Boone County Recorder . NO! Is the Emphatic Reply of Expert Ernest Mc Gaffe v. IS IT worth the aver- II age mans time to en-I gage in politics? ThatI depends on what youmean by engaging Inpolitical life. Activeparticipation in poli-tics taught me a num-ber of things. Ittaught me, for in-stance, that the manwho merely vote* ateach election is onlyflirting with poli-tico. I used to see at the soilingplaces, at each election, dozensof young fellows who came and deposited theirballots and went away Immediately, having se-lected thoir candidates according to their partyleanings, or according to the
Boone County Recorder . NO! Is the Emphatic Reply of Expert Ernest Mc Gaffe v. IS IT worth the aver- II age mans time to en-I gage in politics? ThatI depends on what youmean by engaging Inpolitical life. Activeparticipation in poli-tics taught me a num-ber of things. Ittaught me, for in-stance, that the manwho merely vote* ateach election is onlyflirting with poli-tico. I used to see at the soilingplaces, at each election, dozensof young fellows who came and deposited theirballots and went away Immediately, having se-lected thoir candidates according to their partyleanings, or according to the views of their fa-vorite payer; and who looked upon the politi-cians standing about the place MTrnHBircurious specimens of the genus Homo, remotefrom them to a marked degree. And yet It wasthe duiy of those young fellows- to vote intelli-gently, if at all. And how can a man Judge political measuresan-1 oendidates. unless he will give some of histime to actual conditions, as they are controlledby the practical politicians of his ward? Thepeople, as a rule, are the ridden po
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