St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-01
former opponent for the gubernatorial


nomination, Mr.. Hearst. The latter
was reelected in 1887 by the California
legislature, which was then Democratic,
and his term would have expired in
1898. His death gives the Republicans IN
their turn the same advantage which the
death of Senator Miller gave the Dem
ocrats. While in the senate Mr.. Hearst
was man of action, rather than of
words. He took but little part in the
debates, as he suffered from weak
voice, bnt when he did address the SEN
ate his speeches were always brief but
pointed. Senator Hearst leaves a wife
and but one child, William r. Hearst,
proprietor of the San Franciso Examiner
Mr.. Hearst was in person tall and slen-
der, with blue eyes and long gray hair.
lie was good type OF the old California
pioneer. He was Warm-hearted, impul-
sive and generous, popular with his as
sociateS in the senate, and had many
devoted friends. The following tribute
to the memory of the late senator is
from the peon of a Well-knoWn CalifOr-
nian:
Touching Tribute.
For thirty years or more George
Hearst has been one of the vital men of
the West, one of the Individual forces
which have inspired ana given direc-
tion to that quick and vast development
OF its resources which is one of the
material miracles of the century. But
1t is not as the mining expert, the
organizer of gigantic enterprises or the
poSSeSSOr of great fortune that he
will be mOurDed, 1t is not an obituary
commonplace, but the simple truth, to
say that his death will bring sorrow to
thousands of hearts, Change of fortune
m n n A Ob i.Nf hn A
ator of the United States, he was the
same simple, unaffected, clear-headed,
warm-hearted George Hearst. He
mined on the Feather and Yuba
in the sos and took his share
OF the rough, free life of the claims and
cabins. To the thousands of the COM
rades who knew him, he remained
always as a cOmrade. 0stentatiOn was
abhorrent to man formed on his rug
ged lines and it will never be known
how many successful men owe their
beginnings to him, or how many broken
lives were made easier to live because of
his hidden helping hand. To hundreds
upon hundreds of the associates and
even the acQuaintances of pioneer times
he was a good providence. Because he
Hearst was held in affection by all Cali
fornians whose experiences reached
back to the days when railroads and the
sharp competition Of
Commercial Life
were unknown on the coast. His years
of hard work and intermingling with
men of every social and intellectual
grade gave him knowledge of human
nature, and a sympathy with its defects
and weaknesses which kept him free
from that pride of purse and hardness
OF feeling that sometimes go with
the riches of the self-made
man. and while he had a singu-
larry keen perception of charac.
ter and Shrewdness that baf1ied all
pretenderS, his heart was tender. his
charity great and his capacity for for.
giveneSS inexhaustible. Neither in
business, politics nor in private life
would he cherish enmitieS, but when
blows were necessary he would give as
well as take, for he was a man of
intense and strong character, but the
battle over, he was for shaking hands
with good humor that had in it no ad.
mixture of guile. If he has left enc
mics, he has passed away hating none.
Without previous experience of public
lie, Mr.. Hearst, the miner and
Man of Business.
went 10 Cne senate, ana altnOugn In thai
body he spoke seldom. he brought to his
duties conScientiousneSs and an in.
dustry that made him highly useful tC
his people i'll his committee work. The
sturdy good sense of the man, his
| knowledge of affairs, and particularly
| of the needs of the Pacific coast more
than compensated his constituents fol
his deficiencies as a public speaker.
He earned the esteem of the senate
and the best men in it became his
friends, as good men did everywhere
His death is serious public loss, not
alone to California, but to the entire Pa
cific coast, and peculiarly to the miners,
whose special friend and advocate
he was. In the death of
George Bearet, a strong man. an
able man, a good man and very
humble man has been taken away. He
had manly, a gentle and loving
heart. There will be moist eyes in
thousands of Western homes, grand and
humble, at the news OF his death, and
the sorrow will not be least in the cab
bins dotting the canyons and streams OF
the SierraS.
Resolutions of Respect.
The California delegation in congress
tonight met and drew up suitable reso-
lutionS to be presented to the house, eX-
preSSive of the regret with which the
news of Senator HearSJ'S death has
been recorded.