The Washington herald., 1914-05-31

nor the adoption Of what . bad mersly
because Il II new. The Republican
party will be fully responsive to the Dc.
mands of the day. And its cuatomary
initiative win be tempered by calm Judg-
ment and good sense.
Our temporary defeat was succeeded
by heaithful self-anaiysis. the fruit Of
which is now manifest in the movement
to reunits the party. That movement,
with practically no fundamental diner
ences Of conviction to reconcile. y bound
to be successful and the party Of pros
perity and progress win move on to the
fulnllment Of its mission"
Thus Senator Burleigh unomcially gave
utterance to the opinions held BY every
old-line Republican leader In Washing
ton. He defeated the Progressfves Of his
State IN ls1S-though many broke away
from their leaders and supported him
beating them In the legislature By vote
Of 81 to and IL counted on. ~ has been
said. not only to help rehabdlitete his
party in New England. but to counsel
with and negotiate for It IN the rest of
the country.
After a service Of fourteen years IN
the House of Representatives, where ne
obtained $4,000 during q single session
for his district, Mr.. Burleigh was nomi-
mated for Senator at q Statewide pr,-
mary. The Democrats nominated Obi
diah Gardner, their greatest stumper,
then in the Senate. by appointment ~
the successor Of William p. Fve. who
had died in ONCE.
So an orator was matched against q
man who rarely says q word In public.
Gardner. whose eyes twinkle as did Mark
Hanna's, IL q famous rhetorician among
the Changers. As an orphan boy Of
twelve, penniless and shaking with ague,
he had travelled from the miasmatic
lakes Of Michigan to Maine, where he
was to live with his dead fathers broth
ers and sisters.
Obadiah and BurleiEh FfEht.
An uncle met him At the dock In Rock
land at o'clock on . Saturday morn
ing. To-day and tomorrow" the uncle
said. his face unlighted by kindliness.
''you may visit your relatives On Mon
day you will have to look for work
place"
The boy, Obadiah, found employment
at limelrfln. In time he became rich
man. owning the very hlns, whore he
found his first job, and much timber
land besides. He also bought . Jersey
COW. The COW led him into agriculture
and agriculture led him into the grange
and the grange led him into politics and
ultimately into the United States Senate.
The battle between Burieigh and Card
ner was q curious mixture Of oratory
and silence. Gardner In q magnetic man,
though q plain man without personal Or
oratorical frills. He stumped through
the State and the forests rang with the
cheers that spontaneously followed his
words In the meantime, Burieigh Just
Travelled from village to village shak-
ing hands with the electorate and show
ing, az his campaign manager said. "the
eloquence Of results." Also the elo-
quence and practicability Of saving
wood. the manager might have added.
Burleigh came to Washington on the
4th Of last March and took the oath Of
a Senator. The day following he en-
tered a hospital in Baltimore whore he
remained four months recovering from
two surgical operations Then he spent
four week st Atlantic City IN q wheel
chair. In December he again appeared
in Washington, after . summer among
the pines Of Maine, and since then he
has gone about subordinating the EGO"
but. as Macaulay said Of the other Bur
leigh, chief minister Of Queen Elizabeth
for forty years, keeping . constant eye
on those matters which are essential to
success. Edwin Chick Bmlsish managed