New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-12
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OlVi.n.ly Peter, Icing where he D.. at all
F.. hun,nly considered. q mistake. W" sa'
hunaul, oor~ .ler,d hccul>r We have 10 de-
sire 1, take ISSUE al thl, point with deNout per
sans ,,h, maintain that 10 tine l.ng process OF
history there are IN fact. 10 mistakes: that
through If III one mchangng purpose iun'.
We onl, shy a. I, that what nobody outside
e Kansas Will deny, that PETER sitting mp IN
the United states senate lanL. hir>uir ana
unu,tcrnb, solemn taking IN "ctiy" pat IN
cc>iliing for sixty million people ~ average
intelligence j. 4 very tough stnmbling-bIo'N
for ia, mot tu>iful and rnou"'ilonlng lailn.
PETER hiIh.elf however. has ~ doubts. NJ
shade of uncertainty exist, IN h.' own hnd ~
fo his beng Mt onl, pat q ~" gi'ii de-
>ign b,t an nu.ua and cNtlom ~ important
r1rt a factor % th" utmost consequence ~ the
v,rld'> p.oer,.> aud The intellectual develop
mcni e mimkind. While large minority Of
his rel 'o,,-mDn are e n'rmplltinI HIM and H."
sudden ,l,,a;.on with c''iou> wonder - some
hing quite unarcouniablc and phenomenal. he
looks himself oyer with the most complaceni
satisfaction rs u special instrument Of ProVl-
dcncn and new proof of omnl>cicnt >iIpcr'n-
tenlence Of human affairs. P"hcl makes
great m,tllic abou himself lie j. not Il
>pecal Providence. but an accident. Net an
lrAce bat Icgngilation.
Besides being a mistake, ne keeps making
them He made one the other day when h"
broke loose on the metropolitan pre-; aS ,pm"-
thing "m,olc,lble" with which che people
Of the West had 10 patience" II Is always
mistake 70 call anything intOlcrablc that has
10 be tolerated. OF f. have no p1ii'nc" wish
things tha, hive = bc endured II Indicate,
an nntrnStwolfh, temper and unbalanced mind.
with tendency - cyaggelation which, left
unchecked is liable 10 develop into ihc habit
Of lying. Neither PETER E.r "ihe pe. pie %
the Vest can prevent tn metropolitan pros
from expressing the views Of il, conductors NJ
matter how offensive they may b. or hov vde-
" variant from what PeIcr and "thc pc pie
Of the West" believe - hc wise and proper
As they cannot prevent or in any way hinder
II II is q SIGN Of weakness t. get ont # pa
fence with il or sly that the, cannot tolerate
il The cool. clear-headcd. ,aglciouS men
whom the world recognizes aS having the ca
pacity for handling large affairs without losing
their heads and going 10 pieces. never 90 on in
that way The philosophy Of the >itrntion fcr
any man of ordinary intelligence who feels
himself nndcr pressure frCm Circumstances be-
,ond his control may be very briefly summed
mp: Don't >qilirm unless there's some chance
to get away"
Another mistake of PETERS relates t. the
credit system in connection with the develop
ment of the agricultural resources Of the com
try. particularly Of Kansas. It is his belief
TINT thu credit system exists chicil' f." d.,
hcneiit of the Kansas fumcr tn" k@a>a>
f.qmcr w'o ii,k Il ~ lgnd ~ iN" go ;h.rr
dollars an acre few yeas ", I'D beg I,
cultivate il + r. the benefit Of the hnnlln race
put tie WROTE Worid and especially t. G. -
Crnmeat C.! the 'nited States. in dcht - him
The Gave nment recognized il by building a
ia lrsad through tn, state for his accommo,la-
ton Eastern capitalists followed suit by build.