The Washington herald., 1907-05-23
l Political and poetleal Marvel.

To The washington Herald Oiuef coN-
tributions TO the gayetv Of nations ana
the progress Of the world we now desire
to add the discovery Of a District of Co
lumbia prodigy whose self-confcssed quail
idcations for the Presidency are such as
to strike terror to the souls OF all other
aspirants. and. who, moreover, is near
poet compared with whom his rivals fade
into absolute and utter insignficance.
Having promised the electoral vote of the
District to the Hon. Hoke Smith, we are
obviously debarrcd from the privilege Of
supporting this local candidate, but we
conceive it to be our duty 10 herald his
claims 70 a waiting world, nevertheless.
This new Richmond I'm the fields Of pol
itlcs and poesy is known as Charles Va
den Barton. but. ON his own authority.
We are enabled 20 assert that he is en-
titled TO the more romantic cognomen OF
Earl. Count Courtney From the same
uuimnpachable source we gather that the
count is "the only man who knows how
to bring about the millennium IN order 10
CO which il is necessary that he have
the high and honorable Office Of Presi-
dent" SO that he may "use his influence
with might and effect" All these things,
and many more. we CLEAN from a series
of publications for which Earl. Count
Courtney. is responsible, and the attrac.
tive subject of the contents OF which is
Earl. Count Courtney The count has q
platform. but il is too deep and saplent
10 be even outlined by q mere scrihbler
for the press. The count Is a dreamer Of
dreams. and, quoting the same unchal-
lengeable authority az heretofore. 'the
advantage he will have over all other
candidates is that the people will not have
10 wait until he has been elected by their
votes To carry out his spiritual messages.
bat they can begin at once to put them
into operation. the same as though he
were already elected President" "The
dream prophet challenges any candidate
for the Presidency as to which can fur
nish the best policy for the general good
Of the people. the count tells Us. Il am
rot afraid of any other candidate any
more than ann of a child, if merits could
win against money and influence of the
aristoCratic classes. and if any man will
run against me strictly on his merits. 7
can safely say ! would have but a weak
opposition" When we relate that the
count was visited recently by a commit
tee Of statesmen who have gone TO their
reward that they handed him a mirror.
that he looked i'm it. and said: why. I
look just Ike Lincoln" and that. there
upon. they said. yes. you are another
Lincoln. count. q ruler. and We viii in
struct you how to SO, the whole world
free none but carping and captioUs
critics viii deny the justice OF what the
count SAYS of himself
Having established the soundness Of the
counts claims TO political prefermeut. we
submit the following extract from his
campaign song to establish his position
as T ucar-poet.
MY naro is Count Courtney a man q rln-vu
I challenge the rrrd t1 debate
On any political ~rHirCt that vul may propose
For my name it IS really aT stake
To Che President chair Is my aim.
To be- a great ruler Of men.
And while ] am dreaming Ill sing this refrain
III sing 10 again aud again.
th1T=-
I'm r. I'm IT, I know that I'm r..
7 know that I am the r-al thing
m IT, I'm u. I know that I'm IT,
I know that I am the real thing"
We could submit more proof Of the mag
nitUde Of the counts mental equipment.
but what's the use? Have we not said
enough TO demonstrate the correctness Of
his own modest assertion that his super
iority over all other candidates for the
Presidency I'm 1905 is as an electric arc
light IS in brilliancy and perfection over
q candle?"
We think we have, az any rate.
The baseball park management may yet