The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-27
THE GRAND YOUNG NAN.
Now seen IN TITS True CoIors a. tne IN.
suPGent VINO would Ne Boss

To THE EpIroR or The suN-Sir. II
! may bs presumed that Indiana politics
are % some interest In the Fast. particularly
Republican politics. since Indiana h nor
mally Republican. In apaakinR Of Repub-
lican politics Ne in Indiana are now. by
force Of circumstances. enabled TO speak
Of senator BeveridRe. that person having
hitherto held hts patent Of once by virtue
! Of being -enshrined In the hearts OF the
people, to quote himself on himself Hnh-
erto that gentleman, in politics. has been
Hippolytus pure. disdAining the orRanixa-
ton and preaching the principles Of the
party without association with the vulgar
body Of the mAchins
Even 40 short . time ago a. the lA~t cam
paign senator BevsridFs would scarcely
agree to enter the State of Indiana even
TO preach party principles and to satisfy
the aEoraphily that II ~ generally adj
mltted Possesses him-which he satisfied
u part by q tour OF the West. to the neglect
% hIs own constituency. But now, the
Gods beholdi-he has ravtshed the state
oTGaninationi he has made a revenue service
appolnfee Of his own state chairman. he
has made his private secretary secretary
OF the State committee: he has appointed
the brOther-in-law OF his present senior
secretary to the state board OF elect ION
commissioners, Ignoring the party in gen
s-Gn. H.; and; as a PLom,heInt p2,itlelan who
forming a CLOSED corporation OF hts own
personal adherents Whether the young
and ambitious workers OF the party Will
stand for a personal BsveridRs machine
with any more grace than they stood for a
personal Fairbanks machine. to the dis
advantage OF the general party interests.
will stand for tt MeSnwhile. the old
guard Of the Republicans preach the yir-
turkey hen, -embalmed- in verse by Mar
jorie Fleming. are
- more than usual calm
And tdol not give a single dam
because. u Beyertdge :, defeated. they will
''en Which nsfd msnSsed he c&Rm .Ips19
OF his strength. lie does not excite cory
bantic rapture in any OF he party workers
s SsO cone OF IN ,S GcGSci NTH him GssLsona
possible private personality, and the In
dianapolis star. a BeVeridRe supporter,
temperament or Judgment. which u IL
neither needful nor profitable to deny. SC,
which shows tina, his inten-e egotism Is 30
marked as TO ALLEVIATE some Of the party
from the fold. II tn. gentle admission OF
. disaGreeable personality Is made by his
ncisriss. his effect on those not attached 10
him bin, can easily he mSEined Ne goes
the insarssnG caste IN The Nest 10" TO the hieT
ATchy Of the ego which he 10 trying 10 apply
20 Indiana politics. Devoid Of humor, and
expoundinE the obvious. the hiRhes, in
tell sences do not take HI. personality se-
laugh ~ him. and IN November " IN !
eitheT ignore him Co vote for the benefit |
Of the genial Mr. Kern or Will vote the Re |
publican ticket In spite Of Mr. BeVeridge. !
IL he continues TO concentrate the orRanIIa. /
tion In his own hands. however. he will |
suffer a repulse promoted by the Young I
men Of the party. who are not fooled by his |
abuSe OF bos@~s az the same time that he IL
trying 10 become the bose boss Of bosses |
himself
Mr. Beyeridge's lack 81 humor IL easily |
accounted for 4 recent article in London \
TTsh says The humoriees man h usually 1
me Nho has never observed the world OBJ |
iectively nor visnslized u apAr' from his
positlon in IL To apply this IL means that |
NtI beveridge's virtues. and faults he CON
siders virtues. Arse from n sub Elective cou-
alteration Of means 20 forward his on al /
ancement which ia serious and all en-.
CROSSING ambition With ham This quality.
with his extreme social s-ifi-hneg : which
sill rarely permit him TO speak nrst 20 tho~e
~ whom he - supposed 'o he the servant
inlsS~ they have shown some SIgn Of tOady-
ng Ia him. with = tendency 20 C,It odd friends
IneS- they can De- Of special seryiCe to him.
= IN = total lack ot that kindly Consldefa- !
ION " hitch has characterized our greatest
Iubltr men. win glazing InConsi st~nCIes
30 Ns-n his pas and bic present. and WITH
many evidences 81 = disparity between his
private actions and his pu bite utternnCes
makes many Of his constituents distTust
ltm - a man Of aincerity AUD honor.
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