The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-28


dimension, respectable middle-aged
moustache, a comfortable chin and a
pleasing expanse of white shirt-front.
Plain of dress. and yet with a care
for the smaller details that mark the
Inherent gentleman. But best of all
| is Senator Delivers smile, whimsical.
freighted with tenderness and UNDER
standing charity and radiant with the
Ieternal spirit of youth that belongs
TO so few men.
Defines Statesman.
DR.. Davidson, tactrul ana with a.,
confidence SO characteristic of him
self and his work, presented Tho
speaker paying high tribute to the
man and taking him from the ranks
of the politician to place him I'm that
rarer but infinitely honorable clos.
the American statesman. The senator
responded with doubt as to his ebi,-
lty to qualify for the class according
to Tom Reeds definition of a states.
man. Tom" he said, declared a
statesman was n politician after he
| is dead Surely no one will accuse
Senator Dolliver of being a dead one
He Is about the most alive man in
henchmen in the capital will testify.
Il felt a depression from the vicis-
situdes of the hour" he continued,
until DIR. Davidson made us ac-
quainted. l am disappointed that
Your honorCd fellow-citizen cannot be
| with us as planned. l believe he Is
somewhere immured on the road be-
| tween here and Columbus I'm the midst
of automobile difficulties, second only
to the difficulties a man meets I'm run
ming for public office. But | have no
doubt he will emerge from the auto
and the campaign with equal enthu-
| siasm and success. | didn't care who
you nominated to stand for Rcpubli-
CaniSm in your state, so long as the
selection was not one of the caudi-
dates owned and operated by boss
| When IL comes to the pass where
| few bosses can predlct a nomination
| about which the people of this COM
! monwealth know nothing. that politl-
cal party Is a menace to the country
/ am for the man whose success lies
in the township. I rejoice that your
| fellow-citiz stands for the forward
movement of his party, the movement
to put in public places servants who
shall represent the public. ] like his
career, it Is typical of American life"
His Idea of Country.
The Poor Boys Country Is the
theme upon which | am to dwell this
evening. But / shall dcviate a little
from the regular lecture l have been
presenting and consider only one
phase of the central theme. | be-
leve in our institutions. | like to
think of my country as "A poor boys
country. Look backward or on the
page of the present, and you Will see
that any man who has reached high
position of influence in these United
States has come up from the ranks,
through poverty and useful work. The
central dictrine of our institptions is
the doctrine of equal rights, equal op-
portunity for every man TO reach the
goal. Ali men are created free and
equal: this is the cornerstone Of our
institutions, the fundamental principle
of democracy. Unless we preserve
this principle our Institutions are
| gone The form may remain for Il
few generations, but their substance
and usefulness are gone.
There are two points from which
created free and equal There is the
suL '9su5s LaSLBI 9Ql puB L9MoIIBu
narrow says there is no difference in
people. But, you will say, there Is
vast difference in people, in their
wealth. their character, social posi-
ton, influence, stature. But why
should we say a man Is strong when
he Is tossed like a branch by the ir-
IL -
should be call him wise, when we re-
ali2e the pitiablc limits Of all human
wisdom? Or wealthy, when every
day wealth takes wings, The rca
wealth of the world Is a variable guam
tity. 1t belongs to the very humble
as well as the very great and Is quite
as like to be i'm the cottage as In the
palace. Why should we call a man
good, when we all have straycd? The
only division is placed by those who
pride themselves and look with pity
on the shortcomings Of their fellow
men.
"In the larger sense all men are
equal in opportunity, In rights, the
right to life, liberty and the pursuit
of happiness. The problem of the
age Is to rescue this doctrine from
the commercial and industrial inilu-
cnccs that are seeking to shut the door
Of opportunity, to multiply tn"
chances of failure, to make men and
women obcdicnt to their interests. The
American children of the next twenty
years will be called upon to determine
whether or not the Declaration of In
dependence IL an obsolete document.
Lincoln Not Great Lawyer.
"SOme years ago | decided that he
who should interpret for the boys and
girls of America, the spirit and pur-
pose Of Abraham Lincoln should help
in great measure to solve the pro-
blem of preserving intact our insti-
tutions." In connection with this ad-
mission the senator told how he had
purchased every book he could find
purporting to throw a light on the |
life and work of the war president |
He rejected the theory of one that
Lincoln was a great lawyer That he
had mind singularly free from |
prejudices, that he intuitiyely under |
stood how our fathers built the con-
sttution for equal opportunity is GER
tain. But the fact that he was no |
in, nj ,.far an, l,i