The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-12-07
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THE GAME OF POLITICS

THE GAME OF POLITICS
The close observer during the next
few months will have an opportun-
ity to see much of the ms and outs
of politics. 1t is a game, too, that
the young man, who hopes to later
take part in public affairs, may well
watch with interest. One of the
things especially noticeable is that a
bunch of supporters whose enthusiasm
comes from love of the man himself
and from knowledge of his integrity
and fitness for the office to which he
aspires, is worth three times as many
men who may be giving their sup
port with the hope Of remuneration
if he is elected to office. Roosevelt
was a fair example of this. TIT bulk
of his supporters were people who
were attracted by his personality and
who would have followed him to the
ends of the earth. 1t was these peo-
pie, and not the political manipulate
ors, who comprised the Roosevelt
strength.
1t is not always the likeable and
popular man who is successful in
politics. Some men are most love-
able characters, but are so idealist1c
that thinking people are afraid to ala
them in securing public office, where
hard, practical sense is the principal
requisite.
1t has been seen in previous cam
paigns, and probably will be demon
strated again in the coming presiden-
tial campaign, that a candidate and
his friends must be chary in the use
of money, as the free spending of
money smacks of buying ones way
through and is quickly resented.
The ill-advised spending of money in
the pre-convention campaign in 1920,
probably cost former Governor Frank
Lowden the presidency. The big thing
necessary to political success is a
strong personal enthusiasm, rather
than with any hope of their own adj
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such support is for a man to play the
game of politics square, even to the
point of supporting unpopular causes
because he knows they are right, and
to show broad intelligence on public
questions. The people want Tor
their leaders, under present national
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who are able to think and to show
executive ability and power of leader
ship along rational lines, rather than
merely to work with a bunch of pro-
fessional politicians in w%ire-pulling
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One of the busy men in the nation
just now, we would take it, is War
rem T. McCray, governor of Indiana.
At least he has a number of prob
lens confronting him. A few days
ago he was indicted on charges of
embezzlement, forgery, fraud and
other offenses. :
A Photographer suggests that in or
der to be happy it is sometimes ne a
cessary to believe what we know isn't t
so. One might even go further and '
say that it is sometimes necessary g
not to believe what we see. T.
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United States Senator Wesley L. :
Jones, of Washington, sees every =
in the country a strong ten :,
dency manifested to get everything =
possible while the getting is good, q
and for that reason is inclined to
oppose cutting down the taxes on big :,
incomes, as he is afraid big business q,
wouldn't pass along the saving to its 6,
but would grab just that or
much more for itself. lie
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Over in Aberdeen the tax levy is m
100 mills-10 cents on the dollar. co
nevertheless, the people the other w
gave their approval to a $4,000 ar
90 bond issue for a power project W.
bout which they had no definite in io'
,rmation and the cost of which, if ~
ndertaken, may be $4,000, 900 or 3d. ~
10, 900 more. However hat may turn -
there is no likelihood that a mari -
could be found for the power ii ~,
were ready and only a faint posi- mr.,
lily that the municipal power 7
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be made to pay it's way. People do ha,
ese things because they are melted hat
action by their political dema- ant
orras-AJt is1a great nifty they do Hin