The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-09-18
PRESIDENTS PREVIOUSLY

Already. before half the rstess voters have remembered Ina q
49, % 70 no elected next year, that president Is as e"u
chosen. within the range of four men. n uu" nv mT" sinding fault
of the country, o those who are voters. a he 90 government and the
with everything about the administration, tne go rests in their
I'D hat thew overlook the fact that the remedy resS n Ia, "mv
hands 1t is from the voters that laws M pn naon1e pnt the
lnmng The courts alone can veto the will of the people. nn ue
courts seldom have anything to say 'e '0
Sen@ tn o,iticien and the captains of industry and heavily capitalized
business are not 81 neglectful of their duties anu thor WV interests.
Tbev are organized and ready to the last detail n now !" ~ 81 o.
~ mei ih in hand. Some of the most widely read magazines very op
rtnne devote ample space to biographical sketches o M m e
views with men who have just been discovered TO oe no1;aHo stearers
presidential nominees. The politicians and tne nonore and
don't do a thing to stop the publication Of these vel repM u +hatr
tactfu1 articles. which contain valuable information ABOUT mem
subjects but seldom go so far as to quote hem on INC w"
before America and the world right now. ann
The daily press is already declaring ma oe nC " 800 pm frank.
or the Democratic nomination is restricted to owen D. Young, fraHAs
lin Roosevelt and Al Smith, with the chances strongly II @'" o.
ooI T is virtually certain that the Republicans will renominate Her
Each party. that is each group of politicians, striving to come
into or retain power, will frame a platform at secret sessions o a rev
who are professionals in that work. Those platforms will IN ne ERA
terms. be for what ever seems likely to draw the most votes, ad
against most of the things the other party is for. Tnose @ol ms
whatever they are, will become the principles OF " nu 49, ~" nf
ever they are. The voters will then have the God1ven rNV"ese 4"
What a grand innovation, what a revolution in the political pro
cedure of the greatest republic on earth, it would be II all canduateS
tba voters who choose delegates to the conventions, were required
t ne go $50 od nnbIic demand clearly to declare their stand On all the
major questions recognized as political issues. Then n conventions
would have to build their platform of principles under TN cahu"a'V
President Hooveris principles and policies are about as wei. known
as can be. All the ants, Democratic and otherwise, are Of course
human nature and politics. Never the less the President should let
the country know, long before ne IS e nominate ha dac %da1 viz interesting
would be for a second term AND II you'd 20 nS $50 w
to learn what any or all Of the four, Hoover Roosevelt 0mIm any
stale plany 70 pe e%a4 49, nTor+to parties have long ceased to
represent political and governmental principles. All that is left Tor
the people to depend on is MEN. Men with principles inc Tn uahHe
of leadership, with vision, broad craftsmanship, and courage.
Ours, the greatest nation in the world, has the best form OF gov
eminent the minds of liberty and justice loving m e nave yet con
odved. Our great misfortune is that out government nm enat IA 9m g0"en Nd gu u
of the control of the people (and the fault is all their VIM anu Is
headed away from its original ideals Strong leaders Dackeu Dy
government back to its true course.