Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-02-14
copyright, 1901. by Champ Clark. ]

copyright, 1901. by Champ Clark.l
Longfellow says:
Lives Of great men all remind US
We make lives sublime
And, departing leave behind
Footprints the sands of time,
which is beautiful, no doubt, but much
more poctical than practicable.
However that may be, AS these sto-
rics are read by many embryo states
men, an occasional glimpse at the acts
accidents achievements and qualities
by which the successful ones have
climbed high may aid those who are
contemplating the ascent Of the diff
cult ladder of fame.
If the top notchcrs in politics could
be induced to give the minutin of their
careers, the ambitious youngsters
would be much benefited and greatly
surprised, but this is precisely what
most of them will not do. Nor are they
usually accompanied by Roswells to
set them before the world as they real
ly are. At st. Helena Napoleon re
fused to permit history to be read to
him on the ground that it was mostly
lies. AS biography is only a branch Of
history, I guess the wonderful warrior
would have placed it in the same cate
CORY, and surely nobody could have
blamed him for such q caper if lie ever
read any of the biographies of himself.
la, iS
one Of the most successful Of all our
public: men. Anecdotes about him are
scarce as l.ens' teeth In BY Judgment
his success is due nearly entirely to
one thing that is, he has religiously
obcycd the Scliptural injunction,
"Whatsoevcr thy hand indcth to do,
do with thy might"
He was a careful and painstaking
country lawyer He was careful,
valorous fighting volunteer soldier. He
is a patient and indefatigable worker
in the senate Senator Chandler, an
intense Republican, not long since ad-
vised the Democrats to nominate Cock
rcll for president on any old platform,
tribute from a polilicai opponent
well worth treasuling up.
CockreIis Campaigns.
One reason of Cockrell's wondrouS
hold on the affections of Missourians
is his method Of campaigning. There
are now only about half n dozen coiln-
ties in Missouri without railroads, but
WIN G,,.t TO bn to ri
half the counties in the state We're des-
titute of those necessary adjuncts Of
modern civilizations
Naturally. the average campaign ora
tor prefers speaking in the cities and
large towns, where railroads render
travelling easy and good hotels abound.
Not so with General Cockrell. He re-
membcred that most of the cities and
big towns in Missouri We're Republic
an and most Of the outlying. sparsely
settled counties Democratic. Every
county has ut least one member of the
legislature. and Coclrell prefers votes
in the legislature to glory aud fire.
works in the cities. SO he, and fire.
quently he alone. would stump those
counties off the railroads. He travel
ed in buggies when he could and in
spring wagons or even jolt wagons
when he had to. 1t reminded him OF
army life, don't you know. The con
sequence was the other aSprants for
senatorial tosa got their names and
speeches and pictures in the metro
politan papers and Cockrell got the
votes in the legislature.
Senator Cockreli Directs a Surgeon.
One day went over to the senate
cloakroom and found Senator Cockrel
quietly lunehins off a big rcd apple.
l asked him how many times lie was
wounded during the civil war. That's
hard to tell" he replied, "because no
one definition of he word wound is uni
vcrsaily accepted. At Corinth my whis
kers We're cut off by a bullet and my
throat grazed. but no blood was dra wn.
Also a spent shell raked my thigh just
above the knee. and, while it did not
break the skin, a large black spot came
there and was very sore for Il time.
At Franklin received two bullet
wounds in my right arm, and the small
bone of my left leg was broken by n
mimic ball. The first time ! lost any
blood was at KcncSaW Mountain.
was holding Il dispatch in both hands,
reading it, when Il shell exploded near
nae. \ piece of it hit me in both hands.
barking two or three fingers on the left
and knocking off two or three nails
and breaking the next to the little fin
ger on the right at the second joint"