Arizona republican., 1903-07-19
PHoENrx. ARIZONA, JULY 1s, 1903
The Principles Necessary to Success.

tor from the state of New York, reached his seventieth birthday on Wednesday. July 15. AS a matter of course, the great party leader received numerous congratulations, for no man has more devoted friends. Replying to some of these personal felicitations. MT. Platt took occasion to explain why his business and political life has been such conspicuous success.
 My idea of the only way in which to succeed in politics is included in the following principles: Perseverance, truthfulness, fidelity to friends. fairness to foes; above all. strict integrity. l have sought to observe these principles. no matter whether I was down or up, and it has paid"
 The distinguished senator is not noted for long speeches, but had he spoken for an hour he could not have stated more clearly the true principles upon which political success-the success which counts-must be founded. Sena- tor Platt has no patent on the idea he expressed In substantially the same
  politicians, the Hon. Matthew Stanley Quay. senator from Pennsylvania, and the Hon. Marcus Alonzo Hanna, sena- tor from Ohio. have stated their rules for success. Senator Quay also is seventy years old. Senator Hanna is much younger. but a long career Of unbroken victory entities him to be classed with Platt and Quay for ex- traordinary qualities of leadership, and the verdict of this unrivaled trium- virate of statesmen-politicians as to what is necessary to achieve success in politics is unquestionably sound. Bit terly as the opposition has attacked these leaders. the fact remains that they have been absolutely honest, both persona fly and politically. The fact is, that no man can succeed in business life or in political life unless he adheres closely to the rules laid down by Sena- tor Platt: Perseverance, truthfulness. fidelity to friends, fairness to foes; above all, strict integrity" Smart men who attempt to reach the goal by other means invariably fail. The path way of politics is strewn with the skeletons of brilliant men who sought to win by lying, by treachery to friends, by unfairness to foes, and contempt for integrity. And the curious part of it is, that the simple lesson is never learned by a great majority of politi- cians-the fellows who hold the stage for awhile and then disappear. They retire to oblivion, firm in the belief that their failure is due to bad luck" or to some cause beyond their control.
 But 1t Is equally surprising to find a large percentage of newspapers equally blind to their own interests. Such jour- nals are conducted, of course, by men of the same shifty class to which we have just referred. Where such papers offend most fagrantly is in lying and in a policy of unfairness to the oppo- sition. It Is notable. however, that pa- pers of this class never prosper and are lacking in influence. and they are gradually disappearing from the field not by their own choice. but from nat ural decay.
 In business life it was accepted long ago that the successful man must ad- here to the principles mentioned by Senator Platt, and the time will come when politicians will realize that the same rules apply to them.