Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-08-04

caution and common sense. His astute
and trained enemies-I am not abus-
ing them, | presume l must admit it
was legitimate, political warfare-con-
cocted all sorts OF schemes to catch
him, laid all sorts Of traps for him,
applied all sorts Of questions to him,
butt II, at any moment, they got the
better OF him / failed to see it. The
truth is, as a rule, they were badly
worsted. 1t rs folly to attempt to con-
vince intelligent people that a man
passed through such a series OF fights
and achieved such triumphs without
unusual ability.
But he possesses that which is far
better than mere intellectually. His
b~ltterest enemies who are at all fair,
frankly admit that he is a man of ex-
emplaTy habits and splendid moral
character. As christianity spreads
and civilization, her hand maid, ad-
yances, men are more and more be-
coming possessed Of the sublime truth
that goodness is greatness Let pes
simists say what they will, the world
IL constantly growing better. Step by
step the meek and lowly Nazarene is
advancing, ray by ray the millennial
dawn is gathering. The eternities are
Gods and He will take His time. The
sublime rule OF moral merit that
greatness should be measured In pre-
else proportion to a mans moral
worth and his services to his race, is
surely and steadily pushing itself to.
the fore. Already In neighborhonds,
IL is the man Of integrity and not the
genius who is the man Of standing and
Influence. AS knowledge is dissent.
mated and the red lightning and the
telephone bring men close together
and the neighborhood is vastly ex-
tended, this rule will take the world
The speeches Of no great orator, SO
far as l know, are read, who was
not regarded as a good man in his
time. Byron ccnfessedly, the great
est poetic genius any land has pro-
duced, still reigns in the cold intellect,
but good old John Bunyan far out
ranks him In the real source Of power. |
the hearts Of men. His beautiful
allegory has been translated Into
scores Of languages and read by
millions where Byron is totally un-
known. One by one the stars Of
earth's b%enefactors are shining forth
In the armament OF history, and one
by one the bloody orbs, of military
heroes are waning and disappearing.
washington, handing back his sword
TO congress, when be might have been
a king; ~Cincinnatus, called from his
pillow, to the defense OF his country;
Moses %renouncing honors Of Egypt, To-
become the leader of a despised and
d~own-trodden people; Paul, the most
polished and logical intellect in all
swapping the blandlsh-
ments OF fame for the stripes inflicted
upon bis back for his Masters sake,
will be remembered and loved when
Alexander the Great and Caesar and
.harlameyne and Napoleon are Sleep
Ing in oblivion. When the dogs Of war
are all slain; when the fife and drum
shall cease, and the voice Of the red
nouthed cannon shall be hushed for
sver. Goodness is greatness, the
motto Of the angles, shall some sweet
lay, ring around the world. /
There Is o other quality Of my
'andidate which, reared amidst the |
civilization Of the west as l have been, !
appeals 10 me above all others. It
will be OF immense advantage to him
when he is governor. Throughout
America and especially here In I'm
'erial Missouri we all admire courage. J
No man has ever denied this quality
o the young nan | am nominating.
Whatever else may be said about the
'eople Of the south, they are not
owards. Bravery vas bred and born
o my candidate in his old home down .
be Mississippi. As / watched bis ex- a
Iibition d this quality In his rapid c
nd marvellous race for the governor t
hip my admiration rose to a higher /
than when l read Lew Wallace's c
'onderful pen picture Of the chariot
nee in Ben Hur. /,
/ see him now as be takes bis place .
q the track. Tremendous odds were .
him. The political almanac {
ad been completed but 1t did not con- !
hin bis name ~Stupendous influenced
ogged bis way. Skilled politicians