The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1886-09-02

days De1Ore MS aD1IlCy was recognized
and his place conceded. He stepped to
the front with the confidence of one who
belonged there. The House was crowded
with strong men of both parties; nine
teen of them have since been transferred
to the Senate, and many of them have
served with distinction in the guberna-
torial chairs of their respective States,
and on foreign missions of great conse-
quence; but among them all none grew
SO rapidly, none SO firmly, as Garfield.
As is said by Trevelyan of his parlia-
mentary hero, Garfield succeeded "be-
cause all the world in concert could not
have kept him in the background, and be-
cause when once in the front he played
his part with a prompt intrepidity and
commanding ease that were but the out
ward symptoms of the immense reserves
of energy ON which it was in his power to
draw" Indeed, the apparently reserved
force which Garfield possessed was one
of his great characteristics. He never did
so well but that it seemed he could easily
have done better. He never expended so
much strength but that he appeared to be
holding additional power at call. This is
of an effective debater, and often counts
for as much, in persuading an assembly,
as the eloquent and elaborate argument.
THE GREAT MEASURE OF GARFIELD's
FAME
Was filled by his service in the House of
Representatives. His military life, illus
trated by honorable performance, and rich
in promise, was, as he himself felt, prema-
turelv terminated, and necessarily incom-
plete. Speculation as to what he might
have done in field where the great prizes
are SO few can not be profitable. 1t is
sufficient to say that as soldier he did
his duty bravely; he did it intelligently;
he won an enviable fame, and he retired
from the service without blot or breath
against him. As a lawyer, though admi-
rably equipped for the profession, he can
scarcely be said to have entered op it's
practice. The few efforts he made at the
Bar were distinguished by the same high
order of talent which he exhibited on
every field where he was put to the test;
and, if a man may be accepted as a COM
petent judge of his own capacities and
adaptations, the law was the profession to
self. But fate ordained otherwise, and
his reputation in history will rest largely
upon his service in the House of Repre-
sentstives- That service was exception
ally long. He was nine times consecu-
lively chosen to the House, an honor en-
joyed probably by not twenty other
Representatives of the more than five
thousand who have been elected from
the organization of the Government to
this hour.
AS A PARLIAMENTARY ORATOR,
AS debater on an issue squarely
Joined where the position had been
Garfield must be assigned a very
high rank. More, perhaps, than any
man with whom he was associated in
public life, he gave careful and syste-
matte study to public questions, and he
came to every discussion in which he
took part with elaborate and complete
preparation. He was steady and indie
fatigable worker. Those who imagine
that talent or genius can supply the place
or achieve the results of labor will find
no encouragement in Gartields life. In
preliminary work he was apt, rapid and
skillful. He possessed in high degree
the power of readily absorbing ideas and
facts, and, like DIR. johnson, had the art
of getting from book all that was of
value in it by a reading apparently so
quick and cursory that it seemed like q
mere glance ut the table of contents. He
was pre-eminently fair and candid man
in debate, took no petty advantage,
stepped to no unworthy methods avoided