Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-17

heavier in Maryland than elsewhere, be-
cause ineradicable distinctions of rank,
birth and station had descended from it's
patrician origin. ,>% @~1~n-.t
although renowned for religious toler-
alton and devotion to liberty, the colony
was an aristocracy where ancient fami-
lies, living on ancestral estates, with
hereditary wealth, dispensing -1nanorial
hospitality, exerted powerful eontrol over
its social structure and it's political ener-
giles. To the Calverts, barons of Balti-
more, succeeded the CAROLS of Carroll
tom; the Howards, BoWies, Pinkneys,
bGpldsboroughs: Taney. the ehiaf7justice,
apd Samuel Chase, tn" associate; Rev
eTdy Johnson, Kennedy, secretary. of the
navy; Vans, Murrays, Pinkney Whyte
and an array scarcely less illustrious-
governors, senator's, representatives,,
judges, cabinet officers and foreign min
iSters for $50 years. .&.gf,a.
Into this splendid succession, of schol-
airs. statesmen and jurists broke, in 1881,
at the age of AZ, this self-made Invader
of the precincts of caste and privilege,
offspring of the people, with no diploma,
nor coat of arms, nor pedigree, nor for
tune, and there for IS years for practical
political management unequafed in his
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9To his enemies he stands. as, the most
conspicuous representative OF everything
evil in civics, a compound Of the worst
Gollo VI ASpIilolOHllClCS I'll Liz
Walpole-an exemplar Of %obliquity, craft
and corruption; the organizer OF the dam
gerous and cri1nina elements of the COM
monwealth into a deprayed phalanx that
by force and fraud established an exc
cradle supremacy compared with which
Tammany, under Tweedy was a Chatau-
qua Circle or an Epworth. League.
No epithet has been too rank, no in
vective too violent, for those who con-
demned his methods and" detested his
power, and his worst foesdrav We been they
Of his own political household. s-
With the history of Maryland politics
in petto, l am not concerned; but to his
friends and acquaintance, and to the
general public, Germans character, bear
ing and conduct are in singular contrast
with the imputations of his adversaries.
He has the benevolent Edemeanor of a
Franciscan friar in the act Of pronounce
ing benediction. -.
If he be a monster Of political iniquity,
his private life and reputation are out
wardly irreproachable.
He may be the omrade of thugs, plug
uglies, ward heelers, repeaters, ruffians
land assassins, but his speech and
ners are those of an ecclesiastic. .
II he, c~arOuseS. or ambl or de-
bauches,. rumor is silent. If he tarry long
at the wine or stay when pleasure fills
her tempting beaker up, it is kept out of
the dispatches.
No doubt he has faults. Several men
have. The great difference is capacity to
avoid detection.
A profound theologian defined sins of
omission to be those which a man forgets
to commit. There have been saints whose
reputation for sanctity rested on no surer
foundation.
1.-The reporter for the democratic caucus
wrote that when German rendered his
resignation Cockrell burst into tears.
Imagination never took a holder flight.
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freedoms shrek when Kosciusko fell.
But it is not without significance as an
! expression of the loss to his party in the
senate Of Germans leadership and coun-
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aIIe has been a safe pilot through many
tempests and has probably exerted more
powerful influence in shaping the policy
and directing the forces Of the democracy
and its allies through the last decade
! than amy other leader before the cam
lpaign Of 1896. E.. -.-- .-.-.
There is aimpression that a man to be
a successful political leader must be an
orator. But history contains many warn
l1gs against committing the destinies of
nations to professional speech-makers.
The power of Demosthenes in oratory
was not more astonishing than his i'm
beetle cowardice in action. Stump
| speakers, lecturers and eEocutionists have
their place, but they are not the builders
of empires. r@t #1
German is not in any sense an orator,
but by practice he has become an effec-
tive, forcible, plain speaker: without
much decoration Or pyrotechnics. He
goes straight to his goal.
Perhaps his campaign IN the senate in
1S90-91 against what is commonly known
as the Force bill' gave the best exhibit
ton of his commanding powers as a par
liamentary manager and tactician. The
odds were heavily against him. He waged
a Fa bian fipht FOR, thraa yyaa w months
and Won, leaving many antagonists but
no enemies.
The issues of 1900 are not yet formu-
laated, nor are the candidates designated,
The Chicago platform is archaic. Its
hoary top is bald with dry antiquity. The
free and unlimited coinage of silver is
a Joe Miller. Free trade and tariff re-
form are embalmed. The war ques-
tons, sectionalism, the negro, have been
canned. .,.-r,>a-.
Mckinley, the most adroit politician OF
the century, appears to b. sure of re-
nomination. but he is, on, the rim of a
crater, and an eruption may take place
before congress meets again. The repub-
1cans have but 13 majority in the next
house, and among these, are some insur-
gents. Public opinion is tickle. The lido,
of today may be eXecrated tomorrow.
| 1Protracted and inglorious warfare in
the Philippines against. naked savages
armed with bows and arrows, in a pesti-
~lential climate, with enormous expendf.
lures n irritating taxation, may mod
ify the popular emotion for expansion.
Bryan seems to be wabbling.s Like Nc
kfnley, he is looking at the tin ~roosters
on his neighbors' barns. He talks toe
much. His temperature is above normal
New times demand new manners and
new men. Party lines are confused
party ties sit lightly. Party names will
remain, but they have lost their power.
A million democrats voted for McKin-
ley. A million republicans voted fol
Bryan. To this detached independent
element German would appeal power
fully, He is a logical and formiaah If