The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-08
: Twl, Nea. MAJ.


re mvsts-y vssseTdsy morning. sas7s
sravs citizen whn vas soz0Tso
Asrs5r sonE rs and nan whose
re I'll -eve- be excsalsd L she po4s-
-jrsl a-d business lie a he s-zss
Ny Blr-he @ great a2n osc-ALse
- pss gentle ana o9zsids-zfs IN NJ
strength F9om b.oyhcod hs haa e
susres tAss oogrsesy % rs fellows
wss~N ns-ss he Iab0-n gentleman
.76 Yzgoes hin q pane OF lesdsS-
sass STAINED oaly :, Ihe Isa q 1879
40 mss.hsh II rs aspirations
"a zane 20 he ycang west yF'Eia
+ag a. noos ard sn.srprzse- ne
IA land s-5 considered i sooo- ~
o7po-Suns.r lar n satssvo-- Hs Wal1-
- -~,- uno1 lie ackle miss wAo passes
- Sometimes unchallsased. has taSEas
~ ~ hand he led her through ne
1zs-seg,s 7aras Of ais effort and Haos
~ o,e ws-h him Ffdelity 10 ne
r-ss. pr51csples Of fairness. and man
= consideration fer the rights ana
ssa,f7es nj o.he-s. we're the cardlElai
xi--res 1bgt III his path By those Tays
h. advanced through eve--~iosIi.ns
mains Of accomplishment ne
o.@u5px I'D before his fairness ana m
.av-4rr zs tie horizon spreads Itself 10
,;4x before the sturdy and lireless pli-
GIN Friends and clients and eona-
panfons came 10 him, as II o. na-al-
Al right and, as the years grew on MS
circle of strength and influence WIDEN
ad until in this day ne had become
,be mower that challenges now the az
rniration Of many who tell in nlournfui
words Of the loss they have sustained
Mr.. Blythe was marvel as pollu-
cal leader. He was strong anu
forceful captain of the party hosts oe-
cause with all his power to move men
IN think and act with him, he was IN
selfish. There was never thought Oh
personal benefit in any OF his pans.
He loved politics as natural rlshe,
/ and he looked upon it as sacred
charge to fill that ne was fitted to be a
Header of party men Selfish ends for
I himself Or others were not porloh
/ of his consideration. AS for ms part.
he effaced It entirely in all consider
itions of the outcome of any contest IN
the field of politics. rather working TO
the good of the party as whole, ana
for the uplift of all the people He
made promises, but never was guilty
of making one he did not intend &c
keep. And the records does not exls'
of a pledge that he ever broke. He was
Friendship were like golden apples
hung in the garden of constancy ane
truth.
Mr.. Blythe knew men. and regarded
them for their personal worth. Thl!
characteristic was one of the sources
of his power as a leader. 1t drew mel
TO him. Not only along political line
but in every way that enters into TIL
, life of a whee-souled busy, consider
t ate. capable man. Men came to hin
| with their perplexities. No enc wa
denied his presence. To each and a
: he gave the fullness of his wisdom
y and many men today acknowledg
e that some of the dark places in thei
J. business life were made light by tn
: kindly friendship and council of j. v
i. Blythe BY some he was called tn
l. father confessor" for to few men wa
/ it given as to him, the ability to clea
, away the clouds and make the crooke
s way look straight.
1t Mr. Blythe loved nature with all tn
h bigness of his great individuality. H
D. Burlington home. set among the tree
a and shrubbery of an almost rural n
IS ture. gave him sense of freedom fro
e care and toll. When the evening can
Il and the shadows heightened, it was h
le pleasure TO sit upon the broad yerand
as of that home in the summer time ar
is listen to the voice of the hour or chi
ie with friends while the quiet wint
u stirred the leaves above and mao
"a soothing music in his ears.
y Out in the grounds about him We
10 the plain flowers of the country doc
S. yards, which ne loved above all 9TH
40 blooms In the garden. where he ";
Is wont to take portion of his recr
at alton, vegetables grew to his likir
~ and under his fostering care It vi
~ this sense of outdoor enjoyment III
~ led him so often to the hunting led
=, near Wapello. where his SOU toc
- flight yesterday morning His love {
a. that place was very deep. and It
- said. that among his best friends We
=. the farmers and others in that local.
- who had come in contact with him dr
al ing his various expeditions and lear
y ed to admire and respect him
IN AS citizen OF Burlington n
Blythe was strong and helpful ia
. tor Quiet and retiring in his way
nv was alive to the interests of the pla
be and was ever exerting himself for
good His friendships were many a
OF lasting and the feeling Of loss n
N has come 10 the people OF the place
in his death is OF the keenest charactel
ri. The people mourn Mr. Blythe
Iul one who, having lived among them
of upright and Just man, one full
he kindness and consideration. and o