Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-05-15
WELLMAN WILL TRY
TO REACH NORTH POLE
HAS WRITTEN LAST ARTICLE ON
THE TARIFF QUESTION.
Hls Decision Will Be Great Relief to
Nsssrs. Aldrleh, Cannon and osL
zslI-wIH Sail In August.

MtAAAuaNs 70 Aue great loss OF the
Democratic party, has written his last
article ON tariff-making at the special
session Of Congress.
Wellman will devote his time for
the next couple OF weeks preparing
for another attempt 90 reach the
North Pole in an airship
Wellman was In the midst OF a
campaign Of expose OF the AIdrich.
CannOn-Dalzell crowd. when HIS news
paper, The Chicago Record Herald.
announced his intention 20 give up
newspaper work for the present and
90 iit out another expedition 20 20 I'm
search Of the North Pole.
An Of which viii undoubtedly be
q great relief 70 the said Messrs. Al.
drich. Cannon and Dalzeli. and per.
haps 10 President Taft, whose in
ability to manage the big Three"
was frequently set out by wellman
IN q striking manner.
Wellman's departure from the heId
Of tariff debate right at this. moment
is Of political importance. weIlman
has a following In the West that
causes political managers TO take no.
tice Of what be writes. What gives
his writings more or less importance
politically IL that IN addition 20
thousands Of personal readers, hun
dreds Of editors Of independent news
papers throughout the West repubIish
parts OF hiss articles and follow his
lead frequently on bis parliamentary
questions.
Wellman supported Taft. His pa.
per Is an administration" paper. too.
However. WeIlman has scored the
Payne bin and It's high duties un-
mercifully from the day Il was report
ed. He has not referred 90 the Pres
ident with much frequency. more than
70 make Il plain that the AIdrich
crowd Is the real head OF the Repub-
hcan party. and that no matter what
Taft wants. he viii have 60 take what
Aldrich wishes him 10.
We regret and deplore the fact
that Wellman Is leaving Washington
just AT the moment the fight Is hot
test, said a Democrat OF prominence
today. we believe Wellman has
made thousands Of votes for the Dem.
oeratic party. No doubt the stand.
Datters and al those whose sympa.
thies are with the stand-patters. win
not shed any tears over the fact Well
man has written his last article on
tariff revision"
In his farewell article Weuman
states that the trip he Is about 20
undertake Is not being financed by
any newspaper. but by friends I'm the |
East He expects. conditions being |
favorable, 10 sail In the Airshlp |
America from Danes Island. spltz |
bergen, sometime in August. The /
America, which Is the second largest /
airship yet built. viii carry when Il |
sails for the pole a crew Of three |
men, three tons OF gasoline for the |
engines, food for a year. sleds. sled
dogs, and other REQUISITES for a So
journ IN the arctics.
The quest for the pole the writer
regards as unfinished work" says
Wellman. "and there Is something In
every man worth his salt which i'm
peis him on 20 finish. or al least TO
Try 20 with all his might 10 finish.
that which be has begun. Even those
who disaDproye OF the judgment. or
impulse. which led TO entrance upon
this task-and they are many-may
be- more lenient In their opinion OF
the Dertinacity with which Il Is FOL.
lowed up.
To reach the North Pole has been
the ambition Of many through the
centuries. Il Is the last great thing
20 be done In working out the destiny
OF man 10 explore. conquer and know
all Of the earth that was given him
90 live upon 90 rule. The quest Of
the North POle-and the South Pole
Is a Law OF gravity within man. n
- the ail-impelling instinct 90 know
All OF the unknown; "a matters not
wherein the depths OF the sea. high
In the air, In the mystery 90 the ori.
gin OF life. IA the greater puzzle OF
he hereafter. IN the whisperings OF
he occult world. IN the geologic rec
'rds o. ne ages past In the mimi
'iae ~ chemistry. al the solar -
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