The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-29
WILLIAM PETERS HEPBURN
a STUDY IN CONFINES LEADERSHIP
a. STUDY IN CoNGl

Vl'lZ1l.l4<1lN f1El {
/ Is STUDY IN coNGRE
# 1T l1Y sAvOYA1tD.
and deserVediy SOL but his fame will
be II the less for the Imperfect system
81 y, rlai11e1,tary ggyern,maf1ndt oG
fnuch as they hated the despo t. !, 1n-
aesd. icense was more dread ,a by them
then agsre1y Aense Gs's Eoyepnn
Gus of iit.8S One notable example was
seen in 500, " hen tho people con- n
rison more enip ally than any other
administration was ever roployed sbo-
fore Or has bee i censured since 4 Y &!
fe !, aia nps t1tn
fore purstied. Such contempt e the
PEOPLES will ~ m en- II power II, mon
archical England would make q revolt.
There is5no& doubt that 4 the de spot
were endowed with tho genu s for nd
tnlnistration Of Napoleorl,, 4, 2 onaparte.t
Justice OF Edmund Burke, an h absolute
monarchy would Is be- the best n overn-
3ttt,ent man has yet Invented; lou Z tllc
innate selflshnesss Of our nature crops
places, and mon archy has produc ed more
hateful rulers like Caligula than,,,gtt
has wise prin ce II 90 Marcus yAurelius,
scamps like Henry Bof yalois, thtrdg.of
the name, to be sponsor for On tho
other hand, the rule a,of 20 pop ulace,
dominated by 4 cleon Is q worse I, oy7
There IS a happy medium govern
5ment by the repre- entatiyes Of a reo--
PIE thnt q the polty
the r oman empire and ovcrran West
ern Europe from the Baltic to the
Mediterranean. From them came the,
France. I the tPariiarnent 81 III gland, the
diet Of Germany, nd the Congress Of
America. This thing Of government
by representa- chosen by he poo
united Kingdom OF Great Britain and
ireland, whereiSthe House OF Commons
IS the ruler. In theory we have 1t IN
the United States; but. It has 4 degcn.
much tho ruler OF the American peo-
pie as Henry VI I..$was of@tho English.
or OF, i. Henry was Of the French. .,3
". + ur.lfathe rs , lla 9 no Z, feared the
EhatSsthe Presidents 81 Cabinet should
stion. q and thai Ca binet. with d tenure
e 81 esa ffe
resenta tivcs4 That would have given
us d representative government What
we have got q executive government.
Ought to Sbo the highest ONCE in tic
land. The n President OF tho United
/ Sta es ought to- be as much Sof h II fig
5nrehca q as the King Of England. As
| erful and irresponsible rulcr8in Christ
/ .efl q om.9 III y s.i.f II ss
]l . George Gilbert q Kentucky, thought
4 HcDbnrn the foremost man III Con-
lsress. and declared that the next gem
|eration wpul Id rel gard him as we do the
giants OF thirty ears Il ago-Blaine
'Beck Garfield, Lamar. Randall. Car.
1iera of that day. Su.nder bur "a system en-
4 iof presidential government Mr.. Hep.
l burn plays n com paratlvelyS small part
IL we had real parliamentary govern.
i ment, he would he#one among he half,
i Cabinet and the leadership5ac tho5Hous
4 Misrepresentation. He Ia the foremost
orator on The Republicans side, a. placi
4 heahas held h without .question since tn.
4 atirelyz rood the promise OF his splendid
A NAL en effort epburnl iss n OF mar
4 OF detail. He generalizes and Is OK
y ce'edtngly formidable ingEencral politI
i So Id ebatc.SSs; His chief fault Is a lacl
!. ne OF conflict l1eE sometimes Its Sbc
4 1owStthe belt. M n Ia neVcrss 60 nyicted8 q,
i, enemy Of polittcal Ssin; but he is aboM
\: the best man lin either house to In
s 50 hls,slde for tho CONFLICT IN az
but I HI defamation III he -
Z magnificent IL is worth az iournc;
u from the Mtlsisstppi to the Potomac t
a any Bourbo on r epublicant 10 hear bin
t pronounce 9,the words United States
t i when graphing with some 5unnatriot
'lic Democrat. 5J5 SS@. e.
y 5ySVi liam T. ss.9H epburn was Born /
Efssince 1874 nj e N was sixteen year
Z old When Iowa became State,.an
! managed to get q tolerable academi
! educa ton. He was printer. perhap
I anS editor. but studied law and bega
J. the prac tice the year he attained hi
!, ma jority. y As {; II epburns descended. II
J. Edoubt, from a. colonel Of one OF thos
t reg imeft ssI anne sent 7 y! the cor
unent to help #hi s son-l law, III til
II ;Elector Palatine, sin the Thirty Year
II victory to VI Glory undera#the eye AZ
e Gust a;Yus Ado lp hus. VI hen9wa r. anne 4
|. THIS people in.1 S61, this young West
s ern# lawyer LEFT his Office forgt the .flel
e !ner,t when the struggle was ended. Il
/, was a olltlcian from q oyhood N al
Z. g 8deleEate the Republlcan nations
81 |3conventionSlthat nominated M Abraha
- 1-IllcOln III 10 oU.SIEf le WAS EttWlC6 a pres
= dental lector5 for the State a large
- 1876 and 1888. IT e. did not gain a se;
y In Congress- until he was forty-seyt
n years old. and It's a pity that he25w,
:, not chosen. to that body q least twel,
= years earlier. He served three term
:, when he was app ointed sollcitor&oft tt
q Treasury by President Harris on; b
- h 8 was VI eturned 4 to x the 81 III fty.thi
q Con gress in 1892, and has b een$, a mer
r. lber OF that q be dy ever since.
" Tho Iowa delegation In the rift
ar third Congress was very stron 6, CO.
81 tatning Gear Iend ersonn. Cousins. ~
s.. H epburn. One r ofi&the Senator'S fro
IN that State was lanes i. 35s5 " lson.it
Of man who was e ternallys expected to &
ira great things. e 9 was one OF the ma
IS, ayers o e The. i'm pea hment q AM
ms Johnson and Ills friends claimed tn
to he was the hes t. lawye Of the bunc
te but Ben Butler got all the.sI ppla az
an given that desperate proceed Ing "
X son later got to the Senate. and serv
CO there for years. but lie ne yer Il Sc + t
s. Potomac afire. III Q belonged & to- tn
at class, all too numerous, no promi
in everything in the flower II and ne
lc.5 littl In the fruit, 8aIe lied durtugPit