Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-10-15 | Page 7 | Just like Skyrockets

Just Just Like Skyrockets 1 I BOOM CUS BOOM IS Just like skyrockets the S SIS BOOM i D spectacular politician sizzles merrily as he starts upward on his trajectory booms with great S gusto as he reaches th maximum ordinate and then briefly oh so briefly spangles the firmament firmament firmament firma firma- ment with a parti-colored parti shower of ot fake stars and and d he is finished through washed up The blue vault of heaven resumes its ith serenity and j the celestial lights wink knowingly much as if to tell the world they knew it would be a flashy performance while it lasted but that it would not last long Bill McNair's pyrotechnics s as mayor of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pitts- Pitts j burgh with vaudeville on the side was not even good as a fireworks display Moving his desk 4 out into the city hall hail corridor and functioning j as magistrate master of ceremonies and floorshow floor floorshow i show was a one-day's one flash flash- in the pan Getting himself arrested gave the papers a good assignment assignment assign- assign ment for their feature writers but the story was wasI I forgotten before the ink dried His musical renditions rent ren- ren t were not bad enough to be funny His plea to ha have hare e his salary slashed was a desperate t publicity stunt that failed to click Finally the city's finances having got into a mess through the mayors mayor's ineptitude he put his trinkets in his pocket vacated vacated his his desk and resigned Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pitts- Pitts burgh must feel glad the curtain finally descended descend- descend o ed eel on a punk show M McNair though was only one of a gallant I but goofy company There was wa Jimmy Walker unashamed playboy in and out of office There was a whole coterie who made merry merrl in the thea a I northwest while racketeers set themselves up toN to torun N run the towns towns Seattle Seattle a tragic example There p was iwas probably probably more to be pitied than censured There was wa Huey Long more Long more to be t censored than tolerated tolerated And Blanton Blanton wired wired red for lor sound but with no volume control And Talmadge Tal- Tal madge Popeye madge-Popeye Popeye would say I III yam 4 The list could be added to at both ends The serious thing about the whole matter is that they were voted into office by lawful lawful lawful-it if n not t awful awful majorities This is what comes of f lowing following the silliest of American h habits voting habits voting against instead of ot intelligently voting for formen 0 men and principles Why not on the oncoming November election a look men and issues squarely in the face and vote for candidates of character and capacity and policies of promise and potency Exercise of the franchise negatively is dangerous and ex ex- t pensive A protest vote is about as effective and as kicking the chair that barked the s shin