The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1921-01-06
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acter and motive. Some men OF emil
nent intellectual ability have never
reached the status Of tesmanship
because their motive has been ex,
ploitation Of the public for their own
personal ends, rather than public
service; and some men of mediocre
talents have rendered notable public
service through the power Of pure
motives and an. honest purpose. {. {
~ The fundamentals of statesman.
ship are common honesty: and com
mon sense. No man who lacks either
can ever be a statesman, no matter
how well he may write or speak, or
what, he may profess. =.
The inquiry TO make about every
man who aspires to public place is,
first of ALL is he intellectually hon.
est; does he have convictions and
does he stand by them; will he risk
something, if need be, for a cause
worth while?
The great need of the world at
this grave crisis in world affairs is
men in public place who will face
facts; who will tell the truth; who
will be honest; who stand ready to
risk reprobation or defeat for that
they believe to be right and just.
Ordinary honesty and simple truth
telling will do more for the worlds
relief at this time than all the pat
ent processes of so-called statesman
ship. The world is the victim of or
ganized lying, of intellectual dishon-
esty, and of vainglorious personal
ambition by men whom chance has
placed in the seats of the mighty.
We have been living in an era Of
big talk and little deeds; of high pro-
fession and of mean performance; of
rhetoric used to conceal rather than
to reveal thought. The result is
that there is more misery and anx-
iety in the world today than it has
known before in modern times.
A good resolution for statesman
ship the world over as we enter Il
year that in it's developments may
be decisive as to the very stability Of
civilization, lis to drop the pose of
professional offcialism and just be
plain, honest, sincere human beings
In this country we have just wit
messed the reputation of an admin
istration which has tragically failed
in an era of vast opportunity be-
cause it has dealt with the shadow
rather than the substance of things;
has moved in the realm of rhetoric
rather than realities; but which has
demonstrated that no engine of pow
er can be created in this republic
strong enough to. cajoIe or coerce u
people once convinced that this pow
err is being misused by men whose
personal motives are wrong.
The time has come when men in
public place in this republic must
ask with respect to any public policy
proposed, not merely, will it for the
moment be popular, but is it lust,
and therefore will it, in the long run
meet the approval of just people?
The demagogue, the time server, the
trimmer, the popularity seeker, nov
become something more than evils:
they are perils.
The dominating thought of Repub
licanism now should be, in the face
of its great duty, and opportunity
is not how can we win the elections
of 1922 and 1924, but how can we
save this country from the dangers
which confront it. That should bt
the thought not only of the mel
chosen to public place, but of thu
rank and file of the people of thi.
republic. The man or group or ele
ment which asks of Congress or thu
new administration anything unjust
to the people generally while serv
ing the selfish purpose of the par
ticular group, is as traitorous as tn,
politician who yields to such de
mands.
Americanism means the subordin
alton of the selfish demands O.
class, group, section, occupation O.
element to the general welfare. Lee
this year of 1921 be year of re
newed and revitalized and reconse
Grated Observation-Disclosures Re
publican.