The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-11

1 HE philosopher hath truthfully NY said. What happy world this
 would be if there were no ambi- ton" The half-formed musings of child hood. the fire of youth and the one great passion of manhood from maturity to the grave-ambition has dominated the world from the day when Adam and Eve as- plred to possess all knowledge until Will liam Jennings Bryan made his last great fight in the democratic national conven- ton. Poets rant of the havoc wrought by love which they euphoniously and ad- miringly style "the divine passion" In responsible for happy homes. domestic bliss and untold woe; it has swayed the conqueror and the humble peasant with equal power, but that strange craving for something grander and greater which we call ambition, has been responsible for the rise and fall of kingdoms, the struggles of vast armies on bloody fields and the ruin of splendid cities It has spurred unwilling genius on to great achievements in literature, art and science; it has build ed the fabric of our civilization and may truthfully be said to be the primary cause of every great achievement in the worlds history. But yet this ambition is a doubt full friend and a pitiless enemy 1t brings tears and anguish to sensitive souls; 1t and goads the triumphant conqueror on up the rugged hill when his brain is faint, and his feet falter on the way; in it's ex- alted form 1t has brought widespread suf- fering on the world and in it's debased form it has nurtured crime; when we would gladly rest by the wayside amidst inviting bowers to while the hours away in pleasant pursuits it comes stealthly with it's reproaches. the conscience is aroused and we stumble onward leaving behind happiness. peace and contentment in the empty pursuit of honor. The man without towering ambition may never adorn hstory's page; his name may never be sounded in the halls of fame as one of the great; he may never taste the sweet portion of adulation and world wide homage, but his chances of being happy in the shade of his own vine and fig tree are far greater than those of the man WnOSt tdBcl eye ID iiaCu al ways ph thol distant, glittering pinnacle which is fame.
 Judge Parkers daughter says that she rooted enthusiastically when her father was nominated at St. Louis. She confesses that she could not help it, and there are few to blame her for such natural display of paternal patriotism. Mrs. Hall does not aspire to be a female suffragist. she has not made herself con spicuous by endeavors to reform an er- ring humanity and her enthusiasm at the convention will not be adversely crit icized. While it was rather surprising that the daughter of the New York jurist ex- ploded so suddenly it must be remem- bered that the judge has now ceased to play the role of sphinx. and what the Parkers have to say will no doubt fill much space in newspapers between now and election time.
 The Rev. Sam Small waged a strenuous campaign in behalf of William Randolph Hearst, who aspired strenuously to be President of the United States that he spent nearly a million and half dollars
 In the attempt. Now there is no doubt that the Rev. Sam Small worked hard for his candidate and demonstrated that he is