Evening journal., 1898-10-05


tendd 10 deceive He must speak the
truth, lie musl be firm, he must be hon
orab.e; in ether words, ne must strive
to make himself fit to- associate with
e nclemen. There is nlt a man who
performs any service where the Eng
l.sh language is spoken but can and
ought to be in his soul q gentleman.
Do not let us forget il, do not let the
search for advantages, do not 1T the
search for power, dissever this from
our mutual recognition; how each and
am, one hand within another, whether
we be rich or poor, high or lew, can
ha gentlemen" So spalge and 50 lived
the late Hon. Thomas f. Bayard.
Mr.. Bayard's business in life was
politics. Not the politics Of the pot
house; not the politics dominating
civic governments not the politics
which exclaims: ''What is there in it2"
and which, when there lis something
in ~" proceeds 10 wcnd it's way
through the devious paths of rascalitys
fraud and corruption. Mr.. Bayard was
not politician OF that extremely fa-
mlliar and contemplate type. He was
politician in the higher, the lcfier,
the more imperial sense; a state sman
such as was represented, in still,
greater sense, in the p-rg0n Of a Wash
ington oros aGiadstone, men whose sub
Ee brains successfully clutched the SUI
lprcme u,e, and who became tn ar
bners CT vastly important national
events Mr.. Bayard was diligent IN
his business of politics; that Is, he was
diligent in his Efforts to secure the bet
terment Of the condition Of the people
Of his own particular State and the
higher interests of the people at large.
He was also dlMgent in attempting 20
,egitlmataiy extend not the territory,
but the commercial and financial inter
c.ss of his native land. "seest thou
man diligent in his business? he
small stand before kings" And that is
xactly what Mr. Bayard did. Not tha.
standing before kings could add one
iOta to his mental stature, his acknowl-
edged greatness; not that standing be-
fore kings could I'M the least elevate OF
ennOb,a The inmate and true spirit oi
"ncb.g gsse oblige" resident n the man
It could do nothing Of the kind; foi
when Mr.. Bayard stood before king
the tact of his go standing was merely
the worlds recognition Of more OF
.css complete life, a life marked by
ls.rong. well-defred character a life in
huenced by an unalterab,e and never
t0-be impeached straightiorwardness
ana life that was ever consecrated q
the public service without amy though
or memory OF personal, se,f-intersst, ii
b this material ags-when a man i
guaged by what he has, not by what h
is, and when man sells his soul nc
I GO much. to the Devil as to the De-
D lar"-the practically unique record q
b the late Thomas f. Bayard, especiall
when compared with that Of the aver
. age self-seel1ing politician. touche
high water mark and is as far superio
to THE record Of that self-seeker ss th
j aspirations OF man are superior .
Q those Of the animal creation. The main
spring operating Mr.. Bayard's earth.
life was composed Of honor, honesty
@ rectitude. uprightness and a fcarles
d determination to at all times utter tina
r which was true, without fear and with
cut favor.
Such, then, is the imparishabls lif'
reccrd-and what goodly and empy
rean-like record it is-of the late Hon
c Thomas +. Bayard And there can /
" HNle room for doubt but what, whe
age crept apace and when the realiti'
Of life were becoming vague an
shadowy, scme such happy and conec
% ing reflections ais these would gen0
pi,iow and wsave themselves aroun
2 The dying imagination of this MOI
emirsut Of an the Sons Of Delswan
and incline his failing, larsing speed
~ to exc.aim with Othelo-
have done the state some service,
And they know it.
The Prophet has exclaimed; Let n
= live The life Of the righteous, and D
= my last end be like hisl" We ~
tempted to paraphrase this famous Bl
j., heal aspiration, and TO exc.aim-'L
MS live even anything like ihe life CT
Thomas Francis Bayard. and ,et oi
y, last end be even anything like his"
II We would ask no more.
Il, ERNEST ISITT.
~ Philad phla October 4, 1898.
g MAURICE RIVER LIGHTS.