Show BREAKERS ef AHEAD i i 13 breakers rea k c rs a ahead h en d shouts ats lie the man from ih alc tlc c nias masthead thad of the ship of state tiro fire in the hold I a voice from below A squall threatens from lc leeward eward says the lieutenant to the captain taking the marine glass from his eye what a perplexing dile nima for t the comm commander ander who lias ito himself by almost superhuman all tact and seamanship equal to a combination of emergencies and sail ail rafe safely over the turbulent decuff ce laiad of polities politics into the secure harbor of national safety it ia is no wonder that chester aarthur when the diews news was S suddenly t id dashed upon him the president is dead burled his face in liis his hands and with a vivid sense of overwhelming approaching responsibility died shod the tears of sincerity the hurried gush from the eyes relieving the over laden heart was not alone the spontaneous result of sympathy for the dead there doubtless suddenly leaped into the mind of the prospective president a crushing sense of the responsibilities lie would soon be called on to assume there must be times when men inen even of superb abilities feel themselves dwarfed to insignificance by tho the gigantic issues and obstacles they arc are on rare occasion on to contend with at the present moment the korrow of tho the nation has lulled to gentleness all the rou rougher gher winds that disturb the political sea buttliere but there is a speck on the horizon that threatens a squall and is likely to strike the ship the party in power ia is in a divided and factional state to suppose that the death of mr galfield garfield gal field has drenched out the fires of political cont contention eption by the waters of grief would be a fallacy which no sensible man would perpetrate the glowing embers require but a passing political whiff to start them into raging activity it if mr arthur possesses the requisite ability to put out the embers and prevent a conflagration lie is is a master mind and a roan man among millions each man has his methods in the conduct of public afra affairs irs more or less distinct and original but however mr arthur may desire to depart from the apparent policy of his predecessor lie will be hemmed in on every liand land he was entirely out of harmony with the late administration which was popular and ho be is a almost most compelled to retain in office as hia his aids those who are the tle opposite of friendly to him he will be in the fre fretted eted position of an unfortunate roan man who has espoused a widow that makes it the chief aim of her life to extol the virtues of her deceased husband and depreciate his mar mfr if mr arthur walks straight lie will be denounced if lie leans to his friends if of the stalwart bombin combination a a deafening howl will ring in in lis eara cars should ho be ignore liis his former political comrades lie will be denounced as a traitor unworthy of f trust if ever a man required those strong and raid rare characteristics of statesmanship that cause him to march boldly on om with ills his eye fixed on a grand object cheater A arthur is lie he ile is almost eure sure to meet with difficulties and ind ties and get into trouble if ho he lays aside every consideration save to act upon hia big deepest convictions of right and then he falls as fall he lie may he lie will have the satisfaction in life or in death of knowing that lie went down while conscientiously responding to the calls of duty after all the struggle and strife and turmoil created by the efforts of men to glean a few fitful flashes of transitory popular applause the cheering pl pla udita audits of a mans own confidence science arc are the most 10 glorifying glorify ing though often invisible of approval the praise of the people is often misdirected by bestowal on unworthy objects while tho the individual voice of an intelligent mans sense of right in relation to his own conduct ia is seldom at variance with truth some writers have alread dipped their barbed pens in gall of adverse criticism and are hurling denunciation at the new president this is is excessively excess excessively ivel y cruel and common decency should at least prompt to refrain from so eo earl early y an onslaught every fai citizen in the nation will feel tb that atthe the good of t the h c country demands that president arthur be given a chance to ghow show what he lie can do in command of the ship of state |