The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-12-30

roll back upon themselves. He should be
big enough and broad enough not to have
any personal prejudices, but to value each
man at his worth and to inspire and en-
thuse all with zeal for the party's per-
manent good. His judgment should be
sound and his knowledge of men and af-
fairs profound. He should know human
nature as well as politics, and his motives
should be humane and patriotic. Such
leaders are not chosen at random; they
leader being found or created is child's
dream"
1t was plain that ex Senator Stokes had
General Sewell in mind. His idea of the
requirements of leader embraces the
very qualities he has time and again, in
public and private, attributed to Sewell.
Quite naturally this question suggested
itself
If another Sewell could be found
would the party be benefited by availing
itself of his leadership ?"
mo party could help being benefited
by having man like General Sewell at its
head. He was one man in a million, and
his like we may never know again. Few
men ever had a more devoted or more
loyal following, and few men had greater
faculty of turning opponents into friends.
He did not win friendship or popularity
by false affability or assumed graciousness'
1t was his rugged honesty and sterling
qualities that made men trust and love
him. On the other hand, he was uncom-
promisingly loyal to his own friends and
would sacrifice himself rather than for
sake them
General Sewell possessed all the natur-
al qualities of leadership, and his was a
leadership of men by loyalty rather than
power Never was his strength in this
respect more clearly shown than in the
hour when sickness had compelled him to
yield the active control of affairs. He
had returned from Europe with little hope
OF recovery, aud when the convention of
his party met in September a year ago,
for the first time in thirty years he was
unable to be present 1t was a solemn
and impressive gathering, meeting, as it
did, under the very shadow of the death
of the President of the United States, and
although the members of that body felt
that General Sewell would never again
carry the banner of leadership, his voice
was as potent as though he had been on
the ground in all his old-time vigor. The
convention passed resolution in which it
is said it looked forward with confidence
to the time when he (SewelD will again
lead us in person, as he does now in spirit
and influence General Sewells leader
ship was personal and almost unique in
the history of politics. He was born to
lead men"
Assuming that worthy successor to
Sewell can be found, would the party be
better off with or without his leadership"
That is speculation pure and simple
II all depends upon circumstances. The
case is suppositious, and no man can fore
toll what will or will not happen under
given conditions in politics"
The next question was what logicians
would call an argumentum ad hominem,
or as base ball enthusiasts sometimes say,
hot one right off the bat
Suppose the party managers should
say to you, Mr.. Stokes, that they wanted
you for State leader, what would you do
about it2" l asked.
well, sir, came the emphatic reply,
Il have no ambition in that line. can
do no more than am now doing OF am
trying to do in my present humble eapac-
ity. A leader has got to be either q per
suader or driver. If he is a persuader,
men follow him anyway; if driver, he
has got to have the power to enforce his
DEGREES. and that he cannot get There