Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-20


ceive free all the flour they needed and
he was one Of the committee to look
after their interests. Even In tAose
early days he exhibited that industry.
perseverance,. honesty, study, and
generosity which marked his after
years. Such a man will soon make a
mark and exert an influence upon the
community and 1t is not strange that
he was early called to public service.
That public service is an open book to
every man in Iowa; on the pages Of
that book there is not stain.
Saw Larger Political Questions.
He scanned the political horizon
and with broad vision saw the larger
questions in our political and indus
trial life, which few seemed to per-
ceive at that time, and on those Ques-
tions he was twenty five years in ad-
vance of his time. He was as the
voice In the Wilderness He sounded
the just note Of warning against dis
ordinations and unfair railroad rates.
and his voice was one Of the first to
be heard. He knew the transportation
question was the most important one
for the American people. His book on
that subject was the best contribution
to the discussion Of the times. and ne
lived to see his theories incorporated
in state and federal statutes. Every
man who travels the pathway Of bet
ter legislation for corporate control,
finds all along that pathway clear evi-
dence Of the blazing Of the trail by
William Larrabee quarter Of q CEN
tury ago. At that time he was preach
ing the doctrine Of the open door Of
equal opportunity, later popularized as
the doctrine Of the square deal.
Senator Kenyon quoted from Lar
rabee's inaugural, his messages. his
books and his state papers to show his
purposes and his doctrines. His whole
public career was reviewed, and then
Had Confidence in People.
During the closing months of his
life and before election visited him
several times at Montauk. Because of
his physical weakness I could only talk
with him for brief period Of time,
and would then go out and come back
in an hour or so. knew the shadow
Of death was near. he knew 1t also. 1t
haunted his room. it was with him in
the waking hours Of the night. How
brilliant his mind was during all that
time. He had set his firm resolution
upon one thing, to cast his ballot IN
election day, and his determination was
SO great 1 have never questioned It
was the one thing that kept him alive
during those weeks. In all those con-
versations he would say, repeating 1t
again and again:
Z have great confidence in the peo-
pie; they will do the right thing, they
will work this problem out
He always had that confidence In the
people: elevation to power never took
him from the people. have often
wished we had congress full Of VIII
Ham Larrabees-what a congress that
would be?"
In conclusion Senator Kenyon said:
Lessons for Young Manhood.
what lessons In this life for the
young manhood OF our state and ma
tion? He was great believer in younG
men, and he may well serve 40 an ex-
ample for them. Young men can leartl
from him that there Is no success with
out labor. Work was his key to sue
cess. He went to the root Of every
question, worked twenty hours day
sometimes in busy seasons. True, in
deed
The heights by great men reached and
kept,
Were not attained by sudden flight
But they, while their companion slept,
Were toiling upward in the night
''He believed in the gospel of labor.
He knew that the mere accumulation
Of fortune does not mean success; that
success comes from life Of service
He truly exemplif1ed that a good name
is rather to be chosen than great
riches" He made the name of Lar
rabee a synonym of purity in private
life. efficiency and honesty in public
life. The manhood Of our state is safe
when the young boys growing up have
the lesson Of such lives before them
and strive to emulate them. SUCH
lives really never die. 1t is not SO
much that they live on in the other
land, waiting to bid us welcome, but
thru their influence they live on in
this life. Is the sweet singer Of Israel
dead?. Do not Longfellow and Ten
nyson live on in the hearta Of those
who love the beautiful and the good?
Is Lincoln dead? Listen and hear the
response of millions of freemen march
ing on. No man dies who leaves be-
hind him an influence inspiring men
and women to do better things. And
in this way William Lara bee lives on
Many law for humanity. many a
statute for fair play. for square deaf.
ing, will be written by the Legislators
because Of his influence"
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