The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-04-20
MAJOR T. M. NEWSON.

The news OF the death OF Major L.
NJ. Newson was received with heart
felt sorrow by the inmates here who
knew the grand, noble old man. Him.
self the soul of honor and integrity, he
hated cant, hypocrisy, and meanness;
but wherever he saw man in want or
distress, be he bond or free, the large
sympathetic heart of Major Newson
went out to him as to brother. He
paid frequent visits to this prison, and
in earnest, fervid words, cheered and
encouraged US to hope and strive for a
higher and purer life. His rare talents,
his genial cOuntenance and happy dis
position, won the respect and love of
all, and his memory will be revered
while life lasts by those in whose hearts
he planted the seeds of higher and a
nobler purpose. 1t is sad to think that
he died so far away from the land and
friends he loved so we'll, but we are
cOmfOrted by the assurance that the
kind, loving soul, freed from it's earthly
of eternal bliss by the paans of angels.
In June, 1890, Major Newson was ap-
pointed as consul at Malaga, Spain, his
appointment being largely due to the
efforts of the editorial profession of
Minnesota. He felt so grateful for the
kindness shown him by his brother ed
itors that he wrote and published the
following:
SOUVENIR ON PARTING.
Farewell, farewell, is a lonely sound,
And always brings sigh,
But give to me that better word,
Which comes from the heart-GOODBYE.
Not forever, 1 hope. Not to go out
from the world never to return. Not
that. But to wander for while, and then
to come back again. Not to say fare
we'll, which implies forever, but to utter
that better wOrd-gOOd-bye, which fore
bodies speedy return, only little
while absent.
am grateful to the editors of this
state, not only for the office l obtained
through them, but for the many dear,
kind and gentle words uttered in my
behalf. Why they should be so lavish
in my praise l cannot comprehend.
Why I should be the recipient of so
much genuine kindly sentiment, is a
matter to me incOmprehensible. No
great institution has been established
by my efforts. / am not rich and there
fore cannot help the poor pecuniarily,
only to a limited degree. No great act
has been accomplished by me which
has startled the world. l am and have
been only humble tOiler in the great
ranks of the industrial army. 1t is true
l sympathize with humanity. 1t is true
seek to advance the interests of the
people; it is true l want to aid the suf-
fering, to encourage the fallen, to
strengthen the weak; it is true l hate
hypocrisy, and meanness, and duplicity,
and monopoly, and unfairness, and
brutality; it is true that l do not cOun-
tenance the overbearing power of mon
ey, nor injustice, or wrong, but rather
lean to the side of the depressed; it is
true my kindest sentiments are with
the poor struggling country editors and
not with the corrupted and Overbear-
ing, and narrow minded city dailies,
whose selfiShness and greed for money
overtop the grander sentiment of man
hood and justice. Not that all city
dailies are such, but it is more the rule
than the exception. So am at loss
to know why my editorial brethren
have been so kind to me. 1t is fact
that my efforts have been in favor of
editorial conventions and editorial ex.
cursiOns; it is fact that / have sought
to treat all alike, with kind suggestion
here and kind word there: it is a fact