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Show - THE SILENT NOTE VS. THE BIG NOISE Too much of governmental policy Is guided by the Big Noise. Is It any wonder labor, police, pio-fessors pio-fessors or farmers organize to makt the big noise? The Walla Walla Union says: "It often happens that a small but compact com-pact and well organized group can. control legislation and congress in I opposition to tho will of the sllbnt and Unorganized mass of tho people I ,"The politician feels tho prcssmo of tho small but active organization, and knows that if he votes against' It, he may loso tho solid block of their votes. Ho thinks that tho rest of tho peoplo will forgot about It before the next election. Hut fie-quently fie-quently they don't." The great muss of silent citizens should make their opinions felt moro clearl) at elections by choosing choos-ing men of sound convictions rather than candidates with the most theories the-ories who make tho loudest noise. |