The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-01-11

ence, yet deep down1n his heart was q
wen Of love and trust which was con-
slant in It's flow toward the Savior Of
During all his life he ex-
empiihed the human side OF religion
by doing what he believed to be right.
IN this respect his faith was fixed.
BIS purposes were strong. His deyo-
ton to duty and TO the unseen. was as
unfaltertng as the stars. There is
nothing more to be admired in this
life than a manly man. His constant
purpose was to lift all persons with
whom he associated to higher con-
ceptions Of life and duty. He was al
brave man also. He had the courage
of hts convictions. He was a danger
Gus antagonist. not only because Of
his vast intellectual attalnments, but
because he could not be induced to
compromise his principles or his con-
.victions Of duty. He always went
straight Forward. There were no zig
zags no ms and outs in his public or
his private sets. His personal char
acter was as spotless as maiden's
and as unsullied as ray Of light. He
was never on both sides of a PROPOSE
ton at the same time. His makeup
was too pronounced for anything like
that Living he asked no compromise
with those who opposed him; dead,
there will be no utterances OF him
except those that are good. Such men
always leave their impress upon the
times in which they live. Such men
viii be missed because their places
will be difficult to fill.
EllIins Self-Madc.
!, Senator Elkins is entitled to more
credit than most men who achieve
distinction in life, because he was self
made. He was the sole architect Of
Ibis great career. He had the stick,
toitveness to work his way through
the University of Missouri. because he.
although then mere youth, saw the
necessity OF college education If he
,:hoped to reach distinction among his
fellows. Next he served his cora..,,
as a soldier in the war of the rebel
lions, then he became lawyer and
located in the then Territory Of New
Mexico for the practice Of his pro-
Efession. Shortly thereafter he became
dts attorney-general; then its United
States attorney, and next, for the term
of four years Its Representative In
I(So1uRaea In on nF tI,osa =
aisplayed uausuags abiaity whichlled
him on to, san greater achieveaishts.
"a his early manageable came tdsWest
.s4rginiEsand engaged in, vast business
Enterprises which IN tsa or, tliree del
Ecades made him, perhaps, the wealth.
Eiest man in the state. He, in connec-
ton with his honored father-in-law.
the Hon. Henry G.. Davis, constructed
railroads, opened coal mines, built saw
timillsE estalbl ished 4banlrings4nstituttonsi
bounded towns ana ftiess ana Ff6ve
made the then new commonwealth
now literally blossom as the rose.
Largely because Of their enterprise
land foresight West Virginia IS now
the second state in the Untoay in the
IpPOdHetion Of both coal and coke.
Senator tElkins and ex-Senators H. G.
Davis ana ]. N. Camden must always
be recognized as West virginla's
greatest developers.
Big-4n Brain and Body.
Although Senator Elkins served
honorubly as secretary of war in the
cabinet of President Harrison, and al
though he succeeded phenomenally in
business and indeed in everything he
touched, his enduring fame will rest
mainly upon his record as a senator
in the Congress of the United States.
Throughout the whole OF his sixteen
years. service in that distinguished
body, his footprints can be traced in
most Of the important laws that were
passed. Others outranked him in
howery utterances on the floor Of that
deliberative assembly, but few, If any,
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