The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-01

OF great thing like adapting his good
advice to the easy understanding OF such
a mind as Hannas. IL is quite correct 20
say, as Hale said, that what defeated
Bryan was o distrust OF him and bis po-
litical associates, which was felt by the
conservative element in the country. on
account OF the attitude assumed by
Bryanism toward free silver and other
questions affecting business prosperity.
That distrust grew mp to big proportions
as the campaign progressed, and az
length turned the scale, but IL did not In
proval of the policies whose disapproval
had threatened six months before to
sweep the Republican party to defeat.
Well within the scope of familiar his.
tory, of history that ought not to be quite
unknown oven to noble senator's OF the
Hanna and Elkins and Quay and Platt
and Addicks SCHOOL, school which In.
cludes men that are. that have been and
that hope to be senators-is Senator
Hale's recital OF the fact that frequently
party In the United States, after gain
ing q great victory In Presidential cleo
ton, and carrying the country by I'M
mense majorities, has followed the lead
ership OF rabid and revolutionary men,
and mas been bitterly discredited and re-
pudiated ct the next Presidential election
and sometimes at the next congressional
election.
IQAt happens DtC1uoo tuo NAobottO1b
party falls or stays. IS the ca 30 may De
In the hands OF leaders who are In politics
for what they can get out OF It for them
selves, for men OF their Kind, and for the
men that put them there. It is part OF
the selfish folly OF such leaders always to
imagine that their party's victory is their
personal victory, meant by the voters as
such, and Ia an endorsement of them and
OF their way of doing things; whereas,
the truth generally ID, as 10 certainly Is
In the present instance, that their party 8
victory would have been impossible with
ont the votes of citizens who hestiated
between such leaders anc the party's de-
feat, as q choice OF evils.
senator Hale of Mains Is not great
orator. His fame as a scholar In politics
does not equal that Of some OF his associ-
atss in the upper house OF congress. But
he Is a statesman. possessing some OF the
most essential qualities that can entitie
public man TO that high distinction.
He has not only honesty and truthful
ness. and an all around equipments for
off cial life, but the rarer qualities OF
clear discernment and moral courage.
Senator Hale Ia Republican of the
straightsst sect. He is free from every
country, he is loyal TO his party. He gave
to President Mckinley and Governor
ROOSEVELT an unfaltering support In the
late campaign; support more powerfully
helpful than 1t was possible for men OF
inferior character to give, however vocal
and Jealous they might be.
Not the least noteworthy instance OF
Senator Hale loyalty to his party and
his country was given in February 1899,
when he spoke and voted with Senator
Hoar and other Republicans against that
Ill starred policy Of criminal aggression
which alone made seemingly possible.
even for an hour, this election OF Bryan,
with free silverisrn in his train. Hale Q
advice, II taken then, would have saved
the Republican party from Its only
danger. Hale's advice, II taken now,
may save the Republican party from
something worse than danger.