New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-11-16
GET into POLITICS,
| TOLLEY'S APPEAL
Real Men Needed, Congressman
Tells E. B, c. Members

which do not appeal TO them and
OF which they do not approve, are
taking the first step towards an
archy. according to U. S. Congress.
man Harold S, Tolley. OF Bingham
ton, n, Y. who spoke TO Every
mans Bible class yesterday morn
ing.
Congressman Tolley was intro
duced by Rev. w. H. Anderson of
the Methodist church, a former
college chum.
In opening his address he said.
Men. If any Of you believe that
politics Is evil hope you will get
that deusion out OF your mental
makeup. because there is no evil
in politics as system. II Is the
only way by which this representa-
tive democracy can be perpetuated
and be made to function. If there
is any evil in politics It is not be-
cause of the system, but because
TOO often intelligent men are will
ing TO permit evil-minded men to
control the political machinery.
ION Armistice day the president
OF the United States laid a wreath
upon the tomb Of the unknown
soldier, and as / read the account
it recalled the first time ! stood
there at that awe inspiring place,
and ] wondered as | stood there
who his mother might have been:
Was she white or was she colored :?
Was she born on this side of the
water or on the other side? Was
she Catholic or Protestant? No one
knows, but it doesn't matter. Her
son did his duty every day until the
end
The unknown soldier is a SYM
Dol OF the unity of every race,
class and creed during the war.
Yet seven years after the war we
find crafty and inscriptions SOL
diers throughout the United States
vieing with one another in foment-
ing hatreds and creating suspicious.
We find them setting class against
class and group against group, not
for the good of the country but in
order that they themselves may by
creating this division solidify some
particular group for their own po-
litical advantage.
This condition can only exist
because too often men such as
yourselves. Of intelligence and In
Z 4a1 1Yst pt ~
- in politics. The nation needs In
politics men, Christian men. who
realize that the better elements of
every class. race and creed have
the same desire TO unite in the
cause OF good government.
During the Civil war Abraham
Lincoln, then president, had a call.
Ter. This caller came in with the
old fashioned ministerial air. Mr..
President, ] trust that the Lord is
on our side
The president looked him over
and said. 7 am not much worried
about that because ] know that the
Lord is always on the side Of
right: but It Is my constant anxiety
that | and this nation shall always
he on the Lords side
"Constantly anxious to be OH the
Lords side. With that tradition,
with that example, how is it that
Christian men in SO many COM
munities are unwilling to safe
guard their heritage by active par
ticipation in the only system by
which they can effect the leader
ship Of the nation.
SO the first thing that ] want
YOU to take away with YOU this
morning is tho fact that it is the
duty Of every Christian man TO
have an active interest and kno"l-
edge Of tho political affairs Of his
own community.
peace Kills Patriotism
81 told a group OF veterans on
Armistice day that this nation
seems to be- peculiar in that we
never aroused a real, vital patriot
ism unless We arc at war. Then II
was easy to tell tho man WHO was
a patrlot and ihe man VINO WAS
not; but in TINES Of peace how
easy it is, when there is plenty to
forget the good Of the country,
Seven years after the armis'lce'
when there Is Grim" and laTless-
ness 10 the extent that Il does eA-
list, il is a safe rule that We nave
mot been very patriotic in timo OF
prac".
Il know men, some men, who
were decorated in action, who do
not r%cmp'ify patriotism today.
They y""m 70 think that patriotism
is something that you have done
in the past. But patriotism Is
living, breathing thing that YOU
IlrmO0Straic every day in your
.ifr. not what you have done but
What you are doing, is the thing
THAT counts. And say that There
is a lack Of patriotism today De
cause there is 50 much Of laWlesS-
moss. and there are many. men VINO
c,u themselves respectable citizens
land who are look"I upon as sucn'
Who arc oa'ing Al the very Hl'a'H
Of the nation.
IF YOU we're "a call them anarch-
is1s thov would deny il aud WOULD
focl ike suing YOU for SANDER el
hose men place above obedience 70
established law their own appeflie
land their own desire; and what Is