Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 April 1908 — HIS WAS A SILLY BOAST. [ARTICLE]

HIS WAS A SILLY BOAST.

Aa lowa man boasted that he had voted one ticket for over 40 years. That is, he thought It was a boast; really It was a confession. It is a confession that for over 40 long years he has been content to let someone else do his thinking for him. For 40 years he has been the blind sheep following the tinkle of the bell. He has put silly sentiment above sense; party above patriotism.' Political parties are jnanipulated by human beings, and so make mistakes just as men do. No party has ever existed 40 years without making a mistake. Instead of using his influence to correct the mistakes of his party, this man helped to exaggerate them. Our national destiny will not be worked out by any political party alone. The initiative for progress must come from the thinking men, who will keep their party In line by holding the big stick of their support and influence over it. If the party goes wrong, It is the duty of good men to desert it. The independent voter—the man who thinks—has it in his power to put the professonal politicians out of business. He has it In his power to enact laws that will give him a chance to vote Sen. Slowpoke from his salaried slumbers. He has it in his to tear the party props from undCT Boss Graft. The party man is dead weight on the flying machine of progress. He increases his own taxes by snoozing while the grafters work. The next time you vote, vote for she man who is on the square and you’ll help to make your party decent. —Ex.