Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-02-17

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rank. nor fortune helped him upward
toward the clear aired heights he reach
ed and kept. He climbed with beak
and claw. The spurs he wore in the
tournament of life were fashioned by
his own efforts and buckled to his heels
with his own hands. He early learned
that the genius of success was the gen.
Jus of toll. The only Aladdin's Lamp
he ever knew was a heroic soul that
no difficulty could ever daunt. His
| courage never sank before an adverse
cast of fortune. His fortltude never
failed to honor the heaviest draft made
upon it. His industry was all-conquer-
ing, and his ambition invincible. He
stood so high in the hearts of the
rugged mountaineers of East Tennes-
see, whom he so long represented, and
whom he generously helped in ways
which gratitude will preserve in peren-
NAL green, because of the splendid
cluster of heroic qualities which were
seen and admired by all his people,
Hon. Joseph E. Washington, of Ten
nessee: His life affords us one of
the most striking xemplitications of
the fact so often asserted that to the
American youth, regardless of the ac-
| cident of birth and of family that high
est honOrs are accessible and the merit
alone can command success. Born and
reared in East Tennessee, amid those
beautiful mountains whose green tops
stand forever wreathed in f1eecy clouds,
his ardent nature took much of its col
oring from his early surroundings.
The frugal fare and unconfined life of
the wild nature about HIM, dominated
only by the fierce conflict of the ele-
ments, made him from boyhood an ar
deEt lover of liberty and stubborn foe
to slavery"
Hon. John p. Dolliver, of Iowa:
Judge Houk' g tongue was sharp as
sword, and while he never poisoned his
words, he was for years a recognized
master of all the arts of parliamentary
warfare. His personal relations on
both sides of the House were inspired
by kindly sentiment, which, as is hap
PLY so often the case here, forgot the
differences of politics and the acrimony
of contentious. He was a friend, ready
in sympathy and dislnterested in coun-
sell"
Hon. Charles E. Hooker, of Missis-
sippi: Despite the slimness of
the educational advantages which
he had enjoyed, he developed into a
man of mark, as was educed by the fact
that he never at any time failed to COM
mand the support of the district, which,
for so many long years, he represented
in this House; and had he lived until
the end of his term, which has now de-
volved upon his son, he would have
been for fourteen years consecutively
member of this house. He has left his
mark upon the statutes that have been
| enacted into law during the time he
| served here. He has left his mark
amongst the people in the midst of
whom he lived. and who knew him best,
as man Of wonderful energy, of great
enthusiasm, and disposition to stand
up at all times and In all places and
speak the honest convictions of his
mind"
Hon. Nils Haugen, of Wisconsin:
Mr.. Houk had high sense of nation
al honor, and he was an impassioned
advocate of the rights of those who
held legal claims against the govern
ment, and he severely rebuked that
economy which could be attained only
by doing injustice to individuals. To
him a refusal ON the part of congress
to make necessary provision for the
payment of honest and unquestioned
claims was a disgrace to the country.
Simple IN manner and approachable at
all times he kept in close touch with
his friends and neigbors, and his death
was lamented by thousands of his con-
stituents, who wept, we are told, at his
open grave, as they would at the grave
of a bro Their"
Hon. Samuel w. Lanham, OF Texas:
MIR. Houk's history and record testify
that he was remarkable and extraor-
binary man. His achievements are OBJ
ject lessons to the ambitious youth of
our country, and teach them what ener-
gy and industry and unyielding pur-
pose, fostered by the genius Of our in
situations may accomplish"
Hon. Hosea Townsend, of Colorado: |
Judge HOuk, with his familiarity and |
personal knowledge of existing condi. |
tions, boldly and fearlessly protested |
against all federal rings in his own par !
ty, and sought to make his party strong !
by reason of its advocacy OF honest and |
economical government, and its liberal, |
wise and humane policy toward all |
classes, upon basis of absolute and |
exact justice without regard to race or |
color. While protesting against feder-
al rings on the one hand he raised his
voice with equal power and force agaist
all intimidation, violence, rascality and
fraud in elections of any kind whatso-
ever.''
Hon. Benton McMillin, of Tennessee:
East Tennessee is a section of the
state where poverty can not impede a
young man in his march 10 pre-emi-
nence and power, and where wealth has
never yet succeeded in aiding any man
to prominence. What fine record,
far as the fruits of humble exertion ca,
make record, is that of Judge Houk
Born in 1886, an orphan at three years o.
age: a lawyer at 24; soldier at -
colonel of his regiment at %; membe
of the state constitutional conven;io.
at 80: Judge of the circuit court at 81
member of the legislature at Sc; elected
to congress at AZ, and elected to bis It'll
term before his death. This a recor;
of which his state, his family, and al;
poor young men in this country may l.,
proud" MRS. JANE SIMPSON.
From Senator PETER.