The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-01-11

COUNCILS cue 70 ulA chAFlGteE. Inc
businels nan in politics v the nope Of
the present and future. The measures
We carry here are reflected in the mar
kets Of the world. and react upon the
farm. the factory. the furnace and The
mine. Their influence FOR good or evil
Is felt 10 every home They re gov
eminent and its policies 50 closely 70
the manufacturer. merchant. farmer
and mechanic that business s politics
and politics Is business. Men Of for
tune or Of large aRairs often AFFECT
contempt for those in public Ete apd
denoance With unbsfdIed license The
cgnduct Of national. state and munich
pal matters, They complain bitterly Of
taxes and the burden Of government
They are entitled to no sympathy. They
are suffering. II At al. from their own
want OF appreciation OF their duties as
citizens and Of patriotism Mr.. Hobart
was. during his whole career. the law
yer and man Of business. who keenly
understood and iaboriOusly lived up TO
a high ideal Of citizenship. HIS party
found him at the caucus and a; the
polls. He had time for conventions and
public meetings he could promote the
beat Interests Of his state by service in
iis legislature. or remain In retirement
while working diligently for the nOmi-
nation and election Of those best fitted
for the oeiees to Be hiled- Charles
James Fox said OF Edmund Burke
that he was right bat right roo soon
HIS speeches emptied the house OF
commons In bis time. but In our day
are textbook and manual for British
statesmen. Statesmen and refOFmers
Of this prophetic order SOW the SEED
but they DO not govern Wendell Phil
fps. Lloyd Garrison. LOvejoy and John
BFOUD created conditions which made
1t possible for Lincoln TO act Success
full leaders gEapple with the Work-a-
day elements about them. and c0metn|
ing the conscience and intelligence o.
the hour. solve the problems which
more Immediately concern their eonsti-
tuents and their country. The vice
president was Of this class. he was not
troubled with illusions, nor bound by
theories. he pltIed the man who per-
petualiy longs for the good old times
and nouns the deeadenee OF the pre-
sent, and sympathized with the far
more useful one who IS providing for
the unborn millions Of the coming CEN
tury. HIS lot was With neither. Acute
questions. financial induStrial, inter
national on moral. are always knocking
at TIE door. Their settlement is vital
TO the position Of the country among
nations. or to the comfort and happi-
ness OF Its people. Mr.. Hobart was
not state builder nor prophet. but
he was among the master workmen
who. as the years 90 by. slowly per-
feet the structure OF government by
providing for its present needs, and
are digging trenches or leading the as
Sault against those who would destroy
1t.
The Joint Trafiic Association was 4
conference Of the thirty-seyen railroads
which carry the trahie Of the country
be;ween the Interior and the Atlantic
coast Their quaErels and rate-cutting
injured their investors, demorali1ed
business and promoted trusts The
members we're not capitalists nor spec
uiators. but the hard-headed and able
managers Of these corporations who
had come up from the ranks and
adopted the operation of railways as
both career and q profession. Their
efforts to cure the evils OF the situa-
tIcn Eepe doomed to fsTure from the
jeAlousies Of large companies and the
fear OF small ones and the lack Of any
power TO enforce thelr agreements. BY
unanimous vote they selected Garnet
a. Hobart as arbitrator. The questions
submitted to him involved the revenue
Of The disputants and the movement by
oae route or another OF n vast volume
OF freight. No judge ever held once By
50 precarious a tenure or had TO decide
more irDDortant matters The defeated