The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-01-15

tlOnal on every subject but one. so tIt
| jealous man may be fair and just el
every question. but he absolutely in
sane and unjust when the works and
lives Of his successful 1vaIs are dis
cussed. If you are jealous man, you
will turn upon them all your batteries
Of scorn and denunciati0n. foU will
magnify their faults and g'oat evel
their imperfections, sou will loathe
Them with an unutterable foathing. and
when, on account OF your unjust criti-
tiSms. fou may have 0vertllrOWn q
| successful rival, you. as Il jealous man.
will join in the pandemonium of de
moniacaf joy in which all the evil spir-
it's Of the inferno join in the chorus.
You will gleefully clap your hands ana
shout: 'Aha. we have destroyed him.
| We have destroyed the man who has
dared to stand in our way"'
The Suress Way Go suceeans
But, though Jealous men and womess
may try to- trip us the guinness who
they fear may pass them in life's race.
yet the strange fact remains that the
sllrcSt way of winning the prizes of
| success is not by destroying good men.
but by trying to help them along. How
did William Mckinley win his great
success in the political world? BY dip
ping his pen in gall? ny trying to
WELD the CXecHtiOncr'S AK eff SANDER
and defamation ana hate? oh. no,
William Mckinley made his way into
of his friends there and by trying to
help all his friends in every way he
could. When i'm 1883 the Republican
convention met in Chicago. Mr.. McKin-
ley Went there ut the head of tic Ohio
delegation pledged for the nomination
OF the grand old statesman of Mans
field. After a few ballots the Ohio del
cgates found if Was Impossible to nom
mate Mr.. Sherman. AS many members
of that convention wanted Mr.. MCkin-
ley, his friends waited upon him and
offered him their support. William Nc
Kinley looked into the eyes of his
friends as he answered: "Gentlemen
came to this convention pledged to
work for the nomination of John Shcr-
man. Any man who tries to nominate
me in his place is not my friend. Viii
liam Mckinley's name under no condi-
ton can be presented as candidate"
The same scene was practically dupli-
Gated in the Minneapolis convention of
1892. Mr. Mckinley went there pledg-
ed to support Benjamin Harrison AS
permanent chairman of that conven-
ton he again and again arose and pro-
tested against the presentation of his
name as candidate. He protested in
spite of the fact that the convention
was nearly swept off its feet at the
mere mention of his name After these
two wonderful exhibitions of self sac
rifice on William Mckinley's part all
doubt. if there ever was any doubt, as
to the sterling character of the man
was forever swept away. At the ballot
box of 1896 the American people said,
IF Mr.. Mckinley can be true to his
friends and his rivals. we know he will
be true to u.s. In all the writings and
speeches of William Mckinley, deliv-
cred or written during a public life of
more than thirty years, you cannot
find one word by which he tried to win
success by wrecking the life of rival
He achieved success by helping along
every good man he could.
That tThe philosophy of the Golden
Rule is sound and that men help them
selves by helping instead of being jeal-
Gus of others is illustrated in the life of
Dwight +, Moody What made Mr.
Moody i'll some respects the greatest re-
ligiols one man power in the last cen
tury? His speaking ability Oh yes,
believe he was one of the most con-
vincing of spiritual orators, but | also
believe that there We're others of his
time Just as great, If not greater. His
organizing ability? Oh, yes, / believe
he would have been a master at the
head Of a political campaign or as a
merchant or even as a military chief
tain; but. though ID. L. Moody may
have been Il great organizer | believe
there were others of his time just as
great. if not greater. His great big
heart, into which he could gather all
his Ioyed onesa Oh. yes; Mr. Moody
had an affeetionate nature! But there
are thousands of men who love their
families and friends just as much as
Mr.. Moody loved his loved ones; but, /
though many men may have excelTed
him in individual characteristics, in one
respect believe he was the peer. if not
the king, of them ALL | do not believe
Mr.. Moody had one infinitesimaI parti- |
Gle of jealousy in his makeup Instead
of trying to focus all the attention of
the religious world upon himself he
spent most of his life in pushing other |
religious workers TO the front. The big
ger the man the more anxious Mr. Moo, |
dy was to call public attention to him. |
He brought across the water Henry |
Drnmnlond and John Mcneil and F. |
b. Meyer and G, Ii. G. McGregor and |
Campbell Morgan and many others. He |
invited to his own platforms the might |
lest religious workers of his generation.
He DIacesi them by his side as he said. |