The age-herald., 1902-03-18
Some Senatorial Reminiscenses-A
 Good Story on Ex>Senator Pugh.

man who Is not Intellectually great to say he is not. It Is in no sense disrespectful to say of dull man that he is not bright. Intellect is the gift of God; it's polish alone is the skill of man. The ordinary self-respecting man is fully aware of the limitations of his own mind. Great men know themselves to be great; fools believe themselves to be intellectual, and most generally it is an amiable and hurt less vanity, though a very tiresome one. Men write what they believe to be witticisms about persons "enthused" and persons who "suicided," for example; but that is an amiable vanity of ignorance which does not offend, even though there be no such words as "enthused" and "suicided". To tell such men this is not disrespectfui. 1t is simply kindly given information.
 So to say this Senator or that Senator Is not possessed of a powerful mind Is not in any sense manifesting disrespect and is not even remotely connected with i'll will. If your friend mispronounces a common word, you certainly offer no rudeness in speaking the same word
 
 call a railway passenger station "deepo." as everybody does in Washing ton and New York. There is no such word in any language; but let the unin- formed, as in Atlanta, call a passenger station anything they like-if they can make themselves understand. Unlettered old Vanderbilt, founder of the present xArfK, of II .Ao 1.,,lll lA1 the only passenger station in New York and named it "the Grand Central Deepo," as may be seen to this day; but inas- much as his descendants, the princes of his blood in the third generation, can 'erford t buy hull lot O deepoes," let him and 1t and them go in the dust of the obnoxious and hideously ugly automobile!
 Yet 1t Is painful to observe a weak man in the Senate or out of 1t challeng- Ing the thunder of such men as Hoar and Hanna. MT. Hoar is not only man Of powerful intellect, but he is at once the most scholarly and most widely-informed man in public life in this country. Some or us do not love-some of us entertain toward him sentiments the exact denial of love; but we are not discussing love or hate; we are speaking of the possession and the lack of intellect
 MT. Hanna Is the greatest individual force In America today. He is splendidly, magnificently great; and to his cold, practical, never-failing ability is added personal charm of manner irresistible and unsurpassed. He is fighter and of most superb courage; and he can make his words to sting like scorpions. But so would any other man of Mir Hanna's masterfulness bear himself If aroused.
 Yet nearly half the people of this coun- try have been in the recent past taught to regard Mark Hanna as a rude, rough man. relying upon dollars to keep him. self in power. Nobody believes that now; but there are still good people in large numbers who feel anything but love for him, who do not even trust the cincerity of his public purposes. Only the unin- formed now question his greatness. Those of us who are radically opposed to his politics, and we constitute probably half or maybe a majority of American voters. ought to know best the power Of this ex- traordinary man, for he has dealt us deadly blows during the past half dozen years.
 What can we Democrats expect when we put forward mere town councilmen to contend with giants Hanna and Hoar. It is painful to contemplate. Still victory is not always to the strong. The tortoise may beat the hare-when the hare goes to sleep. LUCIEN JULIEN WALKER.