Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-05-19
rag PEER OF ANY MAN


dred persons in the Academy of Musi
tonight listened TO an Grafton by Colo
mel Robert q. Ingersol in memory o
Roscoe Conkling, and one-fourth a
many more besieged the barred door
while many climbed to the roof an,
peeped through the skylights The Ger
emonies We're under the auspices of tn
senate and assembly. Colonel Inge,sol
said in substance:
Roscoe Conkling man, ora
| tor, statesman, lawyer, distinguished
citizen of the republic, in the zenith o
lis fame and power has reached hi,
| Journey end, and we are met. here il
the city Of his birth, to pay our tribute
70 his worth and work. He earned anC
held proud position in public Thought
He stood for independence, for courage,
above all for absolute integrity, and his
name was known and honored by many
millions of his fellow men. In the
presence Of death the good man Judges
AS he would he JUDGED He knows that
men nre only fragments that the great
est walk III the shadow, and TINT faults
and failures mingle with the lives
81 all In the graves should be
tttA'ANNt lAtN IfitsSlOtlS born
Of conflict Charity should hold the
scales in which are weighed the deeds
ot men The peeuliarities, traits born
OF locality and surroundings these are
the dust of the race-these are the acct
dents, lrapery, clothes, fashions. that
hnve nothing to do with man except to
hide the character They are the clouds
that cling to the mountains. fine
gives us q clearer vision. That which
was merely local fades away"
he orator went into comparison of
statesmen and politicians at some
length, and continued: Roscoe Conk-
ling was man of superb courage. He
not only acted without fear but he had
that fortltude of soul that bears the CON
sequence of u course pursued without
complaint. He was charged with being
proud, His pride was as iuaeyible as
the 'unwedgable and gnarled oak hut
he was not vain. Vanity rests ON the
opinion of others; pride on our own.
The source of vanity is from without
OF pride, from within. Varity is the
vnne that turns, a willow that bends
with every breeze. Pride is the oak
that defies the storm One is cloud
the other rock. One Is weakness the
other strength
The dead senator was then traced into
public life. cat the dawn Of the re
said Iugersoll. Tthe chaotic
condition Of affairs just preceding tile
great rebellion was alluded to ''the
war was fought and great period Of
reconstruction followed Men were
either traitors or trusted. Roscoe
lonkling was always OF the hitter. He
always stood in the front rank: lie never
waycred; he never sweryed He hattiCd
Tor the nations life; for the rights az
the slaves; for the dignity oil labor. for
the liberty of all. Roscoe Gunkling
was an absolutely honest man He was
the ideal representative, faithful and III.
sorfuptlble. He believed his coustlt
lents and his country were entitled 60
.he fruits Of his experience to the best
md highest thought. No man ever held
he standard of responsibility higher
han he. He voted according 10 his
Judgment and conscience. He made no
neither bought nor sold.
de had the taste OF prince, the fortune
u peasant, and yet he never swerYed |
NO corporation was great enough
u rich enough to purchase him |
dls hand was never touched by any /
1rlbe, and on his soul there never was d |
iordld stain. Above his marvellous in |
gifts above all the places he /
.ver reacled-a above the erninc hc re- /
used-rises his integrity like some great /
mountain peak-and there IL stands, as
irm as tine earth beneath, as pure as the
tars above. He was great LAWYER.
lie understood the frame work, the
the foundations Of law, was
amiliar with the great streams and cur
ents and tides of authority. He knew
he history of legislation-the prineipIes
hat had been settled upon the fields OF
var. He knew the maximum of those
rystalizations of common sense, those
and grenades of argument.
He was an orator earnest. logical.
intense and picturesque. He laid the
oundatlon with care, with accuracy and
XIII, and rose by cold graduation and
form from the corner
tone OF a statement to the doomed con-
fusion. He flied the stage, he satisfied
ie eye, the audience was his. He had
nat lndetinable thing called presence.
-all, commanding, erect, ample in speech.
.racefal in compliment, titanic in depun.
iatIon, rich in illustration, prodigal of
omparlsnn and metaphor, and his SEN
ences, measured and rythmetical, fell
Ike music on the enraptured thronp
lie abhOrred a Pharisee, and loathel all
onscientious fraud. He had pro.
ound aversion for those who insist on
uttlng base motives back Of the good
eeds of others. He wore no mask. He
new his friend his enemies knew him.
lie had no patience with pretence with
atrlotic reasons for unmanly acts. He
I'd his work and bravely spoke his
thoughts. Sensitive to the last degree.
g keenly felt the blows and stabs OF
nyious and obscure of the smallest of
ne weakest-but the greatest could not
rive. him from his convictions He
,ould not stoop to ask or give an ex-
lanatiOn. He left his words and deeds ,
} Justify themselves He held in light
steem the friend who heard with half !
elieving ears the ISLANDERS of a foe. He
alkcd highway Of his own and kept ,
ne company of his self respect.
He would not turn aside TO avoid n ,
'e-to greet or gain friends In his ,
allure there was no compromise. To ,
I'M there were but two paths-the !
gltt and the wrong He was maligned.
and misunderstood, bnt ,
would not answer. He knew that 4
laracter speaks louder far than any
ords. He was as silent then as he il