Bisbee daily review., 1907-07-04


 terests' were ranged in opposition, yet fin spite of all haadicape he car rled three counties and missed sec ond place by a very narrow margin
 By the rule of schools Bucky was no orator. He spoke as he rode and fought-straight from the shoulder. He was a stranger to rhetorical gin gerbread and the ainse seed trail. He had no set speeehes-simpiy talked as man to man. And he seldom failed to leave a favorable impression even when his hearers were opposed to his policies by prejudice or honest con viction. There was something about the man that dlsarmed criticism. Per 'haps it was that indefinite quality we call personal magnetism, combined with absolute fearlessness and sincer- ity that shone in every act and word.
 Amid the ruck of time-serving and self-seeking, men came to know Bucky as the steadfast, considerate one. He was soft spoken as Sir Gawain and was one with Stonewall Jackson in disprize of deference- Office and rank never fattened his ego. He waived the privileges, even the duties of position on occasion lest he be counted with
 
 shook hands with him at the huskings was assured, whether Bucky won or lost, of the same hearty grasp and genial welcome one or ten years hence. No ore needing assistance ever went from Bucky empty handed ! if help were possible. His generosity became a proverb. One striking and amusing instance of this quality oc- ! A~h xtrbf la i ing as probate judge of Yavapai. Bucky was known as good dresser. When his means allowed he always wore the most expensive clothes he could buy within the bounds of good taste. On this occasion he was wear. ing a new silk shirt that cost eight dollars. In conversation with bunch of railroad men a big, grizzled Irish Jerry happened to remark that he would like to sport tn ioikes av that shirt. Without ado or preface Bucky removed the coveted article from his person and handed 1t to his astonished compatriot.
 'Bucky, the open-hearted, led men through comradeship and self-aban don. This is the summing-up of men who rode and ate and slept with him among the Arizona hills and in the swamps of Cuba. One of these men not long ago related an incident which fitly limns these traits, as well as the dauntless mettle of this man who | fronted danger always with a smile. ' During his term as sheriff he set out i one day to arrest Grizzly Callen at ! Placerita for murder. Callen was known as a desperate character. Bucky, not knowing the way. stopped
 at the ranch where the narrator oi
 this was then living and enlisted his
 services as guide. When they came 1 in sight of the house Bucky told his guide to drop behind as it was no TOW
 of his and went forward alone. As he reached the house Grizzly opened tht
 door and asked him to come in ant
 said that he had been expecting him So it was a fitch of bacon and a ho fap-iack that Bucky had that time Tn
 stead of dose of lead from cracl
 in the wall. And all that was in tht
 game, too.
 Bucky, the poet and fighter, owed
 ueDt- to Walt Whitman. The UE
 lRckneyed outlook, primal sanity anC
 soJndless sympathy Of the Good Ora,
 Poet closely matched his own philosC !. 9hy. They were he glory of tn ace of rangers-large. turbulent. gen , erous, handsome, proud and affection ate.' 'To struggle against great odds , To meet enemies undauntedi To b , entirely alone with them! To fin
 how much one can standi RefresheI , by storms, immensily, liberty, acton l why. here's the very image of thi ; campeador of our border land!
 "Bucky was free lance. No part leash could hold him. Machine pol
 tics set his temper awry. and seel e~s
 big or little, of special privileges wer apathema. Like Ebert Hubbard, tha modern Philistine, he was intoleran of outworn forms, snug hypocrisy an sham and pretense of every sort. An he had large portion of the gift tn Fra of East Aurora possesses in sue eminent degree of keen, quiet inveC ] tive that cleaves to the bone. An l like certain other eminent perso ] he counted many friend- for the ent mics he made. His sincerity no on questioned. Among friends and ent mics it Is of record that he played ? straight game always.
 Tn fuedal days such names as hi 7 were sown wide in minstrel layi
 There breathes in his ways and work - sort of Homeric fire and largenes 1, that harks back to those early dawn when the Ithacan bard tuned his Tyr P to the sounding eass.
 v "On the third day of July next tn n linen who loved him and all who cour q his life priceless assett in our annal f will gather at Prescott to do him hol n or. On that day the Captain O'Nei d Rough Rider monument will be ul + yelled with fitting ceremony. Tn s memorial was provided for by an aS + of the Arizona legislature, approve t March 16, 1905, including an appr' e priation of s16,000 and the appoin y ment of commission, of which Ass s ciate Justice Richard Sloan of the sl s preme court is chairman. The monl c ment is equestrian in design, is cai | in bronze and has a toeal height ( l. twenty feet. Stephen Borghlum ( r New York city, sculptor who hs r. turned out some notable work of thi j. class, designed and executed the sti @ tue. In connection with and foliowin t the unveiling ceremonies the citizen r. of Prescott are preparing two day .- patriotic celebration which promise r to eclipse anything of the kind her q tofore attempted in Arizona
 T The inability of the president to b ' present on this occasion is keenly r : gretted. From the beginning we haS . . counted on the presence of the ma 1. who by fraternity of temper and pu !. pose is so fitted to balance the req ? merits of his fallen captain.
 Tt was also planned to hold the aI v nual reunion of the Rough Rider3' al ! anclafinn in connacfinn wifh fhn dad