Show ROAD TO GOOD GOVERNMENT I President Roosevelt in one of his bis 1 Now New w England speeches declared that the more e intelligent the themore themore themore more endowed with the worlds world's goods the better educated a man is the greater is the obligation aion resting i upon him to o ll use e his gifts for the thc good of the tile State Intelligent active patriotic pati-lotic participation in iti our government by b. the con constant discharge of the duties of c citizenship is the road to royal good gov- gov eminent Almost all the evils we complain of in political life the abuses scandals corruptions and infamies which from time into to time besmirch the good name of cities States and at times the Nation itself are attributable to neglected duty on the part of V citizens o or ol- responsible re e Citizens of wealth and education er very often l keep rigidly aloof from participation in ill public affairs They sneer at ata ata a primary primar ridicule a cau caucus us shun a convention as asa asa asa a very conta contagion ion and avoid oid the polling as a veritable The gang gets g-ets there every ely time and in the due course of events comes some appalling scandal Then the educated wealthy citizen citizen cit cit cit- izen denounces gan gang rule deplores dellores the corruption of the people and expresses grave doubts as to the permanency per pl of republican i institutions Participation in hr politics is the very highest st duty ditty of th American citizen fl p whatever el hi his att attainments or ot poss possessions The very evy best m men n felt honored in the early earl days davs of tile the Republic to T rote tc nt atthe polls poll or orti to a accept at th the thc hands of the people The Washington Times puts it right tF er Every respectable cit citizen i n is if interested interested interested inter inter- ested in iu having haYing good government O whether he h be berich ri rich h or 01 pOOl poor humble or 01 influential but to the hm man maii manof of of pr property pert of large lare material interests interest to the man titan who ho has hilS things at stake e this is a matter of paramount paramount para pal mount importance e. e And yet Jel it ii is this part of the Hit voting population which concerns le less s about tire the act activities of the J Nations Nation's political life than titan an any other oilier At the thc same time it complains the t whenever r anything goes goesTOn TOn wrong in iii the way of le legislation legis is lation JaHon or administration When hen the good citizen refuses to come to th the front the less worthy takes his place If the latter also refuse other less worthy I again gain will make themselves cs conspicuous Wealthy citizens are not always the best hest but bitt they have ilave very ery much n at nt t stal stake e and every even incentive e to try to he be among the b best st st. The They Hl are e not the only f sinners ill in regard to neglected duty in jut political matters There are thousands of ordinary r every day good men who permit the heelers and gangsters to do 10 their ir political polito ical thinking ng for them and who in their di disgust at atthe atthe atthe the methods of the machine man iran abstain entirely from oun primary and atHI from flom regular elections What we want is citizenship of courage to stand b by the right to denounce the wrong Good government gO is IS to be e achieved ed like all ull things else that are arc good and by br effort In this democratic republic it is the tile result of continuous honest energetic intelligent exertion exertion exertion exer exer- tion on the part of all the sound elements of society especially the intelligent the industrious the wealth wealthy and the i virtuous |