Show AN OPTIMIST who Is too much that way Is the democrat who thinks utah is going democratic this year IF THE wilson administration or any of its successors should be looking oo 00 aboud about for or ablo able diplomats they might well consider the heads of the several railway brotherhoods brothe says an exchange 1 I PRO PROPOSE POSE that tile the republican party as the national party according to the constitution of the united states within the national sphere shall proceed wherever it is practicable to build up and foster and encourage american enterprise and open the doors wide tor for honest american achievement charles 13 hughes NEXT MONDAY the eleventh there will be a state election in malue maine the wise ones say a as s goes maine in september so goes the nation next november A hard fight is being made in the state with the big men of the nation exhorting the principles of their respective parties the result of the ballot is awaited with interest by the entire country SAYS THE atchison globe those persons who thought texas was sore on president wilson because of 0 his mexican policy just guessed wrong ex governor colquitt colguitt who has been severe in ills his criticism of the policies made it a campaign issue as a candidate tor for tile the united st states ties senate and was defeated for the nomination by senator culberson two to one THE RECORD has not the remotest idea who told the duchesse Duc hense record but this is what lie he says A good many years ago mrs charles evan hughes told her husband that their next child would be born in the chief chie f executives cu tives mansion of the state of new york and it was A few days ago she confided to him that the next one would be born in the white I 1 louse house and it will democratic government does not mean foolish government it does not mean incompetent administration we are the land of the free and the home of the brave we are the land of the intelligent we are the land of t those hose who wha are educated we are the laud land ot of the finest talent in the world and the most splendid citizenship zell ship let out public administration represent american life we can spoil everything by simply providing conditions for agitation charles E hughle Hu glise IN HIS speech or of acceptance last week president wilson did not inin mince ce matters and expressed ills views and policies in a clear and direct manner ile he freely admits of making mistakes but not of intent but in an honest earnest effort for tile the best interests of the tha country in general it has the ring of real americanism and will not lose him any votes ven even it if it falls to make him any tile the present presidential fight Is between two good big american citizens and it Is for the millions of voters to say who will in their respective opinions make the best president i COLLIERS claims that the gospel of contentment is wrong and spells stagnation that the progress of the world is based on dissatisfaction and that kicking the present order around is is the only means ot of changing it lor for the better has its element of truth although some ot of the changes born ot of discontent are tor for the worse and some for the better but the fact remains that the happy people are those who can be content with things as they are only a chosen few are built that way and their number wont clog the wheels of progress IN SPEAKING of diaries charles E hughes editor C C goodwin said his bearing is that or of a perfectly posed scholar too conf confident ident of his position too serene in his own self respect to think of stooping to any of the shallow devices which public speakers sometimes resort to to magnify themselves personally while I 1 discussing serious questions so his words are all simple but th they always ring true and often while lie he is speaking tile the listener ia finds U ds himself instinctively recalling those words that Ala macauley cauley weaves into ills his essay on milton his words are simple but as we read all the burial places of memory are made to alvo up their dead EVERY member of 0 a community and especially every parent shii take it a deep interest in the public school it Is not enough to pay conr school tax without complaining or to know that the teachers are qualified nor is ia it even enough to keep your children in school regularly it you aie really interested in them the subject as you should be you should visit the school regularly and persistently few people have any idea what an incentive it is to both teacher and scholar to know that parents and on outsiders t are taking a lively interest ln in their welk we believe the lit little t ie folks at school appreciate such interest more perhaps than the larger ones still the effect Is not lost on any of 0 them and we hope every parent will nill take tahe a hint bint from this and place lace the public school on their visiting list |