The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-12-31
UNCLE JOE is RIGHT.

He is always cheerful and hopeful,
though well advanced in years.
He is speaker of the house, and
at times this body becomes turbulent
and unruly but Uncle Joe Is never
Illustrated. He preserves his equani-
nifty and the placidity of his temper
is surprising to every one His life
has been one continuous smile, anl
now that he IS well advanced in years
the smile will not wash of.
Commenting on the carking cries
and ululant bewailments Of the dis
pirited, Uncle Joe declared that the
good old times Of which the reminis-
cent and those who shrink from the
demands of the present love to tel
would be considered very bad Old
times were they here now. The pres
ent time is the best time this world
has ever seen, and times are growing
better every year, because people are
growing better and the evolutionary
processes are working out their les-
tiny.
The great men are not all dead, he
asserts; the great lawyers and doc
tors. statesmen and architects, patri-
OTIS and soldiers. The good in the world
is increasing and the evil is disap.
pearing every day.
Uncle Joe is right We have dishon-
est people in and out Of public life,
no doubt, but fewer, relatively, than
in the early days. European govern
ments were filled with corruption and
intrigue, bribery and disloyalty. Nh.
chavelli was not sui generis. He was
one of thousands, and we know him
only because he amused himself by
writing down for the edification of
posterity a treatise on the character
Of diplomacy prevalent in his day.
For this his name has been made syn.
onymous with one of the most odious
adjectiyes nthe language.
What was practiced in Florence was
practced elsewhere in insular and
continental Europe and in the early
days of our government our stat s.
men were not as sensitive as they
might have been. The great Frank
lin, not knowing how the cat would
jump, made provision against eventu-
alities by secretly deciding his prop.
erty to his son-in-law, who was 10y
al Britisher For many years h9 nc
cepted an honorarium from the
French government of $1,000 a yea
in payment for keeping that govern
ment advised of everything transpi-
ing on this side of the Atlantic of in
terest to Paris. Nowadays we would
say that he acted as a French spy
for a stipulated price. our modern pa
triots would hesitate to do this.
Our literature compares unfavorj.
bly, with the ancient classes. TO be
sure; but wait until our literature at.
tains to classic age, whom every
thing that is ephemeral and which
does not contain the principle or life
in it has passed away and the little
that will then remain will appear in
greater perfection to posterity. Had
all the literature of what to us are
the classic ages come down to us, all
that was purile. all that was amateur
ish, all that was inane and pulseless,
in fine, all the romanticism, we would
look in vain for classicism and be dis
posed to condemn the entire mass.
As to our manner of living, it is
surely much better than ever before.
Day laborers enjoy now as ordinary
necessities and comforts what was
beyond the dreams of the kings of
old.
Civilization is on a higher plane
and the world at large is better than
ever and CHEEKY mortals like Uncle
Cannon are in position to caue' peo-
pie to realize the fact,-Ncws.Scim-
itar.