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Volume 9 February 17, 1911. Number 7 
PATRONAGE. 
The curse of provincial politics is 
Patronage.. If you will wash my 
hands I will wash yours. The small 
talk of petty politicians gives expres- 
sion to it in words still more coarse. 
The-pity of it’ all is that many good 
men-are caught, let us say in justice 
to some of them, unawares. The grant- 
ing. of. an official favor in return for 
another is but a mild form of “graft.” 
It is worse than gratt because it is 
so small. It may be good politics 
but it is_poor government and the in- 
dividual who cooly plans his own self 
aggrandizement by cleverly conceived 
bargains ofigive and take is carving 
out with every trade his own political 
ruin. Many a worthy © measure can 
be put thru on its own merits by a 
manly: fight: without ‘hand-tying con- 
cessions:to the ‘baser elements of so- 
ciety. It may take a long while to 
convince the public officers of trust of 
the: folly of traded pledges. One of 
the most serious handicaps of public 
life isthe temptation to succumb— 
for.the» sake of the office—to the 
snares laid by certain powerful in- 
terests.in the form:of pledges of elec- 
tion. support-in exchange for pledges 
of future: support to the aforesaid in- 
terests in the office. Such a trade ruins 
the.:man.:for -affective service as a 
public servant. He has ceased to 
servesthe public just.so: far as he is 
pledged .to .unworthy~class. interests. 
If there were nothing else to be said 
it robs. the servant of the people of the 
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best reward of service,—the con- 
sciousness of faithful, honest public 
service. His soul shrivels under the 
prospective reward of a return pay- 
ment in office favors which may 
never come and if they do come are 
unworthy of the best that is in the 
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THE SPIRIT OF WASHINGTON 
The birthday of George Washing- 
ton is observed each year as its anni- 
versary returns, with increasing pat- 
riotic fervor and sincerity. As a na- 
tion we are not hero worshipers, or 
at least our country is so young our 
heroes are not many—Washington 
and Lincoln. But hero worship that 
ends in the emulation of great names 
is national vanity and a sign of de- 
cadence, an acknowledgement of na- 
tional inefficiency and a return to the 
past for personal examples of nation- 
al loyalty and patriotic service. For- 
tunately, however, the honor which 
our people pays to these great men is 
a reflection on their sense of personal 
merit, honor and devotion. That 
America loves and revers the names 
of Washington and Lincoln indicates 
that the love of country still in- 
pires her children and that loyal ser- 
vice to the country’s weal is the sur- 
est way to the hearts of the people. 
The people delight to honor the public 
servant who has been faithful through 
good report and evil attack to his na- 
tion. ‘That our people honor Wash- 
ington and love Lincoln reveals not 
alone the greatness of these names 
but the high ideals of the men who 
honor them. May the national spirit 
of the loyal Washington and the suf- 
fering Lincoln inspire the men of our 
own time. 
POOR JOURNALISM. 
In the final analysis the public is 
to blame for poor journalism. By 
the public the yellow journal with all 
its sensational untruths of the day is 
maintained. The advantage which 
it gains by its scurrilous methods 
and the income from its questionable 
advertisements cannot be gainsaid. 
Trashy journalism pays because the 
public is willing to pay for it and as 
soon as the public ceases to purchase. 
and the income diminishes such jour- 
nals will change their methods and 
not until then. Governor Baldwin in 
speaking at the men’s meeting in 
Bridgeport quotes Thomas Jefferson, 
“that papers might improve.” While 
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SCHOOL AND UNION STS. MANCHESTER OLD SOUTABLOG., BOSTON 
.aged on the yellow journal style will 
erly, but it does have a West Beach 
the average paper is not as bad as 
Gov. Baldwin is quoted by the press 
as saying “proof, one quarter of a col- 
umn, probability one column possibly 
a little more, and lies the rest of the 
sheet” there is a germ of truth which 
is undeniable. ‘The journalistic con- 
ditions are not encouraging, for the 
best papers are the least influential. 
This sounds false, but a thought 
makes it only too true. In a nearby 
city there is a penny journal which is © 
more influential than the stable hon- 
ored three cent journal. Not because 
of its merits but because it reaches a 
class of people who are willing to let 
other people do their thinking for 
them. The better journal reaches a 
class, that, when furnished the facts, 
are capable of doing their own think- 
ing and do exercise that function. 
Despite this fact there is a field for 
good journalism and we cannot hesi-— 
tate to say that a local journal man- 
be a failure from the start. It has a 
responsibility which it cannot shirk. 
The public must exercise its preroga- 
tive and encourage fair journalism 
and discourage the bad. 7 
HELPING YOUR PAPER. 
The Breeze is devoted to the best 
interests of the North Shore. It is 
here to serve. In its service it is lim- 
ited by its field and the helpfulness of 
the public, and that public should be — 
interested and helpful in its service. 
It remains a fact that judgement is 
made of the local standards by the 
quality of the news items which ap- 
pear. If the lesser and unworthy en- — 
terprises are quick to seek publicity 
and the greater and more worthy en- 
terprises are reticent of publicity, the 
former consequently reaches the news — 
columns and the latter does not, with 
the result that as this is continued 
week after week the standing of the 
town grows less, and those who see 
its life only through the columns of — 
the paper receive an entirely false idea 
of its life and ideals. 
This can be remedied only by the 
most cordial and sympathetic help of © 
the public. Send word to this office — 
concerning your enterprise, for our 
columns are open to every enterprise 
which will help build the community. 
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