The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-09-27
PAYS TRIBUTE TO H. W. BAILEY
Attorney E. E. Mcdonald Declares BE
Was Type Of the Highest Manhood.

Attorney E. E. cDonald Declares BE
Was Type Of the Highest Manhood.
At the funeral services of Judge
Harrison w Bailey yesterday Attor-
ney E.. E. Mcdonald, of this city,
delivered the following tribute:
! at is difficult to express the feel
|ings and sentiment that are present
with me now. 1t is with pleasure
that improve this opportunity to
express my appreciation of my de-
lparted friend. and, in feeble way,
give thanks to him, who, on many oc-
casions proved by his generous words
and deeds that he was my friend. /
am glad of this opportunity to as
sist in assigning to him his proper
place in the temples of memory and
in the annals of history, and, while
it is pleasure, it is a pleasure which
enjoy while overcome with sorrow.
| at is not for finite man to criti-
cize or question the wisdom of the
| work of the Infinite Being who
planned the existence and life Of man,
| but upon occasions of this kind when
the one we loved so much is called
away we wonder why it must be. It
would seem wise that a man who, in
all the trials and vicissitudes of life,
/ was found to come up to the highest
standard of manhood, should be
spared to us and mankind for much
| longer time.
at must be that the world is bet
| ter for good man having lived, and
it would seem the longer he might
live the greater the benefit. and it
would seem as if an All Wise Provi-
dence should arrange so that man
of honor and strict integrity, of high
est morals and perfect practices, of
kindly thought and generous deed
might live on forever We do not
criticize or complain. We believe a
good man should live long. His TAX
ing away is the result of law Of ma
ture which we must recognize and
whose execution we must willingly
submit to. Natures law has no ex-
ceptions and in it's execution knows
no exemptions. That the fairest and
best of mankind must go the way of
others is not peculiar to man. We
watched the ground for the opening
through which came the loveliest
flower of our garden. We noted each
leaf as it appeared. We wondered
at it's rapid growth and admired it's
symmetry and strength and when it
| put forth the bud we-longed to see
| the blossom, and when in full bloom
we Toasted our eyes upon it's beauty
and drew in, with each breath, it's
sweet fragrance. We were happy in
its presence.
And so with a good man. We have
a tender affection for him IN his
| childhood and youth, admiration and
| pride in early manhood, respect and
generation in his old age and yet a
good man, like beautiful and frag-
rant flower, is with us only for a
time and then to pass away.
''It seems to be law of nature
that as old age approaches we are
prepared for the end. This is true in
plant as we'll as animal life. But in
reference to mankind we must be-
lieve that He Who doeth all things
we'll has so arranged that for him,
who during his long life follows the
footsteps of righteousness, there is a
full and just reward.
'It may be that Judge Bailey found
some great reward for his conduct in
| the simple, quiet and beautiful life
he led, that repose of mind and sweet
comfort, that comes with the con-
seriousness of having, at all times,
done right Few of us, indeed, as
| we pass through life, are not stung,
annoyed and punished here in a de-
gree, by the recurring thought of
some wrong done, some sin commit
ted To some of us to be free of
these thoughts and reminders this
earth and this life would be a para
disc indeed. And Judge Bailey, in
the full realization of having lived an
upright life, no doubt found the high
est reward for his conduct this earth
bestows. He always seemed satisfied
with life. He was stranger to fault
finding. He may have had critics,
but they were few indeed, and found
among those who misunderstood him
or those who were not in harmony
with his upright life
''Of sturdy and honorable parent
age his early boyhood was surround
ed by such conditions as caused him
to develop into a strong, healthy and
honest man. His early life was con-
spicuous by his willingness to per-
form every task assigned him. In
middle and after life he brought the
discharge of his duties those charac-
teristic qualities which made him a