Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 147, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1917 — Duty of Every Young Man to Take Part In Practical Politics of Nation [ARTICLE]

Duty of Every Young Man to Take Part In Practical Politics of Nation

By WILL H. HAYS,

, Chairman of Republican State Committee of Indiana

To the young men of America I appeal for a larger interest in the politics of the country. The young men of today are the burden bearers of tomorrow. On the shoulders of the young voters will very soon rest governmental problems measured only by the vastness of the country s future. These difficulties must be met. This evolution is inevitable. To the young men of America I appeal. Become interested in politics. What we need more than all else in this country is an increased participationby. the good citizens of.the country in the actual politics of the nation. To which party you may now be inclined is of less importance than that you seek for the truth, and, finding it, act and then act continually. From his earliest manhood until his death, Abraham Lincoln actively participated in the politics of the country. At no time in his incomparable career did he think he was either too busy or too good to take part in the practical politics of his community. He believed this to be 'his duty; otherwise he would not have done it. Thus acted the greatest character not divine that ever-trod the earth —and what a condemnation is his conduct of those smug individuals who today sit with their hands folded and expect governmental affairs to be right, while they do nothing whatever to make them so! Things do not happen in this country —they are brought about; and , I have no use for the man who is either “too busy or too good to interest himself in politics. Study the histories of the great parties; see what they have accomplished in the past and what they promise for the future, and then, in every instance, make up your mind and act accordingly. And let us ibe certain that we “join ourselves to no party that does not follow the flag and keep step to the music of the Union.”