Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-06-21
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We lost our own Jimmy Rolph on
here a couple OF weeks ago. He was !
mighty fine loyal old character. / go1
pretty well acquainted with him or
that trip when he had all those visltina
Governors out here. We all come tc
know him mighty well. II you want ia
know a man travel on some extended
trip with him. That's how / got &C.
quainted with Mr. Dwight Morrow, and
tthe then President) Gales OF Mexico.
We was out on a train togeather trav-
cling over the country for ten days.
You cant Act" that long. Your real
self crops up. and the fellows with you
can see under the hide.
Twenty years Mayor OF San Fran
cisco. the most liberal. broadminded
and cosmopolitan city in the us.
don't know how good a Governor he
made. ! don't know how good a Governor
anybody makes. The ones that you
give a job to say you made a good one.
the ones o dident, say you are ter
rible. So as there is more that you don't
hire than there is that you can, why
you are generally classed as Just an
other Governor.
II a man don't need the money and
he don't Just want the glory, / don't
know why he should go into it. Good
Intentions. a business administration,
and throw the rascals out. That's been
tried by better men than you. There is
grave yards in IS state capitols where
headstones say, Here lies Governor
MeantweIl. Here lies Governor Hon
esty. Here lies Governor Reform
Yet the barnaeles OF e~onnivance, po-
litical graft. lobbyists, and party
leeches. are still hanging onto the
whole As.
Now that might sound kinder diss-
couraging. and 1t is, but its facts.
These men find a system in there that
they Just don't seem to get rid OF. Some
do make a dent In 1t, and some states
are better than others, but being Gov
enor Is a sort OF a thankless Job. after
the applause is over. | sometimes think
It ought to be done by just a hired man
ager. with no political affiliations what
eve You got a business, you 60 hire
the best man you can You don't know
II he is an Elk. or an Eagle. He Is put
there to run 1t. He hires and fires all
q don't make good. Course that's
nothing much but the city manager
plan, only on a bigger scale. and | don't
that 1t has been 30 universally
satisfactory. 1t should be though. for
It's the proper way.
tell you this finding out how to gov
arm q Country. or even a state, or coun.
". or even a town, has got the whole
world licked. There is not q type OF
government that can point with com.
pride, and say there is the best
hat can be had
This maj Roosevelt is racking his
'rain, and all the other best ones, to
lelp us out. and he is doing a mighty
job. but part Of 1t has been due to
ne old political traditions that he has
'een able to smash, and there is lots OF
'thers that he hasent been able to, or
would have done better. Making
rood In Office is kinder like gambling.
lou a go In with plenty OF money
nd the best intentions, but the old sys-
Is against you. That law OF per
:entage against a man becoming great
q politics is working night and day.
Its surprising in a state how many
'eople will vote for a rascal. II Dillin-
,er Is as good a campaign speaker as
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