have heard the call and
are ready, and have read the signs OF
the times, you must then get your
bonnet ready for your bees to buzz IN
The bee is known firstly BY its buzz,
and lastly by its sting.
II Is. OF course. necessary for 3
would be candidate TO have some
friends. though I have known some
tender shrubs" who started without
any and wound Up with less These
MwNnmnU tnrrT~~ n & : n
with. so that you can say. 7 am IN
the hands OF my many friends After
you are elected and IN office. Il Is Gus
tomary, and quite the proper thing TO
forget your friends, because you do
not need them any more and oftimes
they become quite embarrassing. and,
70 your mind, very unreasonably So
Did I say you did not need them any
more? Well. not until the next cleo
ton when you are out for reelection,
when. like Banquo's ghost they rise
up at every corner 20 call you
damned
After you have picked out the office
Tor which you know you are most eS-
pecially fitted. and FOR which your op-
p0nent knows you are not land often
proves ITO, you must then begin 10 /
build your platform, 20 stand on or to T
run on-as the election may decide
FOR oftimes YOU cannot tell whether /
YOU are running or standing, until 7
atter the votes are counted.
Your platform can have as many I
planks in Il as YOU may think the is
sues Of the campaign demand. Each 4
plank bears the same relation 60 your
pl1 torn as do the different sails to a /
ship. and you are expected 70 turn and I
twist and trim your planks as a sailor
trims and cuts his sails-to catch
each passing breeze.
There Is one essential in politics /
that you do not have 10 start with. and .
that is enemies" They come 70 you
as you 60 along. The Bible says for
Us 10 Love our enemies and a wise
old philosopher from the first ward, !
think Il was. back in Troy or BABY
Ion or Cairo. Illinois. once said. so
treat your enemy that he may one day
Be your friend" and now say 10 you:
Give full heed 70 both these admoni-
lions, FOR some day your enemies may
be running on the same ticket with
you"
After hearing the call reading
the signs Of the times. getting the bee
IN your bonnet picking out your Of