Show Acoss ideas frem ether editors t- t tAN lAN AN N EDITORIAL that will make the reader think appeared re fe- In The Tile Tribune Prineville Oregon Here it is 1st flak Back In a little town In eastern Oregon theres there's an old farmer now retired who's who est establishing a great local reputation lor for being a very shrewd man If It you were ere to watch him as he goes oes around the town talking to this person and the other ther or at a public meeting you could say Theres There's a smart man But nut if you studied the man man man- his life and find what hes he's done done you'd you'd discover yourself wondering It if he actually is' is so smart Hes He's always against Anything new hes he's against it n. Many of the things he has opposed opposed op op- posed should have been opposed As a town leader he was opposed to lavish spending sending of town funds h he was opposed to all forms of federal control But Dut his weakness was and Is Is the fact tact that he never suggested anything positive to form a course of action By opposing and only opposing op posing he ho never led his townspeople plc into progressive activity r It is common common knowledge that If U you oppose without offering another another an nn other line of action the opposition is meaningless Thinking peaking and s kin for tor Jt belief s lilt raker courage It also Iso taker faith If Vt Irre bait bane been Leen b losing boring ground against confusion and bitterness because of 01 the lark lack of ol faith fail failand and the lath of l courage to So briber in a tI definite f 10 for or the lb future lulu The safest side for a man to take In tn an argument between two friends li Is the outside outside outside-Dothan Dothan Eagle Earle Dothan Ala Aia An M Old Fashion Election From the Bulletin Free lre Press a II weekly newspaper published at Denver Col What we need In this country is an old fashioned election campaign tam cam such as U we wo had in the days of McKinley and Bryan In many readers Ion can an recall the excitement of the torchlight processions pro pro- cessions at night and the campaign orator oratory of William Jennings Jehnings Br Briwn un who was an nn artist in making campaign campaign cam earn speeches He made speeches to enormous crowds In all three of or his campaigns for tor president president president-he nt-h nt he could talk for tor three hours and when he ho stopped his vol voice co was as go god god and clear as when he beran beian He lie was a tl good loser and never ne worried over o his defeats It seems that much of or th the glamour nd fad excitement has gone gon out of pret present nt day elections While there aie ale battles of words pame name calling and sundry epithets flying around we wo dont don't have the excitement excitement excite excite- ment the oratory the heartfelt vocal vocal vo cal fireworks that used to accompany accompany pany political campaigns People seem scum to be counting personal gains to l be e coming their way through legislation rather than feeling a personal interest in the candidates and saddest of all where all where are arc the time old campaign songs that made political campaigns really worthwhile worth while in those th old fashioned elec elections |