St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-12
NEAL as A KICKER.

Larry Neal is not good Democrat
he has not learned to accept defeat
gracefully-to laugh at disaster. to suf-
Ter knockdown one day and be up and
at it again the next. Larry is young
man yet. This is not to his discredit,
but 1t may account for the bad temper
he displays over his recent defeat in the
Ohio campaign. When he gains in years
and experience he will have become ac-
customed to such trifles, and will take
his drubbings philosophically.
Larry blames the national administra-
ton for the landslide IN November last
which buried him. He is wrong. He
himself is largely to blame. His CAM
paign was tame and spirltless one. He
mad achieved momentary notoriety at
the Chicago convention by brilliant
dash upon those who manifested dis
position TO temporiZe with the tariff
question. He thought himself famous.
He was not. He had simply achieved
notoriety among few. The great mass
OF the people were in ignorance of his
existence. They saw only Watterson,
and Bragg, and Villas, and a few other
OF the leading participants. They did
not know or care whether the Ohio man
was named Neal, O'Neal, or McNeal.
They forgot him as soon as his more
distinguished colleagues had taken the
floor. and they continued to forget him
so persistently that when he was NOM
mated for governor of Ohio the public
asked with one voice. "Who in creation
is Ncal?" But he might have utilized
the squirt he got in the convention If he
had shown ordinary political sagacity
But he banked too heavily upon the
Chicago incident, and, while his oppo-
nent was conducting an aggressive, noisy
campaign, Neal undertook to go on a
still hunt.
a "still hunt" as it is known in pol
ltics, is not always what it is cracked up
to be. 1t is sometimes successful, but
only in the case of candidates of ex-
ceptional traits CT character. They
must be magnetic men-men who un-
derstand the weaknesses as well as the
strong points Of their fellows. They
must be all things to all men-know
how to fatter the vain, to humor the
proud, to patroniZe. to argue and to in
terest. A magnetic man, man vino
has keen sympathy with the foibles.
the faults, the virtues and the strength
of men, will make friends wherever he
goes; man pulled up with his own inn
portance, thinking himself made of a
superior quality of clay in an excep-
tiOnal mould, will repel rather than
attract. At the same time the success.
full politician must be Self-respecting.
He must maintain dignity BETTING
one who asks for the suffrages of an in.
telligent community, dignity BETTING
the position to which he aspires. "a
The Democrats of Ohio made a mis-
take in nominating Mr.. Neal. Doubt
less any man they might have named
would have suffered defeat, for it was
all off year for Democrats, but another
man would not have been obliterated
entirely from the political world. Nea
was novice in the art of campaigning.
He disdained the methods sanctioned
by long usage and regarded as indls-
pensable to success. He undertook to
inaugurate a new system, and expected
Immediate results. He was foolish, and
his folly can only be pardoned in con-
sideration Of his youth and inexperience.
But his attempt to shift the blame upon
the shoulders of the national admins
tration is the height of folly. The ma
tional administration transcends its
powers when it undertakes to influence
the course of events in the several
states. a measure of assistance eau, it
is true, be legitimately extended from
Washington, and there is no doubt il
was given to Neal; but the people dc
not take Kindly to active interference
with their domestic affairs by the Off
Gals of the general government.
Mr.. Neal's wall IS confession of his
own weakness and unfitness for emf
nent public functions. If he had borne
his defeat with equahimi.y, he would
have retained the respect of the coun.
try. But people do not admire 'kick.
ers." They like to see man as cheerful
in defeat as he Is in victory. The man
who has learned to accept reyerses OF
fortune with unperturbed mien has
made long stride towards ultimate
success.