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Volume 9 December 1, 1911. Number 48 
The Honors and Obligations of 
Public Life 
Plutarch writes in his famous life 
of Themistocles, the famous Athen- 
lan general, while still a young man 
determined upon entering a career 
of public service, his father sought 
to dissuade him by showing him 
some old galleys that lay worn out 
and neglected upon the seashore 
‘“just as the populace neglect their 
leaders when they have no further 
service for them.’’ In a measure 
this may .be true but the true 
leader of the people should be inter- 
ested in the cause which the office 
serves, not the office as an end. Ir- 
resistibly and certainly small men 
and methods are left high and dry 
on the strands of time. In America 
the obligations of citizenship are 
great and the opportunities for ser- 
vice manifold. Le grand monarque 
could call himself the state but not 
in a republic where the citizen bears 
the duties and responsibilities of 
citizenship. 
We are born into a body politic 
and our obligations are many. 
Trained by the common school it is 
incumbent upon us to fulfil with loy- 
alty and earnestness the place in 
life which we have chosen. The 
more faithful our obligations are 
discharged the greater our reward. 
America has every reason, however, 
to be proud of the loyalty of her 
citizenship although all are cogniz- 
ant of the dangers of the mob rule, 
socialism, rum, extravagance and 
lust. 
G. E. WILLMONTON 
ATTORNEY AND 
COUNSELOR AT LAW 
SHOR E 
We have cause to be thankful that 
in this period of renovation and re- 
construction that the party which 
has saved the Union has had given 
to it a forward movement that will 
be productive of great good. Today 
the unscrupulous politician walks 
across the chasm between public and 
private life on a rotten log. The 
day of evil triumphs are gone. The 
man of clean motives and high 
ideals is forcing his way irresistibly 
to the front. The competition is in- 
tense but the dice of government 
are eternally loaded for the right. 
The public are frequently deceived 
and led astray but inevitably tho’ 
slowly and surely it comes into its 
own, and realizes that the govern- 
ment is their verv own. Citizenship 
and Public Office are trusts, and as 
such must be exercised with the 
highest motives. America always 
will honor the right. It is a matter 
of national pride that, Justice 
Brewer of the United States Su- 
preme Court could write, ‘‘I have 
been thirty-six years on the bench 
and no one directly or indirectly, 
by word of mouth or letter, or in 
any other way, ever proposed, sug- 
gested or intimated that any decis- 
ion I might be called on to make 
would be for my benefit, pecuniar- 
ily, politically, socially or  other- 
wise.’ 
The Railroad Problem, Again 
The people of Magnolia are justi- 
fied in their endeavor to improve 
their transportation facilities. Like 
every such problem there are many 
issues to be considered. Magnolia 
is somewhat removed from the rail- 
road station and is consequently de- 
nied even the advantages which are 
enjoyed by Manchester and Beverly 
Farms. It is at once apparent that 
the year round and the summer pop- 
ulation are not receiving the ac- 
commodations which should be their 
natural rights. 
The agitation for electric service 
is not a new one. The same cry has 
gone up from the whole North 
Shore. There is a unanimity of 
feeling among the permanent and 
summer population that electric 
service through the main thorough- 
fares is unnecessary and undesirable 
for many _ reasons. The road 
through the woods has been a fa- 
vorite scheme in the minds of those 
interested in the _ transportation 
problem and those who desire the 
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SCHOOL AND UNION ST’S, MANCHESTER 
OLD SOUTH B’LD’G, BOSTON 
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advantages of electric service with- 
out the disadvantages. 
Magnolia’s problem is not local. 
It is a symptom of a need along the 
shore from Gloucester to Beverly. 
The new Boston and Eastern rail- 
road opens up the great advantages 
of the city of Beverly with an ex- 
cellent service. There are tentative 
plans for the Gloucester branch in 
the mind of the Board of Control of 
the Boston and Maine Railroad. 
The Gloucester and Beverly line 
could be electrified and help solve 
the Magnolia problem in two diree- 
tions as well as in the one direction 
— Gloucester way. This spirit of 
agitation will continue until the 
situation is changed. 
There is a similar slumbering dis- 
content with the altogether neces- 
sary limitations of railway service. 
The Boston & Maine has the high- 
way and opportunity and the future 
solutions of the question of trans- 
portation on the North Shore must 
be looked for over their road-bed. 
IHlow long shall the wait be? 
Law Making 
In another week Congress will be 
in action and on the coming Mon- 
day the President will present his 
annual message. In another month 
a new state legislature will be in 
session and the process of law-mak- 
ing will be in full swing again in 
state and nation. The President’s 
Message is being awaited with 
anxiety by the business men of the 
country and students of national 
affairs. Will he take the aggressive 
side and present matters for legisla- 
tion or will he put himself on the 
defensive and leave the wool and 
cotton and other tariff issues alone, 
placing the opportunity and_ re- 
sponsibility upon the houses of 
congress. It has been hinted that 
the President will take the latter 
course. But those who have seen 
the President’s strong hand launch 
a recalcitrant congress into an extra 
session know that Taft will not play 
the part of the conservative. 
President Taft is fearless and has 
the courage of his convictions and 
the brave hand that would veto the 
schedules of the extra session will 
not neglect so great an opportunity. 
-He knows all are interested in the 
tariff and corporation laws and are 
awaiting word from the White 
House. If the President should ne- 
glect these two topics, the one of 
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