The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1899-05-10

have admired Poe, with all his short
comings, for one thing he sought man
fully to keep out Of the way OF tempta-
ton, and would stay for weeks out Of
the city and have his manuscript taken
10 town by others, in order 10 escape
the temptation which he knew awaited
him and TO which he knew he would
yield. He had sweetness and light"
which Dean Swift says, "are the great
est qualities Of mind and soul"
The war in the Philippines Is simply
due to that nimble thief, Procrastination.
Senator Hoar will have 10 answer for
lots Of that blood shed. Atkinson and
Schurtz will not be held innocent either.
Their policy has been a strange one. The
Anti-American League is a strange COM
bination to me. All OF Americas career
and progress has met with just such
opposition though. When admission
for Louisiana was proposed one would
have thought it meant ruin. Even
when the constitution was under con-
sideration downialls were predicted.
Look at our war with Mexico. What
did New England PREDICT When at
war with Great Britain treason" was
the cry in those northeastern states OF
this hemisphere and today the same
pathetic wall is ascending and even a
mushroom city like Chicago must take
up the refrain and "screech" IAN EN-
pire." So it has been and 80 It will be
ever and ever, but all the same we will
plant the American flag and there
United States will govern its newly ac-
quired possessions with frmness and
justice.
Eward Bellamy told us in his "Look-
ing Backward" that selfshness was the
crime of this century and that the
twentieth would see a change. Poor
Bellamyl expect it is well that he
has folded his tent and departed. This
century is in its twilight and the task
hasn't begun and when it is the intellec-
tual conscience of all the people will
have to become enlisted. "Will the
next century do away with monopoly Of
the rich and the POWERFUL" "Will the
law become the same for the weak and
the str ong, the rich and the poor, the
great and the lowly ?" Are questions
Bellamy asked. His predictions will be
fulfilled for electricity and it is travelling
through parlors and drawing rooms into
kitchens And too we may sit at home
and hear sermons and operas and be
lulled to slumber by distant strains of
music but when it comes to molding
society by disturbing our ego" l am
agnostic as to its success. But along the
line of riches and poverty-don't mis-
understand me. Rockefeller will soon
reach billion we are told and CLAIM
he has perfect right to reach that goal.
We stood in amazement once at man
worth a million, but this country has
advanced just in that proportion in the
last two decades. argue and believe
firmly that our financial kings" are
men OF unexceptional ability, sound
judgement, rare perception, keen con-
ception and very receptive minds. They
possess tenacity, concentration and with
scarcely an exception have begun at the
bottom and reached coveted heights in
the financial world. Rockefeller was
never afraid Of work; good for starter,
and he made everything count. He
never idled and 30 with Armour, Hunt
ingtOn, Pierpoint Morgan, and with
other multi-millionaires in America.
They never lose their head but push all
the time. Take all the wealth of Rookie
teller today and divide up with some
men who haven't his ability and in ten
years he would be at the top again and
those "other fellers" who got the billion
would be strapped" to use honest but
expressive language. It's all bosh, this
dissatisfaction about "classes and mass
es." All honor, all glory to our money
ed men who if left today without a
dollar would begin the battle of life in
any employment offered. Rich men are
doing untold good and stick to young
man who is not lazy, incorporate or one
who shuns debt. We had great wealth
in Bible days in the old Testament, the
good Lord didn't condemn owning land,
cattle and sheep, the women wore rich
jewels too. notice every body takes
all he or she can get and is always striv-
ing for more. Senator Hoar included
even il he does touch on the evil tend
ency OF accumulated wealth.