, 1922-11-06
Experience of Three Generations

TT Is NOT with any design of influencing your
i action at the polls tomorrow, because what yon
do there is upon your own responsibility, TO DE
reconcjled with your own judgment and conscience.
1t is your business, and we are not seeking 10 IN
terfere with it by offering gratutious advice; put
we do want to state a few general propositions anu
offer for YOUR consideration and benefit such
things as have been learned through close associa,
tim with public affairs and experience gained anu
observations made in the great American sport OF
politics.
Many years ago a father said to a son, just then
reaching his majority, these words;
VT is not for me to say, although 4 am, your
father, what political party you should join. l
hope you join some party and that party be the
one to whose principles and policies your best M
teIligence tells You is the one fitted TO accomshsh
your ideals for the happiness, prosperity and gen
eral well being of the whole people whose interests
come directly under the administration of AFFAIRS
by that party.
cousness of that party's aims and objects. i have
found by experience that l have obtained better
results and come nearer securing ,ne Ihihgs mus
desired for the public benefit by loyal adherence
TO that party and all of its candidates than by any
other means 1 could have adopted, open to the
citizen. 1 may say, many more and greater bene-
fits than obtained by others who aligned with other
political parties or became so-calfed independent
voters who voted for the so-called best man.
regardless of party. There never was great
err fallacy than the "best man. theory. Be-
cause under our institutions party RESPONSE
bflity is recognized and the party held account
able for the actions and conduct of its individuals
in public office. Government is made through the
capitalization of public opinion through the party
casting the majority vote at the polls. The mdi-
yidual elected by the votes of members of several
parties owes and claims no allegiance or respon'
sibility to any ( 'the parties and the usual result
is his reputation by all parties.
"Therefore taking it in season and out of sea.
son, year after year / have lived to see the Re,
publican party accomplish its splendid work, while
other parties failed or went out of existence. There
may be at times candidates presented by your
party you yourself would not have selected. Now
and then leaders of your party may go contrary to
what seems to you to be right. In neither case is
Your party to blame and it is much better to ac-
cept the candidate and the doubtful leadership
than it is to desert your party for errors for which
it is not to blame. For it is your duty and the duty
of your fellow members to see that proper candi-
dates and proper leaders are put forward. At
worst such incidents are but occasional and to be
expected under circumstances that~arise under our
system.
"Stay by your party and support its candidates
and you will have much better luck in obtaining
good for your fellow citizen, than you ever can
hope to obtain by any other action open to you"
This was the advice of a father to his son. The
son accepted the advice as sound and was guided
by it. Now the same advice has been passed on to
the third generation and has again been found to
be valuable.
So, as said in the beginning, here is an obser-
walton out of the years that Is offered you for con
sideration.
If three generations can certify to a preponder.
ance of beneficial results to the public through
loyal support of the Republican party and its can
didates, such action is worth consideration and in
our opinion worth pursuing.