The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-05-02

'be helpful. He had respect for his own
judgment and that made him forceful.
land he had courage. [ used to meet
him in state conventions and served
with him repeatedly on committees.s
He impressed me the first time 1 metI
him as strong and rugged man-aI
man OF character, of mental vigor; andy
lot a type of honesty that was in mol
danger OF backsliding. He was loyal
TREND and citizen, an honor to the pro-
|fession in which he engaged SO many
Iof his years, and will long be remem-,
bered wherever he had opportunity to-
leave the impress of his mind. I trustg
the REVIEW may live long to do honors
ito his name.
GEO. %. PERKINS.
From 1r. VIM. B. Allison
l am glad to say word respecting!
your father j. Fred Meyers to bel
printed in your memorial number. Hes
was one of the able and influential
editors in our state, having decided!
Opinions and convictions, he maintain
ing them with vigor, and brought to hisE
work an active brain with strong orig-l
inal mental power, and stored With
knowledge and information always!
ready to be forcefully applied to theI
topic under debate. Because of those|
faculties and qualities he asserted al
swide influence in moulding public opin-l
zion. AS a citizen he was pure and
honest in all relations oflite. His
example in these respects is worthy of
8emulatlon by those who follow him.
w. b. ALLISON.
From Mr.. F. W. Faulkes.
Among the men who have occupied
Sthe chairs of the editors in the west
Ethere has not been one who reflected
more horror on the profession than did
y. Fred Meyers, during all the years
that he owned and edited the Denison
&REv1Ew. They are such men as he
who make newspaper work profession
and who lift the labor of the position
to the high plane of effort for the bet
terment of the mental and physical
condition of the race.
Mr.. Meyers was one whose soul and
mind grew as he drew from the lavish
resources of both that he might minis.
tier to others. His own greatness made
him greater year by year, day by day,
s8and those who were near to him were
suppressed by the broad mind and the
Ndeep reason that were ever growing
broader and deeper as the noble efforts
in behalf of others brought their own
reward in benefit to himself-a benefit
that he understood and that he appre-
ciated.
There was apparent an entire lack of
sel6shness in his character. He CON
sidered himself as man, as the brother
OF other men, and was tenacious of his
own rights only because he was tena-
clops and careful of the rights of
Others. He had his beliefs, They
sarose from his convictions and were
therefore founded on the rock. These
fbeliefs he was able to defend for he had
2studied all the questions connected
ftherewith before he allowed himself to
be committed even in his own mind.
He was independent, the model of
8manliness and self-reliance, for in him
reliance on self was reliance on SUI
&preme conviction of the right. He
Gmade no boast of his freedom from the
$influence of others in matters affecting
&belief and action, for he took his indie
Sdendence as a matter of course, as the
blrthright of all men, and assumed to
Hbe only what he believed all men should
be and perhaps failed to understand
why they were not as himself. He had
no fear of the party lash. He had no
fear of anything that was opposed to
his conception of right. The party
that had his support was fortunate be.
cause he brought to that support all the
talent of a great mind and all the
strength of strong belief. The party
or measure that had his opposition had
IA fearless but manly foe, and he
AOu5AU LILO UdGUlCS Will oil uDo SCIoQQClI
and skill that he could bring into ac-
ton. and he was we'll equipped in both!
these essentials.
j. Fred Meyers as personality isl
gone from the field in which he loved
to labor. AS an influence he abides|
and always will remain connected with
the newspaper work of the state oil
Iowa, of the west and of the entire]
country. There are many young menI
who had the wisdom to follow as WE'LL
as they were able, the course of thisI
(quiet man, while other and more pre-
tentious editors we're proving that they
were prostituting a great talent forI
selfish purposes, with the sole aim of
helping self. The life of Mr.. Movers
was constant protest against this de.
basement of position that should be
noble and his work is undying proof
that his conceptions were correct.
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