Morris tribune., 1905-07-15
WHAT MAKES THE MAN.


inheritance in wealth, influence and fame. To
day, at forty-two, he is at the head of the dom
inant party in his state; the senior senator in
one of the strongest delegation in congress; one
of tbs most considerable and influential men in
the United States senate.
AS old as Benjamin Franklin and Alexand-
er Hamilton, who from the unknown and
poor to the highest rank in human achievement,
is the story of Senator Beverage. His boyhood
was obscured, and yet glorifed by severe toll in
logging camps and on the farm. His young
manhood consumed and yet strengthened
by unremitting application to his books and to
the daily and nightly tasks that were necessary
to keep him at school and college. He worked
early and late, wore old clothes and swept out
offices. He picked up tools of drudgery and
sacrifice which others scorned He carved out
his own footholds in the steep ascent of
achievement
| There was time when a story like this
could only be explained by the wand of some
good fairy the miraculous power of Alad
din's lamp. But today it not uncom
mon story,and we know the that pro-
duce it, In the autobiography of one of the
greatest if not the gre attest, of all Americans,
the secret is told in a line. "By my ener-
gy and application says Benjamin Franklin.
have raised myself to the position which L
have since attained" That is the secret. He
raised himself. Lincoln a rail-splitter;
Henry Clay was called the "NIil Boy of the
Slashes;' Stanton worked on ferry boat; Gar
field drove mule along the towpath; John ia
cob Astor and A. T. Stewart came penni1ess ali
ems to the shores where they grew up to be
merchant princes. There is inherited great
like that of the early struggle.-Indanapo
Star.
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We have received nice bunch of circulars
asking to start bicycle boom again. The
bicycle has found it's place, and it is a matter
for congratu1ation that the "craze" and the CEN
fury has died. Let it sleep.
Japan is improving the time before the
peace conference meets in picking up trad
ing stock" such as the island of Saghalian and
the Amoor 1ittoral It will be remembered that
during the Spanish war; Uncle Sam picked up
Porto Rico after peace was practically assured.
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Tom Nowsall, that erudite correspondent
of the The Mortified News who by the way q
does not "knowsall," intmates that Senator !
Eberhart wabbly the demurrage bill. e
AS a matter of fact Senator Eberhart voted for 6
the bill. Nowsall can satisfy his mind this Q
point by looking mp the senator's record Man 3
kato Free Press q
Why don't Senator Eberhart acknowledge
that he "wabbly" the demurrage bill, g
and then say why. The demurrage bi1at z
east the one before the Legislature this winter
was not the endinga11 of railroad legislation
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In the action to set aside the Mabel Evens =
mineral lease which was brought to the notice of
he public last fall, Attorney General Young 9
has raised question which may render void 9
all the mineral leases of the state He attacks q
as unconstitutional the law under which the g
eases were made the ground OF the private q
nature of the transaction. The steel trust o
which has tied up every foot of proved min !
7ral land in the state at 25 cents ton for the u
ore, is naturally somewhat worried. IF the Q
steel trust compelled to disgorge, the .
school children of Minnesota would be the 2
richer.
Governor Johnson has refused to allow the
bill of Commissioner Seabury for services as
member of the state capitol commissioners. Z
The bill asks for pay nearly every day of the ID
year, and is largely made up of such items as
clearing applicants for positions" and Confer III
ring with" different state officials. The nten- I
ton of the law creating the commission to
allow pay and travelling expenses only when
IL bald aa4i-, nd off, 1fiN