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pact, rnru ORK.. TrTTRSrtAT. OCT. SO, 19t9. OKK., THVRSPAY. XOV. 27, 1019. THE GAZETTE-TIMES .it" :-n p.; it. but .strr aad Srx'arr O.wfor.l 1 r lt d st th IVM. at lW;p t, ir-K"n. its ser !..i-cl.,ss na"ec. IlllHHMMi Ktll I. 1 1 K Ji OS Al'l'l.ll A I ION Sl'I.SCK ''. W.ir .--.l M.nihs "i'dic Muiiiii..... I'TION KATKS: ion .05 MOHHOW IOUTV UfKICUL I'Al'EH Politics and Patriotism. The true principles and the right practice of American politics ere ncer better presented than they were by Will H. Hays, chairman ot the Kepubhcan National Committee, in his address to the Kepubhcan edi tors of Illinois at bprmgtield Friday night. It was a parry address, de livered by the head of the party or ganization, but it was broader and higher than any party; as broad, in fact, as the whole sweep of America and as high as the ideals that have made America what it is. It was a party address, yet if any Democrat can read it without approval of its general principles, then, we say, there is something lacking in his Americanism. For .Mr. Hays made very clear, impressively clear, the fact we so often forget, that the sole purpose of a parry is service, that it is only a means to an end, not an end in itself, and that unless it justifies itseii oy its conduct and its deeds it iim laueu m us mission ana is un worthy of support. We are too prone to inmK mat the measure of party- success is the election of party can didates, but that is only the people's commission. The thing that counts comes afterward. "I say that a suc- cesstul political party s objective, said at. Hays, "is a record of faith ful discharge of a sacred contractual oohgation to the people. There is but one kind of successful politics and that is the politics of faithful, efficient and honest administration." The political party is an instru ment. But who makes the instrument and with what material is it con structed? There is much easy con demnation of "politicians" and of "practical politics," but who is to blame if these men and these meth ods are often not what they should be? Mr. Hays told a characteristic story of Koosevelt, who, when a very young man, made ready to attend a ward political meeting. Some of his family objected, telling him he ought not to mix w ith -the class of people he would meet there. "They are the governing class," said Roosevelt, "and you are not, because they will and you won't." Dishonest politicians and corrupt politics would not exist if the people did not permit them to exist. "1 plead for a patriotism in peace as well as in war," said Mr. Hays. "Let us have the patriotism which moves men to make their country's welfare their own business and in prosaic times of peace inter est themselves continually in the practical politics of their community. Good government is possible in no other way. Government func tions through individuals. These in dividuals are elected through the processes of practical politics, a se quence which cannot be avoided. We can have better government only if we interest ourselves in politics, in the selection of those to whom this government is intrusted, in having thought and voice in its operation, and in making our country's affairs our own business." That, we say, is not only practical politics, it is practi cal patriotism. Parties have no vir tue in themselves save as they draw virtue from their adherents. Prin ciples are of no value unless they are applied. There is nothing sacred in a label. Nor can government be operated by memories. A party is an organization of living people, not of dead ones, and we can only use, the past as a stepping stone to the future. We may be rightly proud of its rec ord and draw inspiration from its achievements, but the problems of today must be solved by the men of j today, even as the Americans of yes- j terday solved their own problems in j their own time. I And these are times of problems greater than those with which ourj fathers had to deal. "Of all times ! in our country's history," said Mr. ! Hays, "when the sense of responsi-: bility for the preservation of our in- j stitutions and the welfare of our! people must weigh upon thinking cit- j izens this is the supreme moment. ; The problems which are ahead are, immeasurable in their complexity and j magnitude." How are they to be! solved ? And by whom ? These are solemn questions for "thinking citizens," and every citizen of the ; United States of America should be a thinking citizen, now of all times. ! This is a representative republic, i and it is through our representatives ! chosen by the process of "practical ; politics" that the way to our future i must be cleared. Whom are we to ! choose ? And how are we to make sure that they are worthy of the trust ? Everything depends upon right answers. They are political questions, they are party questions, and only through party processes can they be answered. Politics is the ex pression, the only eexpression, of citizenship, and citizenship is a re-; sponsibility that should walk arm in ' iotisni. that abiding :h needs no war to it ever-livine. The ' .'v-.:V"i.Y;f is glad that the head of the c-ett Republican organization ' ; n Jed the keynote of the com irj ca::ipai.:r. -- for his address is nothir.j ' upon a harp with such st'incs. and with a chord that must s;r the profuondest feelings of American patriotism. "This is no time." he sas. "for little mines." No it is a time for big things, a time when big things must be done if we are to prove w orthy of our heritage. land they cannot be rightly done un 'ess we bring to the task the collec i tive w isdom. righteousness and devo- 'ion of true, intelligent and loval American citizenship. St. Louis u!i'be-Democrat. tt They are seeing lizards down at Hood River. Pretty soon it will be b'.ue monkeys, and then they had better get ready to take the cure. Hood River cider must have some considerable kick. Heppner Needs A Band. Heppner needs a band. Likewise Heppner now has an opportunity to have a band. The only question re maining is, will Heppner support a band? Judging from the many expres sions we have heard in the past, we believe that the town will get behind a good live organization headed by a good band master. At the present time, under the able direction of Professor James Austin, a number of young men are making headway. The band consists of ten pieces at present and will, in a few more weeks, grow to 14 or 16 pieces. Pro fessor Austin came here, sized up public opinion and band material both, and decided the situation held considerable promise. He now has a band in embryo which, when fully developed, will fill a long felt want in our city. The band boys are all en thusiastic. Some of them are old heads at playing and some are nov ices with lots of promise. It appears to us that there is a gol den opportunity for Heppner to real ize on past wishes. If Mr. Austin can be induced to stay here, Heppner will indeed be fortunate, for he is a band man of years of experience and holds many high recommendations from some of the livest towns in the Northwest. Let's get behind the band and make a success of it. t-t An Outburst From Germany. An impression prevails that Ger man propaganda ceased with the sig nature of the armistice ; on the con trary, it only changed its tone and its aims. For a time its agents were stunned, but they no sooner recov ered from the first blow than they re- umea their work. A sample is a tiick pamphlet by Ferdinand Hansen, entitled: "An Open Letter to an Eng- sion among the allies. They prove, .Mr. Turkey is about the onlv bird- the merit of the treaty of Versailles that has been helred bv the hirh cost !ih OSeer." The writer describes himself as a German of Danish des- cini wno nas spent two-thirds of hishv venting their furv upon it, as Mr. , of living. iite in the United States but has Hansen does in a postscript, in which I f t traveled all over the world and who ! he renounces all hope of reconcile As a general thing a man is gov went to Oermanv in 1915 to serve the tion and announces his intention to ' ,., .1 i... l: j. . un u.c uanner in w-.im.sm, wnicn mJrr,Yj dnJ comes under a new dj. eonr.rms an that has oeen said ot so empire. After Armistice day his Jutv required him to spend twelve hours in the company of Major White, the English officer to whom he refers. During those twelve hours he could not fully express his feelings; therefore he gave vent to them in a letter of 72 pages. If Mr. Hansen talked to the major throughout those twelve hours in the same strain in which he writes, the major's power of endurance and self restraint must be superhuman. Though English is not Mr. Hansen's native tongue, he is complete master of all the terms of vituperation which it contains, and he uses them without stint. He professes a desire to clear the air for a future friendship be tween Germany and Great Britain, but he expends his energy on ex pressions of hatred for the British, all their qualities and their deeds, thus filling the air with poison gas in stead of clearing it. His evident purpose is to promote enmity be tween the United States and Britain, cialism as a tool of Gennan militar ism. Having failed to defeat the al lies in war, Germany hopes to use this tool for their internal disintegra tion. Portland Gregorian. Why should the pessimist observe Thanksgiving? There is nothing to be thankful for, to hear him tell it. t-t It is better to have calloused spots on the palms of your hands than on the seat of your trousers. t-t Because your wife is forty is no sign you can change her for a couple of twenties. Umatilla county's sheriff lived up to his reputation. Serious sugar and coal shortage is eminent, if we are to believe the daily press. Hhy dont they pull some- I ministration. K... 1.A P I . . . uui .,c su ,ar lo aereai mat pur- thlnp ., fnr . ,hjne virulently than he has abused the British. The most probable expla nation of his outburst is that he boiled over in this effusion, thereby showing himself to be a poor tosei-. 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