The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-04-04

ana efficient IN Ine less attractive
but more effective work of the
! Committee. We shall seldom wit
ness more complete sacrifice of
comfort and health, more pointed
and direct sacrifice of life to public
duties than we witnessed upon his
part for the last several years of
his service. All understand this,
but if the thought ever occurred to
him that he was making such sacri-
flee he made no mention of it to his
colleagues or his friends. Faithfully
untiringly efficiently he did his full
duty and not every demand of this
arduous service even until the last
hour
| cannot review here the vast work
of Senator Hepburn as legislator.
There was no measure in which he
did not take an interest His activi-
ties covered the whole field of leg
islation. His knowledge of details,
the status. terms and provisions of all
measures was tremendous. But it
is probable that the one legislative
measure with which his name will
be most conspicuous1y associated is
that of the pure food law. 1t was
most difficult measure to bring into
effective form and it was an extra
ordinary task to secure it's passage
through Congress. There was and
there has been for years strong OPP
position to it, But with tireless eff
fort and exceptional determination he
whipped great principle into prac-
ticable, workable measure and finally
secured it's enactment into law 1t
is a monumental piece of work. It's
benefit and general good can hardly
be over-estimated. 1t is lasting
tribute to his efficiency, energy and
courage as legislator. It has hard
ly been of incalculable benefit to the
country and will continue to be a
widespreading and permanent bless
! ing to mankind. 1t is that kind of
a monument to public service which
time will not destroy nor gratitude
soon forget. The state of Idaho
takes great pride in his work in this,
| r,oo+ hono6oon+ p,oacuro
The following is taken from Sen
ator Brady's remarks: Senator
Hepburn was not undemocratic in the
true sense of the word, he was al
ways concerned with good of the peo-
pie of the State and Nation. He
stood upon the side of those hard
working men and women who are try
/ ing to build great American COM
monwealth, the State of Idaho. He
was responsible for many laws
touching the farming, mining and
, business interests of the West. He
stood for the true conservation of
| the peoples interest, and for the
policies which conserve our natural
resources and popular rights in the
gifts of nature, and favored proper
administration of all laws without
imposing any undue burden upon
those men of the pioneer spirit who
are responsible for the turning of
the uninhabited places into home
steads for American men and women.
"He has stood by the homesteader
as against the speculative exploiter
Of lands; he has been with the irri-
gationist, eagerly seeking the oppor-
tunity of tilling the soil that only
waits for water, as against the"sleep-
or" and the land speculator who
wants water without effort; not that
he may reap the farm products, but
that he may reap from land values
which he has not helped to create
AS he served the people of the State
oo liz oSi 'ON viz hu
ton.
"The democratic feeling of our
leaders is known by the consideration
they give to their fellow men in the
bills they make into laws, rather than
by any words they may coin to gain
political favor After years of fail
ure to legislate, his persistent energy
and comprehensive mind gave the
American people the first law, with
administrative restrictions. to guar
antee that sooner or later, every
person in the United States will be
completely protected against adulter-
ated foods and drugs. Only few
days ago, DR.. Wiley, in public aid
dress at Boise declared that the State
of Idaho should erect monument to
Senator Hepburn for the great good
that he had done in giving the nation
such splendid pure food legislation.
No man can rear a greater monument
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