The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-10-20

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Hssxould haye been quite g certain
os Az ,otacs. it Ae had not delivered
nj grset speech upon the woollen du-
IT,. 8 the way Of an epitsph he may
y described q : public oficial with
! oonsdiSAse.ssSHs was not willing to
sliisowsseaseFEa.st "A lays} unjust taxes
upon The clothine worn BY his peo-
ris. without making nj. protest. And
long $500 hence. when greed still
tribes WITH Justice In the fixing Of
tsSaGs. on eloquent voice from the
gsaye viii stilI echo In our ears. SON
demning The hypocrisy Of IL all.
its worthy Of note that the men
whose names .are attached to the tar
80 act-Payne. Adrich and Cannon.
---together with their associates In
the majority, such @ Smoot, Kean,
Renrose. Burrows and the like. did
not jeopardiss their health In the
framing Of the measure. Theirs was
the responsibility. but they lost no
sleep about It. Here Is Dolliver dead
and LaFollette broken IN health and
SCummins compelled to rest through
The 81 nmer. because these men we're
not Hing to accept as conclusive
the ~stsastsments of the benefciaries of
the tarifs Such az Aldrich and Payne
and smoct are certain not to wear
tharaselyes out in the service OF the
people. They will live to a ripe old
age and are welcome to what conso-
lation they q derive from the fact
that they have spared themselves at
The expense OF the public.
Dolliyer was not always the radi-
Gal that he Vas In the present con-
gress. For many years he was in
good standing with the very class
that he has lately attacked with
Syshemence. There have been many
men TO cay Of him that he was a
camp-tolloWer: that he became a
progressive only after Cummins made
Iowa progressive. Certain 1t is that
he has not the consistent, undeviat-
1ng record that belong to Cummins.
hut Il were charitable to assume that
Dolliver found In Cummins' leader
ship the liberation Of his best in
stincts. Never has Dolliver thrown so
much enthusiasm into his work as
he did in corporation with the Gin
surgent" senators. 1t may be believ-
Ell that when no raised his voice in
their behalf, he spoke from his heart
as he never did before. The most
credit belongs to him who fights for
an opportunity to do the right: but
credit Is not to be denied him who
elcomes the opportunity to do the
right when It comes to him without
hhsAshting for It. That there never
was : drawer soldier in his cause
than was Dolliver, once he found his
,,colsrs. the stilled form lying In Fort
Dodge today bears mute evidence.
Dolliyer was the sort Of man we
like TO call an American. That is, we
like to think that he typines the
American character. Strong. virile.
direct. intense, he was q man Of un-
usual capacity, He made q practice
OF thoroughness In the doing Of his
work. So there was always respect
for what he had to say. His unques-
toned eloquence had an individuality
MI it, own. AZ a phrase-maker he
was : close second to Roosevelt. In
his ciimaxes no easily rivalled Bryan.
Twice he came near the vice-presl-
idency. but he will be remembered
moro for his personality and his
spssches upon the Payne tariff act
than because Of any ofice that might
ehays BEEN rendered him. In his
sdeathS rood government has Lost one
pksitymost valiant defenders.
s E110ctton will be held three weeks