Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-08-08
SENATOR GORMAN.

try nave Deen ruiz OF compll-
mentary items regarding Mr.
German this week, apropos OF
his return home from his Euro.
pean trip. Across the ocean
this able statesman was given
hearty greeting and shown
special honOrs by the great men
of Europe, who recognize him
as one of the ablest of Ameri-
can statesmen. The return OF
Mr.. German furnished the op-
portunity for Mr.. Paul Win.
chester to contribute to the
Morning Herald a sketch of Mr..
German which we consider
worth reprinting in these col
umns. Mr.. Winchester says:
Senator Germans return
from his first trip abroad is not
only an event in his remark
able life, but is also an event of
great interest to the people of
his native state, who have hon
ored him with four elections to
the upper House of Congress.
His return is an event of espec-
ial Importance to the members
of his own political party, a
a large proportion of whom
have for more than twenty
years looked up to him as their
leader and guide, whom they
have followed without question
during all that period, through
all the may wanderings of
Maryland politics.
Mr.. German is a remark able
man-in some respects the most
remarkable man in the political
affairs of the country during
the past generation. Whatev-
er one may think of his politi-
cal methods, whether one may
approve or disapprove of his
course in the management of
affairs, everyone must admit
that he is man of extraordi-
nary ability, of marvellous skill
as a politician, and possessed
of a genius in the management
of men second to that of no man
in the country. To believe that
Mr.. German is not what is said
of him here, is to say to all in
tents and purposes, that the
majority of the people of this
State are little better than fools.
No man but a political genius
or a man of extraordinary sa-
gacity, could have retained his
for this long period of
years. Whatever may be
thought of Mr.. German there
can be no doubt about his ex-
traordinary ability, and if it is
not genius it is next to it.
Mr.. German has probably
had more hard things said
about him by his foes, not only
at home, where his whole life
has been passed practically in
the public gaze, but elsewhere.
than any other man in the
country. He has been vilified
and abused not only politically.
but personally, to an extent al
most unheard of i'm the country.
Not only has his political course
been criticized, but he has been
accused of all sorts of offenses
against political morality. He
has borne all with seeming
patience, and only on rare
occasions has he retorted to his
foes-for many of his enemies
have been not merely partisan
opponents, but bitter personal
foes, who hated Mr.. German
with a bitter hatred and attack
ed him with all the strong vio-
lence and acrimony that only
personal hatred could inspire.
From 1875 to the present time
these attacks have been per-
sistent; they have never stopped
IN for a week, and today the
county papers of his political
opponents are publishing car
toons in which he is caricatured
in anything but an enviable
light. Never before i'm his
career has his influence been
alter in this state. Even
hen he had the whole patron
e of the federal government
his command his power was
ess than now, when he has no
Offices to give out and no places
at the public crib to assign to
his faithful followers. With
or without offices Mr.. Gorman's
word rules, and what he says is
law to at least 30 per cent. of
his party adherents.
And the same holds good
with regard to Mr.. Germans
influence in his party in the
country at large. He may not
be able to secure his own nomi-
nation for the presidency, and
no one knows whether he wants
the honor, but it is safe to say
that the man he backs will get
the nomination next year, and
that he will occupy the role of
Warwick in the national demo-