The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-27

measure simply because IL was pro
| posed by the organization, nor resist
! it simply because 1t was favored by
! the opposition. 1t is not difficult to
define the political creed to which he
subscribed He was republican, but
!, always with him partisanship was
subordinated to patriotism. He was
| determined that his party should be-
come and continue the progressive
party of the nation. He knew that it
was instituted not to make men rich,
but to make men free, and he insist
ed that 1t must never renounce the
exalted impulse which Abraham Lin
coin lived and died to communicate
I; to it. In any conflict between men
and money. between people and prop
| erty, his voice and his vote were for
humanity. He believed in the direct
election of senators and In gradu-
i ated income tax. He believed in the
initiative. the referendum. and the
recall, accompanied by appropriate
restrictions. He believed in protec-
ton as a cardinal policy. but always
with tariff duties SO adjusted that
! prosperity for the producer should go
hand in hand with competition for the
consumer.
i He believed that in this democracy
! equality of opportunity must be sac
redly preserved. He believed that
the people of this country, white and
black, rich and poor. great and small
must control it absolutely in all its
departments. He believed that in the
] adoption or abrogation of organic
/ compacts, In the enactment or repeal
of statutes, in the designation or dis
placement of officials, the electors
I. themselves must be the ultimate auth
ority. He believed that in this age of
i arrogance and wealth the helplessness
/ of the weak must be protected against
/ the aggressions of the strong. He
believed that every citizen in the land
Z must be assured an untrammeled bal
lot for the nomination OF his party
candidates, so that the real preference
1 of the rank and file of the voters
shall be reflected in the results. He
believed that the constitution must
s, be made potential force In govern
mental life, cheerfully recognized and
4 universally respected, by the removal
of every unnecessary impeachment
which interposes between the peoprs
and its amendment after fair delibe-
4 ration. He believed that the dangers
ct combination and monopoly must be
overcome by restoring to the markes
place that unhampered independence
and reasonable rivalry which alone
can eeHntervail the abuses OF indus
trial, commercial, and financial con
course of the republic be so directed
that the disinterested intelligence Of
the many rather than the selfish gen
a ius of the few shall sound the domi
Z nant note in the national strain
These were the principles he espous
] ed. Many of them were unpopular
when he embraced them, Most Of
them are now applauded everywhere
! His life was open, unconcealed, oh
], yious. He intended no evil, and BIZ
: was therefore reluctant to impute evi
even to those who willfully misrepre
:, scented him. He endured the cTiti
:, cism, much of it misinformed, some
: of it malignant, which all successful
!, men are compelled to encounter; bu
: it never aroused his animosity or dis
! yeked controversy, but he never sur
!, rendered conviction. The opinions
!, he entertained were formulated 70
his own government after serious con
sideration, and while he never at
tempted to impose them upon his as
no matter how bitterly they we're as
+ sailed
: He was man OF extraordinar.
+ modesty. His political career wa
). signalized by singular prosperity, blu
with vanity he was wholly unac
! quainted. He enjoyed the unboundet
I confidence of his electorate, and h
!, had been commissioned and recon
4 missioned as the representative of ;
!. sovereign commonwealth in the mos
= distinguished legislative assembly /,
!. the world. But he always esteemed
!. the distinctions conferred upon hin
as opportunities for useful achieve
q ment in the public interest, and h,
. remained throughout what be wa
4 originally-a simple, sincere, unaffec
.. ted gentleman. And he was a natura
gentleman. / knew him intimatel.
d for dozen years, in public station
$ and in private life, in his office an,
D. in mine in his home and In mine, an,
. our intercourse was informal, evel
V familiar. ] never heard him utter
word in conversation that would b
q offensive to sensibilities the most fas
10 tidious, and believe he never cor
10 ceiyed thought that might not hav
u been published. withou, improperly
t. In any presence.
N He had no Partially for public life
II because he comprehended how capr
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