The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1903-05-14

| ~ WILL De agreeable news 10 KANSAS
men and women everywhere, at home
and abroad, when they hear Of the nomi-
nation Of Victor Murdoch for Congress
No other man In Kansas has SO many
friends and none Of the new generation
has SO many admirers genuine, unselflsh
admirers 1t sometimes Is the Kansas
way to use the superlative carelessly,
but this Is one that will stay and pass
unchallenged.
In the rivalry for fame and advance
ment among his contemporaries, nimble
and assertive men sometimes of less ma
tive ability have, by SELLING the opportu-
nifty, pushed into view ahead Of Victor
Murdoch, but he is not a man to find
fault or complain. He knows what sue
cess means, and generously giving the
congratulatory hand, sturdlly pursues
his own way. He never pulls down what
another builds up and the sin Of ingrat!-
tude never has poisoned his character.
Envy never enters his mind and a lie
Is his abominatlon. He Is ambitious be-
yond even his own admissions but his
provincial successes in his chosen pro-
fession have satisfied him, confident that
wider field would open to him sooner
or later, and now the opportunity has
come.
MIR. Murdoch Is genuine man. and
therefore, companionable and trust
worthy. The world to him Is a constant
revelation and will be to the end Of his
days, for he is wise enough to know that
what 1t has taken nature ages to plan
and form cannot be all studied out in
the psalmist's span Of life. He wants
companions always and he finds them
wherever he goes. Friend or stranger,
high or low, wherever he goes, he al
ways finds companion, and daily adds
to his store of knowledge. He Is a great
student Of men and causes, and he has
his own way Of gathering information.
When he goes among the people, as he
has been doing the last sixty days, he
studiously avoids the politicians. They
are the last men to SEEK he says.
!" 1T Is my observation Mr.. Murdoch
said to correspondent Of The Star last
night that the best place to find what
the people are thinking about Is the
country drug store. The drug store is
usually the oldest established business in
town, 1t may change owners, but the
business stays and there the men Of the
little town and nearby farms are in the
habit of congregating after their work
hours, or on holidays. And they are
bright men, too, plain and homespun as
they may seem. Well, when was on
these trips lately, I hid out from the
leaders and found my way to the drug
store. Nobody knew me, but that, per-
haps. was all the better. At Medicine
Lodge, for instance, found them talking
about the Isthmian canal. When found
an opening modestly injected my boom
for Congress One man had heard Of my
father and introduced me to the crowd.
They all shook hands with me, in the SOL
emn and respectful fashion of rural COM
and then, without ceremony,
returned to the Isthmian canal as If |
had not come all the way to Medicine
Lodge to show them my boom. 1t took
my conceit down peg.
=" From the canal they drlfted to Theo-
dore Roosevelt, and so it was from Medi-
cine Lodge to Great Bend; all over, wher-
ever | went, the people were talking Of
the stupendous enterprise Of the TWEEN
tieth century and Of the wholesome man
who has come to the head Of the nation
have not lived very long, but I have
been about bit and seen public men,
and never In all my observation, or even
reading, have we had an American so
generally esteemed and respected by the
people as Mr.. Roosevelt. Old line and
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