New-York tribune., 1903-01-25

The following tribute TO the life work and
public services of ex-Speaker Galusha \. Grow
was written by James 7. Dubois whose summer
home adjoins that of Mr.. Grow in Susquehanha
County Penn. Mr. Dubois is the editor or the
Revised Statutes in the Department OF state
trustee of the Carnegie Library III Washington
and was formerly in the consular service;
When seventy years ago. youth of ten summers
too young to handle a gun-concelved the ldea oL
rattng sticks upon the roof of q barn 20 IrlShteh
wild pigeons away from cornfeld IN the pct
uresaue valley of the Tunkhannock. in Pennsyl-
vanfa he demonstrated his youthful phliosophy.
When the youth, grown to manhood' Win
love of humanity in his heart. endowed WIN
fertility of resource and command of parma
mentary tactics rarely in the halls OF eglsla-
ton secured the passage of the most important law
of the century he not only became oelelac'oi u
the race but endeared his name to all tolng people
and especially the freeholders or American soli
CaIusha A Grow entered Congress III ISol' re'iie
&, 1892 re-entered il in 1894 and at the age OF
eighty still young in heart and possessed OF re-
markable mental and physical vlgor ne VIII Ie'ii
from Congress on March next, having ehleieu
public life ffty-two years ago.
The incidents in the career OF eN-oPe7net
NAV he quickly told but the influence of his hte
can only be measured by the limits of human hopes
You first him young lad with ms hlo'iei'
ma king westward from Connecticut 10 Iiu ioiii0
among the rugged hills of Northeastern Fehhsyi-
-; vou GEO him at GIenwOOd faithfully dis
oh. reing the duties of farm boy AT fourteen you
find him rafting lumber on the ousque'aliia ~ ll
tho Trukhannock to the Chesapeake Bay Later YOU
find him at Amherst college. whence ne re-
turns with student honOrs, to the herhiock hS VI
t,i mountain home You him spuddng DARK
with the energy and skill of a veteran "oouSh"i'
and YOU find him sleeping upon Ouiich u 'Ia" .
~ iob+ in \ rude hut at the mountain camp But
soon vou hear the voice of the people caiiiHS mn -
- So of state You see him i'll Congress CHAIR
40, OF the Committee on Territories. then the most
important committee of the HouSe. -,
. few years pass and We ma tue Soui7 ~
brilliant Pennsylvanian elected 10 WHAT wa" ~ 80
tho third place in the nation Two more years 20
- - oovsred with honors he passes from puohc
,o nri,ate life but still you hear MS voice pie0us
eIoouently for wise government pure ~ p' e, 60
the immortal principles OF right III 4''- S ~
- oa+ sovereign State of Pennsylvania pr0udiy
'he = - che congress OF the United States the
F.o;.. of her two famous sons who had reacheu
the ,peakership-Grow and RanoaIl-aho YOU sec
+be 4ouse with packed galleries ana cro"ueu hOo
o~iouslv accept the gift with eloquent
,r;b,,tes amid thundeTs OF applause Ohe Sedl sues
.' 1 - raanpears in the halls OF Congress as
- at1arpe from Pennsylvania. with a greater
,luraIity than ever gwen 10 any caAuiN<l0 "
-, S,ata for any office. He came oack 10 Congress
- +rone in intellectual and physical Vigor as ne
was in those historic days that tried the SOUS o'
-. -. .,r,. y
Certainly 1t is inspiration to write the stoTy Oh
,,oh a ufe although in the writing one must De
conscious that he is repeating tne hedr'hs'0ie 60 60
80 the American home. No life has ever been lived
,,-,,htn the confines OF Pennsylvania that better
illustrates the possibilities OF youth under the IN
stutions OF the republic. Sprung from sturdy
England race. his strong character and Visor-
os morality came TO him from the surroundings OF
christian home nesting the northern foothills
Of the AIIeghanes a region of statesmen ana noble
women region prolific In bone and muscle, brain
and
In the winter Of 1851 at the age of twenty seven
HI. 10. ftN Ny
Youngest member OF that body. The days were
pregnant with peril The most startling drama OF
all national life was just beginning The tight over
the repeal of the Missouri Compromise was near at
hand The South was boldly asserting that slavery
must live and increase" The North was resolutely
muttering that slavery must be restricted or die"