The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-10-07
VALE, N. B. BROWARD.

VALE, IN. ID. bNOW AMI.
The death of ex-Gov. N. B. Broward
has been the theme of the week in every
part of Florida When the average man
of promise is stricken in the heyday of
life by the reaper Death there is neigh
borhood disappointment and sorrow.
When the stricken one has risen to a
place of leadership, his death becomes
a public calamity, as viewed through
mortal eyes.
Napoleon Bonaparte Broward was the
recognized leader of democratic thought
and the dominant political party of
Florida. He reached that pinnacle
through sheer force of ability and recog
nized qualities OF generalShip. From an
orphaned boy struggling in dircful pow
erty, with little opportunity for educa-
lion, he rose step by step until he be-
came Governor of the state. The people
on his retirement as chief executive, plac-
ed upon his shoulders the toga of United
States Senator. He was So years of age
and had reached the summit of an hon
orable ambition. He was not permitted
TO go down into the valley of the prom
Used land. Just a look, and then the
tide (which comes from out the mighty
deep, turned again home" and n. B.
Broward was face 10 face with his Pilot.
There has been much said regarding
the career of Gov. Broward that appears
fulsome. That is usually the case with
those whose habit il is TO beStow post
mortem kindneSSeS. But even such
words serve TO accentuate the fact that
his commanding personality and moral
worth had won general recognition
from his bittcrcSt political foes. Mr.
Broward was not without his faults
He was apolitician, and American poll
tics have not yet reached the flawleSS
white stage.
But politician though he was he rep
resented ideas of advancement, and his
faults if he had them, were lost sight of
in his clear cut demands for party de-
cency and progress along clean paths.
He stood for the better principles and
movements in our latter day statesman
ship. He was a champion of the move
ment now on foot 10 forever prohibit
the beverage liquor traffic in Florida.
He had pluck, he had faith in himself
and the people; he was model of po-
litical and personal courage-a model
that will serve for the politically ambi-
tiouS youth of Florida throughout the
present generation better than any other
public man we have in mind. He was
a manly man, and
"The world has room for the manly
man, with the spirit of manly cheer;
The world delights in the man who
smiles when his eyes keep back the
tear;
Ii loves the man who, when things go
wrong, can take his place and stand
With his face TO the fight and his eyes TO
the light, and toll with a willing
hand;
The manly man is the country'S need,
and the moments need, forSooth,
With a heart that beats to the pulsing
tread of the lillied leagues OF truth;
The world is his and il waits for him,
and ii leaps TO hear the ring
OF the blow he strikes and the wheels
he turns and the hammers he darcS
TO swing;
1t likes the forward look in his face, the
poise of his noble head,
And the onward lungc of his tirelcSS
will and the sweep of his dauntleSS
tread
Hurrah for the manly man who comes
with sunlight on his face,
And the strength to do and the will TO
dare and the courage TO find his
place!
The world delights in the manly man,
and the weak and evil flee,
When the manly man goes forth 10 hold
his own on land or seal"
What lesson there is in the life of
this clean cut, manly man for the youth
of our state! None can know the draw
backs of more direful poverty than he
suffered, nor greater diScouragementS
than he encountered in his path TO the
hill top Yet he brushed them all to one
side and mounted step by step. The
one thing needed by the boy OF today is
a measure of the Broward pluck-hiS
determination to riSe-and the decision
TO keep personally clean and stand for
the right as God gives him 10 see it.
The people of Florida had reason TO
expect great things OF Napoleon Bona
partc Broward in the Senate of the Unit
ed States, and had he been permitted TO
serve them it is the almost unanimous
estimate OF his old political foes, as well
as those who stood closest TO him, that
they would not have been disappointed
What is our loss is his eternal gain.
Let US not grieve for the departed, but
let our hearts go out in unchecked SYM
pathy for the widow and the fathcrleSS
who sit in sorrow by the hearthStone he
loved better than life, or fame, or for
tune.
Wise saloon men will mol make con-
tracts extending beyond July LIST, 1911-
Tampa Tribune. Which, being inter