Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-25
MASTERY ADDRESS
BY HUGH BROWN
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presidency became patent during his
gubernatorial incumbency of Ohio. He
is as thoroughly and completely the
candidate of his party as man could
be. 1t was only state loyalty to few
favorite sons that withheld from him
the almost unanimous vote of the
convention; and even some of the
delegates from the favorite-sor
states cast their ballots for the fav,
orite son with the accompanying dec.
laration on the floor of the conven.
ton that personally they favored
Taft.
Our American political life has
gained much these late years through
the new tradition which precludes the
possibility of reputable or author.
itative attack on the private life and
character of any of the candidates OF
the great parties. Now and hence
forth, the first credentials of such
candidates will be a clean manhood
and pure fireside. Thus much, all
their fellow countrymen gladly con-
cede both to Mr.. Bryan and to Mr.
Taft Both men are admitted to be
great Americans; high-minded gentle
men, with an irresistible charm OF
manner and blameless personal char
acter. Both are heads of houses,
and their home life is typical of the
best American firesides.
But all this is not enough. The
people of the country generally are
beginning to regard the great Office
of the presidency not as reward to
go solely to exalted manhood, politi-
cal leadership, or military genius,
but solemn responsibility to be i'm
posed upon the citizen whose exper-
fence and training in governmental
affairs logically equip him for the
specific task. Viewed from this cold
standpoint of public business, how do
these two men compare?
For many years one has been a
private citizen, the other a public
servant; one lecturer and pub
Usher, the other jurist and admin
istrator; one has been circuiting our
lecture platforms with the ancient
and beautiful story of the Prince of
Peace" while the other has been cir
cutting the worlds chancellories
with the new and complex Problem
of Peace" One has been an author
of tracts, the other craftsman OF
treaties. One a maker of maxims,
the other a maker of markets. The
nimble Nebraskan has backed down
trail of retreat from one political
theory to another; the resourceful
Ohioan has clambered up the high
way of public service from one bril-
liant achievement to another, with
never a single failure or defeat
charged against him, winning his way
both at home and abroad-Uncle
Sans great utility man--now ad-
mitted both at home and in foreign
lands to be one of the relatively few
giant figures in the field of interna-
tional politics.
In broad and wholesome sense
he is citizen of the world He
knows both hemispheres, and is not
an unfamiliar figure in their capitals
and among their ministers. He
knows the Pacific as well as the At
lantic He not only comprehends
our domestic situation and affairs
but with a clear eye and far vision
he also comprehends our country and
our people in our relation to the
whole world. In these new days
when we are fairly and irrevocablJ
launched upon the sea of world poll
tics. when the silent war for market.
is in full tilt-a tactical contest
among all the great powers to con
troll the channels and the highway
of trade which encircIe the earth, in