Show Released by Western SELECTING LEGISLATORS IS SACRED TRUST WE SEND MEN to Washington as senators and representatives to constitute the legislative branch of the federal government It is their province to think of and act for the welfare of the nation as a Should we select them for the purpose and with the expectation of their securing special advantages for the people of their states or their districts without regard for and consideration of the interests of the nation as a we would not be worthy citizens of the We would not be entitled to that freedom our form of government It happens all too frequently that those selected as candidates for these responsible places in our government are picked because of what we believe they or what they promise secure for They propose to get their ringers into the government purse and dig out money for our special They propose to find jobs for those who are neither qualified or They propose to secure the location of government institutions within the state or district that would be better if located It is seldom that men nominated and elected for such reasons have any definite influence in the shaping of national and it is well they do The republic and functions despite them rather than because of The republic must stand or fall on the action of the legislative branch of Should that branch for any appreciable time fail to be dominated by men of broad vision and ability the republic will That will be especially true throughout the next few years during which we must pass through a period of national and world To surmount the difficulties that will confront statesmanship of a high and practical character will be If we are to deserve the blessings the republic has and may continue to we will select our candidates on the basis of their ability as practical statesmen rather than ability as party the indebtedness of the party to or their promises to bring home the j bacon for their state or district It is not too early to be considering ENGLISH ROYALTY AND U. S. DEMOCRACY THE RECENT VISIT of King George VI to the British and American troops in North Africa to again remind me of a similar visit on the part of his father to British and American troops in France in I have told the story In other but believe it will bear A party of American newspaper of which I was was pending a Sunday with the king and his family at the country estate of I had accompanied the king into York cottage and we were in the billiard room when he remarked that he understood we j were to go to France the following have made some visits to said his obvious reasons I never go there in uniform or with any but only as just an English On my last visit with a junior officer as a was passing through a British rest camp in which there were also some American I stopped for a moment to talk with a British company and us was a British Tommy and one of your American who is that asked the American doughboy as he pointed to up you d d replied the British is the king of The hell you Where's his asked the said the the kind of reception British royalty gets from your democratic American and I like BY WHAT SCANT MARGINS political elections may be won or lost is illustrated by the fact that in 80 congressional districts a switch of from 5 down to less than 1 per cent of the voters would change results in each one of those 80 Of the 80 districts 48 are now represented by Democratic 30 by Republicans and two by Progressive or Farmer It is such close results that should keep both parties seeking their best men for the It is such results that make for good government VICTOR EMMANUEL did not have to abdicate his title of over which there was quite an The Allied armies in Africa managed to do the job for AFTER ATTEMPTING to raise the family food in a window box or a 10 by 10 space in the front the city dweller will better understand the problems of the farmer who cultivates hundreds of acres as against the tens of feet in the city Victory |