The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-18
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There Us "a term which has been tremendously
oycrworkcd aud which ~ fast becoming obnox-
lpus. u is tho term selling when used In
various connections man ls told 20 sell"
himself io so and so. Someone gives birth 20
ln Idon. pr n led 70 believe he has given birth
to 30. what has actually happened is that he
ht9 stumbled ON something which appears new
'p h.m but which is in fact as old as history at
l,osr uut stroiphtHoy hc undertakes to "sell"
8. go 'ho people.
Jh" conception has gotten into po!itirs Car
dIda'rs 'sclw Themselves and their crude or
impractical ideas nul suggo4tlons. selling"
tho people has become tho r1gc And the
tragedy of ~ ,u is that In mos, cases It is
pure and simple fact chat the people are being
"aold' not ln ihc sense Intended but In tho
fouHo that the gold brick artist SELLS" Thorn.
the shell game manlpulator
Principles eternal truths the wholesome vir-
tues, ana conceptions ~ government growing
out of these. are never sold, thcy do not need
to De. Because truth ana virtue ana sound
reasoning demand FUN and voluntary embrace.
mcnt ana VIII ln the fulluess Of time secure
just that
human Interest story of win Hays ana his
pending retirement from the cabinet. paints
him aa tho best press ngont Washington ever
know. Remembering some of the gontry that
inhabited the capital during the war period
that Characterization II oithor tremendous
compliment To- Hays or u vicious criticism. Most
men would not want 10 De known ~ a success.
ful pross agent There is something insinccrc.
vulgar ana alarming about the idea
The writer proceeds 90 explain that Hays
conceived it TO be hs duty TO "scll the ropub.
lican party 10 the people; that It was he whe
lnsstod on The lndorscmcnt Of Tho public VOL
fare department and the maternity bin. that
he attempted to give everybody all that was
wanted
The world does not like t9 believe that about
Hays, II hns admired him. II his conception OF
stntocraft roso higher thnp such practice
It is good thing he is fctlrlng from active part
in the party am tho public service The world
Ia depressed to learn that he advocated the pub
he welfare proposal and the maternity bill be-
cause It does prove that ne was selling" the
party instead of attempting national service by
reason of sound enduring principles
II the public welfare department Is ever crc-
ated there Is absolutely no limit to the lengths
government intriguing ana aggression can be
carried, For the mind ls incapable Of con-
celvlng a proposition that cannot he brought
within the Jurisdiction Of such department.
The constitution itself. set up the only proper
public welfare dcpnrtment--the government IT.
self And that document sets forth clearly the
channel within which government must confine
itself
selling n party to tho voters Ia not an ac-
eeptablo thought nor Ia tho termlnology accept
able Commanding the earnest support and con-
fldonce of the public by presenting principles OF
such soundnoss that they mny not always be re-
Jectod--that IL the only procedure through
which party government may render a service
aud gain ground. The political leader who has
no higher motive than TO think up something
which viii enable him to sell his party to the
voters-lt s such practice that has brought
both political organizations TO an exceedingly
low place In the estimation OF thinking people
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