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The Nation's Business
(A Series of Articles by National Leaders Published Ex
clusively in This Territory in The Herald.)
'The Obligations of an American," by Lemuel Dolles,
National Adjutant, The American Legion.
'Evolution of School Systems,? by James J..Davi, Sec
retary of Labor for the United States.
The Obligations of Bn American," by
Lemuel Holies National Adjutant,
the American Legion.
Editor's Note Lemuel Bolles, na
tional adjutant of the American Le
gion, talks like a soldier fights,
straight from the shoulder. The fol
lowing should give food for sober re
flection to all American citizens who
desire to see our nat'on purged of all
that Is evil in its civic and political
life. He handles the grave questions
that face our nation without gloves,
and draws conclusions as sharp and
distinct as is possible for any man re
gardless of his opportunities or abili
ties. :
If America (the United States) ever
goes crumbling away to political and
economic ruin the fault will lie not
from the enemies without but the cit
izens' within, not jruilty of crime com
mission but guilty of as grave a fault,
omission of the very duty that gave
them their freedom. i
If all the blood and tears, all the
bility for self assertion in political life.
In war the qualified man who fail.
to take arms in defence of his country
becomes abhorrent in the eyes of his
decent fellows. The obligation to take
arms at such a time is no greater
than the obligations of peace in the
life of any good citizen. If the neces
sity arises, he renders this service in
the discharge of his civic duties. . But
this is not true of all. Every country
has its Bergdoll and every age . its
slackers. They occupy an unenviable
place in public opinion; their children
will live to blush at mention of their
names, s
The Political Slackers.
.. But with the political slackers
many of them are respected citizens.
We find them in every communtiy ;
the business man. who is too busy to
register; the working man who will
not take time from hi tasks to cast
his ballot; the housewife who thinks
that a "woman's place is in the home;
the society woman who cannot be
bothered; the average of Tom,- Dick
and Harry who don't take enough in
terest in the welfare of their communi-
. . rp . i ... . . . i uri :?l III tile ncildic VI Wltrn vuilliuuill-
irreat effort and unselfish love and de-ltiea to keep inform(j of the time 4
votion that has gone into the erection x of te electiong. AI1 0f these
of the United States Is to be wasted ( onstjtute an alarming proportion of
the fault, will he at the door of you:our adult citizenry who have a right
and your neighbor and history in the to exercise a share in the direction of
centuries to come will point a pitiless pica! destinies, but do not ,
finger at you and yours and declare r . . ... . ,
that the greatest advance in human' There is not an ill in American life
government the world ever knew was y hl nnot e cured, and to
lost because you and yours failed tojJay promptly, if each Voter will in
do your duty, a simple, easy, duty that' form lumself a to issues with the
should be a joy and a matter of un-means at his immediate disposal,
told pride. I There is not a weakness in our social
America stands today in the path of ' ?i"Hur wSch nnot be bolstered
& destructive force. Not a whirlwind individually and conscientiously we
K to tear and rend but a. slow, creeping, 1 try to discharge the obligations and
i insidious, relentless force that attacks exercise the privileges granted us by
- the very heart of your country, drains n Constitution of our United States.
I the strength and power and hopes and political bosses, machine rule and
deams of their being and will never graft are impossible in that communi-
t, pause in its ougniunui you jma yours ty where the citizens are awake to
f have been aroused. ' their responsibilities: where they
Today in the United States, where measure up. to the obligation resting
popular government has reached its. upon the individual. In every corn
highest development, a large portion ; munity there is th&t element, always
of our citizens have abandoned the . in the minority but bound together by
effort to exercise any of their political selfish interests, thriving upon corrupt
rights. So. in increased measure, the ! tion of public officials and special priv-
urgent need exists for bringing home j ileges, the very existence of which is
VQ every iniuviuutu uis vyva respuiun-. a muiiciuua iiieimce wj uemucniiic in
stitutions. In the lowest classes of
society there is a dangerous criminal
element, ever crouched to spring at
j the throat of decent society and to
I fatten itself from the rseults of riot,
i turmoil and destruction.
I Well organized governments are
constantly alert to curb the.'O ele
ment. They have but little hope of
success by an open breach of the
peace. Driven to cover and crowded to
a sullen observance of the more ob
vious forms of law and order, they
work to bring about their ends by
more devious routes. Thee hardy
partisans are present in force at the
poll.-;. They are never too busy to
cast their ballots. They are never too
busy to lavish time and eTfort for
the candidate who will best serve their
needs. They are clamorously in line
when the rewards arc being distrb
uted.
Unfair Attacks Made
The responsibility of the individual
doe not, however, ceao with the
casting of his ballot, ror does it be
gin there. It begins fiivt in develop
ment of a proper attitude toward our
public institutions and toward our
public representatives. Office holders
in the United States have borne such
attack and misrepresentation and have
become the target of such destructive
bombardment that it is almost impos
sible to get the right kind of men. to
list themselves for office or to accept
public appointment. Political cam
paigns though forced ttt disinfect'on
in recent years, are yet too frequently
perfervid competitions in personal vil
li fication. A man of ideals offering
himself for public office must be un
hesitant to withstand misrepresenta
tion; to have his motives questioned;
to have the most intimate details of
his personal and private life stripped
and distorted to satisfy the passion of
that breed of politician to wh6m noth
ing is clean. . ;
As individuals we can force whole
some conditions in American life by
flatly refusing to associate ourselves
with political followings in which such
damnably debased tactics are coun
tenanced. When the successful candidate has
attained public office, he then ceases
to be, in the minds of many of us, an
honorable, patriotic citizen. Years of
honest life among us are discounted
and we begin to look upon him, too
often with suspicion. Whatever he
does appears tinged with improper
consideration, done not wholly for the
fiublic gooL . And despite all, the man
n public life today who does not spend
each waking hour in sincere and un
selfish endeavor to serve his city, his
state and his country ia the exception
to the rule. The greater proportion
of mistakes made by men in public of
fice are errors of heart and not of
head.
How many public servants, having
given the best that was in them to
the office which they held, have been
returned to their neighbors broken in
health, sick at heart, misunderstood,
their honesty smirched; left to finish
their barren days reflecting on the
acrid ingratitude of the public
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Individually we can correct this con
dition by standing -steadfast!? bv the
officials we have elected to public of
fice. Doubtless we elected them le-
cause we had faith in their judgment.
Doubtless we selected them from
among their fellows because of their
fitness for the task and because f
their particuar qualities as American
citizens. We cannot ext.et n human
being to be right all of the time. We
Can exiTCt him to he humnnlv Knnm.1
and sincere and humanly fallible.
America is secure against assaults
from without. If that maiestic struc
ture which has been reared by dint of.
no much Vuueiing and sacrifice ever
crumbles it wdl be the result of the
careless indifference of the individual
American into whose keeping ban
come this greatest of all rcsuotusi-
ilities. .
ir.
"Evolution of School Systems" by
James J. Davis, Secretary of labor.
Editor's Note James J. Davis is
known in labor circles throughout the
United States. Ihe mere fact that he
was made a member af the l resl-
lent's cubinet at a lime when the
keenest brain of the nation were need
ed to guide iU destiny shows in itself
hat he i a man whose opinions must
be respected.
The national system of education
needs reformation.
It has stood still in its fundamentals
while. every other art and science has
advar.cetl.
The American youth of today is be
ing tamed out ot scnoois not muni
to give his best in the battle that an
ever growing complex economic situ
ation demands. He is being bedecked
witlwoducational "pretties", a dress
uniform that must be cast aside to
give place to tho dull drab of the
working garb and the time he loses
in making that change is a precious
time1 of strength and enthusiasm, of
plastic years that yield too easily many
times to the fingers or circumstance
and environment, of ideals that may
be shattered by tne ruue nanu or ne
cessity.
Children should be trained to ap
preciation of the finest things in life
out they can never secure tnose line
things unless they are equipped to ex
pend to best advantage every power
Amer-
t iture gave them at birth and
An Appreciation
"Mrs. Kays, who is loaving thoMcVicker Peauty Parlor,
for Sterling, Col., wifhes to express her sincere appreciation
for the generous patronage that has been recorded her dur
ing the past months. ,'
tfer work in Alliance hfa been a pleasure at all times.
Patrons are advised that the McVickor Peauty Parlor
will reopen soon with an experienced operator in charge, an
nouncement of which will be mado later.
Mrs. George K. Kays
fcteSix- iaiaa M sun 5 Wb ??: Jj
s
Christmas GIff tsf .
r lit . J .. J 1 ' 1 1 J ll . J
it s aoout lime 10 tninK aDout nnsunau i
VuiUS. ' OftJ UUl ui tvuivv vivwuo, uwiuuinft
ery, Ladies' Purses, Toilet and . Manicure"
Rnfa fonrlipct nnrl Fnnnfn.in Pons. w
lectin g too many of those powers and
feeding to excess others. -e
We Americans have long Deen just- c
ly proud of our free public school sys-, v
tem. For the more eapy-going life we
lived a doien years ago it did veryjl
well. Now, it seems to me, our deep- v
est, fundamental notions of what a E
system 01 sciiooiing unouici iv are in
need of a complete reshaping. We
have been sending our children out in
to the world to work their way up
ward, but with blunted tools in their
hands. Now they need more accurate
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