The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-03-19
In Menoriam.

At a regular meeting of George d.
Harter Post this day, the following reso.
lutions were adopted by unanimous
vote of the Post:
Resolved, That 1t Is with profound sor-
row that we record the death OF our es-
teemed associate member the Hon.
Michael ID. Harter, whose untimely death
we regard as a serious public ( loss q HIS
was high and lofty manhood, which
ruled his conduct in every walk and duty
of life. Whether as private citizen, busi-
ness manager or politician, this spirit of
pure and lofty manhood was ever man
ifest and dominated his every action. His
position on any moral.or public question
was never matter Of doubt. While his
convictions were manifest in his out.
spoken expressions, and his own views
were generally earnest and aggressive,
the straightfOrwardness Of his methods
and the respectful consideration he
showed for the honest, opposing views,
won him the admiration of those who
differed with him on any great question.
His methodical, industrious business
manner was carried with him to his
public political duties, and as n congress
man, his influence was fBlt throughout
the whole length and breadth of our
great national domain. Perhaps no one
man exerted wider Influence in check
ing the tidal wave of what he believed
to be an unsound fraEcial theory and to
maintain what he regarded as the sound
money doctrine, than did our lamented
associate.
OF family noted for vigorous patriot
ism, he was an exempliflcation of our,
browning principle, Loyalty. His love,
and respect for the citizen soldiers who
preserved our nation and assured its per-.
petuity In the late rebellion, was attested
in practical way. At his own expense,
he erected costly monument to their
memory in the public square at the city
Of Mansfield, his adopted home, and at
the dedication Of this tribute, he made
public address full Of patriotic fervor
In congress, he was the active friend of
the Union soldier. His efforts in behalf
Of individual comrades were not limited
to those Of his own constituency, but in
cluded many throughout the state, and
as many as sought his help even outside of
Ohio. No veteran ever appealed to him
in vain, and he assisted many whom he
never saw or knew, until they worte him
as a congressman. In G.. A. r. circles
he was savorably known, and highly es-
Jttnltu hu over lnb COuLbfy. lie was ono
of the first to take life associate mem-
bership In our Post.
However much others differed with
him on public questions ON which men
divide into parties and parties into fac
tions, all respected his manly traits, his
sterling integrity and his untlinehing
fidelity to what he conceived to be right
and all, with one impulse, deploEe his
untimely death in the prime of his ca
reer, and sincerely share the grief which
overwhelms his family aAd immediate
relatives.
Resolved, That as a token of the re-
spect and sympathy of this Posi-, these
resolutions be spread upon our IT cord and
a copy threof be certified by the com
mander and adjutant TO the bereaved
wife OF the deceased associate, and to each
of his brothers, our esteemed associates
Isaac Harter and Henry w. Harter of this
city, and tn each Of his two surviving
sisters, and that the adjutant cause the
same to be published in the daily papers
OF this city and Mansfield
II. s. Moses, Commands
Attest; W, IL, Wyant, Adjutant.
Canton, o., March 13, 1896.