The morning journal-courier., 1908-08-06

of the nation And they were timely and mighty phillipics in the day when they were published. President Roosevelt has said, As an ex-presi- dent MT, Cleveland has served his country well and faithfully by the simplicity, dignity and uprightness ot his private life"
 The great pr Osler once 9old | foolish thing our greatest men are takes. Dr. osler from his high pos ition said something which scared many people, He said men were really old at forty. About as silly a thing ns any great man has aald for long time, No new thoughts af- ter forty No new movement of the mind after forty All is stereotyped and sterllty after forty. And some men in the forties who were still do- ing pretty good work began to trem- be, History gives the lie to the st1te- ment. Some young men have done some brilliant things, To wit; Poe and Pitt and Napoleon. But the best work of mems lives has been done af- ter they were forty, and in most in- stances after they were fifty. That ls strkngly true of ex-Presldent Cleve- land.
 Young men, study this man, He Is dead and gone, but his record Is with us. Study the man. There ls no more helpful study for young men than the study of character and achievement. Every man has them. No man Is perfect. Perfection Is plant that does not bloom in this cline. You do not know n man until you know his weaknesses. Study them, not to abuse them nor to copy them, hut to learn the lesson they teach. Then note carefully his points of strength. They are many They are of the highest quality Finl out for yourself the traits which put him to the fore, made him world figure and great man. The best study for man is man, Young men. take note of that
 II ls great thing to be selected by s0,000,000 of people to be their leader and administrator. It is hardly con ceivable that a had man, or oven a weak man. can be elected president of these United States, There is the possibility. I admit. But harlly the probability few men can to a foolish thing, They can vote way their bread and butter, and put medl- ocracy in control on election day; but We can scarcely think of the ma jority doing It. Mir Cleveland's elec- ton to the presidency was never a mistake.
 He was n democrat But nc was bigger and better than his party. He | had to make that clear upon more than one occasion. No man an he good president who Is not bigger and better than his party Mir Cleve- land was a rare democrat He Is tho | only man the party has been able tc | elect In half Q century He was not on our ticket. and some of us did no' vote for him, But he was elected Subsequent events have proven that was call for such q man. He nat to come from the party out of power ! The man wns ready He was found i He came. He did his work. He lit 1t well. He was honest 10 a fault. II, i was firm as a Gibraltar He was no n master in approaching men apd il handling men. or he might have don, better. Rut he was face to face witt serious problems, he met them anc solved them He did his work and h, ! did it we'll
 Sometimes it Is necessary to defea the party in power. When the .part,
 in power becomes audacious, | always in order ;o rebuke audacity The republicans have a big majorit, in this state II isn't best for an
 party to have too great margin. NJ
 party owns the country No par,
 has mortgage on the offices. If tn
 majority in our commonwealth's part
 nominates the wrong man for goyer
 nor next fall, it may prove n handioa
 to the party That sounds like poli
 tics, does it? Well, it isn't politics. I
 Is preaching II is the gospel. Tn
 gospel that saves--it saves the gov
 ernment, saves our liberty and ou
 homes. The winning party mus
 nominate only the best men.
 MT Cleveland had his difficulties 3
 the start II was a struggle for a
 education, climb to the summit. II
 was the son of minister. Minister
 sons az rule are born poor, and the
 have to work their way to the tor
 That may not be a bad thing. One c
 our ablest state editors has said sorne
 thing about "The value of hand
 cap. A good many minister's son
 have forged their way to prominenc
 and great usefulness No one Ina
 done it more successfully than Grove
 Cleveland.
 Note the steps of advance. Fir.
 we find him a young lawyer, strue
 eline for living Then he Is eleate
 sheriff of Erie County He left tn
 office and the county a great des
 cleaner and better than he found i Then we see him mayor of Bulfal,
 Then governor of the empire ,tat
 Then twice president of the republ
 Tn every office a success. Nowhe, the tool of anybody Nowhere failure. And he made his suce 3, himself In spite of tremendous l(
 against him. In the face of'incomp, tents, in subordinate positions. | succeeded. And he bade US adlc , from the summit Crowned wit honor, rich with glory he passed Q , from the presence and appreciation , the world, to meet his God an1 to z ] his destiny. A man of worth An his place is secure in history. MT Cleveland's aim was 70 kno
 the right once having a conceptic { of what was right, he had the courae l to do the right, Nothing on cart could swerve him from it. Convictic and courage do not always go togetl , CT. With him they did. He was
 much hated man So is MT. Roos tnatt |, t,,,Y I