The daily sentinel., 1905-04-06
MEN CAST IN
NOBLE MOLD

ways shine brightest when the nigh
is dark.
Out of the darkness and storm o.
the fifteenth general assembly. somt
forms loom up in heroic proportions
and it may be worth all the odiun
and expenditure and turmoil of thai
session to awaken Colorado TO th'
fact that she' has within her Dor
ders men cast in such noble mold
Amidst the scandal of it all, ever
with clear head and clean heart and
courageous voice. Horace T. DeLons
of Grand Junction stood forth a.
THE GREAT MAN of the fifteenth
general assembly.
OFTEN alone of his party associates
he at all times advocated what his
conscience told him was right. and
as partisan, he acted upon the prin-
ciple that what was best for the
state was best for his party" and
that the Golden Rule had as much
place in legislative action as it had
in other walks of life.
Right royalty he battled against
the theft of the governorship at ev-
cry stage OF the attempted steal; he
stood steadfast as the Rocky range
against the Infamous legislative ger
rymander bill; he was unwavering
in his conviction that the republican
party was committing a serious blum
der in unseating Healy and Born :;
he did his best to undo the wrong OF
the state canvassing board in un-
seating Ward and Beshoar: he
stripped the mask from the hypocrit-
ical pretensions of the notoriously
subsidized Denver Republican and he
spat upon its pious pretensions and
denounced it as unfit to be read he
spoke out boldly against obnoxious
legislation, and he advocated with
all Of his mastery ability all acts
that he thought worthy.
The lobby had no influence with
DeLong and right well they knew
that fact and kept away from him.
The highest honors in the state
await Horace T. DeLong. for the hon.
est people in the state are greatly in
the ascendency and they love and
revere an honest and courageous
man.
Ably supporting Senator DeLong
in all of these matters, and on an
equal plane of courage and honesty.
were Senator Campbell of Teller
county and Senator Ewing of Rio
Grande county.
In the house. the republicans that
stood out in bold relief as the cham
pions of the people were Hurd. Metz,
and Johnson of Pueblo; Thompson
of Boulder; Griffith and Frewen of
Teller: Wilder and Garcia of Cone
jos; Blainey of San Miguel; Hoyt
of Mesa; Mcintyre and Keezer of
Denver.
On the democratic side in the sen
ate, the one member that came out
of the governorship contest with
more laurels than any other was Sen
ator Gerald Hughes of Denver
His speech was undoubtedly the
ablest delivered during the debate
upon that question. and probably the
ablest political speech ever delivered
in the state capitol.
The democrats had many strong
men in the senate. and Taylor. Clay
ton, Adams, Bailey, Crowley. Jeffer-
son. Kennedy, GriHth, Harris, Hill,
sapp and Ballinger all did good work
The democratic house leaders. Me
CURE and o'Connell, acquitted them
selves with skill and ability
Outside the contest matter tin
which matter he was undoubtedly
misled by partisan appeals). Senator
Anfenger made splendid record. as
did also Senators Cornforth. Alex
ander, Booth, owen, Parks and
Drake.
For the courageous and patriotic
stand which Representative Grimth
took in filing his committee report
finding against Peabody. after hav-
ing listened to every word of the tes-
timony offered, the state owes
debt of gratitude which can be lit
tie estimated. except by those who
knew the tremendous pressure that
was brought to bear upon him. by
his neighbors and friends in Grip
pie Creek and by the party organiza-
tion of the state, to stand by the
party's candidate and to make his
secondary to political ex-
pediency.
Mr. Grimth is one of the real he
roes of the fifteenth general assem-
bly, and he deserves any honor at the
hands of the people of Colorado that
he may ask for.
No session Of a legislature has
been entirely in vain that has pro
luced such public men as those re
,erred to in this attempted testimon-
al TO their civic virtues.
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