The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-10-18
Personal RECOMMENDATION.
The Ntodesty of Editor Graves, Of
Atlanta. Ga, Candidate for the
Senate.

In the lush, warm imagery of Geor-
gian English the Hon. John Temple
Graves, of Atlanta, announces his can
didacy for the United States senate, to
succeed the Hon. Augustus Octavius
Bacon Few men, if any, are gifted
with such unerring accuracy as John
Temple Graves displays in his picture
of himself Benvenuta Cellini had
such a gift, and his delineation of his
own character has come down as one
of the most delightful glimpses into
the human heart that could be i'm
mortalized in language. But Benven-
uta had his limitations. He never ran
for office, and therefore could not i'm
press upon his readers his intense love
of the people and his own surprising
qualifications for serving them.
John Temple Graves, in two col
umns of solid nonpariel, paints his
own portrait He is buxom and come
ly, endowed with the eloquence SO
sadly lacking in the. senate, and in the
full flush and vigor of a glorious man
hood. st am in the full tide of ply
sical strength and vigor," he says,
"and have two years between me and
my fftietl birthday. Every faculty
of mind and body is at its best and
highest. If I know myself, 7 am fair
and just by temperament and consti-
tutionl''
Note the modest touch-'If I know
myself Why, the man has studied
himself from birth and there is no
body he knows better. And he is in
love. ct love the Democratic party,
not in the spurious loyalty of spoils,
but from an inherited and cultivated
conception of the mighty mission and
meaning of Democracy. I love the
people, and L have faith in them be-
cause 1 am one of them" knowing
himself so WE'LL he knows that he can
love and trust the people so long as
he is one Of them.
John Temple Graves does not want
the senatorship for the glory or the
money, but because Of an unquecha.
BILE desire to serve the State. He IS
inspired by the belief that if given the
opportunity he can so utilize the store
of experience and knowledge he has
accumulated, informed as it is with
genius and zeal, as to make the name
of Georgia still more glorious, and to
sustain the traditions Of her forecast
ing and constructive craftsmanship in
the highest arena of eloquent de-
bate
John Temple Graves training for
the office he seeks has been assiduoUs
and varied Il have joined in con-
troversial debate he remarks, with
the assembled legislatures OF five
Western and Northern States. with
the controversialists of>every great
Chautaueua. platform, with in:ern2-
tional parliaments, and with nearly
every great college and university in
the republic He modestly refrain$
from adding what the whole world
knows-that these asse'n.,Iel. legis:a-
lures, ChautauQua stars, colleges and
universities bit the dust Of humiliat-
ing and utter defeat Then he asks q
question which can only be answered
by a thunderous affirmative:
IF you agree that I have sustained
national arena, and that you have
suffered no discredit at my hands as a
private citizen, is it presumptuous in
me to believe that, with the States
high commission in my hands, I would
be able to represent you in the Amer
| lean senate as faithfully and capably
as it has been my rejoicing privilege
to represent you as a private citizen
in the great assemblies of the age?"
Finally, as an irrestible inducement
| John Temple Graves promises to
leave the senate when he can hold on
no longer: "I am willing to render
back your high commission in the
very hour that my powers begin to
fail me or my energies to wane."
Can Georgia resist such an appeal?
Will it permit such a wee, modest
flower to blush unseen? It cannot be.
Let the queller Of Chautauquas and
international parliaments be sent to
the senate by the unanimous vote OF
the people he loves with such passion
ate devotion.-Washing Post.
Toxic, October 1.-THE British
steamer Leho struck a floating mine
east of Sheantung and sank. Fifteen