Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-06-22

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70 gain political point And had
mapped ont what would say to induce
him to go on Instead after few
Of those stereotyped mortaary sen
fences, he shifted to politics and was
presently showing me that her death
had hardly interrupted his plannings
for the presidential nomination. As
for the Judgment" | had forgotten
that IN his religion his deity WINS al
ways on his side and his mistortunes
we're always Of the evil one These
deitles OF men Of action Man with
bis god ventrilnquist punpet in his
pocket, and with his conscience an old
dog Tray at his heels, needing ne lead
ing string
However, II gave me shock. this
vivid reminder from Burbank Of the
slavery OF amhition--ambition the
vice of vices. For II takes its victims
all--lnoral. mental, physical And,
while ether vices rarely wreck any but
small men or injure more than what is
within their small circles Of influence.
ambition seizes only the superior and
sets them on TO use their superior
powers TO blast communities, states.
nations. continents. Yet II Is called
d virtue And men who nave sold
themselves to ii and for II TO the last
shred of manhood are esteemed and,
mystery of mysteries, esteem them,
selves!
/ had come to Burbank to manuiac-
ture him into a president His wife
and | had together produced an ex-
cellent raw material Now, TO make
1t up into the finished products
He pointed to the filingcases that
covered the west wall of his library
from floor to ceiling. from north win
dow to south Il base my hope OH
those--next to you, of course said
he. Then with his "woeful widowera
pose, he added: They were her sug.
gestions,"
looked at the filing-cases and walt
ed for him to explain.
when we first married." he went
on presently, she said. 1t seems to
me. II | were a public man, | should
keep everything relating to myself
every speech, all that the newspapers
said. every meeting and the lists OF
| the important people who were there,
notes OF all the people i ever met any,
where, every letter or telegram or note
i received. II you do, you may find
after a few years that you have an
enormous list of acquaintances. You've
| forgotten them because You meet SO
many, but they will not have forgot
pal figures at the meeting or recep-
ton That's in substance what she
said And so, we began and kept IL
up"--he paused in his deliberate man.
| ner, compressed his lips, then added
together"
opened one of the filingcases,
glanced at him for permission, took
out a slip Of paper under the MS. II
was covered with notes, in Mrs. Bur
banks writing,Aof a reception given
| to him at the Manufacturers Club In
st. Louis three Tears before A lct
of names, after each snm reminders
of the standing and personal appear.
ance of the man. Another slip, taken
at random from the same box con-
tanned similar notes Of trip through
Montana eight years before.
Wonderful" / exclaimed, as the
full value of these Accommodations
doomed in my mind Il knew that she
was an extraordinary woman. Now l
see that she had genius for politics. "
His expression--a peering through
that eternal pose OF his-made me re-
wise my first Judgment OF his mourn
ing. For caught glimpse Of real
human being, one who loved and lost.
looking grief and pride and gratitude.
IF she had left me two or three years
earlier" he said in that solemn, pos
ing tone. II doubt IL should have got
one step further AS 1t is, ] may be
able to go on, thought have lost
my staff"
What fantastic envelopes does man,
after he has been finished by nature.
wrap about himself in his efforts to
improve her handiworki Physically.
even when most dressed. we are
naked in comparison with the en-.
swathings that hide our real mental
and moral. serves from one another
and from ourselves.
My campaign was based on the
contents of those fling-cases.
learned all the places throughout the
west-cities. towns, centrally-located
villa ges-where he had been and had
made an impressions; and by simple
and obvious means we were able TO
convert them into centers of the Bur
bank BOOM" ! could afterward trace
to the use we made OF those memo.
randa the direct getting of no less
than 107 delegates to the national CON
vention-and that takes no account
of the vaster indirect value OF so
much easily worked-up, genuine I'M
purchased and uapurchasable Bur
bank sentiment" The man OF only
local prominence, whom Burbank re-,