The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-13

great Nation; Clay. Webster Calhoun,
Prentlss. Marshall, Lincoln, Blaine, Gar
field, Conkling. Cobb and Crisp, and there
are hundreds OF other names tina, shine
almost as brightly In tho glorious diadem
of our earlier grandeur Now scrutinlzc
the actors In the National drama today.
yet the pages of history fail to reveal a
group oil men who were even approx
!matoly able to sway the popuiace as
those of the present day can and do OBJ.
serve Bryan, and Bailey and Cochran. and
Reed and Lodge, and Wilson, ana Brecis-
cnrdge. and thousands of others. whose
chief infcrlority lies in the fact that The
course of human events has not brought
them so prominently before the scrutiny OF
the Nation They are not orators Then
the article called oisL.ory is n myth and
ITO previous existence a colossal fabrica-
ton. Nou say the ability OF the supreme
court of the tnltc1 States is Htlle today,
compared with nifty years ago. What are
the facts which furnish the foundation for
this statement? The Chicago platform
made some criticism Of The National SUI
preme court and you Mckinley people all
most went mo hys cries. BE exceedingly
guarded ln your remarks, or they VIII be
calling you an ''anarchlstic Bryan dupe"
And so there are no towering men act
ing n Ne capacdy Of State governor 10.
closely, you Will no doubt accuse Yourself
OF undue haS..e How about Mitchell and
stone and Turncy ami III. lhews. aud
Morton ana Atkinson, ais Oates. and sew
cral others?
In every section of our broad land can
be found fair supply of ministers OF tho
Gospel who are serving God instead of
man, and are therefore, 4 Pillar OF
strength In their respective communities
1, Is true that there seems 10 bo an over
production OF noioriety seekcrs in the
sarb OF ministers Just now, Dut that does
not. and rightly should not, dctract one
o.a from those noble. towering ministers
who are conseerated TO the service Of tho
Today we have In the United states the
greatest men IN ali lines OF work thut tho
world has ever known Men who are
great because their men.1l capacity and
even their physical surrounding absolute.
ly force greatness upon them. II YOU
want TO observe and to study the greatest
and most dirsng rogues, thieves and rob
bcrs, and the shrcwdest criminals with
whose names the pages OF history have
or ever VIII be stained. look into the con.
curront American history. The depth. the
subtleiy and the CELEBRITY OF mental aon
men displayed by the heroes in an iinhoJy
cause is positively grounaing, II mas
never been eNcciled No other age has
produced get Of politicians evel APP
proNimatlng IN mental sugacity ami moral
ohiqnity those prominent At theE present
time. The work thar they are comDel,eJ
20 do makes II absolutely necessary that
'hcy be mental giants and moral pig-
mics. Wo have them OF degrees of nromi-
ncnce and their usefulness 10 the pol.cical
parties With Whlfh they affiliate. as well
rs the continue ton of their prominence
depends almost solely on their willingness
end ph.hy to bring about cert sin results
regardless OF agencies employed. AZ the
some time and working against rather
ihan with the politicians We have "A fun
assortment OF the most exalted kind. with
thc enl9rg!ng Of the functions OF our gov
eminent, with tho needs OF the ncople
becoming more comnloX. and with the In
creased demand on the minds and abilities
To-Day il In without neer on the habit
bic globe and also without superior on