The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-21
Senator Bailey Points Out
That Gray Hairs Are Not
Necessary to Fame
TILLMAN OPPOSES HILL
senator Tom Kearns, OF Utah, Who
Began Life as u Freichter on
the Plains, Is Becoming
Social Leader.
FROM THE GLOBE BUREAU.
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FROM THE GLOBE BUREAU,
WashingtO ID. c.
| WASHINGTON, d. c., April 20.-"Youth
! is no longer an unpardona Bile offense,"
| remarked a Democratic congressman in
| discussing the candidacy Of Joseph W.
| Bailey for the presidential nomination
! Since young Mr.. Bryan came to the
| front and young Mr. Beveridge stepped
into the senate, and young Mr.. ROOse-
welt succeeded to the White house. We
| are getting over the idea that a man
knows nothing until his hair has turned.
and he has begun to go down the declining
| slope of life.
This age seems to demand youth. and
the strength and elasticity which go with
| IT. 1t is a time when we demand for our
highest Offices the best years of 4 mans
HE; we must have young men, with
capacity for work, and with minds quick
to meet new and changing conditions 1t
the age of sixteen Alexander the Great
was acting as regent Of his fathers king
dom and putting down a revolt of the
IhFacians, and at twenty-three he had de-
feated Darius and was master of the
world.
In our young country the battles of
! business have been won with young men.
! They are at the head Of our railways ana
| Our steel trusts and they have conquered
| the commercial world. No, I do not think
is an objection which cannot lie pardoned.
! In any case as Senator Beveridge saws. it
! IS one which is pretty sure to be out
! grown
/ Young Mr.. Bailey" as the Texas SEN
| ator is still sometimes called. is thirty
! nine years old. He has been in congress
/ nearly eleven years. So he is not exactly
| a chicken. Of course, compared to Cor
man who is twenty-four years his senior,
| Bailey is youth. Hill, too IS fully
| quarter OF a century older than Bailey.
Since his election to the senate Bailey
| has conducted himself with considerable
| dignity His abilities are recognized AMI
! he has assumed, by virtue of capacity. the
leadership of the minority. James X
Jones never did fill the bill, and he has
been quietly shelved.
TiIman Is Against Hill.
Senator B. F. Tinman declines to be
| reconciled to the idea of nominating David
| 3. Hill in 1904. He does not take any
stock in HIS talk of harmony in the
Democratic party.
| No one said he will be misled by
! Mr.. rIill's half-hearted and insincere plea
| Tor harmony. He was a traitor to the
! party in 1896, and did not support it cor
| daily in 1850. 1t does not seem to me
J that we are called upon to follow i'm the
| lead of one who has been against MS.
| especially when he is doubtless actuated
| by selfish motives"
Illlman and McLaurin are not on speak
ing terms They are not, in fact, On any
| terms Each ignores, utterly the ex-
istence of the other If they chance TO
| meet In the lobby or the senate chamber
they look into space and go by This i5
not the result Of the personal encounter
| on the floor Of the senate; for nearly a
year they have not exchanged ciyl!ties.
! Personal relations ceased after the ioint
! debate in which they INDUCED last sum
| mer in South Carolina The charges and
| recriminaJiOn5 became so bitter then thar
the two We're almost on the point OF
| violence many times
! Other members of the senate have not
allowed the Tillman-McLaurin affair to
! make any difference OF their treatment
| OF either participant. Politically and in
! otler ways, there IS no doubt that Till
| man has suffered as the result of the oc-
! currence But he has suffered more from
! the misguided zeal Of his fool friends and
| particularly his fool nephew who took
| 1t upon himself to withdraw the invita-
! uCn to President Roosevelt to present the
| sword to Micah Jenkins. Had it not
| been for this Tiliman would have stood
| as the aggrieved party in having his in
! EltatlOn Cancelled after being invited to
| the White house to meet Prince Henry.
Many believed the president to be wron5
| IN doing that.
/ His colleagues in the senate are very
| fond of the Onc-eyed CyCiops. They be-
| leVe MIN to be honest-With q very unu-
| sual brand of honesty-and courageous,
| morally as well as physically.
Morgan AnnexGtIonist.
Senator Morgan, Of Alabama, Is
| quite an ardent advocate Of the annexa-
| ton Of cuba. He says ne believes the
| island is as necessary to the United
| states as Ireland is to England He be-
! lieve5 the people of Cuba would prosper
| under American rule, and that the free
trade, which would 60 with annexation,
would be mutual blessing to both coun-
tries.
In the house Mr. NowIands stands az
exponent Of the annexation propaganda.
He is the author Of resolutions inviting
Cuba to become a part or this nation.
Newlands explains that Cuba would come
III with the understanding that eventu-
ally it would be a state, and that mean
time it would be governed as are our ter
TitOries. lie says it is hardly to be ex
pected that Cuba would consent TO como
III merely as dependent possession.
NeWlands faVOrs reciprocity with Cuba
| for limited period conditioned on an
acceptance ny Cuba of our invitation.
Senator Tom Kearns, oil Utah, is be-
! coming 4 social leader. He lives at the
| Raleigh hotel and buys everything he
| sees He is very rich. He started bus
| mess when he was fourteen, a that time
! he became a freighter Which means
that he freighted miners supplies from
| the railroad terminus in Nebraska to the
| Black Hills. He had quit school four
| years previously for the more remunera-
! tive occupation Of farm work in Holt
! county.
He discovered the Mayaower and Silver
King mines, ard that made turning
| point in his fortunes. He did not have
! to work at 81 a day after that; instead
| he began buying railroads ana securing
| political honors. He and Senator Clark.
| Of Montana, travel together. and make =
! good working team. They are now
| building a railway from Salt Lake to
| Los Angeles One night last week
Eearns bought the best dinner there was
! in Washington and had nearly 1JQ guests
! at his hotel including Speaker Henfer-
son, the secretary Of war, the president
pro tempore Of the senate and Champ
| Clark. 1t began with cocktails and end
| ed with any old brand on the card.