Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1916 — FOR POLICY’S SAKE. [ARTICLE]

FOR POLICY’S SAKE.

"Do you subscribe to the theory that virtue is its own reward?" "Oh, yes," replied, thq practical poll tlcian. “But a man in public life can't afford to be too virtuous.” “I’m surprised to hear you say that. ’ “It’s true, nevertheless. Voters have a .tendency to suspect a man who is too good and an officeholder cannot retain their support unless he has enough weaknesses to prove that he is still human.”