The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-11-11


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irene east TO the e4xtT Iles vest MI
Lincoln slept in SOON Of the
e1n end ana he onllg assistant {
s3eHt in a little room ~ the south
tern corneI. The Idlent, OPP
pressed and disturbed ne cares
land perpiexities and 1eIsEolls tension.
81 the great war. wi oftan, sleep
ies. and often. when had long,
Sought sleep in vain, he would rise
and 20 down to the boys room and
gzaleen him In the dead night,
and, sitting on the edge OF The bed.
would READ aloud to him tFnm some
favorfte book until the current of
thought. was changed ana sleep
seemed possible Sometimes it was
the Bible; sometimes Shakespeare;
sometimes Tom Hood. The spirit
nal insight OF the great ifbetator
OWNED In the soul OF the boy the
sympathy, and responsiveness which
returned to the reader a calm and
solnce he could not ind IN the cold,
duh page alone. How often have
thu listeners to that tale, as their
duties brought them again ana
again to that scene, imagined the
tall. gaunt form of Lincoln clad in
white, passing down the long. dimly
lighted corridor seeking comfort
against his cares from the sympathy
of the noble youth In the thoughts
to which he loved to turn Was
ever boy SO fortunate! Was ever
a character so influenced and guided
fns the Development of its most inn
questionable years! From that
!! time we may well believe came the
large and kindly view, the deep
sense of the seriousness of life I'M
DERIVING the wit and humor and
sensitiveness to impressions OF the
beautiful and genuine love of his
country and its people, the love OF
humanity, OF peace and justice with
mercy, the capacity for loyalty to
great causes, and the unquestioning
realization of duty TO play a mans
part in the world of action.
upon this foundation was built
up the character that Mr.. Hay
brought to the great office OF the
Secretary OF State. He brought also.
the results OF wide and varied train
ing IN his mature years:
s.Mr. Hays diplomacy opened the
way for the construction of the
Panama canal. When he took of
nee all progress in that direction
was blocked, as it had been since
1850, by the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
which bound the United States to
Great Britain as a participant in
any enterprise for tho connection OF
the two oceans. Upon his neDotia=
ton that treaty was abrogated and
the United States was set free to ae-
complish the great work itself. Then
followed the negotiations, far adj
vanced toward completion, with
Nicaragua; and then the uegotia-
lions with Colombia for the right to
the Panama route, which eliminated
in the HayHerran treaty; the ne
gotiations with the French Canal
company, which ended in the pur-
chase of their rights, the revolution
in Panama consequent upon the re-
lection at BOgota OF the Hay-Herran
treaty; the swift and just recogni-
ton of the Panama republic an act
as to the proprtety and rightfulness
iof which Mr.. Hay never wavered
nor hesitated for an instant. Then
came the treaty with Panama; and
the work of piercing the barrier,
uniting oceans. changing the trade
routes of the world and fulfilling
the dreams of the great navigators
was begun.
'.Mr. Hay led the world in de-
terminIng the relations OF Western
civilization to the vast Empire Of
China and in preserving the 'integ-
rity of that Empire with an open
door of equal opportunities for the
commerce of the world. When he
took office Russia was pressing down
upon Manchuria from the north
ana held possession of the Regents
sword. with the great fortress of
Port Arthur guarding the entrance
to the Bay OF Chill. England had
acquired a lease of Weihaiwei for a
military and naval base with which
! to onset Port Arthur, at the same
time holding her vantage ground on
the south OF Hong Kong, and her
sphere of influence covering the en-
tire valley OF the Yangtse. France
With its possession of Tonquin on
80 ,outbwest. GERMANY exacted