Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-16

Some of our purest democracy comes
to us from autocratic personageS tenn
porarily in the hands of good press
agent. ,..
his morning coffee ought to forego poll
tics in favor of pugilisn.
Many good plumbers have been
ruined by too literal maternal interpre.
| tation OF the constitutional fiction That
| all men are created free and equal
ut is well for embryo statesmen to
realize that notwithstanding the lapid
spread of geography since the war, IL
will still be many years before ma
/ iority of the voters can spell Czecho-
slovakia
MANY a seemingly aggressive inde-
pendence in Congress Is nothing more
/ than the skillful rotation OF the Will OF
clashing minorities in heterogeneous
! electorate back home.
Gets Every Kick and Growl.
"rhe philosophic public official will
| appreciate that washington Is the focal
| point upon which eventually converges
every kick and growl uttered in the
| provinces.
chose who cite Congress in e.idence
of government by default should realize
| that the legislative body Is, nevertheless,
| intelligence.
"It is harder for a politician to avoid
| hypocrisy than for the proveroial rlcn
man to Guido the camel.
There are still enough red corpuscles
in national circulation to commend al
| least grandstand interest in some recog-
nized sport to any candidate with an
oveIEtuffed vest.
"A good sense Of humor is the best
safeguard against hysteria or stampede
in politics. ,.,..,..
embraces most of the successful issues
ever raised by either statesmen or poll
| ticians.
1.-The one objectionable sin in politics
| Is i1gratitude, and it requires magma
ton to conceive the range of things Tor
which the successful politician Is ex-
pected to be grateful.
SELF determination Is one OF the
most annoying things ever rediscovered
in politics. No one has ever established
just which exception proves the rule
American Individualism.
American individualism divides its
time between making heroes and de-
stroying them-between clapping hands
and Juggling at ascending coattails.
There are too many variables ana
alibis in politics to make it satisfac-
tory avocation for most engineers.
THE line between caution and cow
ardice is nowhere more vague and in
discriminate than in politics.
"1t took more genius and moral fber
to recover from the war than 1t did to
win it. And neither professional diplo-
mats nor professional soldiers helped
much in the recovery.
Public officials are responsible for
much Of the speculative inaccuracies in
the press through indulgence in mis-
| leading technical truths. II you can
not be clear, 1t is better to be silent.
Newspaper men who survive Gym
icism. keep out of politics and achieve
mental repose are wise counselors and
good friends.
NATURALIZATION.
"A new Congressman during his frst
two weeks at the Capitol is the best ex-
ample of human imitation in America.
Two months later he Is usually an
equally good example of total defiation.
Two years later, If he survives, he be-
gins to assume his normal proportions.
In public affairs the disposition to
complain is always stronger than that
to commend. The absence of protest is
usually an adequate measure of public
approval.
"A politician in the White House
never really tests the power of the
Office. The country earns for a leader.
On occasion 1t would accept temporarily
a benevolent dictator. 1t usually gets
q man who spends half his time eff
fecting compromises and the rest count
ing noses"
sent a very acute analysis of the rules
Of the political game wrote Mr.