The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-09-19

pears with religion as the driver. the effeminate hermit crabs. criticism and cynieism. retire to their defences-, Or position fees to fhe mountains and it- difference skulks iR the woods.
 Enthusiasm is the sparkle of courage the dash of effort, the glitter Of persc- yerance.
 It's the magic of action. the grip of method, the snap of endeavor.
 It's the illumination or thought. the enchantment of expression"
 The next point spoken of was Tact, and the speaker quoted the following from his Burden Litter address:
 Tact is enthusiasm. energy, caution, ingenuity and determination working in harmony for the accomplishment If an object. Tact investigates, thrOy the lead and measures the depth in un- certain waters. It undertakes no com missions unless they consist with the word Of God and common sense. Tact is a physiognomist of the first water-a phrenologist of the highest order. Tact does not ground on reefs or strand on rocks. Tact is sometimes an athlete, never a pugilist Often a diplomat, never a palaverer. Tact sometimes employs spies, knows the en- erny's country. at times entrenchEs, sometimes retreats, but ultimately ad- vances to conquer. Tact is the embed irlent of the scriptural injunction, "f}e ye wise as serpents and harmless as doves"
 Tact is manly. It must not be con- foI nded with the parasite toadyisn. Toadyism is effeminate and dishonora-
 ble. Tact is honorable and helpful.
 The speaker then mentioned lastly
 Patience" Optimism and Right Speecl: as the final requisites. and pJo- | ceeding said as follows:
 Every young man and many young women confront serious temptation to-day. It is betting, practically gam
 bling. Mir. Benedict quoted here from | President HadIey in the September ! Century regarding betting. Proceeding
 he said: Betting is rapidly increasing. Gambling I consider twin brother of betting. I sometimes suspect the trust is the outgrowth of unwillingness to le- ultimately merchandise or manufac- ture. It Is directly related-a cousin to
 those venal brothers, betting and gam
 bling.
 The modern railroad is a great trust,
 but it is controlled by legislation. You | ride to New York at two cents per | mile. I believe that all in in all, con- | sidering the service the railroad rem | ders, that the fare is not unreasonable. | At all events it is not an extortion. | You ride to Boston, to Chicago and all
 about reasonably.
 There are many things which might
 make our railroad life more comforta- l ble, but on the whole, and speak from a wide and long experience for since a l boy of six, have travelled by night and | by day for fifty-one years, hundreds and hundreds of thousands of miles \ without accident, without much dis | comfort, mainly over the New York l and New Haven. the old Hartford and Springfield, the Boston and Albany. the Pennsylvania, New York Central, At lantic coast and southern lines.
 Be reasonable when you criticise the greatest of all trusts-the railroad. But the trusts as tabulated in the memoranda I here exhibit were ire quently floated by that most progress | sive, persuasive and persistent man | the promoter.
 \ He thinks little of full dinner-pail,
 but values immensely water-pail.
 The trust evil has touched and deep 1 Iy, too, the fibre of the commercial heart.
 l But ultimately water will evaporate. Imitation will subside and normal con- l litions of trade displace the present ab-
 normal commercial situation.
 It is high tide with us. It will be low
 water by and by then later on A. young