Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-10-27
BURIED
Jonathan p. DoHiver Laid to
Rest Near Fathers Grave

rank as great public speaker and
thinker.
''He spent no time dwelling among
the foothills of public debate but
mounted at once to the highest peaks
and pinnacles OF discussion.
He loitered not at the edge of the
waters, but delved deep into the
great ocean OF thought and investi.
CATION.
"Glittering pearls and gems of ex.
preston fell from his lips like notes
from the songbird's throat.
Few Equals as Orator.
For eloquence and diction he had
few equals. Satire and humor flowed
with equal freedom from his tongue.
Versatility and fluency of speech
dwelt side by side and words with
him were but convenient and ready
vehicles of expression.
I'm his ripper years he loved rather
the logic of the arguments than the
sensation of the oratorical or the
mirthfulness of wit and humor.
Il remember to have heard him
say only few years ago that he had
abandoned eloquen0e for argument
and wit and humOr for the logic or
reason.
HE was profound and thorough
student of governmental questions
and a more able exponent Of public
issues has seldom arisen.
He was universally recognized as
one OF the greatest debators that
this great nation of ours has ever
produced.
His star was yet ascending. His
hopes were yet brigh Sening. No
shadow of declining years had yet
appeared. He was in full enjoyment
OF all the powers and blessings of
fully developed manhood. The end
was sudden.
Death Came Suddenly.
HE fingered not In the shadow
nor tarried long in the shadow of
death. Death came to him rather as
the dying, pulsating throbs of the
mighty engine plunged into an i'm
passable barrier with all the momen-
tum OF the swiftly moving train. APP.
parently possessed of all the strength
and vigor of an athlete. speeding to-
ward the goal of his ambition, death
fell full athwart his pathway.
Iowa has lost one of her most
able and renowned citizens. He
brought distinction to our common
wealth. His services were in de
mand from all parts of the republic.
Our state has given to the public
many able and capable men, but there
are few who have approached that
degree OF recognized ability and cap.
acity for public service attained by
him whose life we here commemor.
ate. But we think of him no more
as the aggressive, forceful and ever
ready combattant of public life. We
turn rather to that sweeter side OF
rounded out and generally finished
record OF great achievements. We
put aside all that might seem harsh
or discordant and magnify the noble
deeds and accomplishments that build
Tor him monument OF fame, lasting
as the history OF our state and of
our nation.
"A borrowed thought here presses
itself upon me. That at the moment
or the death of good man there
gathered around him his deeds of
charity and kindness transformed in
to ministering angels and the spirits
OF those departed who have been
benefited and comforted by his life,
and they bear aloft, on luminous
wings the freed spirit upward ~ the
very portals Of the city immortal.
"All Iowa today joins In these
sWeetly solemn memories of the life
OF this beloved statesman and glories
in his grand and magnificent record
of public achievement.
Senator Delivers life work ia
ended. Two and quarter millions
OF loyal citizens of our great com
monwealth join with those of the ma
ton in mourning his departure"