Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-04-13

| the students Of human nature ~
Others have been impressed by the
official functions. the carriages
and automobiles banked in street
or avenue, the high officials, and
said: "That is the popularity of
Washington-the rulers of the ma
ton in brilliant display and ami
mated recreation, a unique soci-
ety!" The truth about the matter
is that Washington is like any
other American city, except for
the fact that it is a residential
rather than a business and mana
featuring town. The working
hours arc easier than anywhere
else. There is 8 certain laziness
throughout the general popula-
ton.
And in congress, the House, and
the Senate, there is merely Ameri-
canism Of the best type-hard
working, conscientious, bra;ny
men attending to the business of
the country just as the affairs of a
big corporation are managed. The
diplomatic corps is nothing in the
life Of the city as a whcle. Society
is merely the supplement of the
busy political life. And American
politics is like anything else Amer
lean. 1t is hustling, up to the min
ute, alert, on the watch for oppor-
tunity. The impression of an UNI
usual thing on Washington must
be the same as it would be Oh any
other American town.
Consequently, the capital re-
garded Smith with all the interest
and all the admiration that would
have been given him elsewhere
possibly with more, for the people
Of Washington know the really
great from the sham, and reward
it instantly. The "Washington
atmosphere" responds to bril-
llancy just as any other "atmos-
phere" must do. Members of con-
gress, particularly, now that their
vanguard was coming slowly back
Tor the new session, stopped iii the
corridors of the capitol and on
street corners to comment OH the
effectiveness with which this
young man had not only appealed
to the country but had also com
PEELED the country to answer his
call.
1t was true. His work was un-
precedented in many ways-in it's
volume, its far-reaching influence,
It's immensely of detail, it's large
ness of program. And to all Of it
he gave his flaming, imperious at.
tention. The arrangement Of the
bands, the placing of the big
choral clubs and singing societies,
the laying out of the line of march,
the placing of the state delegations
all passed through his hands and
were bettered, altered, or APP
proved.
He personally felt a consuming
passion for the work. He never
tired, consciously. Often he found
himself fearing that he was driv-
ing his fellow workers too hard.
His enthusiasm made him feel that
he could throw his hat against the
stars and his enthusiasm was so
great because his desire to win the
fight was so intense. He was de-
termined that nothing should stop
him and the movement which
recognized him as it's necessary
leader. If anybody questioned his
powers of endurance, he merely
laughed. His strength, he told
himself, could not be exhausted.
But Waller, watching him with
hawklike attentiveness, thought he
detected in him little signs of
WEAKNESS, trifling evidences Of
the terrific strain. And the news
paper man, having seen all man
ner of men in all kinds of work,
hit oil his own solution of the
leaders, trouble. 1t was not the
work that. bothered him. It was
another labor, a different kind Of,
strain. It was his overmastering
longing to win to that position