The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-10
TRIBUTE TO SENATOR SHOUP.
From One Who Knew Him in
Youth.


Where the great freight depot and
machine shops of the Denver & Rio
Grande railway in Colorado'S proud
capital now stand. stood the military
post of Camp Weld in 1862 and 1854
Colonel John p Slough was the COM
mandaut. and seven or eight compan-
ions Of COlOrado's pet lambs''-as her
FIRST regiment was ironically called
We're there qUartered, restIessIy await
ing marching orders from the govern
ment. 10 fight Indians or rebels on any
eXigency which the seething cauldron
OF the civil war should bring to the
surface.
As a lieutenant in Captain Backus'
company, MIR. Shoup was on duty. and
On each day of the stormy spring of
81, he was TO be seen upon the parade
ground drilling the soldier recruits
and quietly maintaining the strict mill
tary discipline so necessary for the
control of the turbulent and lawIess
frontieTsmen.
The commanding officer of the regi-
n-ent was not popular. His new epaU-
ltttes gave him an exaggerated notion
Of the sublime remoteness of a full col
Cnel from the low state of a common
foldier; and to keep d lime-light turned
OF the gold lace of his wholly inappro-
Friate exaltatiOn, which at times pre-
saged for him a total~eclipse at the
LANDS Of subordinate officers and men
He had not even the condescension of
tine ''Pinafore royal X G. B. of the
Queens Navee." although not knowing
half as We'll the use of his "snicker-
Suee''
All this access of pomposity did not
disturb the complaCency o. the modest
young officer with the blond hair and
soft voice. for no carried a big stick
afOretimes-when Teddy the great was
yet IN knickerbockers. ShOup had been
fighting Indians ard road agents on the
plains before Colonel Slough dreamed
q any preferment greater than a COM
mission in arpet-SnighthOod and was
Cualihed with that knowledge Of their
crooked ways which gave him COM
mand OF their savage wills and pre-
Vented the mutiny which was often i'm
mineBt
He was The peacemaker and the
equalizer between these turbulent
spirits ana their wholly Impossible
commander. displaying the serene Sc
cCrlty Of temper which alIayed their
anger and saved the life of the foolish
man whom they were determined to
Kill.
A little later when d third regiment
was raised Colorado he was the pop
ular choice for it's colonel and as
promptly appointed by the governor.
lie and all other soldiers In that then
distant field had to wage a warfare in
which there was plenty OF privation.
and but little glory, but with him the
WatchwOrd was ever Duty and the
Grand Old Flag"
To keen the faith in whatever en-
terpIise he assumed; TO fortify by
cheerful hope the Wavcring resolution
of hayward men who magnified OBJ
stacles 1n1 were Skcptical as TO the
uses of adversely and Self-denying ef-
iort for the sake of good results in
the perspective; TO stand resolutely by
= daring affirmative IN which he pc
ieVed. though all men should be
against him: th3se elements comoosed
the lock and key of his character: and
" hethe~ in military emer gency or as
later IN the multifarious and weiZhtv
matters OF civic life. eventuated in an
career, and bore him up
ward 20 the final enjoyment of all the
honors that man of the most lofty
ambition could emulate.
rms lofty key note Of truth and cour-
age mas echoed along the years in
mich he has upheld the claims and
dignity of bis beloved Idaho. both
WITHIN her borders and in the senate OF
the Republic.
But not only Idaho but the whole
group of states has
cause 10 revere his name and memory.
Tor he has spsnt his SPLENDID ener
yes IN public services of !egislat ton
most favorable to the rapid evolution
OF the magnificent resources of the
greater northwest
To publish his genial and loving ma
ture as displayed TO family and friends
would be TO invade the molly of HOLES:
but as 10 unique and oeneficent force
steadily applied TO the uplifting of the
prosperity OF a splendid portion OF the
American commonwealth I may here
write my imperfect tribute to him
who now rests from LABOR and has en-
tered upon Immortal reward.
FIDELIA x. HAMILTON.