The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-04-26

sOlldlty or his views. he will never
lead us into quagmires. He will never
| follow WiIl-o-the wisps. He will ney-
er wander into by-paths where danger
turks. His feet will always be
planted upon the bedrock of principle.
He will ever "walk a highwoy Of he
own and keep the company of his
self-respect!' And. whether he shall
climb to the greater heights, or re-
main to serve the people that are
nearest to his heart and deepest in his
love, he will still be one of the fore
most statesmen of his time and one
whom we shall always be glad to hon.
or and to aid. His name springs un-
hidden to every lip, Charles w. Fair
banks.
And then we have another senator.
And when / say that mean all that
the word implies. I do not mean
man who only wears the title; ons
who simply holds the commission, but
senator in reality, one worthy to be
the representative in that august
body of this mighty commonwealth:
qualified to associate with the other
great men whose names adorn that rol
and whose intellects illumine
the path of our natural progress. Not
cringer and a crawler, touched with
ambition, but thinker, reasoner;
one who stands erect and faces the
world because of the strength Of his
convictions: man of brains, man
of intellect, a man of force, a man of
power. When the Philippine question
arose he went to the Philippines, went
there to study the question where
the question as presented. With a
vision Of the future amounting al
most to prophecy,he foresaw the
struggle now waging in the East,
and he went at once to the Orient; ;
went there to study that event in
which we. as a Nation, are so deeply
interested, and which may mean so
much for us. And the work he has
given to tie public On that problem is
unsurpassed in the literature of the
day He is a living proof of the fact
that it no longer threatens ambition
in this country to be considered lit
erarv. He has enriched his ample
book knowledge by study of peoples
at home and who can doubt that he
is all the better qualified to represent
intelhgently the highest interests of
our Union? He is the tireless tOiler.
The smell of the midnight Oil is al
ways on lis garments, but never on
his speeches. He and I were class
mates in college and then, as now h
was the most indefatigable worker
I ever saw. In debate, ready an
keen, WELDING trenchant blade, and
using those hand grenades of argu-
ment, wit, ridicule and sarcasm, with
striking effect. In oratory. unsur-
passed, md everywhere sought To-
the charm of his utterance. His rec
ord is his witness. We are proud OF
it, and he now hears, on every har
those sweetest of words to every pub
lie man. "Well done. good and faith
full servant:' and to that Scripture
[ want to append another sentenc
for his sake, as we'll as for ours, ant
that is, "Take another term
Gentlemen, we shall honor ourselves
more than we honor him; we shall
serve our own interests more than his
when we see to it that every Repub
lican in the next legislature votes fol-
, the return to the senate of the Unitee
: State of our brilliant and eloquent
fellow-citizen, Albert J. Beveridge.
, And what shall l say of our dele.
, CATION in congress. Modesty forbids
that I say much, else I might justly
, be accused of self-praise. But I have
such an exalted opinion of the mem.
bership of that delegation, and take
. such a just pride in their worth anC
work, that I cannot refrain from be
slowing upon them in this presence g
just need of praise.
, Hemenway, chairman of the pow
erful committee of appropriations
and Overstreet, chairman of the i'm
t portant committee on postoffices anC
{ post roads, are longest in the service
Then come Judge Crumpacker, chair
man Of the census and member Of in
sular affairs; Charles B. Lands. chair
man of printing and member of for
eign affairs; Brick, member of nava
affairs and Territories; Cromer
member of agriculture, coinage
weights and measures, and expendi
turac in ba roctoHGao