The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-16
Miles and Bylcs.

Hon. WILLIAM ALEXANDER CASTOR can
stanch their binding tears that sJaked
the pages OF the letter wherein the Hon.
JOHN r. THAYER of Worcester waved
away the honor, already declined by
his Excellency the Hon. WILLIAM l..
DOUGLAS, OF being tho Democratic can
didate for Governor Of Massachusetts,
next fall. Though Mr.. DOUGLAS puts
away ambition and Mr.. THAYER's health
will not let him run against the Hon.
CURTIS GUILD. Jr, yet is the Massachu-
sets Democracy joyous and confident.
In spite OF the Vaccinations OF the poll
ticians, the peoples candidate, natural,
logical, inevitable and beautiful, now
fills the scene. Gen. NELSON APPLETON
MILES is in Berlin or somewhere else,
but his boom is marching on. More
and more Massachusetts is becoming a
summer resort. Sound business policy
requires that her decorative resources
in landscape and waterscape, in paint
ing and statuary, in all picturesqueness
and loneliness, material and human, be
increased and multiplied.
Even the farmers, hitherto too much
given to shortsighted practical" views,
feel the force Of the esthetic argument.
The mighty influence Of the militia, the
still mightier influence Of tried veteran
organizations of martialists like the
Ancients, the Lancers, the Worcester Con-
tinentals, is being used silently but ir-
resistibly in favor Of Gen. MILES, whose
thoughtful suggestions as to uniform
reform and brilliance of the toys Of war
have raised wave Of esthetio-military
emotion that eddies around the world.
Yes, even on the roofs and roof gardens
of the world, on the mountains Of Tibet,
in Kashmir and Nepal, Gen. MILES is
household word, and his image Is
crowding out BUDDHA.
1t is known that Gen. MILES would
have accepted either the Prohibitionist
or the Democratic nomination for Presi-
dent in 1904. The Drys are for him.
The Ancients, Lanoers Continentals and
other Vets are with" him. The anti
imperialists revere him. The imperial
lists admire him ss warrior. In short,
all Democrats, all Prohibitionists, all
Vets and many Republicans swear by
the General. He has full set OF views.
He has friends in all camps. What
is more and most Of all, he represents
the compulsive power of beauty, and the
esthetic sense. Soldier as he is, he stands
for peace with uniform.
Governor DOUGLAS made effective use
OF figures and pictures in his campaign.
Gen. MILEs,s figure is unrivaled in
Massachusetts, and moving pictures in
all the splendor Of oaparisons and evolu-
tions will bring him near to the bosom
Of every voter.
1t Ia a happiness to be able to say that
the Hon. EsEK BYLEs Of Toad Hill has
consented to take the second place on the
ticket with Gen. MILES. Mr.. BYLEs,
who is well and favorably known in the
hulled corn business, was mentioned as
a possible candidate for member Of the
Executive Council in 1908. AS men,
Der of the Great and General Court he
made reputation for his intelligent in
terest in the condition OF the Mashpee
Indians and the protection Of alewives.
His articles in the Massachusetts, Plough
man on the gypsy moth have been re-
printed by the Massachusetts Board Of
Agriculture. He has won the enthusiast
tic support of the young men OF Massa-
chusetts by his sturdy, though as yet
unsuccessful efforts for the appointment
of Board of Welfare Directors for the
laborers on the Cape Cod Canal. In
fact, he appeals to millions on the prac-
teal side as Gen. MILES does on the sem
timental, poetical and pulchritudinous.
MILES and BYLEs! Beauty and
strength! 1t cannot be beaten.