The times and democrat. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, July 17, 1908, Image 1
-
ESTABLISHED EN" IS
MYSTERIOUS DEATH.
POLICE OFFICERS AT TROY, K.
, Y., ARE BAFFLED.
Efforts to Find Slayer of Nineteen
Year-Old Girl, Whose Body Was
Found Sunday, Unrewarded. i
A dispatch from Troy, N. Y.. says
out of a maze of the theories which
-confront the authorities who arre
trying to lift the cloud of mysterv
?surrounding the death of 19 year
old Hazel I. Drew, whose body was
found in an old mill vord near Ave
rett Pzfrk last Sunday, nothing tangi
ble developed so far that points to
-the murderer the mot ve for the
crime. No arrests have been made,
although the police have closely
questioned several persons whom it
"was thought might throw some light
on the case.
That the girl was assaulted before
she was murdered and thrown into
the pond, is the generally accepted
theory, but the body was in such a
state of decomposition when found
as to make it practically impossible
for the physicians to determine that
tact.
Theories multiply as to the motive
for the' murder. The girl was not
known to have an enemy or sweet
heart, and the baffled authorities were
even willing to take up the possibili
ty of suicide. The physcian's state-*
ment. however, to the effect 'that
there was no water in the lung was
given as proof that the girl was dead,
before her body was thrown into the
pond. 1
At the church yard at Poestenkill, I
where Hazel's life began, her body
was laid to rest. A bunch of roses
adorned the casket, while the Rev.
W. H. E. Richards, of the Methodist
Church, offered prayer. Only a few
friends and relatives were present.
What the girl did from the time
she left her aunt on Monday. July 6,
until the body was found, remains
?untold. Rhody Gunderman and
Frank Smits tell cf having seen
Hazel on Tuesday night on the road
leading from Averill Park to Taber
ton. They met her, they say, at a
point in the read batted "The Hol
low." A little father along another
road branches off to the left and leads
to the home of Wm. Taylor, an un
cle of the girl. She may have been
on her way to visit some friends in
Taberton or her destination may
have been her uncle's hsnie. Accord
ing to Gunderman's story the girl
?was carrying her hat -in-her band.
One of the numerous theories that
developed suggested that a j'oung
woman living at Taberton closely re
sembles the murdered girl and that
Gunderman and Smith might have
been mistaken in thinking tiiat she
"was Hazel. The girl, however, when
?questoned, said she was not on the
Toad on Tuesday night, although
she had been that way on foot on
other nights.
The authorities are endeavoring
to find the suit case and handbag
which the girl carried when she left
Troy. The fact that she did not
have them when she met Gunderman
and Smith is taken to indicate that
she may have left them where she
has spent the preceding night.
The possibility that the bag and
suit case may have been thrown
into the mill pond led the1 authorities
to open the gate of the dam for the
purpose of draining. After about
two feet of water had been let out
a heavy thunder storm came up and
further operations were postponed
until Thursday. The girl's hat,
gloves and eyeglasses were found on
the bank, and there was no Indica
tion of a struggle, although a suffi
cient time had elapsed since the girl
met her death to have permitted the
trampled grass to revive.
The theory i.hat the girl died from
strangulation as the result of a corset
string tied about her neck, and
which Ts said to have been cut at
the time of the. autopsy, is not given
much credence by the authorities.
The string apparently was one
that the girl wore about her neck
and it brake when the body became
swollen by being in the water so
( lone:.
The authorities do not place much
?credence in the story that the girl
was taken to the lonely pond by a
party in an automobile.
DROVE NEGRO FROM COUNTY.
Y'orkville Black Given 100 Lashes
and Told to Leave.
About ten days or two weeks ago
a report gained currency in a neigh
borhood about seven miles northeast
of Yorkville, near Clover, that a
horrible assault had been made on
the person oi a little white girl. An
inimedate investigation proved it to
be utterly false and without founda
tion. Citizens of the neighborhood
made careful inquiry as to the au
thor of the report, and finally fasten
ed guilt on Ho'o Howard, a. negro.
On Monday night a number of men
visited his home, look him out. ap
plied Hid lashes to his back and ad
vised to leave the Si ate. never to
return, by noon. He went. It is
claimed that he started similar re
ports in several other neighborhoods
in whic\i he had lived in the county.
Oar Wheel Plant Sold.
The Carnegie Steel company, chief
subsidiary of the United States Steel
Corporation, has put the Sehoen Steel
Wheel company out o. "he business
bv a flat purchase, the price paid for
the Piitsburg plant bei , $3,000,000.
The ,rice is $1,000,00? in excess of
the cost to Charles Schoen, the in
HURT IX FIRE.
Woman Jumps From Second Story
With Fatal Result.
In a fire at Memphis, Tenn., Tues
day which destroyed the fashionable
Jefferson fiats, Mrs. F. B. James,
formerly of Chicago, jumped from a
second story window and is now in
a critical condition at the Presby
terian hospital. ' Mrs.. J. J. Stein
was carried trom the building by fire
men.
Mrs. Elizabeth McDonald, living
on the fourth floor, did not awake
until she was hemmed in on all
sides by flames. Her cries attracted
firemen who carried her through a
window and down an extension lad
der.
A few minutes later the roof fell
in ^ver her room.
A number of other ocupants of
the building were rescued by firemen,
'"nst of them clad in their night gar
ments.
Diamonds valued at $10,000 were
recovered from Mrs. James' room
durng the progress of the fire by
Policemen Crosby and Smith. Loss,
$25,000, covered by insurance.
ROOSEVELT'S FRIEND ELOPES.
Oklahoma Marshal Stole Bride He
Had Determined to Marry.
John R. Abernathy, former Rough
Rider, and United States marshal for
Oklahoma under appointment from
President Roosevelt was married in
Oklahoma City, after an elopement
in which an angry father was evad
ed. The bride is Almira Perviauce,
19 years of age.of near Guthrie. Ab
ernathy is a widower of a year, 32
years of age and has six children. His
first marriage was an elopment from
Calveston, Tex. Mr. Perviance ob
jected to the manage on acount of
the disparity of age.
Abernathy .entertained the Presi
dent at his ranch, then in Coman
c.hp county in 1905. and took him on
some famous wolf chases. In the
following yeaT he was appointed mar
shal, desuite charges that he was
unfit and which were reported to
the President as untrue, the investi
gator being Gov. Frantz, another
Rough Rider.
GONZALES VISITS ?RVAX.
Columbia Editor Says the Commoner
Will Moke u Few Speeches.
W. E. Gonzales, editor of the
State, of Columbia, S. C, and one
of Mr. Bryan's lieutenants, after a
visit with Mr. Bryan and Mr. Kern
at Fairview, Lincoln, Neb., Tuesday
said: ?
"The statement that Mr..Bryan will
not make a canvass is incorrect. It
is his present purpose, however, t-o
deliver no platform speeches, but to
make ten or a dozen political ad
dresses, dealing with the more vital
Issues as presented in the platform.
Mr. Kern will make a more coninu
ous campaign, and I was assured in
Denver that Mr. Towne will be no
less active than if he had been the
Vice Presidential nominee."
Mr. Gonzales said that campaign
contributions will be invited by
newspapers in his State, and he- be
lieved every Democratic paper in the
South would do likewise. *
GOES FROM ASYLUM TO JAIL.
Alleged Embezzler in Florida Arrest
ed and Will be Tried.
G. C. Scudamore, former cashier
ot" the Pensacola Bank and Trust Co.,
and charced with embezzling laree.
sums of money from that institution,
was brought to Pensacola Tuesday
and placed in the county jail, being
arrested by a deputy as he walked
from the grounds of the Florida In
sane Asylum at Chatahoochee.
He will be arratnged for trial at
an early date. Scudamore, when
arrested a month ago on the charge
of embezzling and set free on the plea
of insanity, and after many commis
sions had passed on him he was de
clared to be insane and committed
to the asylum. The asylum authori
ties recently decided that he was sane
and his discharge followed.
SHOT THROUGH WINDOW.
Son of Superintendent of Methodist
Orphanage in Georgia Badiy Hurt.
At Atlanta, Ga.. Hirman Jamieson.
the eight-year-old son of Superinten
dent Jamieson. of rho Decatur Me
thodist Orphans' Home, and Mrs.
Jamieson were perhaps fatally wound
ed late Tuesday while on a suburban
car returning to their home after
tin outing given to the orphans or
Fnltnn County.
As the car was speeding along a
shot was fired from a passing freighl
train on the tleonria Railroad, which
parallels the trolley line, the bullet
pas-sing through the head of the
boy and entering his mother's neck.!
Who fired the shot is not known, but I
later the entire crew of the freight j
train was placed under arrest. At
tending physicians say the boy can
not recover and that Mrs. Jainieson's
condition is critical.
White-Haired "Tiger" Convicted,
D. Parker, an old white-haired,
'gray-bearded man. pleaded guilty in
the Court of Sessions at Spartanbnrg
Tuesday niorulus on the charge of
''selling liquor. He looked like Alex
I ander Dowie. Judge Hydrick en
deavored to pet the defendant to pvo
misc that he would not sell any more
whiskey, but the old man would not
[promise. He was sentenced to serve
Ithree month or pay a fine of $100.
ORANGEBU
VICTORY FOR BRYAN.
REPUBLICAN LEADERS ADMIT
DEMOCRATS HAVE CHANCE.
Hand a Throttle of Party Machinery
is Hand ?>f More Seasoned Engi
neer?Attention to. New .York.
lu the view of practical politicians
in Washington the Democrats have
started well at Denver. It is candid
ly admitted by prominent Repub
licans there that the beginning of
the campaign is under more auspi
cious circumstances for the Demo
crats than at any period of the party's
history since 1892. No one attempts
to account for the fact that harmony
seems to have prevailed at Denver
to an unusual extent, and that the
whole party machinery seems to have
been better oiled than at any time
for sixteen years. The only explana
tion offered is that the hand of the
man at the throttle was that of a
more seasoned engineer than in past
years. Mr. Bryan, according to
shrewd observers, has learned some
things. m Years have brought with
him the knowledge of placating op
posing elements, instead of putting
them at each others' throats.
Men who were ten days ago declar
ed that Bryan had no earthly change
of election in November now admit
that tjje beginning made at Den
ver is such as to ensure a rattling
campaign and possibly, Democratic
victory, it all depends, they believe,
upon whether the Democratic cam-'
paign is smoothness as the prelimi
the same smoothness as the prelimi
nary stages. If it is November may
bring tidings of a change in govern
ment control.
There is little question, in the
minds of politicians that the fight
to be made by Mr. Bryan will be
in the West and Middle West. That,
It is pointed out. is plainly shown in
tne platform. Mr. Bryan went out,
of his way to put up a platform |
that would catch the Western people,
and as plainly as if he had said it.
himself the declaration of principles!
of the Democracy appeals to West
ern sentiment and thought. Mr. Bry-j
an will depend for his election upon
the South, with Nebraska, Kansas,,
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois. India
na and the Dakotas, and he expects!
to give Mr. Taft :i great fight In Ohio. 1
where the Republican party is still
torn with dissension. It is doubtful,
according to political reasoning, if
the Democrats wil! give the slighfes<
attention to a single Eastern Si-H".
unless it is New York. And whether
they will do that will depend upon
the developments in the entire State.
Mr- Bryan plainly .-ays to the coun
try I ha I he has studied sentiment in
the West, and thai he believes ii will
be with him in November.
"REBEL ARMY" RUNS AGAIN.
Melts Away in the Mountains Before
Mexican Troops.
Col. Dorantes. commanding 1.000
Mexican troops, encountered Tuesday
some 500 "revolutionists" in Hie
fbo blls of the Santa Rosa moun
tains. 40 miles south of Las Ascas,
a courier who arrived at Del Rio.
Tex., reports. He says the "rebels"
were easily defeated and that they
broke into small bands and scattered
through the mountains Rurales and
number of casualties on either side
is not knowu.
RG, 'S: C F?lDAY, JUL"!
WANTED?AS ENGINEER!
DISGRACE IN OLD AGE
VENERABLE OREGON POSTMAST
ER EMBEZZLED FOR FAMILY.
Stole First to Pay Mortgage Then
He Stole That He Might Live Be
yond His Income.
\ ' ? ?.- .
Witnesses, sspectators. lawyers and
others drawn to Bend. Ore., by the
recent land fraud cases were called
upon to witness an unusual spectacle
when Federal Judge Wolverton sen
tenced Alfred H. Grant, the vener
able postmastor of that place, to
serve three years and six month in
the Federal prison on McNeill's is
land and to pay a fine of $3,261.76.
Grant had pleaded guilty to a charge
of embezzlement of Government
funds through the conversion of
money orders to his private use. For
more than 2? years he had been a
highly respected citizen of Cook coun
ty, and had for years been post master
at Hay Creek. Five years ago he
was promoted to the more important
office at Bend and despite the increase
in business which enabled him to
embezzle over $3,000, Grant was so
trusted that his bond had not beeu
raised above $1,000. It does not ap
pear that he used a cent of the stolen
money on himself or spent it extrava
gantly. He stole first to pay a mor
tgage on his home, then to furnish
his house and make his wife and
only child comfortable. Living be
yond his income opened the down
ward path to ruined character and to
prison in shame and disgrace.
It was about 10 a. m. when Mr.
Grant was brought before Judge
Wolverton. As his name was called
a pathetic figure, crouching as much
as it could in the shadow of a huge
deputy marshal, arose and walked
hestitatingly toward the center of
the chamber. His face was bronzed,
and his whitening beard emphasized
the darker lines of his seamy face.
The man had always borne a good
reputation and showed no trace of
anything that would arouse a suspi
cion to the contrary. Grant bowed
his head when facing the bench that
he might hide his eyes that were red
with weeping. The district, attorney
explained the extenuating circum
stances. It was with some difficulty
thiit Judge Wolverton passed sentence
on the man who is a few years his
junior.
"It is the judgment of this court,"
continued Judge Wolverton in low
p.nd measured ernes, "thai you pay
a fine of $3,11.8.54 and he confined
in the penitentiary on McNeills island
for a period of two years and six
months on I he first count: thai yon
pay a fine of $143.22 and '.e con
fined for a period of one year upon
the second count."
This made the total fine $3.261.
7G. the amount of the embezzlement,
and the imprisonment -1- months.
The imprisonment may be reduced
three months, upon good behavior.
And then after thi? liiiie has expired
about 15 months, or fcc two years and
Grant can. after further confine
ment of 30 days, take the pauper's
[oath and be released. The sentence
was a comparatively light one as
I the limit on each count is ten years.
Fleet Sva\ Honolulu.
The American f' t of battleships
arrived at Hono til! about 1 o'clock
Thursday afternoon, according to a
late wireless dispatch.
e 17. 1908.
?Kessler in St. Louis Republic.
HAS PASSED AWAY.
DR. TIMMERMAN SUCCUMBS TO
PNEUMONIA.
He Was III P>ut a Feu Days?Former
State Treasurer and .Lieutenant
Governor.
A dispatch from Batesburg says
Ihe entire community was saddened
by the death of Dr. W. H. Timmer
mau, wno passed a?r?ty at. 7..r>.0 o'clock
Tuesday evening after a brief attack
of pneumonia. Lr. Timmerman's
death **as verv su'Ven, he ha/iiv,
been on the street ; Si. day morning.
The funeral patty proceeded-from
the HVtitnce Wednc.day afte-ooon
at "> o'clock. The interment was at
12 o'clock Thursday at the old Tini
merman burying ground, near his
old home, in Eedgefield county.
Dr. Timmerman was twice mar
ried, first to Miss Pauline Asbill on
Nov. 4, 1S5G. His second wife was
Miss Henrietta M. Dell to whom he
was married May G. 1879. He is
survived by his second wife and the
following children of the first wife:
Mrs. G. P. Soigler, Eureka; Mrs. B.
F. Lewis, Johnston; Mrs. W. S. Mob
ley, Thomson. Ga.; J. E. Timmer
man of Aiken county and Drs. R. H.
and W. P. Timmerman of Batesburg.
Hon. George Bell Timmerman, so-,
licitor of the Eleventh judical circuit,
and Miss Salome Timmerman of
Batesburg are the surviving children
of the second marriage.
Dr. Timmerman was a member of
ihe constitutional convention of 1895,
and be regarded ibis as one of the
greatest honors of his career, despite
the fact that he was State treasurer
and afterwards lieutenant governor.
FELL INTO DEEP WELL.
GaJTney Jjad Has Thrilling Experience
While at Play.
For remarkable occurrences Gaff
ney is still in the lead. A lad five
year-old son of Mr. Boyd Sarratt,
who lives near Limestone College,
was playing over an old well with
his little brother Monday afternoon,
I when the covering, which w;is rotten,
[broke'through, with the result thai
I the boy wem to the bottom, a dis
tance of seventy-five feet, Into seven
i feet of water.
j The younger child at once gave
the alarm, but it was some three
hundred yards to the house. The
father immediately starlet! for the
well, expecting to find his son al the
I bottom, bill before he reached the
scene of the accident he mel the boy
coming to th house. The little fel
low, who was barefooted, had climed
jout without assistance none the
j worse for his thrilling experience, ;
'except a slight abrasion on the back
Iof his head.
Difficulty About a Cow.
At Lancaaster on Wednesday a
difficulty occurred between two ne
groes, Bart Frazler and Harvey
Massey, on the Witberspoon planta
tion, nn Ca I a wlm river. In wir h Fra
Zior WiiK sliot in the abilomon Mas
sey . lug H shotgun. The i tttrimins
physician says the wounded nr..n will
die. The trouble was about a cow.
KILLED BY ENGINE.
Horrible Accident Occurred,.in Co
lumbia Tuesday Night.
' At Columbia Mr. ,-ames E. Mikell
met a horible and almost iustaut
death Tuesday night just a few
minutes before the hour of midnight
at the corner of Gervais and Lincoln
streets. He was struck by a Seaboard
passenger engine at the point where
the tracks of the Seaboard' cross
Gervais street arid his body was drag
ged about 100 feet north before the
engine pased over it.
Mr. Mikell has been employed for
several weeks by the Seaboard as
a substitute watchman, and Tues
day night he was on duty at the
Gervais street crossing, next to the
Seaboard station. Wheu the south
bound passenger train arrived at 11.
45 p. m., he was at his post and
readily gave the proper signals. The
engine which brings this train to Co
lumbia from Portsmouth is relieved
here by another engine and crow. The
engine which brought the train into
the station had transferred to the
siding and was backing, going north
to the Sydney park yards, when it
struck Mr. Mikell.
The engineer, Mr. Jas Horton,
evidently failed to observe that his
engine had struck any object, for he
made no stop after striking the man
and was not aware that, he had run
over and killed a man until some 20
minutes afterward when the agent
called him over the telephone and
so informed him.
BODY OX MARKET FOR $00.
John Barrett, 70 Years Old, Wants
to Sell His Body.
Deserted by his fortune, which
once smiled upon him, John Barrett,
Df Middleton, Conn., offers to sell his
body for $C0. The offer has been
refused by the George Washington
hospital, at Washington, D. C. C,
to which it was made, but the offer
is still open.
Barrett is about 70 years old, and
although apparently hale and hearty
and likely to live many years more,
he feels that his days are numbered,
and rather than live in want he
wiould raise the $50 which will chase
the wolf away for a while by giving
a lien on his body. He came to
Washington in search of health, hop
ing to benefited by the climate.
"I don't think there is anything
so unusual in my offer," he said..
'I have heard of such cases before,
nnd I know that hospitals pay $50
for bodies for dissecting purposes.
By getting this money I can live a
little easier for a while, but I be
lieve that my days are not very
long, and I fear the time when I will
not have a penny. I have been able
in the past to pay my room rent
promptly and purchase the food that
[ need, but my money is very low
now."
FIRK ANSWERS PRAYER
Blaze Consumes Park Preacher Pray
ed Might lie. Removed.
Twelve hours after the Rev, Geo.
Edward Lewis, in a public prayer,
asked that the amusement resorts of
Irving park, Chicago, where liquor
is sold, "might be burned to the
ground," Excelsior park was consum
ed by fire. The prayer was offered
within three blocks of Excelsior park
In a revival meeting In the Emman
uel Congregational church.
Proprietors of the park state their
loss will reach $50,000 and that they
had taken extra precautions against
fire, owing to the preacher's prayer,
rt is believed the blaze was caused
by crossed wires. The police are
looking for two men who were seen
in the park just before the fire.
AFTER BEEF TRUST AGAIN.
Vow York Decides to Investigate High
Price of Meat.
The transactions of the Beef trust
in New York state is to bo examined
by Attorney General Jackson, of that,
commonwealth. Tired of the con
stant rise in the price of meats, the
people of the state have revolted,
and Gov. Hughes has heard the pub
lic clamor.
"I am glad this matter has been
called to my attention." declares At
torney Jackson, "as I can not see
why. at this time of the year, when
it costs less to keep cattle than at
any other season, the trust is charging
the consumer three and three and :
half cents a pound more than it did
three months ago. If 1 can find any
trust officers within this state who
can be proceeded against. I intend to
get after them."
Kills His Wife.
Robert. Wright, aged 32, cut his
wife's throat and then attempted to
commit suicide a! their home, four
miles west of McKinney, Tex.. Tues
day. When discovered his wife was
lying dead on the floor with her
windpipe severed, and Wright, with
several gashes in his throat, was
wandering about the house, bogsinc:
for some one to kill him. The couple
are survived by a three-year-old child,
who was found sitting on the bed
near where its dead mother was ly
ing.
Brick Mason Kills HimseL.
Paul Eichelberger, a brick ma
son, committed suicide at Orlando,
Fla.. Tuesday by takinc poison. His
body was found in "i alley. Eichel
berger was recent I v sentenced i<> the
penitentiary fer c-.I treatment to
bis wife, and the nuinilaUon is evi
dently what caused hi n to take hi
life.
\
$1.50 PEB ANNUM.
TALKS OF PRESIDENCY
WHAT WHITE HOUSE OCCUPANT
MUST HE AND HAVE.
Democratic Nominee for President
Contributes an Article to Colliers
Discussing tbe Office.
Win. J. Bryan, the Democratic no
minee for President, has written an
article entitled "My Conception of
the Presidency" for the July 18th
issue of Collier's Weekly. Mr. Bry
an says:
"The President's power for good
or for harm is often overestimated.
Our Government is a Government
I of checks and balances; power is
distributed among different depart
ments, and each official works in co
operation with others. In the mak
ing of laws, for instance, the Presi
dent joins with the Senate and House.
He may recommend, but he is power
less to legislate except as l majority
of the Senate and House concur with
him. The Senate and the House are
also independent of each other, each
having a veto over the other, and
the President has a veto over both;
except that the Senate and House
lean, by a two-thirds vote, override
(the President's veto. The influence
\nt the President over legislation is.
therefore, limited. He shares re
sponsibility With a large number of
he people's representatives. Even in .
[the enforcement of the law he is
hedged about by restrictions. Ho
acts through an Attorney General
(whose appointment must be approv
ed by the Senate) and offenders
against the law must be prosecuted
in the Courts, so that here again
the responsibility is divided. In the
making of important appointments
he must consult the Senate and again
of necessity be compelled to exercise
care and discrimination.
"The most important requisite in
a President, as in other officials, is
that his sympathy shall be with the
whole people rather than with any
fraction of the population. He is ?
[Constantly called upon to act in the
capacity of a Judge?deciding be
tween the importunities of those who
seek favors and the rights and in
terests of the public. Unless his
sympathies are right the few are sure
to have an advantage over the many,
for the masses have none to present
their claims. They act only at elec
tion and must trust to their repre
sentatives to protect them from all
their foes.
"Second, the President must have
a knowledge of public questions and
the ability to discern between he
true and the false; he must be able
to analyze the conditions and to de
tect the sophstries that are always
employed by those who seek unfair
advantages. He must possess the
moral courage to stand against the ?
influence that are brought to bear
in favor or special interests. In fact
the quality of moral courage is as
essential in a public official as to
either right sympathies or a trained
mind.
"A President must have counsel
lors and to make use of counsellors
he must be open to convictions. The
President is committed by his plat
form to certain policies and tlu plat
form is binding; he is also committ
ed to certain principles of Govern
ment and these he is in duty bound
to apply in all matters that come be
fore him. But there is a wide zone
in which he must act upon his Judg
ment, and here he ought to have the
aid of intelligent, conscientious and
faithful advisers. The laws provides
these, to a certain extent, tn giving
him a Cabinet and the Vice 1 resi
dent ought to be made a .member of
the Cabinet exofficio, in order, first
that the President may have the bene
fit of h.o wisdom and knowledge of
affairs; and second, that the Vice
President may be better prepared to
take up the work of the President
in case of a vacancy in the Presiden
tial office. There ought to be cordial
relations between the President and ?
those who occupy positions of influ
ence in the co-ordinate branches of
the Government, for our Government
is not a one-man Government, but
a Government in which he chosen re
presentatives of the people labor to
gether to give expression to the will
of the voters. e
"But the Presidency is the highest
postton In the world, and its occu
pant is a factor in all national mat
ters. If he is a devout believer In
our theory of Government, recoglnz
es the constitutional distribution of
powers, trusts thoroughly in the
people and fully sympathizes with
them in their aspirations and hopes,
he has an opportunity to do a splen
did work. He occupies a vantage
ground from which he can exert
wholesome Influence for each for
ward movement. '
?'The responsibilities of the office
are so great thai the occupant ought
to be relieved of every personal 'am
bition, save the ambition to prove
worthy of the confidence of his coun
trymen: for this reason he ought to
enter the position without thought
or prospect of a second term; while
burdens of such an office are heavy,
and while the labors of the office are
exacting and exhausting, the field of
service is large, and. measuring its
greatness by service, a President, by
consecrating himself to the public
v,i il, can make himself secure In the
affections of his fellow citizens while
he lives, and create for himself a.
permanent place in the nation's his*
tory."