Show TOM JOHNSON OF OHIO Maybe it is worth the stroke of or adversity ad for a aman aman man roan to learn how many friends he has Tom lOl Johnson Johnson John John- son on of Ohio In III his loss of or fortune has bas ba had the UIO satisfaction satis satis- faction of learning that millions of good men and women of the country sorrow with him In fn the reverses reverses re re- verses that have havo come that tho they believe belleve In him and admire admin the life ho has lIas led that they hope he may soon recover his former formel I strong place in finance au and that ho he mil may never his bin la for the good goodof of or the people Ho lie may have been mistaken In iu man many of or his schemes But Dut they have hae not been becu selfish They have bave been very plainly plaint for the goO good of the tho people If U they have not work worked d out as he expected thc they would if ho has bai not been sustained b by tho Indorsement Indorsement indorsement Indorse Indorse- ment and the backing of the people for tor whom ho he planned It Is 15 not because he ho was tr trying Irving to exploit mankind w for his own OT advantage It U IB sin simply ply be bo- cause he lie is Ie following the rule ot or public benefactors from fron the beginning of or time They find It difficult to help their brothers But the tho goo good effect of or their I work the virtue of their sacrifice Is not Dot utterly lost That goes on after the benefactor passes a away And Andin An Anin in the tho long run the tho purpose is fulfilled I Tom Johnson was as born In Kentucky In ID 1851 1831 He went to Indiana as a boy au and aud was educated there there there- may account for much of ot the tho good fn In him I He Ho became a street railway und and Invented a number of devices dences which brought him a a. good deal of IDOne money Thou Then he bought boucht street railways iu lu Indianapolis and In Detroit and in Cleveland He lie became an iron manufacturer a millionaire an and a follower of Henry George Georgo He lIe has been a congressman congress man and a tL long time mayor of ot Cleveland He has lIas owned and occupied ono one of or tho handsomest homes In Cleveland Now he says SilS ho he will have to give gio up tho the palace nu and the autos nud and lake lako his hla family to a u. cottage Maybe l ho will get into the money game again ln and try to achieve another fortune Tho The chances are aro against him him him-at at fifty But whether he ho gets rich or whether ho remains poor tho the rest of ot tho the nation will regret that he lie has been unfortunate For however Impractical an and Utopian have hwo been his schemes a aa as to government the tho man has been honest lion hone est cut has been blen fair has been generous generous and and has IJas had hada a laugh for 01 every evory hour bour of ot every da day It i IS a n national calamity when a man like that is crushed It would have havo been better if it ho bo had hat crushed same of or the less desirable citizens |