Show ARE WE BECOMING OPTIMISTIC George Harvey In th the North American We are really becoming optimistic A year ago ugo the country seemed scented to bo be boa bea a veritable den dell of or Iniquity As 5 expos exposure ure UtO succeeded exi exposure sure scandal candal hal haI followed 1 scandal so fO rapidly that ons was left gasping for tor or breath Yellow Journals could not be printed In audI su numbers to satisfy sa the avidity of ot th the Ihli masses A muckrake muck rake had be he become come como the sole requisite of ot success in the tho making or ot periodicals periodical Ignorance vied with Irresponsibility In lIt desperate reaching roo ching for tor or notoriety In emulation of ofa 0 a conscienceless gambler who had blaz blazed ed a 1 lurid way 13 Shame Sham was wan written upon honest depression rested upon the tM American spirit the tha very atmosphere wax was surcharged with portent There come came no sudden change chanc but with almost almot mechanical certainty the tho clouds lifted 11 one by one otto until at nt last it seem scorns eats tafe to declare that sanity hall ban resumed d Its wonted sway away sa The Tho pe period clod hal hag ha been one onu ot or excessive trial trIll hut but of 0 Inestimable service tenIce Now ow with witha a sigh of at relief relict the Ule Intelligent patriot patriotic ic citizen begins to feel fee raUs ed that the greatest Ht of ot evils elIs In our busIness and political being have hate been revealed and he can Join with 1111 lila bis hi fellows r In dc de d mantling correction not In haste hute or pas JIU passion p slim sion hut soberly rationally Insistently |