New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-01
TWO MEN OF THE HOUR.
work OF THE PRESIDENT AND HIS SEC
RErARY OF THE NAVY.
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30 sudden making Of splendid names" seer
IN 'e I.aureate's vision is often tru,v tro,., {,
W ne saying that God never makes a great
CT without also making . great man ia
d.. sith IT Is fulfilled We may explain II as
W. Fh The fact remains Perhaps the man
have been great-was ereat-anyway
Pehnps the occasion made him great. Per-
d. The man made the occasion great II
matters little. The essential thing ,s
thai when the tale of bricks vas douhled
came And there was Cromwell in the
Gays OF stuart tyranny. and a Washington at
Icy Forge' and Lincoln In 1861. The b.
er In divine guidance OF nation. nil, -.
10 oeneVe that such men were prepared
predestined for the great parts they pavea
1 10 other creed can be more inspiring and
surfing
THE MAKING OF HISTORY
4 IL . common complaint mad. h -.
aeVentful times that there are no great th,nr.
opening nowadays. such a. those Of which
e read IN history. Assuredly that comnlaint
Today unfounded In scarcely any chap,.r
" history may We read Of more impressive in
dents than those OF this very year Of 1923
mo fAL OF the Roman Empire. colossal and
epoch- making as It was Ia rtvalled bv IN. s,n-
uitaneous falling Of two empires. each IN its
way and time as great as that Of Rome The
Chinese Empire, old when Rome WA founded
and having maintained an existence and a
magnitude unrvalled in human .nn.I. :. .,
THIS moment being partitioned among the land
hungry powers Of Europe And the Spanish
Empire. founded upon tho most 50 bstantiaI ruins
Of Rome. and once more extensive than Rome
even IN the days Of the Spanish Roman EN-
peror who brought Rome to her highest glory
after three centuries Of decline now crumble.
INTO hopeless ruin What occasion more august
'ould be desired for tho making Of splendid
nanea" whether sudden or slov1
THE PRESIDENT
foremost among tho actors IN tho mighty
lama stands the President OF the United
satea- II ts not Of his Of this Nations seek
i-s. It Is by the perverse faulty Of Spain her
Into the part It now assumes. and by the
eius Of our Constitution and by the higher
"a" Of human and civic necessity. the President
To-Day impersonates the Nation. There is eter-
"a. ruth In the words put by the poet upon
TIE iDs OF the elder Consul an ancient man
az wise" that in seasons OF great peril tbs
"el that one bear sway" In this land the
people themselves bear primary and ultimate
sway. But they must have a leader and their
only true leader at such a time this must be
'he who is charged with the conduct OF
their transactions with the other nations Of the
void and who Is Commander In Chief Of the
Army and Navy.
That is the place Of william Mckinley.
Chosen IN a time Of peace. and confronted with
only peaceful and domestic Issues. he Is now
by ne irresistible stress OF events forced to be
leaae- Of the people in the FIRST foreign the
Nation has known in half n century-the first
Sine his early boyhood-
SOME FOREIGN WE'VE
How masterful is that leadership Is perhaps
bette appreciated by others than by ourselves.
We arc TOO close to the President and too
familiar with him to realize the full measure