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Show A far-reaching truth was spoken recently re-cently by President Butler of Columbia university, when he gaid that it is best for every citizen to choose the party to which he will belong, and to stick to it, even though at times he may not approve ap-prove of some particular policy, because, be-cause, on the whole, the agreements with his desires and opinions are far more numerous than the disagreements." disagree-ments." This was spoken In respect to the so-called "Independents" of New York, who have no patriotic impulses, and who shift their votes from ono party to the other merely as their personal per-sonal ambitions or advantages dictate. For the most part, these persons arc proud of the fact that they "have no prejudlceo" in favor of tholr country, ana as a matter of fact arc mpre apt to denounce than to approve it. President Presi-dent Butler's advice was not only sound as a general proposition, but was especially espe-cially appropriate to the time and place. |