The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-29

treason is that John Maggie never made
THE peerless editor, the Knight without
5fear and above reproach.
Z Mr.. Nagle received his final summons
Eat the very zenith of his usefulness and
intellectual powers, and for this reason
This loss seems all the more intolerable.
FStill he will remain an exen,plar for his
contemporaries as long as the memory
Of him and his work abides. When the
8poet answered the question of his OWL
Apropounding what constitutes state |?
q he had in mind such as our dead friend
John Maggie
men, high-minded men,
;3With powers as far above dull brutes endued
n In forest brake, or den,
Z AS beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude, :
Men who their duties know,
But know their rights and, knowing dare
maintain,
Prevent the long-aimed blow.
And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain;
These constitute state. +"
Barron County Shield
In the death of Mr.. Maggie the state has
Host valuable man, the cause of educa-
Stion an ardent supporter, and the press
kan able editor. Tor ten wears he was
Scounty superintendent of Manitowoc
acouuty and the schools of that county
6bear the impress of his great work among
athem
In politics he was democrat but of
athe most independent character In 1890
he supported Gov. Hoard for reelection
against Mr.. Peck on the Bennett law issue,
Bin the very hot bed of opposition to that
klaw' Again in 1896 he opposed Bryan
on the silver issue. 1t is safe to say that
| Mr. Nagle's editorials have been more
generally quoted than those of any other
Eof the country press.
Personally, John Maggie was most
genial companion, and the friendship of
his associates and acquaintance was all
most akin to love; his loss will occasion
sincere and wide spread sorrow.
Two Rivers Chronicle
The death of John Maggie, coming as it
ibid when, with most men, that stage of
life has been reached which is called the
prime when ones capacities are great
lest. ones vigors most robust and ones
activities most productive left no
incomplete work III his task of self build
ling Had it occurred ten years earlier
This life would have been completed life.
Had it been delayed ten or even twenty
years his life would have been no more
perfect in its symmetry, no more beauti-
full in its ideals, no more lofty in its aims
land purposes. The regret that is so uni
|versal is due more to a consciousness cf
personal loss that each one feels in CON
sequence of his death than to the certain
land 1rreparable loss that the county and
state has sustained through it. The.e
|are no regrets that in him there was any
|incompleteness in his moral or mental
faculties, or any interrupted work in the
development of proper sentiments and
Sideals. There were no half Finished col
Iumns in his inner temple. no insecurity
4in the foundation upon which his man
shood rested In this county his life has
Jbeen the inspiration of our young men,
This intellect their guide and his work
!their model. But no one who knew
John Maggie will sorrow half so much
ithat these precious, these priceless in
stluences are no longer to be felt through.
aout the county as he will for what he
shas been personally bereft For while
full credit is given and due appreciate IN
3is felt for the good the public has receiv-
led through his life efforts as an educator
land as an editor, it was his friendship,
ahis responsive sympathies, his generous
his lofty sense of honor
land his glowing geniality that made him
sloved while living and makes him mourn
led now that he is in the grave.