The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-02

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ordinate place in the attorney general IS
office, and is now promoted to assist
ant because of his splendid work in
prosecuting the postoffice cases.
A TRIBUTE TO A FRIEND
(The following remarks made by James Gray
at the funeral Of S.sH Hall yesterday are
published at the request of friends of Mr. Hall,
the hearts Of ali who knew the man Of Whom
they We're spoken.) -
This gathering pays a, tribute to the
memory. OF one Of natures noblemen,
.H5appy IS the man who draws to himself
the love OF men, whose very name is
shortened In that quick heart throb
Whlch says Let me come nearer'
"Sam Hall doubted it was spoken in
atfectlon. SAM Hall he was to all
his friends. Attic his demeanor was
dlgnlhed and grave, when he smiled
strangers felt they must have known
him before; when, he spoke formality
was scattered by the genial warmth Of
ms tone ne Happy the man. who is be-
loved lby his tellows7-twice happy be-
cause he must have first loved them.
His boyhood was passed in the country.
a poet at heart, he came wholly under
the influence OF nature and imbibed q
dominating sense of the supremacy OF
law. The foundations Of his character
were thus laid in eternal principles.
These principles shaped and controlled
all his future years. Out of them grew
the philosophy which governed his bust
| ness career. 4-
That philosophy was that calling, to
be essentially moral, must be essentially
| productive. No enterprise which did
| not meet this condition appealed to his
mind or enlisted his capital. Every
| business venture which was offered him
was put thru this spectrum, and he &C
cepted none which did not refract hon
esty, usefulness and productiveness. In
on how to get rich quick. Nor had he
any pessimism about properly conducted
! enterprises. He. believed that capital
wisely planted and carefully cultivated
would grow, and in many directions he
made it grow. Butt he believed in no
fairy wand of fortune.$ He had studied
the plodding industry of nature and
| knew that she never reaped where she
1 had not sown. sa-.I
He recognized his Indebtedness to
those days in the fields and believed that
| country life was the best training for a
| boy. It was favorite theme with him
that farm life was best calculated to
teach boys the patience, the frugality
and the regularity essential to success
and that
| In contemplation of created things
l BY steps we may ascend to God
He was broad-minded man, just but
generous; one of those men with whom
one might differ in perfect amity. Free
from all pettiness, all egotism, all as
sumption, he stimulated thought with
out creating antagonisms. Thus he
could and did preserve the perfect and
devoted friendship Of many who held
views quite the opposite from his.
3. If we seek to analyze why he accom-.
plished more than other men, we shall
at once seize upon his most obvious
trait-his magnetism. He was man
of great, caution, bullet him once con
ceive a plan, put 1T to the test OF his
4 jud gment> and aeeaptodG, and nothing
=. could withstand; tn e,onrush Of his en-
thusiasm. . And such was his capacity
,, of loyalty that, other men s. projects
i; mind, and heart he could and did sup.
81 port with equal ardor. He had in a
: large measure the power Of kindling en-.
thusiasm in colder men, converting them
e from critics to supporters; from specta
8 tors to partizans. Had he chosen q
literary life he. would have produced
!, thoughts pulsating to be used in the
t lives Of men; had he accepted public
/ career, he would have been an orator
, of the torrential kind.
Who Yields -....
: The living mass, as If he were its soul.
= AS it was, devoting himself to bust
t ness, the pent-up Utica of trade coulC
O not contain him all. In many directions
: people who did not know his bushes:
) knew him. They knew him as a public
spirited citizen; they knew him as {
f,;o o. KIM
I him as man who, on occasions, wieldet
s an unconventional eloquence prompted
! by genial altruism.
= When it was proposed that the Com
: mercial club should take up public worl
4 he took characteristic position. Som'
:, opposed it entirely, holding that it dit
: not concern the club. He said that the,
: work. should be undertaken because i
: would bring in members. He said tina
e they were wrong, also. Public worl
t should be undertaken, not because i
s might help the club, but because i
: would help the city. In this spirit n
= threw himself into the first years wor]
n caao Fe fo and he efe e pat Mtaa o Mt
tive period He studied earnestly prob
lens of civics which he had never take
Il up before, and grew steadily as a dis
ciple of the better American citizen
: ship Had he lived his robust mind an
IT rugged character would have qualifie
u him to take leading part.
,e But we haven not come here to specr
- late on what he might have accom-
Is plished. His earthly work is done. No
IS in the evening Of life, but at it's moor
: time his call has come and we must DO,
g to the decree. In his grasp were larg
le enterprises his genius had created;. be
il fore him was the great city in whic
= he might play any high part he chose
- beside him was the helpmeet of hi
t earlier struggles; about him were tn
Id children he loved with a passionate d,
votion. Light was all about him, br
he has gone out from that light into th
,r darkness and the unknown. We. came
a. lift the veil, but we believe that tn
:. infinite intelligence and love whic
tt created him brave manly, masterfl
lg and good has led him out into a large
IS life. 5ts5 II
A LARGE QUESTION
at New York Globe.