The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-01
IT Is COMING. RE SURE or THAT,

Now that the smoke has cleared or the bat
Ito field of the late election and the soothsayers
and wise men have all had their suy ono thing
stands out with great dstinctncss. The next
two years will either develop leader In one Of
The two old parties or new party viii be born
The preferable thing is that now leader OF
unquestionable talentp shall he developed. Be
cause the birth of n new party without
such Leadership, depending on nothing more
substantial than the lunntic fringe and the
dlscontent, d!ssatiafacton with old politicians
does not promise much in the way OF reIler
oven though such party might promise much
In It's platform.
1t IL always question OF leadership and
Heper q question OF followers A very skilled
and able public said recently that the
frouble with the country is that 1t insists ON
prescribing for the doctor instead OF allowing
the doctor to prescribe for tho country. He
1ikenod the situation to n man calling a learned
physician to prescribe for his Ills Looking at
the prescription the patient domurs saying:
"But doctor that stuff is nasty and / don't
want to take It,"
The doctor replies: AN right wen try some-
thing else" So he writes another prescription
But that stuff makes me feel bad" says the
patient
the prescription. "Just what would you like to
take for what as you?'
Cocaine always makes me feel better" says
the slick man. SO the doctor prescribed CO.
caine.
The application is broad and accurate pub
lie men--so-caled leadors--are giving the pre-
scrptlon the patient asks for, not what their
Judgment tells them the patient needs. And
that Is because there are no leaders capable of
commanding the confidence OF tho patient so
that he will accept the diagnosis and take the
medicine.
Creating a third party, or a new party isn't
necessarily going to get tho country anywhere.
either, since 1t Is almost certain that tho new
party will be the result of tho came precise
practice Just complained or. II such a party Is
organized Its aocouchement is very apt to be at
tended by bunch OF quacks more than will
Ing 10 prescribe what the child wants Father
than what the child needs
The whole world Is practically leaderless
today. II is the world difficulty There are
uumbers OF weallings proposing to attempt the
role of world leadership, yet not one is capable
OF completely filling the role OF safo national
leader, And eafe national leader for each
nation is the thing to be desired. Out Of that
situation soothing. healing world peace would
speedily come, Ana with II, national tran
guilty. the rebuilding OF proper national ambi-
tiona and patriotic purposes.
4 The United states needs a national ideal sep
arate and apart from tho international concep-
ton which has all but wrecked tho morale Of
our republic Such an ideal must comprehend
Justice for the various strata OF our own So
coty, the various yocatIons and interests OF our
own people, and II must be presented by a
character competent to yltallze the concep-
tion he Is TO present that conception In the
DRY to the people at large.
! There is nothing go pathetic, so dangerous
yet helpless, an army in rout But the
leader born OF the need, works magic trans
formation Changing the name OF the army has
no affect whatever
Possibly our own situation here in tho United
States viii breed both pheuomena-a new
party and likewise an acceptable leader Pos
sibly new party-a splltoft from both old par
ties-wlll serve TO bring 20 the fore either some
to lead the new force or some man To
stand IN one or the other OK the old nartloe and
turn rout into orderly, effective progress
who tell? The present condition OF the
country. politically considered Is not such az ia
inspire enthusiasm.
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