The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-11

III
with what a difference!
was an eagle, a predatory
pride and ample pinion." He
Mckinley in his widest fight
N, surpassed the top of the p0llti-
be
s,lscu, like Agamemnon, was anax
leader OF men. Mckinley is
who never tugs at his leading
LIAM created and compelled events.
en- Is a creature of expediency'
gpOrtunist'
.,,son was loved, hated, feared. Nc
!. liberated by his friends, de-
.isy his enemies.
..,,a the coterie OF great men that
r,,dA Napoleon-kings, captains
...u SCHOLARSHIPS figure lowered
~ supreme. He was first; there
J. second. In what company would
;,m lover? There are stronger men
Nh his own cabinet, by no means
[,.,hl collection OF statesmen. Hay
i saroit Long more forceful. Among
rrty associates he is not the acknowl-
ehief Tom Reed desplses and re-
him. Harrison-a stout albeit some
tlanny person, inheriting not a lit
Me- stiff fanaticism of that ancestor
bsrht with Cromwell-will none OF
Allison ilstrusts both his honesty
NJ ability. And there are others.
il is with the members of his privy
,1-the men who really made and
n own McKlnley--that the president
he compared to reveal his actual di-
..;ns Excepting only Senator Hanna
! men are not Tin politics" That is,
bold no office. 1t is not necessary to
down their names. Everybody knows
i YOU could hardly throw stone in
street, New York; in Broad street.,
llGpha, or in La Sale street, Chi
without smashing one of their w.n-
i They are the modern captains OF
atfy They rule America. They have
keys to the White House. They are
political mrasters-yours and mine.
y beside one of these, as have al
n had OCCASION to say of Hanna, Nc
g is the cipher following the initial
himself nothing but serving to swell
others value
ipoleon! 1t would be funny II it were
I'll so traglcal
here is Of course, some facial resem-
ts, and It is upon this trifle that the
vas founded. But even this is funny
Tor It is only the resemblance of q
saNze. McKinleys face is Napo-
IN a mask of flesh. The likeness |.
1lved solely in trick, familiar to art
by which nature sometimes play:
naddest freaks. You have, of course
yea the physIognomy OF the Eagle D
", as shown in the portraits of David
4acae, MISSIONER and others. YOU
shoer the broad brows, the sunken
ls eyes, the aquiline nose, the thin
Aessed lips, the noble chin? Well
Anley's face resembles this in lif,
as much as the back of your RICH
resembles the palm of my left. We
H suggestion OF resemblance toe
Fps The nose is the feature that doe
0uesneSs; perhaps the betting broAs
"a not attempt to define it, 1t i
'sa That II, when looking at Mckinley
enc were to say, Napoleon" 20
y answer: Yes, of course" The
would laugh.
ore 10 conceive a sleek and some
puloous person of perhaps shad
lae middle height, erect, by IL
uncomely, more than decently ella
Ie manner OF the conventional "por
gentleman" silk hated, sain
white shirted-not exactly with
VI MS life, but with scrupulous re
w The properties imposed upon
esnan by the traditions of the pl
Ieaning thereby that extensive mic
ss region which attains to II
WIS IN the western reserve
Aooat the neck a standing cola
I. AND as stiff as the growing ad pos
,o'' neck Will permit and bound az
~ with a black tie.
y are some Of the marks of the gu
au For the rest, in the languat
street hand shaker" good fc
s'slln the traditions of the pie-belt
.no says. "Ah, gentlemen, | a
,.sa 10 see you" Senator, this
w. Apeeted pleasure" Mr.. X, he
y ~ isiVe the good people at Bea'
MT Y, have been hoping
~ ana talk over that little matt
uen-um." And all the rest of
y no Mckinley justice ne 10 not
N,Asr' He lets the other fellow ia
Ha'e sometimes thought, that
'''s' OF his advancement. Did y
1--WE there are certain men in i
" wiser than you and /, who, ha
'''' pass current for greater w
'uose only gift IL to hold thu
alu look wise? If you and
al the fifth rib we howl. Som
:" simply got to suffer for 1t, or
"''en while we tell the horrll
w and l have opinions on m,
ano' II occasion offer, we SIM
ns ess them. So we get into trc
enemies, give aid and conf
a's' and, in the end. get shoN
h. 7Where doubtless we belol
rsn oouh, whose fifth rib is by l
y, lS'endss from attack, having
Ssgg " at least being possessed
IN lent faculty of keeping them
ssoApes all this friction. holds
h S the air Of one who co
ma and, after the turmoil
b. himself advanced, whereas
nI,, ave been pushed back.
sa Mckinley Is Mr.. Smooth.
rb TO keep still and look wise.
s,s nss any fixed opinions on I
''se'' but II he has he has ne
sa ,Vss to strangle them at biz
"a ne and look wise. He can q
a. look foolish, but such peccai
NJ r a'eiy remembered against S
IN. lie can on occasion hold
Ase the sphinx ot rgvn, He