Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-01-20


Ordinary men use their success, exc
tieorlinary men their failures, as step
pinc.stones to higher things NJ. Their:
began his career in military school
founded by the first Napoleon. lie
the stimulated him elf with the idea
that every French soldier carried Q
marshal's baton in his knapsack, and
that every road out of Paris led to a
European capital. When the empire
came down with q crash, il put an end
to the military aspirations OF the youth
full Theirs. Disappointed but not cast
down, he entered the law school of AK,
where nc soon disclosed his ambition
and his consciousness of superiority.
Parties ran high in the law school,
and Thiels became leader on the ultra
liberal side. Once when the practical
bility of liberal politics was disputed
he exclaimed swell, well, wait till l
am a minister"
Though his personal qualities secured
him admission to the most aristocratlc
salons of AK, his democratic opinions
provoked many royalists to say, "He
writes well, tut his thoughts are evil. ="
Talleyrand once sal to INN; IF you
wish to Use. mako enemies. Theirs
had acted on the adv &c, years before it
was given, with such success that the
royalists of AK tried to deprive him of
the fairly won honors o his pen He
competed for tie annual prize given by
the &c deny of AK, and his essay would
have won the prize had its authorship
been kept secret. But, being found out,
the majority of the committee of award,
being royalists. were unwilling to allow
democrat t1 triumph. Afraid to stul-
tify them elves, they postponed the
award for year. during which the
competition was to remain open.
Theirs, instead of moping over the
injustice, was only the more deter
mined to win the prize. One day an
essay arrived from Paris. The com
mittee approved of it, and the royalists
loudly rra sed it, seeing therein the de-
feat OF the young lib raj. The sealed
paper containing the name of the essay
list was opened. The Partisan was
Theirs, who had sent his essay to q
friend who had simply copied it and
forwa ded it to the state committee.
Children are impatient to pluck fruit
before it has ripened. A similar i'm
patience prompts young men, if am
bilious aad brilliant, to grasp political
responsibilities which they are not
ready TO bear
The revolution of 1910, which Theirs
as a journalist had stimulated, made
HIM Secretary General of Finance,
TN le. Baron .ouis, an aged man, who
subsequently resigned and recon-
mendel his subordinate for the posi-
ton Of Minister of finance. King Louis
Philippe sent for him, and the young
man of thirty three came into the royal
presence.
Are YOU ambitious, Monsieur
Thers?' asked the King
lie wac ambitious. but he was also
cautious Knowing that he had neither
position nor experience enough for the
post, lie refused the portfolio in terms
VIII ch impressed the king more favor
ably than his acceptance of it would
have done.
Ills first speech in the Chamber of
Deputies was fail Ire.
a have been beaten" he said, but
not cast down. | am making my first
say in arms. In the tribune, as under
lire, a defeat is as useful as a victory. .
lie tried again aud succeeded. In his
first speech he had, following the ira,
jitions of the tribune, attempted the
classical and formal style of oratory.
His diminutive figure and weak voice,
piping treble, untitled him for that
style. He adopted a new method OF
addressing the Chambers. He talked
instead OF declaiming; spoke with the
naturalness of one conversing; told
anecdotes, used colloquialisms and adj
dressed the Deputies with frank famili-
arity. A--asse
The speech made a sensation, and
from that day NJ. Theirs was listened
to whenever he gave them one of his
light, lively, brilliant talks, illustrated
by scraps of history and bits of anec-
dote. Men admired the clearness Of
hls expositions, and allowed themselves
tc be foated where the limpid stream
might carry them.