The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-03-08
.AmERIcAN srArEsMEN.-
Lecture Of Rev. DR.. Philip Krohn. Of
Afehison, Last Evening.

mo spoke on Tue subject OF American ,
lAtesmen." The audience embraced
lumber of the most cultivated people
f the city, but the attendance was not
redItable TO the literary taste of the
and was by no means en-
,ouraging to the young people who
we're instrumental In bringing DIR.
Krohn TO Emporia. The great losers,
however, were those persons who failed
10 be present, ana thus missed the OPP
portunity Of enjoying a rich intellectual
FEAST.
The speaker considered his subject |
from purely generic and-point, and
his treatment of the theme was pleas
ant surprise TO those who had been led
to expect a biographical review of men
eminent in the councils of the Ameri-
can Republic. The lecturer began his
address by saying that the word estates.
man" implies, in many minds. man
who is electe1 TO Office and makes
speeches. and that in pursuance Of this
popular idea the audience might expect
him TO tell them how the conventional
statesman was educAted-how he studied
by the light of pine knots. grew IN
knowledge, became a man. was elect
cd to office and made speeches.
"But," continued the speaker,
'ihis is not TIE correct idea of a states
man. A statesman is a man who man
onoa N Sfafo xpbn st,anoa Zee aHaira-
who fashions its sentiment and dictates
its policy. And man can do ali this
and be no more of an orator than clam.
The man who says what taxes We shall
pay; who shall make our laws for US
that Is statesman. These are the men
who make and unmake orators, who can
dethrone the most eloquent speech
makers aud who can lift billiards and
rascals into power. Such are iondly
called by their admirers practical men.
1t is true they make no speeches; they
write no thoughts that breathe in words
that burn, but they make the platform
on which the speaker stands; they man
age the coarse ropes and dirty pulleys by
which the gaudy drop curtain is moved
up and down and arrange the lighti
which impart color and tone TO the
scenic effects which command the ad
miration of the beholder."
| The speaker then proceeded to de
scribe the opulence and culture of thu
great metropolis of the American Re
public, and showed that while all tina
was excellent in art, Literature
and devotion conferred in New
York, this refined and Gle
giant capital was ruled, not by states
man of her own production. but by tn,
foreigners which the mOnarchics of Eu
rope send TO our shores, and who, ate
breathing the new, strange air of free
dom, assume to direct, control and re
form the affairs of the government
which gives them liberty. A pen sketcl
was then drawn OF the Hypothetical
statesman "Dennis Hoolyhahn," il
which the Irish ward politician of NcV
York was described 10 vivid and life
like colors, and his influence in givin
direction to the affairs OF the municipa
government, through the agency of th
dram-sbop and the paraphernalia of til
ward "machinc," was set forth wit
startling fidelity. The development {
this statesman, through all his successiv
stages OF power and influence was elaI
Grated with consummate skill and wa
followed with eager interest
The next type of statesman prcsentc
was the German socialist, under tn
name of Carl Adolph Shausman. TIL
career OF this factor in American pol
tics, from his advent in wOOdel
shoes upon our shores to the climax {
his power as n sclf-cOnstituted politica
social and religious reformer, was,
possible more effectively portrayed tina
that of Hooleyhahn. and it would b
impossible TO convey an idea of tn
keen satire employed by the speaker il
paying his addresses TO the Shausman!
who, he said, ''arc not content to enjo
in peace the freedom which our iIstitU
tions provide for them, but who mus
apply themselves 10 the work of 'rG
forming the only county whic
ever gave them anything bu
kicks and cuffs; TO tn
overturning of the American Sal
bath and to the submerging of the eros
of the Lord of Glory in sea OF beer.
The next picture presented was tn
American statesman of the Tweed type
who, by the force of superior intelleC
and the operation of mind over matter
controls the Hooleyhahns and Shaus
mans, and by the employment of meth
DDS known only to the clear brain an,
subtle mind manipulates the masses 70
the accomplishment OF ends which can
not be grasped by the instrument
which are employed by the guild
ing hand which leads them
"Thus," said DIR. Krohn, in conclusion
"we have introduced three American
statesmen who rule this countrY-wh,
control you and me. Now what is tn
lesson of these sketches? They teacl
that eternal vigilance is the price of lib
erty. The political vermin l have de
scribed may be marked and hunted
down, and every good citizen should
give himself to that work. The caree
OF Hooleyhahn teaches that no good car
ever come out of the Nazareth of grog
shop, and that the man who thrive
on the misery of his fellows la.
no right To dictate, mucl
less To hold office. The history o
Shausman admOnishcs us that the mos
crazy and vicious schemes are promui
gated u-der the guisc of reform, ant
that the most vIrulent form OF bigotrN
masqucradcs in the form of liberalism
The picture of our American statesman
warns us that our most dangerous foe
may he those of our own housch old
and that the institutions which we love Sc
we'll may breed and foster agencies mort
formidable than foreign foes. Thank
God the H1oleyhahns, the Shausmans
and the AmCrican statesmen who us,
them for their selfish ACKNOWLEDGMENT dc
not predominant i'll this county, but only
flourish when good men sleep. Friends
of pure government, let me Implore you
to rise in the majesty OF your power and
keep ailame the pure torch of liberty
The lecture commanded the closest
attention, and was one of the strongest
and most able efforts ever made by a
public speaker in Emporia.
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\ Successful Teacher.
Miss Minnie Parker, young lady
we'll known and highly esteemed by the
young people OF Emporia, closed five
months school ON the 32d of February
IN district 81, and has proved herself 10