Show H O wo o 0 o o o j John A Johnson Governor and Presidential Aspirant 1 Mr Bryans Most Conspicuous Rival aL Denver r j 1 Manse tl wat Watterson terson has not appeared to gIve himself up III to the tho of exploiting i John A Johnson as his exclusive candidate for the tho I N which he might ha have been I expected to do under the circumstances j that has baa really emerged rem the tho In which the tho gr great nt editors hIm hm Into i the tho self position ot of a ater the tho n at Denver Dene More than that he Is now all a time the candidate wheat su simp porters mn may bo be bio to diminish the 1101 glory of 01 tho walkover which the od ad adherents I of Mr Bryan Dryan have bave predicted so or of Governor Johnsons tardy O to be listed ns as an n aspirant for tor presidential honors It mo may be said that ho 10 I Ia not the tho kInd of man to be car vI oft hIs decidedly ample feet by a passing wave WIIO of hot nil air and that he helies lies bas n nevar ver manifested an inclination tOI to a dream nm dreams of at and cheerful unless s they are aro based on something moro mono material than I It II can he be doubted no longer that th the governor ot of I coa ceased d to b be only an amid unconcerned In inthe I the game ramI and that no he Is now an ear i ina na nuat t In Lt it There Is no for or any on one to i think that John A Johnson believes to bo h a great at In man an Many MAllY a 0 i I I loan who haul had donut done even evem leu ies to tie de it would accept the tho designation I even gratefully but bUl not so III the tho goverio ot of Mince iota at a Ilmi does doCS not oven onn believe unit lie he heIs Is Ia destined to become a great and I that l is a 11 good sign alan to with Ill lila seem to bo an unusually philo mind It la is not lIot In hi him nature to delve In tits the abstract and to en endeavor endeavor deavor to reason out the why and wherefore rut of eV that Is brought to 10 bin attention lIe JIe acc things os 11 he floda thus paying tribute to lilt tho great reat minds which h hays gone gono beCome him lie tins Itu the Iho habit sun manifest the tho p public blo of today Ut ot believing lie Ita hu hue to 10 learn amid much to impart Imparl Ills pUblic utterances show allow list lie ho is 18 tar InterIor to 10 I velt on nn l as aa a 11 moralist mid nd preacher r To fo tn the ha Ina may be likened to raft h lie 11 lii hilt capacity for tor a rood good A 4 talk with Taft or is III time tho rial Ial th tius con COIl is III not it I ue Tile hila pillo elan lucen henn compared with of men In drew lag Ing out tile opinions or of others before hetor his own It I PlaIn II It that Governor is given BIVen time the to 10 h hI tie I Omit Corpus the chIef In en ag It wilt lie found that he deals far less isas with the tho abstract that do does s Mr Bryan and amid that his speech Is practically unadorned with meta metaphor Rda adage e or line fine phrase Unlike Mr Roosevelt his WIl Wa of putting things is III I Inot not dashing or markedly Incisive and j he seems seem II to have little commAnd of I or opt apt characterization Lute LillI i Taft he never Indulger In mere mero ver cr binge bluITt but strikes and at once at the kernel o ot n a thing and states with admirable precision and fairness the actual condition nil as he It b be extended still further Those Thuie who know Mr r John Johnson eon son declare that there are times limn when his quiet Insistence ott on to time point is of at Grover Clove Cleve Cleveland land Another nother wa way In which h lie r no the only hiving Is In his lock affectatIon of Those who ha known him from bo boy boyhood I hood assert that hI he could not pose If hit he would even ven though the presidency were the stake I The Thc have always main that Governor soc I cue Is due prImarily to 10 hi lila person I alit alii In Il a measure it Il Is undoubtedly true B hIs Is a whole moan sImple in III hIS hiM I manner to the verge vergo of I Ilie lie Is and amid ho holds by his integrity and amid good intent The impression slon he creates of Il a desire for tor square dealing convincing nil as one aces es more mol or of him It Inn many bit titI said or of him without reserve that lie hI Is im ono one ot of those rare mm men whom one lilies ot at first meeting and eon con to like better belter at each ellch RubBe quent encounter A Visit Vleit to the Governor I Perhaps It Is true trull that most men new I to public lit life or are somewhat mewed lit self If conscious when the they are honored hy by In number of per eons with a or of their fitness for or the highest In The hl land Timey mIre Mil not to 10 talk tolk ot of It all as It It were ono one ot of time the practical thins or of lito ii i rho fhe are arn to 10 pose to I mystery to oct act mis It sl set apart by sonic special providence A Journalist ini ted John olI was impressed wIth time i freedom from urh en Al AI Although thou though h he wale n a tu I th the except iu 0 reputation the lite newspaper man was mulct with Ut ul Utmost most rankness anti time the whole matter or of WI the wall talked over with ilK us much cue Oil ne If they had been dia II a of flie t SI to III MI All an of It i this marui type Ipe that hIs hla lIl ot of the tho I mit III I mu 1111 it mm nn I I uig I or it the Iho maui lIe he lied had 10 ii tie hI lh tu lu criticise freel HeRr hear I that I 1 wa tas II 11 It was u it j lion of t perfect po Pulse lee ilm III ilmI I l nn In I rankness the tho yen yer It I settee lenKe without frills i hail nothing to conceal to 10 toI l I speak distantly about to leave I I to III lie clune Caine right out acid said Raid what he bo thought eer every time with without without out an any cIrcumlocution or indirectnesS lIe He of his or of his ales of his efforts lu imi public life of the complexIties surround surrounding In his present position The Th h chance touched such delicate to s all as his re me relations lations or lack Inck of relations with Jt Mr r his hili und and hue story ston that line hall born ben so d the i Q tiC It II friend of It thin ho the HIli jutS flu ullen I en Ihl t ito spell or of lilt t hue S as III h by on l ell tIt mit this 1111 J I Jt II was WILlI to 10 h ar his tho governor speak of oC nit all these thIngs without heat without Indirection with without out omit un any false modesty modest without emly virtuous pretense that lie ho had hen lisen In and that It was lilac for him him to get Iet on his horse and high and hot hotI I to 10 show what n a good man h he The whole timing Ia gave th slon elon or of a nian who hu has lf always I well in his who I IS II 11 rIll III I ii ot of mint iii flit In or It about or 01 hula hiM past IMI IMIr r r 11 bib 11 whit iua 1001 an II for II ira t h cm mid slot tell y amid who it hit Is n a KO goul i anti clever politician n Just its he I is isI I these thello things anti for pu no other reusa u HIs modesty modest through It nil his hili I knowIng It was Wa modesty constituted Oct not th the smallest charni of It He was wall a 11 little that any ono one should talk ot of him for president and yet et I ellne evinced l not nol the slightest t f fear nr ho he could not give n a goon o of were ho he to 10 ho be chosen to that I I Jc L 4 di C r 31 k kI a I L i iJ I J I Ii 1 I 1 JI j jA 4 5 C fi Z jI ti U ift l P l bt L Th 4 e et jI I I t I i u V I cI I I t I J I it rr p I lt I C JI I c m t tI m K Pt v m s I f Cj 7 jJ f sJ I II l II 5 4 I 1 1 I 4 1 4 I 1 I j jI jI I I I Ip p I I I I II ill 5 I 4 I S 1 I I I j 4 I I TWO RECENT PICTURES OV JOHN A JOHNSON good Willi hi tile It there lire are In time Bt who I ought io 10 he bi ant lei It tte 11 that II ha acme of III Ih tf tit al emit reI that h he haiti to In n ii like myself thin thO 1 01 of two lab lah J I Ho BO It Ito o j It H lb III also lq J ot of those who have s seen en much or of the mon man who ho doeS doeR not conceal hits his willingness to nc itc the presidency If It bo be given to 10 hIm that II h is III An idealist anti that In Inthis tItle this lie his bin greatest and most appalling weakness lt It was wall that first attracted Colonel at mind un ho made mide much ot of It in III the account whIch told or of his dl discovery cover Johnsons whole life proves provos that his Impulses Impulse lirA are philanthropic While Ild ad that lie ho would make an leader Iader of tt Il cavalry chance some of at his call eull to 10 tile tho fact that hi hall ha not yet shown hl capacity to drill n a raw Into n a good solo aol dier or mall out a campaign It hums has been pointed out that titers thore I Ici analogy and hughes or of Now New York In theIr election as all governors on time of 01 the faith in their integrity or Of Ih the two lots Ima made madl lees C of hie success as a reformer hut he be has ha been no 10 less Iss thorough and shown as great care to act fairly by all In concerned It is IB hot at all dim cult to comprehend hIs point of view n lie get t exalted It There is I a piece or of work to bo be done and he does doell It Tiler ar are t two idea to UI the amid ond both bolh ot of them must inUIt II 1 I given I VI a 11 fair Ihl IhlI I A Serious Men Man ManI I III hl hIs ant anit spirit hll he Is and instinctively serious It IL ItI ILIs I Is III n IH ho he Is under the tho direct I and amid ot of his COI I science This cropped omit expressively In his last Then IK iii nothing perfunctory In III such Huch It a nil as thin Imi II the great civic I III ib time Ihl of time nubile conscience we ve hl for that a hotter butter da is IB there will ill b he I less ss worship ot of self I leaK 1015 love of po power 1 r less Iou o of gold Rold I IM of ond nat hIatt Ih the return to honesty anti and will wiil lead 11 Mil to time walk of virtue the way of happiness I th time ath ot of glory Thao are miot 1101 th Ills or of 1 a In InI I es h olt awl or of the I moan whit tire 1111 In It I imi III so 0 Ill III nil all his hili lull life I amid WIlen h Imp In mind thin the I dut duty of the to the 1 lila hili vies Iel lu time Ihl saimie a It was Willi when h lie a 11 lawyer r its 11 Is Ito tilt III lookout to see Net I hUll lit III tl 0 I milks tim th struggle harder or I low doln Ih his Ills Hh is 15 lIterally without the view viewpoint point or of Ih tile imo ho holias lias never separated or shown till Iii disposition to In ilo sit Is IN 1111 view 1 of 01 that comsa s us usa n a the tha cradle I elosu 1101 contact with th the U It CAn nol at corne rillY dy other with following ot of Clo lIt I Ii is i furnished b hI wh has macic n a ot of hint I II lie is III as tall lal as 1111 ho ham hall amid lies Just ise iiI santo 1110 I stoop but h ha Ia IJ antI and looks moro j 17 rn 1 1 the tho student and less the man or of at fairs lIe 1111 Is quietly attIred In dark 11 gray his hili coat is IR wearing shIny he thinks little of dress dros and you have a 0 vague Impression that It if he were not carefully d by a good ho hll might ho bo negligent about his appearance A yuan man of much nerv nen Due ous force lie he moves about while ha talks You must observe hIm from all 1111 angles to have him In cr root neat IJ for Instance only a asIde aside sIde view the best things In his rudd ruddy wholesome taM face lie He is III clean clan shaven and lon lean about the strung jaws Ils ills dult danic brown hair hairIs Is III gwing growing n a lite lIttle thin and at times Is much by an eloquent And han le lie h hu a god good bed bead not quite full tull enough nouh In some omo places 1 a aruther ruther sensitive mouth but firm t a long nose I a god good feature nn an expression perfectly tk frank amid good The ho eyes ayes ar ars sery lne fine clear steady blue bat bot to too to my thinking for It I 15 the Ibe light eyed men tnt that tear up the things and start the Iho lP Out of them looks the man f with a 11 certain level composed and candid Wil I that that Is mot most He Hehns II has hns good hands god good teeth a reaty realty voice oice for tor tone An arid quality and ond a that ought II to m leo him popular In any It is IR so 50 without with without out without and without I W J |