New-York tribune., 1896-12-28
APPRECIATION OF MR.. HoRR's WORK.
IN EPISODE OF HIS CONGRESSIONAL LlFE-THE
INFLUENCE or HIS PLAIN SPEAKING



INFLUENCE or HIS PLAIN SPEAKING
AND SINCERITY.
TO the Editor OF The Tribune.
81: Though without personal acquaintance, the
writer Of his note. In common with the many
readers OF The Weekly Tribune. feels a personal
loss in the death OF Roswell q. Horr. In reading
newspaper articles not infrequently one is forced
- the conclusion that the writer OF them Is merely
advocating partisan politics for tho sake OF the
spols that to come with success. or else Is ad-
vocatng tn" cause he affects to espouse, not that
he believes in " himself but. like the lawyer plead
ing the of his client. does 40 as a matter or
business" and because he Is paid for 1t. Not so
With NJ. Horr. IN reading his articles one could
but fee that their author was expressing his own
honest convictions. and that he believed the adop-
tlon OF The policy which he advocating would
ne for the best interests OF the whole country.
Such advocacy may not always meet with the most
prompt adop,cr on the part OF the reader put
when adopted is surely most likely to abide as
permanent faith. Such seemed TO be the character
OF Mr.. Hort ) labors
An incident in Mr. IIorr's Congressional lie Is
worthy c, being specially recalled to the memory
OF his many readers and friends. The Washington
correspondent of 'The Sacramento Record-t mon
ncorporat ted the incident in one OF her letters 10
that journal In 1879 1880. The item was COPIED
but without date. and is as follows:
Hon. r. g.. Horr. from the SAGINAW uist. J., Vi
Michigan. electrified the House during the iais SCI
sion lex session. by rising sturdhy from nI9
seat walking 10 the front OF ne main lse S oJn
rades and addressing 10 the south t'iS "o"e''
chunk OF wisdom i, aha
''Dd t eyer occur to you gentlemen to ask tne
question why is that the North Is filling up WIN
immigration. while the South lags nehln1 I'm
you studied this question any WIZ WIZ can ,.n
vassing my district last fal my a,tenron ,,n n the
northcrnmos. part Of the pennsul Ia of my STATE /
found a new county filling up with astonishing ia-
pdity In three counties OF my district there hss
been opened up and put In cutiyauoh uu, ,rnr '
last year ij00o acres OF wid idhu a'l1 .rj, t
ooue during ihe last three years more immigration
than into any entire Southern State excep, ,s
Now why is il? why WONDER ,@nat @ 49,. Sor
lands lie unimproyed and that cmieranis turn rom
youi shores with hasiy tread; 90 nol & "o",s ,ha :
that your rivers which contain power 10 run he .he
machinery nf tn. world yet 20 on unused 10 s 'ais
ocean NJ hum of industry on thelr panhs' an"
..TS reas,r for II T. plain 1t is because OF your
hatred OF Northern men because o. your III ii'oD, ,
ance toward the opinions or others, D~ecIS ~ o.. - a.,
social osracsm exercised to"a'r ,,,norn chivalrv
not share your notions about the Soute,h ooreS
or agree with you 10 the destiny Oh nhe - ~ ~.
race An imitation Of the currenGy W WI" 90 to- TO work
Won 81 .,,ld have more schools more enterprise ai
thrift and less reckessness OF ne lesS
wha. YOU call carpet -baggers "a n
Yom- h,,s ,ess enterprises should be condic'ei mo-
with pIetv and less with pistols What MsshL ~
reeIa to-dav Is more corn ana cotton anu -,
cussadness: more milIs more mannesS. I'SS e', iu'
der less moonshiners. what wouu i'"p,v r,cr urn-
Carolin, would be- more hains All ailI o ,,or. a nd
burgs She should raise "o'9"9 an" '
hell less" 60. ,-.
Talk like this does the silly. naughty Sonth more
goo, than ALI the twaddle OF recognizing thel.
valoi n the late war, which has o'eh 'ne 60" "
fashior since President Hayes sei the eNa'r,o a. %.
a,Ian,, I'm 1877 when he said: with no us ,he
IN Won. ant with no part"ud' '' r ~
war ended as II ala. ., ,sa,
Washinst n. y. J.. December g. lss'.