The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1908-06-19
I'VE SEEN A MAN TODAY
RFAIJTIFUL TRIBUTE TO BLIND SENATOR GORE,
OF OKLAHOMA, BY REPUBLICAN PAPER
From the Philadelphia North American

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Gods been good to mel I've seen man this dayr
Now to our newest state let the message go from the
oldest states that Oklahoma has shown us a man
There were days in Washington last week that tried
mems courage and their personal and political standards
right with test of severity Duty has compelled
the North American to every congressman and
every senator who made possible the passage OF the vicious
Wall street currency bill But only those acquainted with
the truth can conceive the pressure put upon the who
succumbed sufficiently to aid in working wrong the
whole ountry.
The mere fact that Roosevelt and his loyal friends
and the leaders of the Democracy alike were deluded into
the belief that if they did not help in the passage Of bill
that legislative crime they would be guilty OF doing
hurt not party but to the nation enough to show
strength Of the influences brought to bear upon those
in Washington
There surprise and wonderment at the uprising of re-
sentiment consequence of the passage of the nquitous
currency BILL for which Republicans and Democrats must
share the responsibility.
But in the crisis of last week few clearly
And Of those few blind manGore, OF Okla
horna
An evil thing was the dictation of the stock
exchange gamblers of New York by grace of the ignorance
of some men have honored and the cowardlce OF the
majority of both parties in congress
But there Horatius to hold the bridge Ana
there to stand on either side The Horatus
La Toilette of Wisconsin, who is by temperament
leader of fororn hopes Though he dragged himself from
sick bed to talk hours he enjoyed the experience
Then Stone of Missouri atoned for many past SINS
of practical politics by coming to La Folettes aid But
they were only two And it when, both exhausted
they stealing well earned hour or two OF sleep thaV
blind Gore. of Oklahoma, rose and spoke
1t wise, practical thing for hlm to 40. II ne
is to remain senator he must be reelected next Narc
His deliberate sharing of that buster in opposition to
the leaders of his party absolutely toolhardy he d
it in the face of all political practicabilty
He had not talked long when the word was Selt -
the cloakroom that great speech was beng mace 1
soon afterward there was quorum with no more need
for false counting by Fairbanks to accommodate wa"
street
The blind man doing very well in his effort to MAKE
his courltryInen see the light. al
So Gore Of Oklahoma, spoke hour after hour And
those of the he fighting who were real MEL @
have looked upon his blind face and honored ana au'
He was speaking against time He was making max
hlbuser But, all the while he was Peakg 3 t9t dav
He did not know whether it this day or that Idy
or dusk dawn He is blind man but ms oIlt % 4
surely caught the signs of compelled contro
comprehension and appreciation L.. - bod dome
And So knowing that though blind ne nSu ooi, ~
such thing as no new senator had done before Gore OF
Oklahoma delivered his peroraton and sank lo i 5ed
certain that some one of the halt dozen senators
to relieve him would rise and take up Tue isiis
left off
And are you proud gentlemen OF the ia + ,ne
the senate that YOU sat silent in your seats Wile I
standing of yo1r cowardice drifted back OF Vlle u
OF the ewes of Gore, of Oklahoma ;;+,, that
And do you think, gentlemen ol ee ~ work
the men of this country who cast the votes ana 90 t
will be more kindly disposed toward the louo" s IJJ
Adrch and Fairbanks because they sdssse to stop
the Western Republican, at the molnen' & ~ Hind man
the trick of your stealing away the work tla' " Di''
had wrought? al, come q
Of course, the law is the law But there WA
day Of reckoning for the makers OF some IaW we think
Now If may he mere coincidence thousli -, ~ 100
mere consequence But when Gore o. ,Jnh
went away from the cheat that he thought was bked
IN the senate-when Adrich ana rt - washington
blind mamie went to noted ocuist & ~ ,jott make
who had told Gore months ago that tle Ni'"e
h1n able to see ~ ha been blind
10 ono+ +hot no IA feelt