The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-01
who can carry a message to

best--those who can carry a message to
Garcia.
know one man Of really brilliant
parts who has not the ability TO man.
age business OF his own, and yet who
is absolutely worthless to any one else.
because he carries with him constantly
the Insane suspicion that HE employer
Is depressing. or intending to Cypress
him. He cannot give orders; and he
Will not receive them. Should d mes
sage be given him TO take Garcia. his
answer would probably be, Take It
yourself"
Tonight this man walks the streets.
looking for work, the wind whlstling
through his thread-bare coat No one
who knows him dare employ him. for he
Is a regular hre-brand OF discomfort. He
Is lTnpervious to reason, and the only
thing that can impress him is the toe
Of thlck-soled No. 9 boot.
or course know that one so morally
deformed Is no less to be pitled than a
physical cripple; but In our plying, let
us drop tear, too. for the men who are
striving to carry on a great enterprise,
whose working hours are not limited
by the whistle, and whose hair Is fast
turning white through the struggle to
'i'id ia ilhe bpNuy lnNlllelcuCe, 5llp-
shod imbecllity. and the heartless in
gratitude. which, but for their enter
prise. would be both hungry and home
less.
Have ! put the matter too strongly?
Possibly have. hut when all the world
has gone a-slumning I wish to speak a
word of sympathy for the man who
succeeds-the man who. against great
odds, has directed the efforts OF others,
and having succeeded. finds there's
nothing In IT.; nothing but bare board
and clothes.
l have carried dinner pail and
worked for days wages. and have al
so been an employer OF labor, and I
know there is something to be said on
both sides. There Is no excellence, per
Sc, in poverty; rags are no recommen-
dalton; and all employers are not ra-
pacious and hlgh-handed. any more
than all poor men are vlrtuous.
My heart goes out to the man who
does his work when the boss" Is away.
as well as when he IS at home. And
the man who, when given a letter for
Garcia, quietly takes the missive, with
out asking any tdiotic questions, and
with no lurking intention of chuckinE 1t
into the nearest Sewer,or OF doing ausht
else but deliver 1t. never gets laid off,"
nor has to so on a strike for higher
wages. Civilization is one long anxious
search for Just such individuals. Anr-
thing such a man asks shall be granted;
his Kind Is 80 rare that no employer
can afford to let him go. He Is wanted
in every city. town and vfftage--in ev-
cry office. shop. store and factory. The
world cries out for such; he is needed
and needed badly-"the man who can
carry n message to Garcia"
Lieutenant Andrew Rowan, 1t will be
remembered was the first man Of the
bnfted States army to execute an i'm
Dortant assignment in Cuba, after the
war began. His mission demanded
pluck. courage and good Judgment. He
landed alone on the Cuban shore and
penetrated 4 hostile country for miles
TO Garcia's camp, where he arranged
with the Cuban commander for the CO.
operation OF The Cuban forces with the
United States invading army. He sue
ceeded and performed the perilous task
OF returning 10 American lines with
maps and dispatches. In an open sail
Boat. while the Sampson fleet was sail
Ing eastward 10 meet the Spanish fleet
under Cerrera, which was en- route for
Santiago. Rowan was born In this
state In 1850. was appointed to West
Point In 1877. and graduated In 1851. He
saw much service on the western from
tier. and in Central America, where he
fasnlliarized himself with the Spanish
language.