The Alaska daily empire., 1921-10-17
HARD BOILED" AND "YELLOW" PARTISANS AND INDEPENDENTS.

The Associated, Press quotes President Harding as saying that he prefers hard boiled Democrat to a yellow Republican, and saying that if any comes to him asking appointment as Post and saying that he has mo political affilia- tions' he will wipe him off the list,
 There is red blooded American who will not with the President that hard boiled partisan is better than yellow politician who slips from party to party get office who is ready to change his political affiliations at any time for per sonal profit. That is also what the President prob ably had in mind when he ntmated that he would scratch any applicant for office who had not political affiliations He probably did not have tke conscientious independent in mind a for there hundreds of thousands, probably millions of excellent American citizens who independent of any polite party. Most of these and women who de- eide upon their manner. of voting the issues as they presented at each election at 1t comes up. They may be men and women of very definite idea, yet they may be said to be without political party affiliations About year before his appointment one member of President Hardings Cabinet said he ha l political affiliations He said he had voted fer both Democratic and Republican candidates for Pregi- dent. MT. Hoover supported the Wilson Adminstr; tion supported MT Wilson for President and
 letter in 1918 asking the American people to return q Democratic Congress In 1920 he supported MT. Harding for President In the days before Presider | Wilson he supported MT Roosevelt for President. No would say that Mr. Hoover is very capable, very patriotic and very sincere American citizen, with very positive opinions and plenty of courage That he is making excellent public off cal in a Republican Administration be admtte l by everybody
 President Hardng's statement shows. however. that he had yellow" in his mind when he spoke. Ie meant in all probability. his remarks to be appliel to those who temper their politias to the oppor- tunity of the moment the who deny their polite of yesterday if they think it will aid them in gettins an office today. He probably taking 1t fer granted that those who asking for office irl one breath and saying that they had political affiliations in the mostly yellow Democrats. ah -"
 man may be excellent citizen of bis country and worthy of any trust in it and be member O. either of the political parties independent of both or them. Neither all the honesty wisdom al! the crookedness foolishness. all the patriotism courage all the sordidness yellow is centerea in any political Both parties have those of al classes Neither party is morally better than other considered in detail, and there many who honestl, believe that neil her is wiser than the other. If labors for good citizenship within his party, tries keep his party what he regards the right side of the issues. endeayors assist in giving goot administration when it is in power and does not tr. to obstrtct harrass the opposition party when it in power for the sole purpose of putting it in hole heD good and useful citizen, matter which party he belongs On the other hand a may be good and useful citizen by advocating what he be- lieves to be right and voting for the candidates of