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governed, and really without their consent. Pulls, 

 influence, money, party trickery, corporate corrup- 

 tion in politics practised by our leading citizens — 

 these be our rulers. And to this perversion of our 

 government from its true aim and purpose are due 

 all the ills from which we suffer. 



And it is only those who make something out of 

 government who have any constant and effective in- 

 fluence in public affairs. President Hadley, of Yale 

 University, writes : 



"Except in those grave crises when a wave of pa- 

 triotism sweeps over the community the support on 

 which a democratic government relies is spasmodic 

 and accidental. No man except the professional 

 politician feels that the government is being run in 

 his particular interest. On none, therefore, except 

 the professional politician can it rely for continuous 

 activity in giving effect to its decrees." 



We all understand this perfectly well. Who are 

 the men directly and keenly and continuously inter- 

 ested in politics if not those who work simply that 

 they may get something out of the game? The men 

 who speak in political campaigns are, as a rule, men 

 who, if not paid outright for their services, expect 

 to get appointments if their side wins. Year after 

 year you see the same men hanging around the polls, 

 and hoping, through their connection with the or- 

 ganization, to be "taken care of." Gradually the 

 government has been wrested from the hands of the 

 people, and more and more — and as a consequence — 



