To assert that the ordinary U. S. citizen grows excited about politics only once every four years and thinks about Government only when his mail goes astray is a trite slur on the national intelligence. Last week vigilant patriots felt reluctantly impelled to believe that there might be some truth in it. Difficult to explain otherwise was the public indifference which greeted President Roosevelt's proposal of the most momentous change in U. S. Government and politics since Andrew Jackson perfected the spoils system. Possibly, however, citizens were simply baffled because the President...
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