The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-05-31
DrrtInr with The Tide.


or TO look in on their kind of ball,
or TO hear ex-senator Foraker i'm
one of the greatest speeches of his
life. although not spectacular aud
sensational, or to visit friends, or for
other reasons. The matter Of first
interest to many because of greatest
novelty was the bird-men. Their
movements were the show of the day
and ELECTED much interest. II is de-
monstrated that the art of flying has
been accomplished. IL is of course,
purely mechanical One man can fly
seemingly, about as good as another
when he gets his machine and stud
les its management until he is master
of the situation These flyers SEEM
ed to have no trouble, yesterday to
start when they were ready and fly
round and round the track remain
ing up easily thirty minutes or long
er. They could slide up and down
apparently as easily as one could
steer an automobile over bill or
drive horse down the pike. Their
usual height maintained was about
twenty feet above the tallest trees
in the park What was novel was
the business like manner of their hy-
ing. the thresher-machine-like noise
of their engines, the rapidity of their
movement. their ability to start on
time and the remarkable similarity Of
the manner Of their lighting to that
of the kildeer. The truth is flying
is a fixed fact However aeroplanes
will not likely dsplace, at once, all
land vehicles and methods of convey
ance. The horse. the mule, the don
key. the elephant. the camel, the
Indian COW. the Peruvian llama, the
dogs of the Yukon and Of the polar
regions, as well as wagons. carriages,
autos, bicycles, railway trains. wheel
barrows and various other animals
and vehicles will probably continue
TO be used for transportation pur-
poses. But transportation through
the air has come Its first direction
will be for experimental prizes and
then for military and limited busi-
ness purposes. How long IT will be
until there will be a common use of
this means of locomotion Is problem
attic. We have been mistaken so Of
ten in our prophecies about such
matters as type-setting by machinery
cotton picking by machinery. the wire
less, operations by Roenken rays, an
ti-septic and painless surgery etc. thai
the wise man will not be so cock-sure
in the future just what will, or viii
not, come to pass.
Ex-senator Foraker full OF his old.
time magnetism, elequence and pat.
riotic fervor was the big figure of the
Memorial day ceremonies, although
Rev. Fletcher Wharton in quoting
kipling'c Lest we Forget" in his pray
er pegged up well to the footlights
Foraker was at his best and delivered
one of his greatest speeches II wa'
comprehensive. eloquent, lengthy, pat
riotic and powerful in its logical in.
ductions. II was one of the greatest
defenses of the doctrines of an in
divisible Union ever made in America
1t was. on this line absolutely irrefra-
gfble. II left no possible position ia
be taken, no premise to be laid, nc
argument TO be adduced, no deduction
to be drawn. Beginning with Web
ster's great and unanswerable speec-
hes be lard his foundation, in an inn
maculate manner, for the corner
stone of the temple of our Nation
ality and then followed II up with
Lincoln's undisputed election, his
maintenance of the government under
the provisions Of the Constitution. OF
lawful and rightful authority and OF
common sense and humanity. Pay
ing tributes, TO these greatest and
most profound of Americas states
men, he swung out on historic lines
picturing Grant the matchless sold
Ter and ridiculing the doctrine that
the Southern leader was his super
dor. or even his equal, and then he
also paid a tribute TO his old com
mander Sherman. to Grants great
fright arm. Sheridan, to Thomas Ia
Meade and to the gallant Hancock
but especially to the men of the line
who stood in the battles front and
carried the Flag TO victory. He claim
ed that the losses in battle when the
great Napoleon's star went down
were only ten per CEN
while in our armies 1t rose as high al
40 per cent and that their records
are without parallel in battle.
Then he went after Tafts' Secretary
Of the Treasury Mac veagh, for kick