Show THE OUTCAST I am a popular word in the popular mind I I am the most important thing in public policy I am ant barred from the club the lodge the church yet I popular government cannot do without me I am not only a fact I am the science of civil government I foster create and keep alive great parties which are the necessary factors in arriving at the goal of the majority and the expression of ideals of minority I have made men overnight and stifled the ambitions of others placed men in high positions of state and reduced others to their deserved levels I can not get into the schools because they say I am bad and I corrupt yet I place the men in office who administer the schools' schools affairs I have power to bring about reforms moral and s social ciul but r not in my name naIne is the betterment of human conditions permit permit- ted I am that which it was said would be cleaner an purer bythe by bythe the thc entrance of women into suffrage the inauguration of the di di- di rest primary the enactment of corrupt practise acts and the limitations limitations lim lim- lim of political activity yet tho here is hope I still contaminate mate all who deal with me I am that which in our enlightened democracy am relegated to the curbstone the ward headquarters and the foul sanctums of graft I bear my cross valiantly and my reward is the double cross I am that which will exist as long as government exists yet by being is frowned upon and taken for little worth I am institution of the masses used b by the classes the intended intended intended in in- tended agency of statesmanship to reach sound and safe government government government govern govern- ment yet I must associate with and be the tool of the few who work me for their selfish ends I am isolated but in my isolation I find strength individuality individual individual- ity and the fortitude to await the time when the common people will restore me to my original meaning and purposes In my pure state I am clean word word coined coined and groomed to represent a clean institution institution GOOD GOOD GOVERNMENT but by my and banishment from polite society I thrive in this hearts of greed I am an outcast I am POLITICS What courageous statesman minister editor lawyer cator humorist phrase-maker phrase or member of the common tribe will point the way toward my arrival into the hearts of men and women lift me from the gutter where I do not belong and place me upon the pedestal of civic righteousness where I do belong Who ho has the power to dispel the odium which has attached to tome tome me by tradition and conventionality I have reached this low estate because the electorate has not reached a higher one I shall remain in this condition until by good usage in the functions of government I l am brought back to the people from whom I started I await it is in YOUR hands I am POLITICS 1 |