Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-01
HuniaIiiSmS
BY WILLIAM ATHERTON DU PUY

T ONCE asked Captain Bill Mcdonald,
i of the Texas Rangers how 1t was that
handful Of his men could fling themselves
into any tumultuouS situation where the odds
were a hundred to-onc against them and
win.
These rangers, their chief explained, had
Il motto. 1t ran like this "No man who
is in the wrong can stand up against the
fellcr who is in the right-and keeps on
comm
Every outlaw in Texas knew that the
ranger would keep on a comm" Scores
Of heroic lives had been sacrificed in cstab.
fishing it rs a fact that despite Odds dan
ger, certainty of death. the ranger never
stopped This reputation lent unmeasured
force to his onslaughts.
There was riot in Texas town and
hurry call was put in for rangers. When
the next train stopped Il lone individual,
with rifl" over his arm, got OF.
Eve expected Il company of rangers" the
mayor explained.
"Wcl. I'm here" drawled this individual
But there is a riot" said the mayor.
"Thcrc amt but one, is there?" said the
ranger.
When General Pershng was a lieutenant
back in the carly 00s. he was military in.
structor al the University of Nebraska
Elmer j. Burkett later United States SEN
ator from Nebraska, was one Of his init.
mate friends, was Charles +. Magoon
ihc three often discussed the future az
young men do and wondered il they would
ever amount TO anything. The one point
upon which they agreed was that Pershing
mad no chance: that. there would never be
another war, that be had better get out OF
the army The lieutenant did actually study
law during his two years at this station, but
could never quite bring himself to break
away from the service.
DR.; Wilber J. Crafts, blue law crusader.
VINO has gone lancing with the dragons for
twenty ,hye years from headquarters in the
very shadow of the Capitol, in Washington,
explains that the blood that flows in his
veins is exactly that of Cromwell and his
associates back in Lincoln county, England,
4oo years ago. He believes that his zeli
for reform is inherited The original CrafH
was a friend of Cromwell and came from
Boston, England, to found "A city of thu
| same name over here. Hcrcdity In cities
has here demonstrated itself, he believes
for the now world metropolis was like
William Miller Collier, president Of
George Washington University, has been
minister to Spain and solicitor for govern
ment departments in Washington, so he
should speak with authority when he starts
politician and statesman.
The occasion for his exposition of terms
arose out of the fact that he dug into the
records of the institution of which he is ths
head and found that it used to have
| divinity school. This school was, however,
moved to New England and the reason set
down was that Washington was dominated
by three clusscS Of individuals diplomats,
politicians and statesmen, and that the at
mosphere was not favorable to study OF
theology.
A diplomat, says President Collier, is
man who dcceives without lying. A politician
| is a man who lies without deceiying.
statesman is dead politician.
When George NJ Bowers representative
70 Congress from West Virginia, was
| United Stutes commissioner of fisheries q
| decade and half ago, he gave a lad named
| Joe Walsh, up Cape Cod way, job as o
Iaborer at the Woods Hole fish hatchery.
| walsh ofterward became an expert incu-
5atGr OF hsh eggs and poured little ones
pack INTO the sea as fast AZ the Msssa
| chusetts fishermen could pull the big ones
out.
Mr.. Bowers had been in politics all HE
| lite nnd had always sort of looked to Con
SrcSs. rs his ultimate goal The Irish boy
| ""rEing at the fish hatchery had the same
sort Of idea in his head
Fortune so Shuffled the cards that when,
| IN l"lG, the public exercised its fundamen-
| lu' privilege and duty. and east It's vote,
Mr flowers was ON the congressional ticket
| ~ wet Virginia, and Mr.. Walsh occupied
rlmlnr position in Massachusetts.
hni tn" commissioner of fisheries was de-
! 'Iat" and the hatchery workman was
| t'"r'ci, Walsh got To- Congress first S0on,
| however, thcrc was an uncxpired vacancy
| !" u" llllrd in West Virginia Bowers trcd
| y atain' NNS elected aud has been IN Con-
CESS ever since
Such is American politics.