Show THE MAN WHO TALK BACK Among the many ninny things charged against the late Thomas C Platt this will not be one He Me defended He ex explained explained explained He talked back Probably no other public man in the United States has ha ever been more gen geh generally generally criticised than he In his own own state the people came pretty pr tty nearly nearh being divided into Platt and ani tt camps His friends followed his hi ex cx example example ample ana n said very little in defend defending cief defendIng nd ing him But the other oth r side s de was W s very noisy and very constant In condemnation condemnation tion We had almost but maybe some of the attacks were war warranted ranted in which case cue abuse would Lot cot be the right word And over the country writers and speakers could think of nothing worse to say of a man than that he ho was as bad as Tom Platt It was the general judgment of the nation if one may de depend depend pend pen on the voice of sentiment that he was a very bad b d man iian And yet he held power in th the biggest state for a great many years ears He con controlled controlled controlled trolled New York City as well as the 1 state And a bad man can not do those I things unless one concede that there are ire more bad than good people in the world and that wickedness is more profitable than is righteousness Of or Mr Platt however one charge maybe nay may be admitted as aa true Not Nol alone bec because use it never was denied but be because because because cause he lie deserved It The man was loyal to his friends He never a promise He often oten deliver a threat but when he did he lie kept kep his word in that matter quite as much as asin asin in n in promises to serve And he did ser 5 He loved politics and made a business of of it To be suc sue successful for so many years the first thing had to be established His de dependability dependability They knew he kept se secrets secrets crets and that he kept his word He was true to his friends and he had a of them host 0 His was vas not the ideal life But so sotar far tar as the career of a politician went he established this The politician is honest The politician is truthful The politician rewards his hi friends The politician is not a a grafter And it will willbe willbe WI be well for the world to take cognizance cognizance cognizance zance of or these facts in considering the ute life and services of ot Thomas Collier Comer Platt Piatt and In estimating the possibilities ties of ot a politicians career |