The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-06-21
To His Long Home.

his state rather than to him,
Governor NJ. Pattison has crossed
the mysterious river. To him the
transition was less of an adven-
turs than it has been to the aver
age of mankind preceding him, or
than it will be to the myriads who
will follow with no definite conf
dences as to what eternity has in
store for them. He sincerely en-
braced q faith that taught that
what we call death was merely a
change of condition after the
swift march across the worldly
world. He was pre- eminently
alert and devoted to his duties in
this life, and his sincerity and
devoutness must have given him
an ever-present comfort in the ex'
pectation which he now realizes.
He was striking combination of
the serious, practical man of the
world and the highest idealist in
religious consideration. In his
public as well as in his private
life he employed all the human
instrumentalities that were proper
, 10 advance himself, his fellow
citizens and his country but the
moral law and the golden rule
were his guiding lines. He was
not a prude, and was the furthest
from hypocrisy. Men of all moral
conditions had faith in him. He
stood for all, without restraining
his emotions or opinions in any
direction.
The last political campaign in
Ohio was one of the most remark
able in the history of the state.
Mr.. Pattison was regular party
nominee for Governor, with his
views on all public questions writ
ten in his career and achievements.
They were not uniform in party
alignment. He was elected by a
majority which the opposition
would have been glad to have ac-
cepred as equal to the adverage on
their side. All the rest of his
ticket fell by the usual arithmetic
of disaster. The triumph was per-
spicuously personal, though at the
same time high testimonial to
the electorate of the state, who
knew they had found man who
could be relied on to cross the
party lines at the right places and
be responsible to the whole com.
munity at time when independ-
ence seemed almost positively
necessary, Mr.. Pattison was a
brave and direct man. He was
skilled in the legitimate strategy
of politics, but he was not a trick
ster or dodger. He was can
didate for an emergency, and
served the purpose faithfully and
we'll. Whatever able and strong
men may have had against the
course of politics in 1905 ever
body knew that John M. Pattison
nad no secrets, and everybody
knew where to find him. Nobody
could spring surprise on him.
His life was open for all to read,
and he calmly but defantly stood
by the whole of it. Nobody will
ever be able now to tell what the
general outcome of his admins
tration as Governor might have
been had he lived out his term
hut it may be set down with the
certainty of fixed star that it
would have been approved by the
conscience of John M. Pattison.
The biography of Governor
Pattison, written in fairness and
with strict adaptation to the
truth, will be one that his family
and friends may always be proud |
of. He was man Of high morals
and education, and a useful and
faithful public servant. He was
successful in business, but shared |
his prosperity, to the extent possi-
BILE under the laws of trade, with
those surrounding him and with
whom he dealt. His success in
life was part OF the Legitimate
success of the communities in
which ne lived and worked, and |
in his state, and in the country.
Good men differed from him some
times, but all respected him, for
all his contentious were in the