New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-11
UERE'S GEORGE FEED IG1TN.

/ what the Massachusetts Democratic S'a'' '"n-
vcnton did AZ Boston on Monday. bnt it can
never forget what George Fred Williams said
on that occasion That is. if George Fred him.
self is any Judge Of what ought 10 AMI must
endure George Fred had been ont ~ sight Tor
many months. out Of sight. not in the sense III
which the phrase is sometimes used. as mciil-
ing that as orator. statesman. political ecoho-
mist and universal philanthropist he was for
purposes Of comparison with other men beyond
reach Of mortal vison-'ieorgc is always fha' -
but ont of sight in the rcnsc Of being somewhere
in retirement where the public eye was not. II
we NAV SO say fostering with him. He had
been missed Of course What may be- called
his actual public career during which his re-
marks were printed AT Government expense anh
h. was receiving pay with great reluctance on
of the proceeds of Il system of taxation which
ground the faces Of the poor without their ever
knowing twas short We do not ovcrStatc 1t
when we say that the heart Of humanity beat
uncommonly high when II was announced III
1890 that George Fred had yielded TO the I'M
porlunitics II an oppressed people ana consent
cd 10 enter public life. Everybody felt better
The sitting and unwhOcsome atmoSphrr" ~
lowNlown politics stirred with an infusion
nay. Il hurrcanc-of fresh mir. Some OF III"
oldest members Of The Lid Congress remarked
that they had encountered nothing 50 fresh III
all their experience. The oppressed working
men of Dcdham looked hopefully forward To the
time when. under the operation OF George J. RED :
system Of political economy. they should b" adj"
10 get the products Of other mems labor Tor
little or nothing while keeping mp ia" old pric"
for their own. Dcdhan faced III" dawn. Ana
when George Fred was actually elected Drdham
felt clipper. II was thought 10y many To b" an
uncommonly good thing for the country I" have
him in Washington. BY others IL was thought
10 be- an uncommonly good thing for l'cdham
Owing 10 the rather unfortunate circumstance
moi taken into account 10y the Dc,lham folks
that there were other persons In Washington.
some of whom had been there before and b"-
come wful in their pride OF place. George Fred
WAS not able - de- all he contemplated doing
or all that the D,,lham folks expected Of him.
II frequently happened when it cam" To- voting.
that notwithstanding the evident sincerity with
which he and sherman IIoar voted one way. :"
many persons voted the other either wllfnily
or lgnorantly. that nothing camr of II and the
emancipation OF the oppressed from the cNac-
lions of an unconstitutional and inIquitous laNn
was momcntarly delayed. They had "A notable
setback in the election of Speaker. Mc>srS.
Williams and Huar had every reason Ia sup
pose after what they had done for The Demo
cratic party that no one would have any Oh
lection - their choosing he Speaker. II was
something Of Il revelation (" both Of them when
II APPEARED that there were contrary minded
persons: aud shock Of disappointment when
II turned out that there, were. more Of them than
Of George Fred ana Sherman 1t is of common
rulnor If not II official record. that ~ this |
iuncture they fell upon each others n"cks ana
Wcpt copOusy. 1t was very touching. SUI !
George Fred WAS not discouraged Nor did Ii" !
resent the parys ingratitldr. lie stayed right |
along giving coun>, confidently and advice |
audibly During the campaign 81 1872 he SAT on |
the piazza at Gray Gables aud mad" II pleasant !
for Mr.. cleveland 10y throwing light on the |
tariff Il soohrd Mr.. Cleveland and kept |
great many Boston peopl" away whom he was !
not laundering To sec. When IT came election |
time ia November Of that year his constituents. !
who had missed his innocent prattlr AMI anus
Ing ways having made up their minds that h"
was safer in Dcdham than In Washington and !
that they could better spare Il better man. voted
with great corliality 10 keep him with them.
Approaching properly this umbonght tribute 10
his merits rs Il public man. he remained in Drd-
ham and devoted himself 10 thinking II i safe
10 say that during the period Of his retirement
no town Of lts size in the whole country Lead
willie not excepted has been the scene Of such
superior and powerful thinking as Dcdham.
Mass In The stiffness which has fallen upon
the ordinary Industries OF The town You could
almost hear his intellect throb.
On Monday he rcappcarcrd AT Boston in the
State convention His appointed function was
- i'm hos I'm
which the orator starts with the dawn Of his
tory. proceeds 10 describe the birthplace Of the
then. without naming him. 10 pile
up his qualifications and attachments aud put an
aurcolc on him. and after II halfhour of what
the reporters call brcathlcss suspense brings
out with tragic emphasis the name everybody
knew was coming. al which the delegates whose
expenses have been paid by the candidate, rise
up Spontaneously and say: Ill HI" George
Fred did 1t. and, needless 10 say did it well.
He began with on" Of those little rhapsodics
with which in Boston they accustomed 10
lead up To something serious and unusual How
comfortable it is said George Fred. Ito be-
right There Is only thing more com
Portable and that is. rs everybody around Dcd-
ham knows. 10 be George Fred Williams And
George Fred as he stood before the convention
was both Of them More than that. he was chin
Dose. Comfortable. lis no name for it. Call
{ ecstasy. He then said that the struggle for
ruth never ends'-not even in Dcdham. we sip
)ose-that 1--WE have come back after Il skirnisl
md the battle is not lost by IT, and that the
representatives of the people have by an over
'whclming majority given us the tariff reform
we asked. The last two statements seem n
rife incohcrcnt. but we presume they can be
made 10 dovetail in Dedham. Then after re-
marking that we must have Il symmetrical
arir'-which implies the incompletencss Of the
arlf reform given us by an overwhelming ma