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Show POPULAR HEROES. The type of popular hero of today is unique, because be-cause of his plainness. The word hero is usually associated with some great warrior he becomes a hero beeouse he was able to kill more of his fellow creatures than any one els.. Occasionally the. popular pop-ular hero has been some great orator, who, by the magic spell of his words (as often wrong as right), could sway men's minds by his silver tongue, and cause them to do his bidding. Just now, however, the hero is the plain going citizen full of energy, honest of purpose, possessing sound common sense, without any frills, determined to see justice done, without caring a rap how exaltel or wealthy the wrong-doer may be. The type is exemplified in Governor Folk of Missouri, and District Attorney Jerome of, Xew York. Both of these men have achieved national prominence by successfully attacking at-tacking corruption in high places, by lighting tho battles of the weak against the strong, and stripping' strip-ping' the mafck of hypocritical pious frauds. This type of man is not by any means limited to the two above mentioned. They are merely notable instances, because they live in. tlie large centers. Thousands of others throughout the country are achieving the same results, each in hisv sphere, and possibly in' most cases unconscious of any glory in what he is doing. Iu fact, such men must work without reference to praise or blame. If they were influenced by either, they, would fall short, for the best work that, is accomplished is done in the face of what appears to be sure condemnation con-demnation and oblivion, but is carried out as a matter of principle. ' Such, for instance,, as when .reroute , defied all of the political bosses of New York, the-fe of his own party as well as the others, refused to curry favor with ih;m in order to r,.-l a renomination. It 'was regarded as the height of folly for him to run on an independent ticket, all by himself, and oppoLd by all of the strong and j powerful organization-, (f the best organized city in the world. Yet he did 'it, and the public so admired ad-mired his pluck and his. honesty, that they elected him in spite of all the bosses anc rings- The fact that such -'men are upheld in their work by the people, ii a good indication of the healthy state of public morals. When honesty of purpose is given a higher place than shrewdness, when the- voters arc intelligent enough and independent inde-pendent enough to reward the man who breaks up corrupt political rings, there need be no worry ver tlie welfare of the country. Such results are a good answer to any charge that we are a nation of mere money-getters. It is also clear evidence that ! those who fawn on and grovel to titled foreigners t do not form any considerable portion of our population, popu-lation, and cut no figure in the management of J our affairs. I |