Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-04-06

aEIa1ase Brsnckes Better ThHn oae
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MKrcA 4 In o56 years Il the exss fr
eozgrasziznal hC1scAszning That -
the tins whzn TIE pssonnsl e b0uE
and senate an5eEo@ its great hszEizl
change Ola usuhsu 50 0zf nsW CHS
szisr. On tbs eta q March this year
an 1saszany large runbero Of oo1<rrx-
Gus senator's and is~eonsrcu0us oasz
TOO rsfirsl % Tivxts Ete-it nay be
fir years ana il may b forever. Sew
s-L q fbsm are tnsn q a high o-dE q
ability. notably Arthur p Gorma7 q
EETylA1a Gsu-zs Gray of Delaware
Roger Q Mills q TsrAS William Vim
cent Anm q Nebraska. Frank J. Can
noa Of Utah and 0zrlss ]. FKulnsr az
West Virginia
AnoEg thes was great historic
psrsoazge-Arthur Pne German BIS
name leads al the rest In the company
o. Distinguished Statesmen now quitting
the Geld Of fhsir glory. have not al
ways zgred with his policies OF indonsd
his actions DO not roS agree with
CT indoEss then al Ian free trader;
heis not am fer free silver; he is not
Since the great tariff SIGHT in 1884. /
have in the heat Of debate said some TN
hind things about him. an Of which
bothered him not eTen a little bit /
supp1se PERHAPS II would have been
better 70 have left them unsaid for, aft
er al, Senator German had a. good q
right 10 his opinion as / had TO mine !
was in favor Of a radical scaling down
Of tarif rates; the great NarylAndg
chose the middle eours 'In mediss
res appears TO Be his motto believed
then and believe now thzt ven as q
matter Ct policy, TO say nothing Of
principle. it would have been better &c
have carried out the tariff plank Of the
Chicago platform TO the extreme hzif,
bat others-chisf among whom was
Ssnstor GOrnAn-thoaght otherwise
and they had their way. The result was
the Wisoa-G0rmsn bill, which still left
the average tariff rate al about 40 per
cent on about ZOO articles Of everyday
consumption, and which satisfied no
body that ] ever ssw CT heard Of
a MAJ of Brains.
But however much I may differ with
Senator Go.Fs4n on tarif and finance.
since ! first hid eyes upon him ! have
never doubted bis wondrous intellectual
foree Ny father was an enthusiastic
believer in phrsnology and physiog-
Domy. When / was q child. he sub
scribed for The Journal Of Fowler and
Wells. the organ Of bumpology. and
made me read IT, In addition then to
the best Common school teacher that
ever taugh ne was a professional phrs-
Bologisf named Charles r whittern /
naturally imbibed the theory Of my IA
TIER and Ct my favCrite teacher. While
/ have long since ceased TO believe that
you can tell what Is inside a human
skull BY feeling the bumps on the out
sids Of H. ] have an abiding faith tlat
there il something In phrenology and .
great deal mere in phvsiognomy. I an
firmly Of the opinion that God writes a
Iegihls hand and that be writes every
mans character and capacity in his
face
No one with two good eyes eYer looked
at Senator German without realizing
instantly that he was a man Of brains
-brsins in vast quantity, brains Of the
most exquisite quality. he mas the
ideal Greek bead and face His intellect
possesses all the subtlety Of the most
intellectual Grecian in the palmy days
Of Greece.
As a parliamentary leader / doubt If
be has had q peer in this generation,
and be has rendered his party and con
s~equently his country great service, e-
pecislly in killing the force bill for
which we are all largely his debtors
His leadership in his memorable fight
against the force bill was superb His
victory was one Of the most astounding
in legislative annak Had it not been
for the insane and calamitOus theory,
50 long entertained By Democrats, that
we had 70 go 70 New York for a presi-
: Dental candidate that matches per
Torrance world have inside Arthur P.
German chief magistrate Of the re-
public.
When ! remember that achievement
Of the ilustriOus senator and others like
unto it. Notwithstanding differences Of
opinion IN certain subjects. from the
bottom Ct my heart wish for him hap
pines. prosperity and length Of days
Election Of Senator'S
The failure Of the legislatures Of Del
bware, Utah and California TO elect
senator's Of the United States and the
likelihood that Pennsylvania viii follow
suit must nee more call the attention
Of the country 10 the fact that the
mode Of electihg senators should be
changed They ought to be elected BIZ
. direct vote Of the people No valid
reason can be urged against that plan.
No honest mSn i afraid Of the great
body Of the people, ''the plain people.
as Abraham Lincoln loved 10 call them
the common people, as William
Jennings Bryan den0minafes them.
The closer we keep 70 the masses Of
American citizenship the better We viii