Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1911-08-26
PARTY SUCCESS;
IT'S TRUE MEANING
BY John S. Hamilton.

Rochefoucauld said that one could
always find something to be glad for
in the greatest misfortunes that came
to his friends The author was a phil
osopher and a cynic, if one man can
be both, and the quotation has often
been used as a model of cynicism. The
writer has frequently bean reminded
of this saying and has often thought
about il but has never been satisfied
whether it was intended as a sneer or
a sooth. If it is considered as a sheer
IL missed its way, for while IL is true
il loses its force because 1t stops at
the mans friends and also If it is
sneer it Is only after all a reminder of
the innate selfishness of man. is moth
ing new and it accomplishes nothing.
II 1t was intended as a soOth IL should
teach a lesson but still lacks the force
II deserves because il stops short of
embracing all mankind.
Sooner or later the wise man learns
to know that what he considered his
greatest misfortunss were probably
his greatest blessings. This truth APP
plies also to the history of the race.
of course what happened last year and
even a hundred years ago, or mora,
may have been considered and is still
considered, a misfortune, but sooner or
later, If its effects vera vital enough
to permit. the ultimate verdict will
be it was a good thing after all
The writer has been very much In
terested since he was voter in watch
ing the progress of political events
There was a time when he did IL as a
mere partisan and the joys or woes Of
election night when the returns were
coming in were his chief consideration.
When his party was defeated he
thought it was a calamity which not
only involved his party and his coun-
try but the human race as well. Long
ago, but by slow steps, he came to the
conclusion that this was as great a
superstition as ever yelled the intellect
of man. Party success to the man who
does not want an office and is not the
beneficiary of any special law is a neg
ligible quantity. What a party stands
for is the one and only important con-
sideration. II it stands for righteous
ness and a square deal you may be
sure of it's ultimate triumph and while
it is only natural that men will be dis
couraged because they cannot see the
| speedy fruition of their hopes how
much difference does it make whether
it comes quick or slow. The sum total
of human misery and happiness. after
| all, is measured by what can be borne
or enjoyed by one man or one woman.
Wait littl slonger. Are you dissatis-
fed because the rich and those the
world calls great have hired nearly all
the attorneys ala scared nearly all
they didn't hire and own nearly all the
newspapers and are doing what they
can to hobble the initiative of the peo-
pie and to misrepresent and place be-
fore the people the Misrepresentation
of the great issues that effect their
welfare?
Think seriously about these things
but don't be discouraged. The genius
of the race will evolve and develop It's
own initiative and there will be nc
place for the false priests who be-
trayed their kind for so many pieces
of silver. Then the newspapers; do the
poor deluded men who own these
papers imagine that they can lone
fool the people by the sometimes bril-
liant but more often contemplate rub
bish that they insist on having printed
Cannot they see that every false ant
misleading statement that they prin
merely contributes towards Fastening
the coming of the day when men vii
repudiate editorial utterances and do
their own political thinking.
If the lessons of the past fifteer
years do not teach tn sse people thu
necessity Of at least pausing to think
their case is indeed hopeless. So It viii
be seen in politics, as in everything
else, a wise man will sooner or late
: | 70 fbaf in Ia fc lid a.
his greatest misfortunes there is some
thing to be glad for, and in them i
probably concealed his greatest bless
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