The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-12
Character in Politics.

There are two classes of men in public
life One is composed of men who aim to
do what is for the best interest of
the people, and who dare TO
do what they believe to be right. The
other is composed of men who do only
what they think will promote their own
selfish interests. They are always seeking
the favor of those they think can aid
them. The public welfare is a matter of
secondary consideration.
In legislative bodies the man who is
looking out for the public good
introduces bills which he believes will
benefit the people, and he is against those
measures which he recognizes as being
intended to assist rings, individual inter
ests from which the public is likely to
suffer, and corporations and combinations
which purpose to burden the people. The
man who is looking out for himself is I'M
reliable and shifty. His chief effort is to
advance his own interests by going as far
as he dares in bidding for the support of
everybody he thinks he can use in advanc-
ing his own selfish schemes.
AS a general thing, the people discover
the honest man, the man of character
and reward him in accordance with his
merits. The trickster and the trimmer
may flourish for awhile, but eventually
he is discovered and rated at his true
worth.
President Cleveland owes his success to
the fact that he is man of high charac-
ter. He is an honest man, man of con-
victions. He does what he believes to be
right, and he seeks to do the best he can
for the whole people. The people trust
him. If they had not had the utmost con-
fdence in his sincerity, he would never
have been heard of outside of Buffalo.
Gov. Russell, of Massachusetts, is
another man who has risen to prominence
by the force Of character. Although his
state is republican, he has twice been
chosen it's chief executive, and he was
| elected because thousands of republicans
voted for him. Had he been a candidate
for governor this year the chances are
that the republicans would not have car
ried the state.
In Chicago extraordinary efforts were
made to defeat Judge Gary, who presided
at the trial of the anarchists in that city.
and did his duty. The better element of
the people stood by him, however, and he
was elected by very satisfactory major
ity.
The people are as quick to strike down
man whose integrity is questioned as
they are TO uphold an honest man. In
New York Judge Maynard, who was
nominated for associate justice of the
court of appeals against the protests of
thousands of the best democrats of the
state, was overwhelmingly defeated. He
ran behind his ticket nearly 10000 votes
The man who adopts crooked methods
to achieve political success, or who cur
rvs favor with this or that class by fav-
oring them at the expense Of the public
is pretty certain to lose the confidence of
the people. They may tolerate him for
while but they will never fully trust him,
and his career is pretty certain to be a
failure.
The Marquis of Queensbcrry was mar
riod last week. II would be interesting
to know if the household will be governed
by the marquis famous rules
We observe that Cuba continues to be
the "ever faithful isle" This obserya-
ton is intended to fit either side of the