The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-07-09

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v.ras No. ~ Iips 80 1890 q S.N9s
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- q ~ Eaes Jehn xely'
TO fully do justice . ~ msno.y
would b 20 pronounce : Pansgyre
mon American Institutions ~.
Kelly va : grand type q thss -.
creation which b tho rcsuk Of Inc socisa
and political system that Z q once our
pride and hope. Whatever conflicting
judgments may have been pronounced
upon his political action. there y ous
one opinion Of his honor nis virtue
and worth There may oe some VINO
will deny that he was : greas man. ous
none win deny that he was . gooc
man. From his sides the shafts q mai
ice fall harmless to The ground; t1Is
bitterest foes have confessed ms apa'.,y.
Hc met the sevcrcst criticism a. the
leader Of Tammany Hall: and i y =
such that he is most Thought o. IN
Tammany Hail. ~.
fact that there Il none len who can
take his place. lie held biz place py
4 combination Of rare qualities. his
courage and his honesty were alike Gle
ments OF his success. lie Was not ,
..bosSr but rather . counsellor. .
cn;de and 4 friend. His friends were
sfeadfast 10 him when State conventions
closed their doors to him, because MS
following was one of love. OF affection.
~ confidence. He reigned NOT BY the
hone OF reward nor by the fear o! pun
ishment. but he reigned in the heaass
! Of his friends.
His word was never doubted and
never broken. Although he opposed
the nomination Of Mr.. Tilden for the
presidency. he worked faithfully and
|. lovally for the election Of MI Iiiden'
and did his utmostto secure for him thu
! electoral vote Of this State. So too b
: laborcd. fought and worked for ths
candidate. not Of his choice. who wa
/, last elected to the Presidency. He dle<
IN 4 faith that robbed death Of is stin{
and the grave OF its victory; IN . faill
+ that his Redeemer lived. He su1ere!
a the tortures of his painful sickness Wit
fortitude. for the portals Of death We
|e 10 him the gateway Of immortality
The concurrent judgment Of humanit
= will be that his goodness made nan
great. His most endearing monumen
viii be In the memory Of his feiio'
citizens-Jnd7e Tdppdn, al Idmns0n
Hall Memorial Services.
a While he lived the public always y
rarded him with interest and now I'M
e Is e dead they all speak OF him nc
- only With respect. but with aneceoi
"a Il i surprising what unanimity me
4 among men of every party IN g
opinion they now hold-that M. keil
.. was both 1 good and great man: -
mvself. i do not dwell
=. very e~mphafically on that gus
;tv a. honesty which Is cor
=. monty put foremost among his gin
IA Honesty. thank God. Is not such : r.
thine anong the conspicuous publ
men 81 this town. The exception
rather Of those who are not homes
b. Rut while Mr.. Kelly possessed "a
~ elementary and ample virtue, =
- never departed from il, he possess
CT Also the arander and higher charact.
the issics OF disintercstedness. Of intel
aed reDce. Of wisdom and Of Democrat
With him the last Of these wAs :
49, creat thing. He was aDemocraf Y
~ 6nlv IN his thoughts. but IN his DO
q And bones. He was . Democrat: noe
80 nichf. and all the time. He
lieyed In the rule Of the people, Tor
Die. and by the people, and ne mad
sympathy with any device Of tneor'
70 check and stife the popular pow
He approved Of one road 70 once (
one onlv. and that was the road o. p
Mar elections
eirs r Is said that Mr.. Kelly
lred ~.;~.S that evidence OF the pcop'
|enk .~pproval which consists in being eli
nv. "a Governor or President. or in gett
isie. I Mace in the Cabinet. This - q
vard but he needed no such stamp q ~
lrtin lar appreciation ne vas ccncsn
rop- do his duty in that place 70 which
cumsfances ard the mandate q r.
y otism assigned him. de ~ long
ano ehief Of this ancient organization'
ONE here he welded m authority mo g
&C., eired 1 control over public affairs ~
49, cabinet Ministers or diplomatlsts %
- we'll regard with envy. He never sot
4 AZ % elevate himself. Enough Tor
s,rht that he was beloved and understoo'
- people Of this city and blythe %
Vest- hers Of the Tammany Society. NO
ected was cvcr esteemed more justly Or 9
"a more entirely than John kell'
J ~ the men Of Tammany Hail. Thus
rnblic career was q career Of cons
success. and our grief It his prema
departure from among ms IS well
- so'ed bv our admiration Of his chi
!. A. ser and our envv Of the heartfelt
with which in life he wa surrou|
No. ~ 81 many thousands Of his fe
49,. ~;tizens. A. IN death he II o
crrd--Mr. Dana. a the san me<