The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-21
The Great DebIaterator.


In the profitable and pleasant bust
ness Of being holier than your neighb0r
there is AT present not only a living bui
a competence, In the whole range Of
public life no endeavor pas better and
through no other method y success
come tso easily. Indeed in this attrac-
tive trade there Is precisely one danger
and no morp. Il Is a real danger. how
ever. Always there is the possibility
that YOU may be- found out
To these philosophical comments we
are moved by the sad accident which
has jus, OvertAken the Hon. HARVEY d.
HINMAN Of all deblaterators he was
easily the greatest. Out Of the defama-
ton Of associates, the abuse Of neigh
bors, the attack upon colleagues, no
man has derived a greater or steadier
increase in public prominence. From
ohscurity to something like Statewide
nOtOrety he has raised himself upon the
ruins Of the regulations Of the men
about him. who were indeed in many
cases his friends.
In the hour Of prosperity however
swift ruin has fallen upon the Hon. HAIR
Wy D. HUMAN. Rising in ms place in
the state Senate on Thursday he de-
nOunceG bis fellow senators in familiar
language They were -weaklngs and
crooks Their action in amending q
resolution for general legislative in
vestigatlon Of sin revealed fraudulent
intent. Here was nothing extraor-
binary some such speech a. this belongs
10 the daily routine Of all men who live
by destroying the good repute Of those
about them and thus attract their daily
share Ot necessary publicity.
The trouble was that this was the one
time when the Hon HARVEY D. HUMAN
should have been silent. For then rose
the Hon. GEORGE II. COBB. one Of the
weddings and crooks, with -fraudu-
ient intent written on his face, and pre-
sented 10 the attention Of his audience
a sheet Of paper On this sheet in the
handwriting Of the Hon HARVEY d.
HUMAN was written an amendment
protesting from legislative investiga-
ton the industrial insurance companies.
The Hon HARVEY d. HUMAN was
caught Behind the mantle Of the holier
than thou statesman there was re-
vealed the figure Of a mere Senator.
Nothing Is more deplorable than the
reluctance Of the general public 10 listen
70 an explanation Earnestly the Hon.
HARVEY d. Human explained that
although an attorney for an Insurance
company, his. client did no industrial
insurance buisness Eagerly he pro-
tested that he favored a separate inves-
tigatiOn for industrial insurance com
panies. PassiOnately he affirmed his
devotion TO the cause Of righteousness.
Silence, only grim silence, greeted his
words. For 10 be- -holier than thou
successfully It is essential always 10 at
tack and never Ia explain 10 the Hon.
HARVEY y. HUMAN apOlogized and SAT
down. A career had ended, a splendid /
promise hal vanished in a sad collapse
The Pride n Pitcher had gone 10 the /
well once too often.
The elimination Of the Hon HARVEY
D. HUMAN At this time II almost a ca
ianity 10 the cause he served. For a
man who could abuse - easily, de-
nounce - freely, accuse 50 vehemently,
no office within the gift Of the people was
out Of reach None Of the restraints that
Limit lesser men. neither those Of friend !
ships loyalty nor Of consistency, leasensd
the ardor Of his ambition. So long az he
roee he cared not who fell Yet now he
has fallen lower than all those whom
he has hurled into outer darkness. He
has fallen from heights Of denunci- !
alton 20 the fats Of explanation. There.
~ enffraa ~ ryattaf Iaavra hfv.