Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-07-22
TOLEDO'S MAYOR.

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TOLEDO'S MAYOR.
Cincinnati, O., July II, 1904. At
the Vine Street Congregational church
this morning, the pastor, Herbert s.
Bigelow, spoke on the ideals Of Mayor
Jones. Mr. Bigelow said in part
With the death Of Mayor Jones, the
most unique figure in American poll
tics has passed away
Mark Hanna and Sam Jones. In
these two personalities were summed
up the opposing forces Of the age. The
golden rule or the rule Of gold.
On Ohio soil were produced these
masterful spirits the one believing in
the supremacy Of money and organi-
cation; the other believing in loving
justice and freedom each achieving
in his way extraordinary success and
leaving upon his generation an un-
mistakable impression.
Politics and business. In this dual
kingdom Hanna reigned. In state
craft and in commerce, Hanna's god
was Jones devil. A sharper contrast
were scarcely possible.
In politics Hanna was the boss and
. Jones the bolter. each without peer.
Hanna demonstrated what money
could do with the aid of subsidized
press and powerful machine. Jones
showed the world how single man,
when once he has the love and conf
dence Of the people, can win victories
without money and in spite of ma
chine and in spite of papers.
After he had served three terms as
mayor, the politicians and the news
papers and the franchise grabbers and
the preachers joined hands and said
"We will put an end to Jones'
There was but one English paper In
the city that would publish the news
that he was again candidate; and
those notice was paid for at advertis
ing rates. It was a conspiracy of
silence. The newspaper readers could
not have learned from the papers that
campaign was in progress.
Without party, without paper.
. he made his appeal direct to the men
in the street. His son played the cor
net and he talked and sang with the
people his own home]y songs 1t was
not political campaign. he asked no
man for his vote. Rather it was the
preaching of new and strange
evangel. The people knew that the
politicians were not worthy to un-
bloose the Iatchet Of his shoes. They
heard his message gladly. He came
out Of the contest with almost as
many votes as his three opponents
combined.
The defenses of plutocraey are like
wooden blocks before any man who
comes upon the scene at the psyche
logical moment, commanding the con.
6dence of the people, Men will arise
as the times ripen and what has hap
1pened in Toledo will happen in the
kNation. The shout of the people will
shake the foundations Of monopoly
and those new.made thrones will come
tumbling down.
There are many who feel that
Mayor Jones lacked definite philoso.
ply and program, and that more
practical man might have turned his
victories to better account.
But to know the man was to feel the
nobleness Of his aims and the inten'
sity of his democratic nature. He
/ once told me that he ate with the
men at the shop as often as possible
because he wished to avoid being
waited Dpon by the servants IN hit
home. He would not interfere with
the ways Of his family but the bic
house and the servants were luxurief
which he could not endure. Thu
smlseries Of the poor were always or
his conscience. More and more hil
life became vicarious atonement TO,
the social sins of the world. human.
ity's yoke he felt with crushing
weight. He always seemed to be like
the man whose heart was breaking
with the sorrows Of the race It wal
broken at last and the weary and
heavy. laden have cause to mourn. 49,,
A heavy electric storm broke ovei
the city Monday morning st s:9(
O'Clock. Electric light and telephone
wires suffered much damage. Trans
formers in several places were burned
out and lights were extingpished. 4
! light wire on Fifth avenue was strucl
? and cut. The electric current followed
the wire into Mrs H. f. schleusener'
house and knocked off some plaster