The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-01-06

or Steunenberg. and join with the
state in its deep sorrow. Frank
Steunenoerg was brave and noble
man, whose death is public GALA
nifty, and the bringing of it about
is an outrage against our civiliza-
ton.
Boise Statesman-In the death
of Frank Steunenberg the state has
lost one of ITS str ongest .charac-
ters-one whom it can lily spare
and who may not be easily replaced.
Those who knew him we'll loved
him with measure of affections
that seldom goes out to those not
ones own blood, and the people of
the state as a whole admired and
trusted him as fully as any one
who has ever occupied official posi-
ton in the west. He was giant
oak of our citizenship, and in his
awful death he passed like mon
arch of the forest in the grasp of
the lightning.
Evening Capitol News.-A great
and good man has fallen. awfully.
Frank Steunenberg is dead. Dead
because crime decreed that he
should die that it might be avenged
for past accounting. and as a warn
ing that it must be unmolested in
future deeds of darkness. It is
wholly beyond the conception of
right-minded men how SO atrocious
a murder could be planned, much
less executed. Big minded, big
hearted, manly Frank Steunenberg,
who climbed flames ladder in spite
OF obstacles, and made Idaho a
synonym for law and order. and
himself a national character, has
been cruelty sent to his Maker be-
fore his time, to receive his eternal
reward for duties we'll performed.
and life honestly and nobly lived.
When strong men turn pale and
forget to hide emotion, some great
calamity has befa1len. This was
yesterdays universal mute message,
which every man read in the face
of every other in this city.
Farewell, Governor Steunenberg.
We stand by your open grave in
reverential awe, and with hearts too
full for grief for words to tell. We
do not understand it, and cannot
comprehend it. The day may
come when those left behind, can
say, Forgive them, Father, they
knew not what they did," but not
now.
MOSCOW, Dec. 3f.The assassi-
nation of Governor Steunenberg is |
deeply mourned here by all. Presi-
dent James A. Mclean of the Uni
versity of Idaho. said:
81 have known of Ex-Governor
Steunenberg for many years person
ally and have long esteemed the
qualities of courage, candor and |
loyalty which went to make up
the greatness of the man. Govern
or Steunenberg was not only a
political force with qualities of |
craftsmanship of the highest order,
but a profound thinker in the field
of social philosophy. His mind
was attracted by a great subject
wherever 1t occurred in history,
politics and religion or in the fields
of profound abstract reasoning.
In our last conversation. held at
Portland in August, he talked first
of the relative advantages of public
and private schools and finally
pushed to reasons for believing that
the human race Is advancing along
proper lines. Ills mind was search
ing deeply where historians and
philosophers have tailed to find the
bottom. Words lose there meaning
and force in characterizing correct
ly the crime that has just oc-
cured
W. >. McConneil. Moscow, Ida,
Dec. 3r.-The starting news came
60 as this morning that ext Govern
or Frank Steunenberg had b.en as
sassinated. We cannot comprehend