Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-07-27


torial article. under date of june
20, 1907, the Goshen, N. Y, Demo
crat has this to say under the
title, Honor to Whom Honor Is
DUE"
Since Mr.. e. III. Hartman s ia
nous Where do / stand letter
became public property it is
asserted that President Roose-
velt and his advisers have been
sitting up nights trying to devise
ways and means to take fall out
of Orange County's distinguish
citizen. This has been a signal
for the muck rake writer's to
get after Mr.. Hartman and a
pack have been in full cry for
several weeks past. Meanwhile,
Mr.. Hartman Is attending to his
own business, as usual, dignified
and imperturbable.
In the American Magazine, a
screed from the pen of Edwin lie
F'evre attacks Mr.. Hartman and
states that he has not friend on
earth.
To this we feel it our duty to
take exception. The Democrat has
nothing in common with railaoad
magnates and Wall street finan-
ciers. but it believes in giving
honor where honor is due; it be-
lieves that Orange County ispack-
ed to the rim with friends of E.
Ri. Hartman. Gratitude is one
of life's nobleSt sentiments and
the gratitude of commonwealth
should be expressed as freely
as the gratitude of an individual
Mr.. Hartman is one of the
best friends that Orange County
ever had, and his friendship has
been tried and tested time and
again. He was a friend of ours
last fall when he took $2OO.OOO of
three and half per cent good
roads bonds at par and saved the
taxpayers $4,000. He was a
friend of Orange County years
ago when he stood alone as an
advocate of road Improvement
and by his personal liberality
made possible beginning of the
work. The o. @. r. G.. Co. built
good roads in Orange County at
less than cost. It was his friend
ship for us that inspired Mr..
Hartman to make the losses
good although it cost him thou
sands of dollars. Aside from this
Mr.. Hartman built good roads in
the town of Woodbury. entirely at
his own expense. He went even,
further and from his own pocket
paid the charges of the State for
making road surveys in this
county.
Many a time and in many a.
way he has shown his interest in
and friendship for US. 1t was
through his influence and liberal
ity that the practically obsolete
industry of breeding and raising
light harness horses was revived
in this county and bids fair to re-
gain it's lost prominence. 1t was
largely through his influence
that the assessed valuation of the
old town of Monroe. now divided,
more than trebled and today ap-
proximates four millions of dol
lars upon which taxes are paid
1t was solely through his infiu-
ence that the saloons and dives
were obliterated from certain
sections which lie adjacent to the
Erie Railroad in the towns of
Woodbury. and Tuxedo, andwhich
were formerly infested with
lawleSs and shiftless men.
We do not know how many
friends Mr.. Hartman may have
in the big world of finance where
fortunes changehands every min
ute or so, but in Orange County,
where his home is located, he has
friends in plenty.
Mr.. Hartman at Arden, with
his business cares and response
bilities temporarily laid aside,
is perhaps a different individual
than the Mr.. Hartman with the
keen eye and the chin like a hunk
of flint who puts the railroad
deals through. At Arden Mr..
Hartman is beloved by the peo
pie. He is a genial, democratic,
unassuming citizen interested
principally in the good that he
can do. He is the man who gen
orally sees to it that Santa Claus
comes around.
His home life is ideal in all it's
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