Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-11-23
MAS0H'S tLOQUeNeE WINS MANy
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""oV" y eIOVOCWJC VINO WHVJ
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senator William Il. Mason is making
Il noble campaign for reelection to his
seat In the United states Senate. and
as the days go by his cause is growing
stronger and stronger
To those not blinded by prejudice or
selfish considerations. It has been ap.
parent from the very first that ILL
nois has never had q Drawer or more
able representative In the Upper
House of the National Legislature than
the Hon. William 4. Mason.
His attitude on every question of i'm
portance and magnitude. coming up
since his election. has been sound. and
his singleness of purpose. indepcnd-
cnce of thought and loyalty to convic-
tions fairly arrived AT by careful and
conscientious consideration have
stamped him as u man pre-emincntly
endowed with the courage of those con-
victiOns.
His course of action has been shaped
along those lines. at times when per-
sonal az selfish considerations would
have pointed out different line of con-
duct.
During these pleasant fall days. how
ever. Senator Mason Is gathering new
leaves to his civic chaplct, fresh laurcls
for himself and for Illinois
Ills friends and admirers hav" al
WAYS known him for an able and force.
| ful speaker and u peerless dcbater, but
II Is only recently and upon II most
suspicious occasion that he has dis
played the possession of such great
clouucnce and power Of expression. az
would place him at one bound In the
front rank of the nations orators.
The occasion was the recent prcsen-
tatlOn of Il beautiful silver service to
the battle ship Illinois.
The Eagle takes pleasure in repro.
ducing from its esteemed contempt
| rary the Record lIcrald--t follow.
ing splendid tribute TO senator Ma.
sons noble speech Of presentation.
which undoubtedly may he clnssed as
one of the efforts of his life:
There are occasions when the spirit
of n great state enters into the emo
lions of u single man ana spenks
through his thoughts and words. One
of these occurred on the quarter deck
of the battle ship Illinois last saturday
when senator Mason. in the name of
this state. presented to its officers
and crew a beautiful silver service.
For the time being Mr. Mason was
transformed into the volcc.clop,icnt Of
n commonwealth of nearly five million
souls. breathing n message of gOot
will and u benediction upon the shil
bearing the title of the state we love.
After days of cloud and rain and fly
Ing surf saturday brought one of blu'
sky and gentle wind. The great shil
lay beautiful In her garb Of white II
u sea of golden sunshine Chesapeake
hay at It's best To the Senator sh,
uppcarcd more II whltc-roicd mcssen
yer of pcace-strcngth In rcpOse-thal
] an engine of terror nnd destruction
7 And w, while he invoked blessing O
: her from the god of battles. he prayc,
G God grant that the war paint ma
never color your battlcship's Sides
And then he continued: Proud
2 our state ana ship. proudcr still In TIL
u thought that though this great ma
\ chine Of war and death might dcstro
n fleet or II city In an hour. your gun
u must hang helpless as Infants hand
by your sides until commanded to a'
:. by the conscience of seventy millio
J. Christian people. Then. grim visage'
: you will speak In thunder tones fc
our soil, our flag, for humanity, ft
liberty, for the rights Of man. TIL
u people who command you to 80 spea
D will answer to you In the courts OF III
- world. In the courts Of conscience IN
u In the court of u just ana nlmighi
GOd"'
I" This IL u noble message. httiig'
u spoken by Senator Mason for the pc
T. lplc of Illinois.
u Nothing that we could add to tn
could help us to more thoroughly cot
u vey our own sentiments on the SUI
= ject.
We can only congratulate our an
~ and eloquent Senator. ana wish III
u both In ana out of tho United STAT
II Senate-many more such OratOrical u
~ umDhs,