The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-11-13

~ anIOuII OF SnnnCf.
~ ,lis year would have placed
nini III tue rank Of great orators M
mater Wnat Sycophantic editors and
INSPIRED reporters might have said
ABOUT 1t. but he preserved tho tradi
tloils OF his high office bv remaininr off
Tue stump. | don't see WHY an occn-
pail OF the White House who is 2 ran.
uluate Tor re election should no comno,
ieu 70 remain silent, but those who oro
up IN presidential etiquette have 10.
,'uoo lilat a president shall remain
uuiilo as an oyster while seeking a sec
oiiu term. | am sure that Mr.. McKin-
icy would have received a hearty well
come, even from Democrats. in aay
portion Of the republic, for there is no
rahcor against him personally any
where.
Hanna, the Ridiculous.
BOurle Cochran added ahcoI,+oly
nothing to his fame either in 1890 or
~ Unless all signs are deceptive be
reached his high water mark as an ora
Tor and III popularity in 1892 at Chica-
so when i'll the Wee sma' hours of the
morning he eXcOriated Grover Cleye-
land.
Mark H2nna'S egotistical effort to
break into the ranks of the spellbind-
ers excited only ridicule from Maine to
texas ana from Marthas Vineyard to
the old Gate. | suppose it gratified
his vanity to see his words in print.
That was the net result Of his orator
zeal caper except that he caused a good
many Republican statesmen to take to
hard cussing and furnished considera-
Die ammunition for Democrats.
Carl SchuiZ. Senator Wellingtol.
Governor Boutwell,. General John 3.
Henderson. Henry NJ. Johnson Of Indi-
ana, ex-senator PETER. Colonel Camp
bell of Illinois, Senator Stewart. Web
Ster Davis and other conspicuous men
who changed parties in the contest Sc
cured new audiences. but it may be Sc
riously doubted whether they in any
way enhanced their reputation or influ-
ence by their radical change of base.
Rooseve1t's Fury.
Perhaps Il Republican who reaped
b most n%0toriety if not fame during
The campaign is Governor Theodore
Roosevelt, who was constantly on the
go. He talked q great deal. Most Of
what he said was we'll said. A great
deal Of it was arrant nOnSense-mere
Dun and fury, Signifying nothing.
Some of it was an insult to and libel
upon millions of his fellow citizens. but
as q rule from q rhetorical and gram
NAUTICAL point of view his jabber was
all right. Nevertheless, with all his
going to and fro. wandering up and
OWL II jaWSmithery. when he comes
to take stock Of himself and his dOingS
he will be seriously puzzled to deter
mine whether he was Il greater public
figure the day of the election than he
was the day of his nomination. The
chances are that his rantankerouSnesS
and bumptiouSneSs have caused many
of his more sensible admirers to cease
to regard him as Il presidential posi-
bility. but if he did not make a sub
stautial growth i'll reputation no Re
publican in this campaign did.
Among Democrats Hon. James y.
Richardson of tennessee played III
great luck from the beginning and
came out of the campaign Il muclI
| greater figure than when he went in.
Richardson is tact personified. which
Henry Ward Brech"r ranked above
talents. The slim TenneSseean is the
most amiable of mortals. and very few
people will envy him his new laurels.
| He takes things by the smooth handle
and makes no enemies. He got off on
the right foot every time during the Ell.
tire campaign. Either a great many
oDDortUnitieS came to him or he made
a good many for himself, | don't know
which.
Campaign Contrasted.
Third.-The most talked Of feature OF
the campaign was its utter unliheness
to the campaign of 1896. The cnthusl-
assn. wild and universal. of that phe-
nOmenal year was not observable any
where. In IL general sense it may be
| stated that in 1896 everybody argued
| politics vrhcmently and in Il most IN
snomlv manner and that in 1906 nobody
argued politics at all except candidates
in eSSe or in posse. Indeed the enthuf
siasm Of S took on largely the char
actcr OF hyStcria on both sides. It was
q slDreme effort of both RepuDllcanS
I aud Dem0crats-in fact. of the whole
American people. When the contes1
was over. interest in politics for the
average citizen was completely eN
h,ustnd He had not recuperated Il
1000. He may e entirely recuper
ate. though tho chances are that nc
viii but my prediction is that TO-
many years to come all ampalSn>
when compared with that OF 1910 WI
appear fiat and stale, II not u,'pfoh''
bic. We VIII jog along more ieisurelS
if not more comfortably.
Tho difference between the am
,,io,s of lSnC and 1900 is worthy O
the profound consideration of the
st,tolmcn. politicians and philosophers
for compai2ns in u constitutional GOV
eminent are matters OF hlshesl hlo
mont. Of most serious lhlpoit -
.,aecns and conditions of people. II
-,+ .hn n1IDrI11l iPHSOu W.