The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-15
THE FORMER PASTOR
 OF GOVERNOR SANFORD

to address the congregation his voice was trembling with the deep emotion that was evident. He said if there was time there might be many eloquent tributes to the ''glorified Governor"
 He said The Montgomery Advertiser, 1 which often says the right thing al
 the right time and in the right way" had spoken of Governor Sanford as "Alabamas Beloved Governor" MT. | Moore said he was the beloved Cover nor of Alabama and this fact more than anything else was a tribute to the great man who had gone to rest.
 We have had wise Governors" de- clared Mir. Moore, but he was more
 than that. We have had prudent Gov ernors. But ne was more than that. | We have had statesmanlike Governors. But he was more than that. He was 1 the beloved Governor of Alabama Continuing Mir. Moore said in part: 'Trhe peoples love Is the highest trfb- ute any man can receive. See how that love has been exhibited in this hour
 of the peoples disappointment and sor- | TOW. In Tuscaloosa, eiong the line of | travel. in the capital of the State. and | here in the home. where he lived ant | was loved. his body was met by vast | outpouringS of the people. He was in- deed Alabama's beloved Governor. Alabama now .nourns him dead. l One of his predec essors. and one of the | noblest of them all, Thomas G. Jones, has said concerning his death: Cover | nor Samford's death Is a calamity. He | came into power when the people de-
 sired an end of political strife, and
 longed for the elevation of the charac- ter of the standards of political nor ality. His gentleness, ability and pu-
 rity of character, made him the man for the hour. and the people instinct lively called him into their service. He | came up to the full measure of their | expectations. High-mindednees char
 acterized all his public and private
 acts. and none was tinged with envy,
 malice or unworthy thought. He was
 a noble example of what Governor | ought to be. What he did, and how
 he did it. win live in far off times, to
 inspire and warn all who come after l him in office. His only fault, if 1t was
 a fault. was his extreme conscientious
 ness. He was afraid of doing wrong | to such an extent, that he hesitated
 unduly in taking a position. But when
 he was once convinced what his duty
 was. he would have gone to the stake
 rather than fail to perform it.
 That is a fine tribute to the char
 acter of the man for whom Alabama
 mourns today. It comes from one whose high character Is recognized by
 all who know him and one who has in himself such regard for duty that he | would do 1t if he knew that he would have to die for it.
 Governor Sanford had qualifications
 and character which eminently fitted
 him for leadership and the responsibil-
 ity of official position. but he was in no
 sense an office-seeker. His services | were subject to the use of the people of his State, and when that use de-
 manded his service he was ready to re- spond to such demands"
 MT. Moore reviewed the pUlitical rec ord of the late Governor and continu- ing said:
 He seemed to be without political ambition. Many wondered why he did
 not aspire to the position he held at
 his death. Governor Jones gives the reason. In a conversation between the l two, Governor Sanford said: My fa- | ther was once a candidate for the of- flee. and said he would like to see his | boy hold It. Governor Jones said: Tt | has been a matter of surprise to me | that you were not a candidate in 1890, when the office was so easily in your
 reach His answer was, You have | just said that the Governors powers
 were so much greater for i'll than for | good, that feared, in spite of my best | effort. might do harm instead of good and that kept me from seeking the of
 flee
 "The history of such nan will arouse in a people a desire to know what there was in him to make of him the man he was. Now that he has
 been called from his earthly engage
 ments. more than ever they will want
 to comprehend the secret of his life and | character.
 What was there in him which has called forth such monstrations of in
 terest in his life when he was making such q heroic struggle against such l odds? What was there in him to call | forth now such evidences of great sor-
 row at his renfoval from this sphere of | things? There is but one answer. The
 manhood which was behind all he said,
 all he did. and that manhood only can account for all we see and hear and
 read of. It was the man that drew to him the love and confidence of the peo- | pie. He had persuasive eloquence, and
 moved the hearts of those who listened to his beautif Il and powerful speech. He was possessed of wise statesman ship and 1n occasion displayed that statesmanship in convention, or lcgis- lature. national Congress, and in the gubeTnatorial chair. but 1t was not his speech. his matchless elOquence. nor
 even his wise statesmanship but the man that drew the people to him. The outward achievement was only the me dium through which his inimitable character was disclosed. All who heard
 him, all who observed his conscientious conduct felt that there was something finer in the man than in his speech or
 in what he did.
 "Governor Sanford was a modest man He put too low an estimate up on himself and his ability. This would lead others to underestimate his worth. This humility which I have called mod esty, was shown when he was called upon to make his speech accepting the nomination by the State Convention
 His language was TO be suddenly ex- alted from the private paths of do-
 nestle life to the lofty station of honor and great responsibility suggests to poor frail humanity, that possibly there Is a personal significance in the event. That temptation would have me in it's power tonight but for the fact of hu-
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