Show 4 USES MADE OF HEROES The world cannot afford to let l go un rewarded ec man who dares to do instantly In-stantly and in danger Instinctively It rushes to honor tho virile and thus insures In-sures Itself of virility When the democ racys volunteer comes home men give him their votes and women their love Portland Oregonian The Herald pointed out the other day a list of heroes who have been rewarded with public office It is certainly a graceful recognition of heroism It speaks well for thz American people that their heroes are not forgotten But Isnt It a fact that political parties take up military geniuses and place their names upon tickets more for the selfish purpose of getting votes than for the nobler object of expressing a patriotlo appreciation Isnt It a fact that they often try to utilize the glory of the warrior war-rior for the furtherance of political schemes If heroes are nominated because be-cause of an especial fitness for the position po-sition as was the case with Roosevelt In New York heroes In politics are all right If they are merely used as vote catchers it is a prostitution of their glory more than a recognition of their worth There are a number of military heroes he-roes being discussed in relation to important im-portant offices already and while everyone every-one may be the man for the office to which it is proposed to elect him we have serious doubts as to whether his qualifications have been considered In any case |