Evening journal., 1910-06-17

l rt.-NA'A ny aANs EDWARDS during
lcIty years OF more or less inmate ac-
luaintance with many OF he countrvss
.eaoers since the C.vi: War. Each an.
ecuote or incident - fresh from Mr. Ed
wold notebook, and. either IN whole or
/ ~ pert, lt constitutes NlgW NEWS OF
= ~ IEhDAf, garnered from the men
Hho inAue me news the historv--cr from
equally authoritative sources. As in.
,vt ant contributions OF the Human in-
.r, sort to American history. these
own. s S'' ''7''
1T was just four years before
Horatio Seymour was nominated by
the Democratic party. in 1865, TO run
against General Grant for President of
the United states that 1 received from
him what have often regarded as the
most practical political lesson that was
ever taught me-" said Senator Chauncey
NJ. Depew at time when the discussion
turned upon political leadership and
political leaders of yesterday
Mr. Seymour had been elected gov
ernor of New York in 1S62-he had also
/ filled that Office ten years beforehand
In the election of 60 / was candi-
date for Secretary OF State went
INTO tho campaign very earnestly
was only eight years out Of college. and
political life looked mighty tempting TO
me-and the arguments that I deliver
ed on the stump throughout the state.
were at times pretty we'll seasoned
with political spice Of the very hot
sort.
wen, after the campaign was over
and / had found myself elected by
majority twice as large as that which
/ Governor Seymour had received the
| year before the thought occurred To
me that the Governor might not want
70 speak to me, for / had been quite
/ personal regarding him in some of my
! speeches. But, To my astonishment /
had not long been i'm Office when the
| Governor invited me to spend few
! days with him at his home i'm Utica,
! promising, among other things to take
me 10 his farm al Dcerheld, a few
miles out of the city. Overioyed at
the discovery that / had not made "a
personal enemy Of him, I Immediately
accepted the invitation and arriving
at his home. found him man of
wonderful personal charm, of an ideal
! domestic life and "A most entertaining
story teller Of men and events
1.-THE next morning, at the breakfast
| table the Governor announced that we
would drive out that day to his coun-'
/ try place and do some farming A
/ little later a regular farm wagon. with
out springs, with no sent in il than "a
/ board and with an kinds OF farm tools
protruding from the rear, was brought
| 20 the door At the same instant the
/ Governor appeared at the door But
no longer was he the immacuately
/ clad host OF the breakfast table In
stead he was the typical farmer I'm
appearance. His clothes were old. his
trousers were very haggy. and the hat
that rested on his head matched per-
fectly with tho rest of his costume
Getting into the wagon he invited me
to he seated beside him, took up the
reins, and away we iolted To the farm.
when we arrived there the Coy
ernor took me into the house for lit
tie refreshment and then proposed that
we rest In the large chairs that were
placed upon the broad piazza. AS we
seated ourselves observed that the
wagon had disappeared
I'VE chatted for long time. and
many a vivid word picture my host
drew of men then prominent IN state
and national politics. Finally as the
sun was beginning 70 cast shadows
from the west he began to speak about
myself
You have begun a political career.
he said. We'll. I'm my opinion. YOU
have many qualities for successful
career of that sort. You have some
gift for public speaking and You know
how to approach tactfuny. But if
YOU were To ask my advice. / should
tell YOU cmphaticaly not TO go into
politics, but To stick to your profess
sion. The law always offers "A good
/ field to the ambitious young man.
For moment he looked at me fur
lively, 10 see how 7 was taking his
advice, and then continued:
But If YOU insist upon a political
career. 7 have just one piece of advice
for YOU. Never read an opposition
newspaper, never read a personal on
political attack upon yourself or your
party never listen 20 anyone who
brings you a report Of that kind: read
your own party Journals, read plenty
of history. study the careers of the
great political leaders of tho past. This
plan 7 have followed for over twenty
years and TO it / attribute whatever
r'tfNN'H'e' D Aifff' AAfAN Atf INNAAAAhNf as We'll
as peace of mind. even when ] have
been most violently attacked
Again, the Governor glanced fur
lively al me, and then looked at his
watch, guessed It was time to return
TO Utica. He summoned the farm
wagon. and it clattered up with the
tools I'm it's stlll untouched We
mounted the board seat and like a true
rustic, the Governor drove back 10 tho
city. And as 7 sat bouncing up and
down beside him and thought Of that
untouched lot Of farm tools jangling
behind MS, 1 could not help saying 10
myself:
Governor Seymour no matter what
YOU say, you do not owe an your sue
cess in politics to the fact that YOU
never read opposition newspapers or
paid any heed whatever 10 personal or
political attacks upon you
/ Copyright, 1910. by E. j. Edwards. AN
right reserved)
Tomorrow Mr.. Edwards will tell Of
1.-THE Dirse Carl Sehurz Played for a
Great Political Movement"
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