The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1910-11-05

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And go he has gone throughout his
life. He mas cheered where cheer
was merited. He has criticized with
all his energy when criticism seemed
TO him warranted. That Is what he
did In his campaign That Is what he
promises 10 do If elected governor.
Thrivcs on Opposition.
lie can appreciate both commenda-
ton and criticism. lie has been
through the mill. Today he looks
back with pride upon the obstacles he
has snrmounted. They are To him just
like the bull moose which kept him
freed for three days in the wilds OF
Canada, but whom he eventually out
Unanswered and shot. lie has had his
life OF hard knocks and today laughs
at them. He has had his SORROWS
which have left their imprint indel-
bly, upon him. He has had his vic
tories. These cast brilliant glow
over the shadowy spots.
Once Chase S. Osborn would have
gone TO congress. but for the treach-
cry or men whom he had made. They
Kept him at home He was panied,
not because he lost. but because his
friends had proven false. But that is
all forgotten. He wept not at all. He
forgot
Faithful 10 Friends.
He has been always willing 10 help
q friend in need. Always ready TO
forget the man not his friend. This
friendship, this love OF his friends il
probably born of the love he bears
his mother. No boy or girl shows n
moi G filial devotion TO his mother than
Chase s. Osborn. That mother, now
nearly SO years of. age, knows this.
The affection OF the son is returned
BY the mother She Is proud Of her
big boy, the eldest of eight children.
She knows he Is smart boy as well
as a good boy. She lives in South
Bend, Indiana, and all unknown TO
him, she travelled to Jackson last
spring 10 hear her big boy talk And
newell his speech that night, he says
himself, was the poorest OF his cam,
paign. There before him sat the
mother 81 years OF age, straining her
eyes and ears TO catch every word
and every move OF her boy. And he,
when he saw the loved mother, was
overcome His speech was a poor at
tempt. But to tho mother 1T was the
grandest she had ever heard and she
went back to her homo happy as only
a mother can be.
Let that aged mother DO III ever so
little. Politics, governors, everything
Is forgotten. Chase 5. Osborn takes
the next train-a special train u
Decessary--and hastcns TO the moher
who needs him
And Chase S. Osborn Is proud. No
man is more proud han he. What is
he proud Of? He Is proud Of his own
family, Of the big boys he has reared.
He Is proud that they have been sue
cessful in their college days and that
they are growing up to be the kind or
men he would like them TO be. He is
proud that never yet has Il blot been
east upon his name. He is proud and
jealous, too, OF his honor and his name.
He is proud that years and years ago,
he first of any man In Michigan,
started q boom for William Alden
Smith for United States senator. Ho
is proud that while they laughed NJ
him then, his boast and his prediction
is now "a fact.
Chase $. Osborn Is a man OF moods.
Today he loves the whJl ana excite
ment of the campaign he loves 20
talk. He knows he can he interesting.
He loves 10 appear before an audi
ence, loves to talk to them on any
subject that comes TO his mind. loves
to morali2e TO them and loves their
applause.
Tomorrow he hears the call OF the
wild. lie longs for tho solitude of the
forest. the smell of the pines. tho
howl of the wolf the hoot of the owl.
Tomorrow he quietly drops from civ
ilization With buckslxin moccasins
on his feet, heavy sweater or Mack
NAV jacket, q fur cap, with his rife
on his shoulder, he opens the door Of
his Deerfoot Lodge up in the wilds of
the Upper Peninsula. For days he
tramps the woods. quietly az an In
dian, guided by the north star at
night. by the sun or the bark on the
trees in the day.
1T does one good To- get right out
among the things God made" he says.
Il love TO be where no man ever was
before"
Then the mood again changes. lie
feels the charm OF his library. his
books, his writing desk. Shut mp
there, he reads and absorbs more
knowledge. He writes book
Again comes the wanderlust lt
takes him to tho ice fields OF the
north. 10 the desert OF sand. IL calls
him 10 mines OF I.apiand, 10 the songs
OF Italy, TO the flowers OF Japan.
Then he comes back again. filed
with new thoughts, new ideas, new
knowledge. He appears once more be-
fore the crowd and with all his dy-
manic energy tells the people what
he has learned. and striking his fist
into his palm. drives home n thought
which he hopes will do somebody
some good.
Perhaps he is called 10 political
conference. May be IL Is the presi-
dent who wants TO discuss something
with him. as has often been the case;
perhaps Il Is the governor: perhaps
IL is but the county committee.
whether Il Is tho president or the
county committee matters not II his
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