, 1880-10-10
rhs Arrangements for the Sherman
Neeting-Hopes Of Securing
Blaine.
Tbs Mardhing Clubs organidngg-Weak
Kneed Democrats -- Ward
:: ..Meetings.

rnare are tn iugs In it about him which nobody
srrr heard Of before, and which, consequently,
mint have beeh known: only to Mr.. Smith, who
consequently must have been the author. 49,
Itsa thing which is too good to spoil by qtio-
aKuns, and it is therefore published in full.
Tnere arc some slight errors in it; such, for in
esnce as the statement that Sumner Was'
scatcels more thin free Of academic restraints
vhen be was elected to the Senate As matter
n fact he was 80 There is also some error IN
fha impression sought to be conveyed by the
t1ct that Alexander Hamilton. Pitt, Napoleon,
Dickens, Byron, etc., were what they were be-
ca,,ee they were boys: If such were the case
there would be hope for MIR. Smith. but their
success was, in spite Of their boyhood, and not
because ot It. However here is the paper,
6hakspearean quotations and all:
YOUNG MEN IN PoLITrCa
=, PERRY q. SMITH, JA
Men are sometimes masters OF their fetes;
Ct sasE eaa .'h
.~Itose grapes arc souri, Twill the old standing
candidates say. now that young Perry 8: Smith
has carried OF the prize in the Third District
congr esslonal Conyendon1 -
A cleaner walkaway" was never seen in
an5 convention than the nomination referred TO.
And it is certainly significant that young
has earned and received honors such as many
grny-bcards have strtven for and sighed for
through many rcurs Of endeayor and yet have
not Obtained And; again rit follows there is
reason for such q triumph by one SO young in
polfdcs rs we'll as ID years
There is that mean and ungeucrous class who
sqcccss other than through the vulgar source Of
money. To them every man has bis price-and
their otcn price the lowest bid-f opportunity
offered!
It IS popular delusion that q the means todo
Ill deeds makes i'll deeds done!" That man
With certain advantage such as wealth and ITS
No fling At the right of popular suffrage is
meaner or in the main more unjust There
have. been candidates .f9E office in times past,
aaa here may be 6 tor ose ;a
furthertng their ambitlous' schemes. Who
boast of their bart'' as il it were merit and
mot u pe oar
system Is somewhat clumsy-somcThnt elastic;
and abuses of the glorious privtleee OF casting
free ballot will be common enough. Inat ls
Of self government but 1t will now be admit
led that a 1uan must have some strong popu-
lar qualities some 9ngieiG ;+, desert n service,
prefermcnt- Tint evep In Chicago incompetent
etd sa Htie5 s $e o$r ana
suffrage machinery is no argument against the
syetem by and through which the popular voice
Is sometimes not expressed It is not uneom-
third-rate man Is put in the highest Office, and
that real statesmen and men of genius become
the |'power behind the throne greater than the
throue itsclf-' 1T is tho aim Of this article to
show that young men have In oil times borne
noble and brilliant share of public service. and
that those young men havc most distinguished
stntions Of t trust rus % and: responsibility. - @'N
In National, Statc,, and local politics young
men have earned kureIs which would seem to
belong to older heads. has no more TO do
stances, with success In war. politics, or liter
ature than weight In nyordupois or compilation.
It = eheap ting to snets at q young man whe
diplomacy or the stern fsso51efns OF war. but
success silence the tongue OF detracdon and
caluuny, and makes impotent the hates Of The
envious or the trcacherous foe concealed in the
amtuscade Of SANDER and yituperadon.
- The glory of young men is their strength"
's to shom @ Til is intended as tribute of respect
Gnd admtration.is a good illustration OF that
text That a man so young as Mr. Perry e.
Smith Jr, 1s tndorsed and IN no uncertain @ i; voice
argue to convince one not aoqu u7inted With him
is q pretty SAFE demonstration that he must
Men SF be DO ~1S not M sfapee eaef
thotns, nor figs from thtstles." But to those
Who have the pleasure Of bis acquaintance. in
business or society, professionally or socially,
nerco1ary Significance to his triumph. It is the
logical result Of the desert OF real merit and not
the ephemeIal fruitof intrigue and charlatanry;
efforts to be man among then, not because OF
The accident Of favorable surroundings or the
partial smiles OF Dame Fortune.
b lid :not % %advendnonsly seek the Office, but
hAf the Office to which he has been nnan1-
mously nominated has sought him That when
good sense and the essence Of true dignity By
manfully and in 81 dead earnest making all rea-
nnable efforts to secure the nomination as ne
stssd sss n duty bound And having aken hia t that
aao the obligations he was under to those who
aad 20 generously champfoncd his cause. by the
ssts of the wire-puller and the patchworkers
ale sdair. With him there Was no SUCH non-
seense to be .practiced- He could not, like the
ssefsT politician, the time server and sycophHnt
no1 zee: He would fire at the - bulls eye" and
a1 ae., daily With the rings" beyond IT 9r
saaafei5- reserve his ammunition. And T. Is
M NJ ess gained the respect; confidence: ana sup
Vt UT ormany even politically opposed IN mere
Ely fsat sense. In polite. it Is becoming under
" rae sonncttmc paradox, but the time gives it
fEpoI fEpoI Il no other outward sign were mani
r. 44satea Of Mr. Smiths fitness and Worthiuess for
,psesh F'a Of acceptance made 70 the Convention
tns t1so 10 Dear ample evidence. It had the genu-
taeg s fng and manly tone of real merit and strong
tp9ashy ii II bis is posoa. n Sas and s Sincerely grate
maa Ut u NE unnnntcd honor-at least uncom-
~ LODE ~ oe placed on one Of hisyenrss There
HAQ Will ever BQeET at pIE9uup-
1n,,st " youth who will insist that q young man
hs.a-SRake IKE "a back seat."-especially in that
rnoaaus rno1aaeoous game Of intellectual chess which
SSuetn politics has become
msu sre asl arc those who imagf gfne that because
ha !. wears clean shirt and a adecent-htting coat
T5a ~ mat sign known to be snob or dandy
il its VIZ nafd lesson. sensible and equitable
knof @eLplicauon tQ be taught In practical affairs
for ~ "nas q man7s, SO much as what he can do
fej,o1ss general good and advancement OF bis
hanhhs-u nose who cannot do justice in their
tomsrR4 t4 CRITICISM becauee they do not want
If s rh.s oe IKE the smart boy who, in the siang
Inere &c seseet 1e arab, says: ~ don't have tor
H. as ~ no Law to compel the enforcement Of
hare '1pei M of the New Iestament! Young men
men. zen s:i,- IN politics in times that tried
Illnxr;as sua@ Eho have made their names
AieFe4taess m N x their county's annals.
linx W., hamilton vas hut a ''strip-
oo6ucns eq 20 M ne welded his great power in the
yoanrer ~ 81, ne struggling Nation. Pitt, the
Ut. ynss,1 1Tlme Minister Of Great Britain
c1ineI Enn EuIn IN his case WINS declared 70 be q
tSa tSnoqg & Eraybearded veterans xhsm he hecame Es
me ee1eru ewru CGsas-the cououeror Of EuropeI
wont4. .9a. ats gloomy, and peculiar" inteIectlaI
rand anS e p re Eoridl Metternich, md Tally
boy1 eio @SaIh heaconsheld were but smooth faced
powar "nep .z they we're placed in nnsit;ona If
preoncina.eaa Saa responsibility. They romaIn fh7
bEkens = wonders OF modern dIn1nmocr.
hsiIlsn9 b6tyant, Poe, Burns. Rynon' ana n
eraxT xost ast OF others dazz1ed the itt-
kenius vha,, WITH the spleudoT OF shaIr
oore Winthar,,Ih haey were yet boysi Theo-
dy yfaeed hnero and Col. Ellsworth we're radr |
their precons Tnen 1o they gave in heroic sacri1ee
~ - 1or the good Of their coun- |