Weekly journal-miner., 1920-05-12
PATH OF ROSES DOES NOT LEAD. ACROSS AVERAGE FARM OF TODAY, MISS HALL ASSERTS.

Now have heard many other men say that ln my time, and also that one mans vote was too small a thing to change matters anyway. One reason that l am going to join these United Americans of whom l started out to tell you is that their business is to help every good man to know | that his lone vote. really does count for d great deal, and to make him realize that just as soon as every, good clean man votes on every issue that comes up for ballot, and votes on the right side of the question, poli- l tics will be cleaned up to a finish. Politics are a crooked and dirty game only because good men and women busy with their own affairs have left the door open for all the | crooks and grafters to walk in and get into power. Nothing but the votes of good, honest people can oust the makers of the dirty muddle which many good men feel helpless to mix with.
 And aftr all no man or woman can say that their vote will not count. 1 DNAdNloN OllN SlllSlN NOlC udo lLdil times turned the scales for good or evil in state and nation. Indeed all the good we have in the world has been begun by some one brave enough to start it alone and to stand alone for the right until others saw the good to come and rallied to its sup | port.
 That is just what we all need to do at this troubled time-to stop repining or being fearful, or thinking we don't count for anything anyway, and bravely and cheelfuliy and all to- gether and work for better times, and for the peace and harmony that in sures us real liberty.
 Here III Yavapai we will presently be selecting county officials, and we are already wondering and discussing and betting about the National cleo ton. The United Americans, or somebody else, ought to tell us all ! once a week that the place to do our talking is at the primary elections.
 l have served on primary election | boards too, and l know that many | people think these elections of no l importance and not worth taking the trouble to come and vote at. Then later they are disgusted at the choice of candidates they have to vote for and never see that their own failure to come out and express an opinion by ballot was part of the trouble. No one who watches our public life at all car fail to sec that most of the wrongs in it could be righted by the united and thoughtful effort of the good people of the country. Some times we get a grouch on and think and say that there is more bad than good in the world and that it isn't any usc to fight it-but that is the biggest kind of a mistake. Good is infinitely more powerful than evil and there are many more good people shan bad in any community. But pad things have a way of organizing because they know it is their only chance to win-and good often goes to sleep at the switch and gives the evil forces right of way and a clear track instead of staying awake and ditching them
 That is just why 1 was glad to see the United Americans gathering to- gcther and offering us all force through which we may keep awake to and ready to ditch the evils in our public life.
 The American people have been the hardest people in the world to awak- en to any danger or to induce to safe guard the future. I remember when was d little girl in d land where Indian raids were still so near that everyone talked of them-and many a family were killed because the men folks got tired of wtching for Indians and concluded the Indians had all gone off two the buffalo range and there was no more danger.
 One famous old chief told General Crook that all he ever had to do was just wait little while and all the ranchcrs would forget about Indians and another raid would be easy.
 Now that is just the way we have been about all parts of our life as q people; we think our politics will run right along like a good old clock without any winding, and we think business will take care of itself with out any watching, and that OUT people will keep on being fine and good and able to preserve the liberties for which our fore-fathers fought, without any training in methods of government or the broad ideals of public life.
 You will think that l am going to move into Pioneers Home next week when ! tell you that l have watched two generations of young Arizonians grow up-1ny own playmates on the scattered ranches of the past, and their children who are the young people of today.
 l wouldn't like to count up the promising lives that l have seen come to little because there were no fostering influences for good. no positive forces standing strongly and openly for right. In a new land this lack was not so serious while we had free and beautiful land full of oD pOrtunity on all sides. Now the whole world has shrunk and changed I've are all facing future that seems uncertain. one in which we must work hard and all together if we are to shape to good for ourselves and those who come after Us.
 1t IS good 10 find some movement that aims as straight toward civic :. betterment and with as few frills and |