Show I 1 aa 7 I 1 i I 1 I 1 gartl bank banks I 1 11 r new T ork star if one were in search of a man to uee use a frightful example of what professional profesa ional politics will do for a man be could not find a better 0 one 0 a than general N P banks xa he walked slowly along the streets the olber other day hie big appearance manner manners and voice recalled the past put oftentimes a single quality will I 1 opportunities I 1 give a it man large and perhaps there ie is nothing that I 1 does have so much elf effect act upon the populace ulace 1 ae as the human voice voice th the e boz tow soft and melodious tones C of f general banke voice almost carried him into the presidency it rt made him for henrs n 0 one n e of the central figures of y the he national capital no one I 1 think ever claimed for him many of the higher qualities fur for he lie was a failure both as an actor and a lawyer before be went into public life but his powers of speech were excellent ot and there was something in his deep sonorous voice that always commanded attention like henry wilson he began life in a workshop and during all of his earlier political career he ke was known as the bobbin boy of the bay state he was governor then congressman and speaker oi of the house of representatives when party feeling on the subject of slavery was at its height he lie was a major general with a large corn mand in the valley of virginia and the red river b but u t with great opportunities tuni ties did not show binia himself elf much il of a soldier he ile was kept in Con congress 9 ress by his constituency long after he had lost hi his grip on 00 pub public ic endios and when he left the national legislature he be was so poor that he be was made united states marshal for massachusetts to keep him ahead of the hounds when he lost his office his constituent constituents tent sent him back to Cou congress greim and nod there he is now a withered plum on a fresh fruit he ile seems lonesome hempst he must be lonesome 1 for there are not a dozen familiar feresin faces in the house to greet this veteran of forty years in the public service so 80 he bauders around listlessly F cemi fig to recognize that his power is is gone in in a body over which he once bed bcd great influence |