Arizona republican., 1907-05-31

l spared 1t is a safe venture that he | could have had. in time, and prefer
 ment in the bestowal of our people. | The campaign he waged in 1896 for delegate to congress was in many
 points the most notable in the annals
 of the territory. He had practically to play as lone hand. He was the
 nominee of the populists. but that party was poorly organized and ill.,
 supplied with the sinews of war. Bucky had to foot nearly all his own
 bills. Early in the fight he left the
 beaten trails of the ordinary vote
 seeker. By long passes across deserts.
 malapais, mesas and unbroken forests
 he reached isolated mining camps and
 secluded hamlets where the spell
 binder was a stranger. new critter. It
 is probable that during this unique
 tour Bucky saw at least ninety per
 cent of the voters of the territory. He
 had to meet the hostility of nearly
 every important newspaper and all the
 big interests" were ranged in opposi-
 tion. yet in spite Of all handicaps he
 carried three counties and missedSsec-
 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
 ger-bred and the ainse seed trail He
 had no set speeches-simDly 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 disarmed criticism.
 Perhaps It was that indefinite quality
 We call personal magnetism. combin-
 ed with absolute fearlessness and sin cerity 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 disprlze 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 the Superior Class" The man who 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 one 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 occurred at Ash Fork. while he was serving as probate judge of Yavapai. Bucky was known as a 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 wearing a new silk shirt that cost eight dollars. In with a bunch of railroad men a big. grizZled Irish Jerry hap pened to remark that he would like to sport tn loikes av that shirt. With out ado or preface Bucky removed the article from his person and handed it to his astonished compatriot.
 Bucky. the open-hearted. led men through comradeship and seif-abandon 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 we'll as the dauntless mettle of this man who fronted danger always with a smile. ! During his term as sheriff he set out | one day to arrest Grizzly Callen at Placerita for murder. Callen was | known as a desperate character. l Bucky not knowing the way stopped l at the ranch where the narrator of | this was then living and enlisted his | services as guide. When they came in l sight of the house Bucky told his | guide to drop behind as it was no row | 'f his. and went forward alone. As | le reached the house Grizzly opened | he door and asked him to come in and 'aid that he had been expecting him. So it was a fitch of bacon and a hot | lap-jack that Bucky had that time Instead of a dose of lead from crack { n the wall. And all that was in the ,ame too.
 Bucky, the poet and fighter. owed Il debt to Walt Whitman. The un- Iackneyed outlook. primal sanity and 'oundless sympathy of the Good Gray | Poet closely matched his own philos- phy. '"They were the glory of the ace of rangers-large. turbulent, gen rous, handsome. proud and affection te. "To struggle. against great odds, 70 meet enemies undauntedi To B ntirely alone with them, To find how much one can stand," "Refreshed by torms. immensity, liberty, action"- 'hy. here's the very image Of this Of our border land,
 Bucky was a free lance. No party eash could hold him. Maachine poli- les set his temper awry. and seekers, fig or little, of special privileges were Like Elbers Hubbard. hat modern Philistine he was intoI- rant of outworn forms. snug hypoc- lsy. and sham and pretense of every ort. And he had a large portion of ne gift the Fra of East Auroa pos esses fin such eminent degree, of keen. uiet invective that cleaves to the one. And like certain other em- lent person he counted many friends 'ho loved him for the enemies he lade. His sincerity no one ques- oned. Among friends and enemies
 is of record that he played a straight anne always.
 In feudal days such names as his ere sown wide in minstrel lays. There reathes in his ways and works a sort Homeric fire and largeness that arks back to those early dawns when