Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-03

has given rise 70 train Of ihoughia
N my mind about nowapa.
paf men, their essential elements,
tnflt acquired powers, their nils
sion, and their possibilities, Ia politics
enl government aiialrs newspapers
hnu editors frequently run ahead
~ OIL others snd 10 a great extent shape
vac policies and laws OF tho county
ana ~ the drstiniog OF aspiring states
ineni ana IN this realm n iahn instrument
i9t poHiiife goudi but In the realm of
pol'lses, 81 religion, ~ science, Of social
iliH, OF ethics, OF law, ot medicine, "
eYttyihlng from a dog light TO q church
CONFERENCE, from horse race 80 this race
Tor governor u IL a terrible negative To-
sunmcnt Tor good. He "a nr. solouliat,
bui the dreamy distractions Of
tho clOsuted vanish before
bis practical common sense. lIa
IL not theologian, nut WOO 10 the
preacher whose theories 90 violence 60
good Judgment He may not be- Chris.
tian, bur Mr. Christian must keep his
proftased character an OF ciho the keen
edge Of the public critic will DO ttlt. He
not an actor, but actors ofinge be.
meath the last II HIS wUll-twisied whip
llc IL NOT y physician, but ~ quick 70 %.
tect quack lie Is not Jockey, yot he
quickly discornA fair race He IL not
pugllist, no, no, hut he will tell both
sides though the heavens fall
His own troubles he takes into court,
and when be loses gives the
lawyer unshirtod ahool for his stupidity
lie win tell you that The way to keep tho
public from seeing you In bad light Is
not 10 come before " IN bad light, lie
may not be moralist In theory or IN
fact, but yet he VIII uneafth the short.
comlnRa Of others, aud will morallEe
upon them like ranl or Peter. lilo 10
not n fraud, but he eau tell one as far M
bee martin can see buffalo gnat, lie
Ia not n Joseph, but every one else
must be like CmsAr'a wife. lie
Ia not anythlngi no must be every.
thing Education In good thing al
his command, but he depends upon his
strong, keen, quick, native common
sense. He weighs everything upon the
intuitlyo scales 81 automatic principles
He In public servant, ia that he serves
us with the nova Of the day, He In q
lpubllc protector, In that he points oui
fraud aud wrong. He lisa public bone.
factor, In that he watches affairs OF stat,
and proka the law.maker before the gar,
Of the people. llo must know everything
and everybody Ho must go everywhere
SEQ everything, and spare no one. llo Il
essentially student OF human nature
The wees Of the fallen and the yanities o
tho great como before him in many dis
gushing phases, He EooH the world dc
mandlng from him the daily record o
murder, rape, seduction, theft, robbery
and all TIE long catalogue Of crime unit
he himself Ia disgustod With the diet, yo
no must supply th6 demand ~ matte
Of business, and Tor the protection o
society--not however, because he ha
any admiration for the degraded appetite
that demands II, for ttat Is too much lik
crime Itself on, newspaper mon what vas
fields Of toll, OF knowledge ubelnlneH
W. before YOU, and when you no more ca
shove the qull, and the tripod ls lai
down by the trembling hand Of age, VIVA
a panorama Will memory hold up TO you
Colleges Rnd universities cannot max
mon liIe you Experience and toll ant
ondlens watohfulnosA make tho Buccebslu
newspaper man 10 use your own "a
preston, gentlemen, you must be 'qulc
TO catch on" GhApei