The Washington herald., 1914-03-17
LAUGHS At uncle
SAM As TEACHER
Senator Sterling Tells Ohio
ans that Farmers Know
Their Business.
MEMORIALS ARE READ
State Society Does Honor to Memory
of Dead Members Nominating
Committee Is Named.
MEMORIALS ARE READ

Senator Thomas Sterling. of South
Dakota, scolded Uncle Sam last night
before the Ohio Society Of the District
for sending garden and flower seed into
the States and also telling women how
to- cook, "as IL they don't already know"
He was speaking OF the relative cost OF
the government when he said:
1T Is a species of gross paternalism
for the national government to send seeds
to our farmers and tell them what to
do with them and how to do it. and to be
sending out literature by the tons to our
wives telling them how to cook"
Senator Sherman, of Illinois, also spoke.
He was born in Ohio, but was carried
West in his mothers arms when he was
about q year old. Both Senators Landed
Ohio and its people and received rising
vote of thanks for their entertainment.
Anton Kasper played several violin solos.
Memorial to Kern. 4.
An impressive feature Of the quarterly
meeting of the society was the reading
OF two memorials to deceased members.
One was to Josiah Quincy Kern, who
died November es last; the other Judge
Frank +. Hutchns, who died in January
1919 Mr.. Kern was in the government
service for about forty-nine years.
A COPY of the Kern memorial. written
by Rabbi Abram Simon, follows:
THE Ohio Society of the District OF
Columbia records with profound sorrow
the loss on November q. 1913, of one
of its most respected members, and here
with registers its admiration for his
beautiful and blameless life. Josiah
Quincy Kern was born on a farm near
Alliance Ohio on October q. 1855. Hav-
ing received there his elementary educa-
ton, he continued his higher studies at
ha w he
graduated with all academic and legal
degrees OF NJ. A. Ii. B., and Phi. ID. He
taught in the high school for a while
and later on became a newspaper corre-
spondent. But his mind was essentially
a legal one. Fortunately, the government
began to appreciate this. and for almost
half of century his services as a law
expert in the War Department were
utilized by the nation.
e character of Josiah Quincy Kern
was not revealed at a glance His real
fervor lay beneath the surface. Never
forward, ever retiring. one had to know
him before the great depths of his char
acter and affections could be pIumbed
Shy and modest, he stunned the glare
of society. Away from the glamour. ne
found his highest happiness amid the
glow of his hearthfire in the delightful
companionship of sweet friendships, and
in the intimacies of refreshing literature
His culture had a deep and broad
foundation. Nothing that was genuinely
cultural was alien to him. Every ideal
istic cause found in him a congenial
advocate. He entered enthusiastically and
with the buoyancy of bubbling youth into
every upward movement. His was q
virile optimism. He looked upon the
bright side of men and measures. Warm
in his affections. hating all sham. spot
less in his integrity, f"rgiving to all. ap-
preciative of the slightest courtesies,
chivalrous in his relations to sex and
sects, speaking i'll of no one. he went to
his eternal reward with the priceless
privilege of a conscience at peace with
itself and the world.
Lover of Ohio.
He loved Ohio with all the passionate
fervOr of an ardent lover. So strong his
devotion to it, and so earnest his civic
obligation. that he did not permit an i'm
portant election to pass without finding
him there on the spot to exercise his
right of American franchise. One can
see at once why he welcomed the birth
Of this Ohio Society and why he re-
joiced in its growth and possibilities
Such appreciation is soulfully recipro-
Gated by this society.
John Quincy Kern was not a Journalist
III TtHSlOll, Dut ne was a genuinely re-
ligious man. He loved religion at its
best. A glance at his Bible revealed his
favorite passages, such as Psalms "a is
and 139: Job q. - and 81; Ecclesiastics
50; John Il, and Romans and a. In
Romans II we find these sentences:
None of us liveth unto himself, and
none dieth unto himself Let us. there
fore, not judge one another any more
but judge him rather that no one put
stumbling block or occasion to fall in
his brothers way. Let US, therefore,
follow after the things which make for
peace and wherein We may edify one
another This WAS his creed. 1t was
the beauty of his character He thus
wrote his own splendid epitaph.
Tribute to Widow.
BE it herewith resolved that the Ohio
Society of the District Of Columbia
spread this tribute on its minutes, and
that a copy thereof be sent to the be-
loved widow Of the late Josiah Quincy
KENT
Mr.. Justice Day. of the Supreme Court
of the United States. presided over the
business meeting and appointed a COM
mittee to nominate officers for the next
year. who will be elected at the next
meeting.
After the entertainment, presided over
by Judge George E. Martin vice presi-
dent, buffet luncheon was served. This