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Show V "V -v WHO IS THE OWNER? Ab tho years go by thcro is more and moro Independence In matters f party fealty. It has been discover that tho greatest howlers for party loyalty aro tho political managers who have no politics of their own, and make an awfully good living herd Ing tho votora under tb nnmo. delivering them to a candldato for a consideration. Tho people don't llko to bo sold nnd delivered. Furthermore, ns time passes, tho people havo grown moro inclined to do their own thinking In politics, nnd In rellglop, and in every other depart, ment oi' human endeavor. They nrc bottor citizens becnuso of that fact In tho play of "Julius Ctaser" tho in-ability in-ability for solf government Is shown with wonderful clearness In th nr' -- Bcoje. Homo was governed by a few men because tho many men could be handled by them. The mob didn't think. It Just listened, and did as '. tected by skllfull orators. In America the citizen becomes moro and more free ns 1iq gets away I from tho old idea that he '""belongs c his party." Instead, be is making hi ' pnrty belong to him, Politicians n) learning more and more to o will of tho people. They naturally hold on to power as long as they can, but'V.hcn they find the people ktioWj thCT rights, "nnd knowing, dare mal tain," then the politlclnn-'gets down oft his high horse, and is as humble as can be. - j In tho present campaign there Is1 a greater demand thnn ever before1 for independence on the part ot Uiol citizen. Thcro Is less likelihood of tho Roman mob being duplicated In I tho nction of tho electorate. Any attempt at-tempt to whip tho people into lino will bo resented by them. Any pretense pre-tense that they must voto In a certain cer-tain way in order to bo "consistent", will bo effort wasted. ' Tho people aro going to elect tho President they believe stands for the best policy. They will not enro much for tho name of tho party whose candidate they support, and they will not be driven nwny from Indorsing the policy they approve, by tho politicians charge that they 'belong" 'be-long" to somo other party. And because they aro wise enaugh to cast their ballots for the general good of American citizens they will give their support to President Taft. They will argue that hQ has made a good President once, and Is more likely than any other man to render the llko service for the next four years. They know to v 11 what policies aro most desired and why. And they will work to win the' results that nro best for the nation. Ogden Examiner. |