Word: politician
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...present number of the Illustrated is timely in the journalistic sense in that it is almost exclusively devoted to football. The leading article, however, is by ex-Governor Guild, "Should Men Join Political Parties?" Governor Guild argues that every man should be an active politician and that it is only by means of party that practical results can be obtained. In so far as the arguments concern the active politician they are valid, but Mr. Guild has not noticed or does not mention that the old-fashioned party man has passed away and that the average man now votes with...
...hypothetical young man may have the ambition to help his country, state, or town, and do this in the capacity of a "boss." A politician who is a member of the bar is usually a politician because he has failed to be a lawyer, and good lawyers usually fail to become good politicians. The greatest recommendation of a successful lawyer is that he has the power to do justice to mankind...
...arrests a man who is influential in his ward, he is certain to get into trouble; if he makes too many arrests, he becomes disliked by the other policemen and by the sergeant. On the other hand, if he neglects his duties, he gets the favor of the ward politician and promotion follows. Until the police department is taken out of politics, we cannot expect a truly efficient force...
...There is the same kind of treason in the insurance companies as in the legislature. Labor is equally unfitted for reform; the San Francisco labor government is as corrupt as any business enterprise. The old game of politics, the kind that Mr. Roosevelt plays, is one of compromise. The politician bought his position and kept it. Now the political aspirant should promise to follow out a definite program and make others promise and keep their word. The college man with a knowledge of economics should follow these rules and wrest the power from the agents of corruption...
...induced him to enter politics, he remarked, was that the machine said he could not win; in the same way many apparently one-sided issues, when left to the people, are decided in a wholly unexpected manner. Sincere and helpful criticism of men and institutions with which the young politician comes in contact, an inflexible maintenance of his word, come what may, and an attitude towards the people while not too cordial and familiar, yet open-minded and careful of their interests, are some of the most fundamental elements of success. It does not make so much difference to what...