Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-05

and there was. 10 turning back.
The demands for campaign work grew
with the years and before | knew it l was
being mentioned favcrably in connection
with official positions, and finally in April,
1879, | had my first personal political sue
cess in the shape of an election TO the office
of judge of the superior court of Cincinnati.
After three years of agreeable official life |
became i'll and on that account resigned. l
quickly regained my health, however, and
once more engaged in the practice of law.
| had no thought of returning to public life.
| was, therefore,, surprised, as well as graf
flied, when in the following year, 18S3, ] was
nominated for governor without opposition
and by reclamation. Since then | have had
a very active and at times rather tempes-
Luous experience. In my first campaign for
governor the liquor question was uppermost
in the minds of the people and l was de-
feated, but two years later. in 1885, / was
rcnominated and elected. l was reelected
in 1887 and renominated in 1889 for the
fourth time and for a third term and again
defeated.
Reaching for the Senate.
| was a candidate for United States sem
ator in 1892, but was defeated by Senator
Sherman, who received fifty-three votes to
my thirty eight. In 1896 ] was elected to
the senate without republican opposition.
| attended the national republican con-
v~entions of 1884, 1883, 1892 and 1896, each
time as a delegate-at-large and each time
chosen by reclamation. In 1884 and again
in 1888 / was chairman of the Ohio delegu.
ton, and both times presented the name OF
Senator Sherman as Ohio's candidate for the
presidency, In 1892 and again in 1896 ! was
chairman of the committee on resolutions,
and as such each time reported the national
republican platform to the convention. l
also, in 1895, placed President McKinley's
name in nomination. In all these years |
have taken an active part on the stump, not
only in Ohio, but also in other states.
/ mention all this because / am asked to
do so and because it will indicate that |
have not only had considerable experience,
but that 1t has been of a varied character.
| While i have had some successes, l have
also had my full share OF defeats and dis
| appointments. Some of these defeats have
been because of my own faults and mis-
takes and some of them because of condi-
tons and circumstances beyond my control,
Defeats generally hurt a man, especially
when attributable to his own mistakes, but
they are not insurmountable, even in such
cases, when accepted uncomplainingly and
when they do not involve lack Of integrity
or sincerity. The people do not expect or
| really desire perfection. or even a very
! close approximation to 1t. | do not know
but that they like those who now and then
show that they are flesh and blood by ordi-
nary mistakes of judgment better than those
who never fail to do exactly the right thing,
1t Is the difference between hot blood and
cold, impulse and calculation.
MIR. Ford has done a good work by his
new book, THE True George Washington
He has brought that great character with all
its work and sublimity into closer touch
with mankind. He has established a rela-
tionship between Washington and the resi-
of the human family, whereas, according Il
Weems and most other biographers. there
was none, and as a result there is a marked
increase of afiectionate regard and admira'
ton for the Father Of His Country. Since
we know that with all his greatness anc
goodness he yet had many of the shortcom.
ings that afiiict other people, we feel mucl
better acquainted with him and look upor
him as a more agreeable person to meet OF
the pathway Of life.
US and Downs al Politics.
! Recurring now TO your questions. it il