Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-02-03

fsrfS has tfybd WITT svei sihS
ability. hdelIsx end efficiency. pIispurity
egtg and f6Fk of chars AZ iriDs
lAtlgs Epeflsncss broad
shunanship lno man def1 Question.
ais words and his deeds have bscohe
an linBsparable part OF any task Or the
discharge o. any duty. Though 4 D.
bat q friendly Office IN one Of the do
baftmsnb 9 the 0overnnI6nt FOR some
humble constituent ne undertakes II
with chesSfllI alacFity. N committee
he b very dilissnt, pRGaticAl and earn,
est in all It's lsbors. Decided IA his
convictions no has the courage which
they inspire y maintaining his opin-
Ions. As "a svHaehcs % the estimate
put upon his ability by those among
whom he serves be has been assigned
TO places on the most important com
mitteeS Ofrthe Senate. $50 f1..
"He is always equal to the duties he
assumes. IN debate Senator TaIiafer-
70 talks wen. He never wanders
away from his subject. nor falls be!
low the level Of the occasion. In the
declarations Of his opinions he is bold
and frank and maintains his Views
with great zeal. Neither the genius
of rhetoHIc nor the associations Of ora
TORY mdhe him the able debater he ID.
but patient and thorough lnvestiga-
ton. tireiess labor. gives him the abil-
ity to sift out the kernel and blow
away the chat. He utteF6 thoughts,
not words. IL seems to him q dIty
TO conYinee others. Hence, all he has
TO say ID argument, never decksd nor
adorned with the flowers Of rhetoric
or figures OF speech. There IL no art
or guile or stage effect in his oratoFy,
II he has no reason for the faith that
10 In him he does not trouble others
with IL. A clear. logical and we'll
stored mind, an ardent temperament
and a profound conviction of the
soundhess or his position give him
great power in the connmittee-ro0m
and place him IN the first rank Of
efiicient and reliable Senator'S. The
whole biography OF Senator Tallaferro
Is written "a d single word--fldelity-
the nobleat. word after all In the Ems
lish language.
1T 10 trus Of him in every trust Of
his life.
He has wrought with all his .tacul-
ties. and he has strengthened and
equipped them all for the best work
Attainable. He has discharged to the
svsEy duty. public Or pri-
vate.. Our politics and our institutions
lose IN rugged strength when such
men az James p. Taliaferro fail Of
recognition and appreciation in the
public service His devotion TO the
matter N hand. whether great or
small, n q striking characteristic OF
The man. He advances TO the end In
new IN the sunlight and by processes
seen and known OF all men. His oour-
teSy h as sincere and cordial rs II II I,
plain and artless. He caitivates no
grace at the expense Of his sincerity.
nor stimulates a pleasure he does not
'eel Senator TaliafeFro il emphatieal-
y q growing man. He gives prom
Re Of the most eminent usefulness.
Ind he and his friends may Justly
ook forward to the recognition and
'eward to which his genuine merit
. entitled to acquire. His reputation
md his usefulness are mounting high.
" and higher. His colleagues bear
Wiling testimony to his services. ser
ices which entitle his name 70 low
ng remembrance not only by the cit
Gems Of Florida. but by the nation"
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