Show THE politician tiie THE professional politician Is a curious piece of mechanism mecha nisin alsin all ali his alms aims ambitions and anci hopes centre in himself disguise it as he may under the poorly fittin fitting mask of patriotism As a rule he is a slave to his party and fears to revolt at improper measures and unfit men presented to him for support because a rigid adherence to whatever is done by conventions and bosses is a test escot of fealty to the organization of which he is a member and a failure to toss his ready teady cap in air and lift his voice in servile shouts during a campaign is equivalent to abandoning all hope for such preferment as that party can bestow he is brought under subjection and kept iu in line through throng ti abject restraint servility sometimes with the hope of b being e I 1 ug rewarded when the ibe places are i pass passed ed around by appointment uhe the successful chiefs or of subsequently being a candidate himself he is expected to swell the refrain ot of the country Is saved if it his faction wins wills and join in the dolorous dirge irne country is grouell gone goue it it does not he must subscribe liberally when tiie the id hat t is passed around to defray tile the expenses of a a canvass and look pleasant while doing so to make a slight alight protest would be conclusive as to ms his affection disaffection Is and even to hand over too is a cause of suspicion either of which may drop him down dhe due or two on the preferred list of those who occupy the bench of anxiety no he must be a lackey in waiting walting until his name is reached it it ever should be and then take what is offered or nothing generally al ly nothing ail all this ti time methle methie the thu drafts upon apoll ills his time his money his energy at his faculties ur auf ami d some his conscience if be he has one come alon aion with reasonable regularity his iiii service upon a capricious rutur must inest neither be bautin wanting nor doubtful doubt tul tui and it he at last becomes dissatisfied with unrequited and goes loes to another or organization 11 he fi finds lids himself worse off than ever evi er since those he left are done with him forever 1 and he must begin at the foot of the thu rolls in tiie tile new camp it is truly a great thin thins to be a politician there is scarcely one of them that is botin not in his own esteem an embryo statesman stat esmail and always a patriot his tits definition ot of either it honestly given being the holder of an office and receiving g money from the public treasury he was fitly described by ur or 0 kerr several years yean ago when that humorist wrote patriotism is a 11 great thing my boy it begins in the brain and manifests itself first at the mouth it then travels downward rapidly until it reaches the pocket where it suddenly collapses there may become aty exceptions but we have not missed the rule to an any L states stated great 1 reat extent in what is here stated even I 1 ven the majority of the exceptions are cases where accident or good luck have obviated the necessity M of drudgery 11 and severe discipline men who through a combination of ces have been wafted wafred into the political haven of profitable position on the first flood tide and without special effort or merit meril of their own an honest earnest educated and industrious citizen who receives no posit positions tins that do not come to him unsought 14 is 14 worth a whole army of professional politicians to any country |