The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-04-06
Secretary as follows:

the gentleman from Indiana Yet be
fore and after the quotation in hi
speech he unwarrantedly attacked
the venerable Secretary OF Agricult
ure. The devil denouncing sin new
er spoke with more inconsistency
than did the gentleman making the
slanderous quotation from Avon s
Deathless Bard. was in the Presi.
dents room the other day, where a
genius had wrought his ideals
with aid of color crystal and gold.
The effect seemed to be realization OF
the artists dream; yet the custodian
told me that vandal had defaced one
OF its fairest parts. ] saw, too, the
matchless canvass upon which paint
er had depicted, militant and glorious
an American fleet upon one OF her
inland seas.
vandal there had drawn his ruth.
less knife and rent that picture,
which five generations Of his kind
Gould not restore. Then | came to
this House to see and hear this as.
sault upon the Oldest man
In the Cabinet the oldest cabin
ct officer In point off service liv-
.ng, the Oldest Cabinet officer in point
If service living or dead-16 years OF
continuous service--the most gener-
ally loved and respected Cabinet If
ficer from Washington to Taft; and
this respect and love includes Repub-
lean and Democrat, the East, the
West, the North, the South. Yet
he gentleman from Indiana proceeds
to attack his fair name and fame
and this largely for following direc.
tons laid down in the Sixty-first Con
gress by the Committee on Expendi-
ures. That was strong committee
1t included, of Members still in this
House, the distinguished gentleman
from Virginia, Mr. Flood, the eminent
jurist from Missouri, Mr.. DoOher,
That report was backed by Hon. Ed
win w. Higgins, now the ranking
member Of the minority. 1t was, also
by the distinguished chairman. Mr.
Moss, so 1t might be called Moss
backed. | do not think any of these
gentlemen should repudiate It or even
find fault with the Secretary of the
Bureau of Chemistry in accepting 1t
rs based upon knowledge and good
faith.
But the secretary, hailing as he does
from Scotland may readily see, what
ever his course might have been in
the purefood law, it would have met
the adverse criticism of the gentle.
man from Indiana. There would
probably be an application of the
doctrine, IF you can, you
can't; II you will, you won't; you will
be damned if you do; you'll be damn
ed IL you don't" The Secretary will
be glad that the power of curse or
benediction was not delegated to the
chairman of expenditures. dislike
to see the Secretary join certain 9th
ers in their assault upon the veneer
able secretary. Not that they can
really injure him, but they can not
fail to annoy. When was boy |
used to hear carrion crows cav, cav,
cawing from a safe distance at an
aged and burdened eagle as he pois.
ed and scared to his rocky aerie.
There he was safe. Men would not
harm him, and crows could not an
noy. In his elevated place in Ameri-
can regard the Secretary is safe and
secure. And | want to say gentle
men, when the great Secretary has
gone and the honors justly due him
from a grateful people are In part
paid, II the neglected graves of his
detractors now in office be covered
with dense coating of grass 1t will
be because Secretary Wilson has
done much to make two blades grow
| where only one grew before,
After all we all have our friends
as well as our enemies, and at heart
when the final count is made many
of the so-called enemies move to the
side OF the friends, and thus the
clouds are rolled away Stones are
only thrown at fruit bearing trees
and he who crosses over the sea OF
life without n ripple on its surface
is usually the fellow that never left
his own door yard and does not
know that the earth is round. The
great characters In the worlds his
tory are loved for the enemies they