The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-03-24

QeDt-laO6n wreck 1 n [ a property
that showed profit, it is said, of $75,-
600 90. In the year of 1883 he went to
New York d purchased paper
known as the New York World from
the millionaire-Jay Gould, who with
all of his millions could not make sue
cess of it. Mr.. Pulitzer paid be.
tween three and four thousand dollars
for it, leaving him in debt with paper
on his hands that the people had lost
all confidence in. Yet we find that his
phenomtn nal will power did not fa' him,
as he made success of it and rose rap
idly in wealth and prominence among
the American people, and today he is
worth twenty millions of dollars and
has an income of a million and half
al nually.
1t would be useless on my part to try
and give space to all the good deeds
this man Las done for humanity. There
are seme striking instances, especially
during Cleveiand's Administration of
this country.
1t is not necessary to confir yourselves
to the men engaged in business in the
commercial world to find one whose
will lower has made him success and
was SO strong as to dominate those that
he came in contact with.
/ We have several interesting cases in
our own state. Take for instance the
case of our late aud lamented Governor,
John A. johnson. We hear of him as
a boy in one of the small cities in the
Southwestern portion of the Stat earn
ing a livelihood for himself and wild
owed mother; also seeking to educate
himself so he would be able to advance
and make success of his life, and how
well he succe eded, we find, when as he
tgrew along to mature age he had be-
come the editor of newspaper, and
was able to give expression to his
thoughts aud ideas with the will power
necessary to govern them. He SO firm
ly impressed them on the citizens of
; the 81 ate that they elevated him to the
, highest position they had at their com.
! mand, aud how we'll he succeeded in
, dominating the citizens with his ideas
!, and thoughts we have only to refer to
the succeeding times he was reelected
to that same office-tbe GovernOrshiI
of the State We find his mind not on.
, ly gained such predominating influence
over the citizens of this state, but we
find it the same in great many Of the
other states, So that they made an eff.
+ fort to place him at the head of the
! ticket OF one of the political parties OF
this country, in order to elevate him and
confer on him the highest honor of the
; country, the Presidency of the UniteC
States.
+ If YOU were to investigate different
9 cases and try to ascertain for yOursel1
why it is that so many fail after they
D are successful to certain extent yol
J, will in all probability find that thei
Q will power was not strong enough whel
o it came in contact with other peopl,
and they were prone to Listen to them
+ The other minds being the stronger
!. dominated theirs, causing the failure.
n In your investigations you wilt fin,
h that where more than one will pOwe
. is trying to dominate the institution
t. affairs, that it is not as Their
K seems to be a tendency of the mind
II that are trying to predominate, to an
/ tagonize one another and gain the as
!, cendancy; so that one day one person
will power is the dominating influenc
5, oyer those under him, and the next da
IS the other PERSONS. There are thousand
10 of cases like these to cite and sustai
|. any argument In regard to that. Their
;, must be just one whose will power ar
a imates everyone connected with him
r make it successful venture and ger
le orally you will find that the will powe
ri that is at the head of the institutio
emanates from one who has risen b
his own ambition and the cultivatlo
d of his thoughts.