The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-27


ments. Not being colleges man him-
self, he knew as well as anyonsaliving
the benefits and advantages Of ednca-
ton, and he supported every measure
in that direction. II
LATE Young was member Of the
general assembly in 1874 which
passed a bill seeking to pay the mem
bers Of the First lowas infantry Tor
the gray uniforms they wore when
they enlisted under the first call OF
Lincoln.
LATE Young was a member OF the
state senate which passed the law pro-
hibiting the burying Of soldier tn
the potter's field He voted for that
measure.
LATE Young was a member Of the
state senate which made it impossible
to send an old soldier to the poor
farm. He voted for that measure.
Both these bills were introduced by
the late Senator Mccormick Of Marion
county, democrat.
LATE Young had more influence than
any other man living or dead in
locating the soldiers home at
Marshalltown. He had more In
fiuence than any other man out
side Of the Grand Army toward the
establishment Of soldiers home at
all in the state. LATE Young's friend
was Clarke Mcfarland, of Marshall
town, now dead. To help his friend
he championed Marshalltown. 1t is
largely due to his skill and manage
ment that Marshalltown secured the
soldiers home. There are men In Mar
shalltown who know the facts and
they ought to tell them.
While member of the Iowa legis-
lature, LATE Young introduced the
first bill in the legislature to make
education compulsory. The bill did
not pass until later.
LATE Young championcd the law
which required every railroad in Iowa
! to fence its tracks.
LATE Young was one of the first adj
vocates of the law restraining live
stock from running at large in the
state. The first herd law enacted in
the state had been on the county OPP
ton plan and had been nullified by
the supreme court. Then followed the
general herd law.
LATE Young championed an appro-
priation for building the young ladies'
dormitory at Ames. For several years
the boys and girls occupied the same
dormitory. Owing to political fric-
ton, which need not here be described,
the bill for such dormitory did not
pass.
LATE Young championed making the
appropriation to pay the war and de-
Tense fund issued by the state of Iowa
In cancellation of over 100000 of the
civil war debt There were those of
the general assembly who were afraid
to tax the people for such debt. Lafe
Young was not afraid.
The bill was passed long after mid
night before. the final adjournment Of
the general assembly.
LATE Young was a member Of the
state senate which enacted what was
called the granger law. This law en-
acted an ironclad schedule of freight
rates for every railroad in Iowa. Mr..
Young was member of the commit
tee on railroads. The granger law was
repealed in 1873 on the pretext that
the state was new, but Mr.. Young
voted against the repeal of the gran
ger law. He believes now the granger
law to have been a mistake. The leg
islature did not have sufficient facts
VII 1ihNll w lfA AdtSc. IL WAS a mere
guess. But the people at that time
thought it was right and voted for it.
LATE Young was a member of the
state senate for twelve years and
voted for every good law that was en-
acted during his term of service.
LATE Young gave the deciding vote
which established the state normal
School at Cedar Falls.
LATE Young assisted Hon. John Y.
Stone in establishing an institution
for the feeble minded at Glenwo6d.
His vote was always in the interest of
humanity He always supported lib
eral appropriations for the education-
al institutions, insane asylums and the
penitentiaries.
LATE Young has always been an OPP
| timist. His votes in the Iowa legisla-
| ture were always optimistic. His votes
in the United States senate were OPP
| timistic. He believes in humanity.
He believes in the state of Iowa. He
believes in the American republic.
LATE Young is a mechanic. He is
an educated man-self- educated. He
! believes the best way to help man IS
to put him in good humor and talk
to him about the bright side of things.
LATE Young worked in printing Of
| fees in Abba, Des Moines, Eddyville,
Oskaloosa, Centerville, Keokuk. He
is willing to refer his case to any of
his former employers who may be still
living. He never watched the clock.
He never quit one minute before quit
| ting time. He was and is thorough
mechanic and had saved $1,000 of his
wages before he was 81 years of age.
| If he does not know the book of life.
who does? If he does not know hu-
mainly, who does? We have heard
him say: "The soldier learns human
l'ity by marching, sleeping and fighting
beside his comrades. The mechanic
learns humanity at the workbench.
These two classes of men know the
human heart better than any other
| men living. They have broader SYM
pathies than any other Glass;
These are leaves from the record
which will find no place in either the
columns of the Sioux City Tribune or
Of the Des Moines Register and Lead
er, but they are facts which will have
weight with the republican voters Of