Telegram-herald., 1890-07-22

A Glance At seHss Asaiiaeis EspablloAn
PrcsIasatial Thinker

l1eti4A s~-sr - s-~-S "a Ast a "a t-,aite
who Nay Be President, sniea SHOWS
how rsca in statesmsnshlp the srana
cid party e. Il selects nine oat II
many for special mention, des gaatiag
them respectively a. 'sthe CREST Amer
lean orator and pub.eisi, Cnauneey NJ.
DeDew; tie veteran statesman ana pei
llician and IDOL Of as party, James q.
Blaine, the foroefui and brainy and
much admired speaker Of tae National
House OF Representatives Thomas 3.
Reed. tne Paclnc slope fayOrlte. tue
pnasnthropist OF california. Leland
stanford; the Nap0leonle champion Of
protection 10 AmeglcAa Industry and
Amercaa labor, William Mckinley. the
great pubilc nnsncler, jOnn sherman;
tAe beloved commander OF the Grand
Army Of the kepuille, Russell A. AlgeT;
the fav0f.te son OF the great farming
state Of Iowa, William b. Allison, aud
the statesman on whose shoulders the
Republicans OF Illinois declare the
mantle OF Lincoln has fallen, shelby NJ.
Cullom.'
OF the first the Press says: "In a
nation of Go 600 900 free men, selecting
their own rulers and governing them,
the distinction OF beng the mOsg DIS
tngalsned cluzen IA private life u
high test of individual genIus. TINS
distinction fairly belongs 20 Ch&uncey
II tchell Depew, OF Aew York. AZ ihe
present time no other American ealoYs
sach universal fame Is Mr. DepeW, With
the exception OF that ripe statesman,
James Gillespie Blame. SIR. Blaine
world wide reputation has been won Ia
public hfe, where such things are the
natural result IN every land. But the
instances where private citizens have
become equally noted are 60 rare that
in this day and generation Mr.. Depew
stands alone. The collective wealth Of
the Rothschilds, the Nanderbll.s and the
Astors, handed down through genera
tons with steady accreuOns, have made
the names OF these families famllar,
but no one Of those names IS born by an
individual who has attained the pronii-
nence that may be Justly accorded %
Mr.. Depew As the result OF ms intellect
ual force aud sclnt'llSnt genius. Ii is
beyond dispute that he is one OF the
marvellous men of las age"
OF the second presidential possibility
II says:
There is one thing about Mr.. Blaine
that the Maine Republicans especially
admire, agd that Is, he never sulks in
his tent. Let Republican rival out
strip mm IN the race, and he at once
takes oil his coat and works for him
with all his might. man may oppose,
or even abuse MIN, and he nurses no
malice or revenge. On the spur Of the
moment, when nettled by repeated
goadIng and singing sarcasm, he has
several times IN his career bitterly re-
taiiated, to his own injury, notably his
retort on Copkhng; but these are slight
llaws in a magnificent, noble character.
Il the Name Republicans get INTO a
muddle, Mr.. Blame is the one TO bring
order out of the chaos. In sunshine Of
in darkness he is still the Moses to lead
them toward the promised land"
OF the much abused Republican
Gear the Press SAYS:
''Mr. Reed is IN the broadest sense of
the term self-maie man. The
| splendid height he has so speedily at
tained is no result OF accident, no op-
| perfume combination of fortultOus
circumstances, no prestige OF high
| birth, no glamour Of wealth, no boost
| ing by influential friends. Like Lin
coin, the little chubby faced, tow
| headed schoolboy, playing with his fel-
/ lows in the Portland streets or coming
/ his rudimentary text books III the old
school-house, fought his way upward
/ single handed and alone. And even
/ when Ii years ago, after having acted
| N. the consecutive roles of college
| student, school teacher, army pay
master, lawyer. city solicitor, member
| OF the Maine House and Senate and
! Attorney-General, he entered the lists
as candidate before the convention of
! Congressional nomination ne encOun-
tered serious opposition. That was in
| 1876. Reed, however, won the nOmin-
alton and also the election. They
weighed the man, and ne was not
! found wanting. He has been reelected
consecutively ever since.
"Mr. Reeds strong point may be
thus formulated: A giant intellect IN
a giant body. A giant intellect, sup
! plemented with hard, earnest, persist
! ent work; thorough honesty of pur-
pose, coupled with the iron will to act
| his convictions, even though the
| heavens fall; an eaTnestness amount
| ing to fervency; a sharp discrimination
! as n reader or human nature, which en-
| ables him 20 gauge a man on sight,
and, consequently, choose wisely
| his lieutenants, his utter democracy, rs
shown in his accessibility and OPEN
| hearted courtesy, regardless of age,
rank or political complexion; ms Jolly
| good nature, which never forsakes him
until bored beyond reasonable limits,
and lastly. his personal magnetism"
OF CALIFORNIA; favOrite son, il save:
Senator Stanford has never been
| and never will be an Office seeker. lie
believes IN the too oft violated priuclpie
| that the Office should sesk the man and
not the man the Office. Whenever
Stanford has entered a political contest,
| his adherents assert, he invariably did
| so only at the command OF his party.
| Then they ask where, in either party,
| can be found a man of similar attrsb-
| utes. combined with extraordinary
/ ability, integrity, and patriotic spirit
The Senator is a typical American
/ and n self-made man. There
| is nothing Of the miser about Stanford
and bis friends assert that no man was
/ ever q more devoted friend 10 labOr and
1 10 education than is the Senator from
! California. Millions Of dollars have be
and hrs charming wife expended IN al
I leviaiing the sutferugs OF the POOR and
/ extending refining influences % their
/ fellow men and women TIE Growing
4 feat ia senator Stanford lie is hs led
/ bv his friends IN tbe establishment ~
\ the great university N California. wnich
/ he IS erecting In memory oi h.s only
son. whom be lost several years sgo. il
+ VIII cost fully S2HBJ0. 900 and ne has
/ dedicsted t as a gift 20 the people 81