The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-13
A MEMORIAL TO PERKINS.

In a letter to the sioux City Journal
Cen. Grenyille 81. Dodge, the dis
nnguished soldier and citizen whom
all Iowa delights to honor, sugg egts
that 4 proper memorial be erected on
the capitol grounds at Des Moines as
a tribute to the late Geo. d. Perkins.
The suggestion .s good one and II
~ meeting as IT should the cordial
enforcement Of the Newspaper esttors
TT ths state. General Dodge's letter
lfs as .ollowa.
Council Bluffs, Iowa, Feb. :. 1914.
To the Editor: had sent dis
patch giving my personal views of
1eo, 2. Perkins, in answer to your
/ dispatch announcing HIS death. In
dispatch It is difficult to sum IN the
work Of one Who had been in the har
ness 80 long and so successfully. He
nad treated 80 ably every question OF
moment that had arisen during his
time, and had aided SO much to the
Growth and building up Of our state.
He convinced and carried great
weight in all his writings because he
was SO square, SO fair and 80 broad.
i nave always read his editorials with
great pleasure and benefit. His treat.
ment OF any adversary on any auos.
tlon was SO broad and SO fair t;,af ~
wa fine example to his readerz
On political questions he was moro
man fair In stating his adversaries'
posltlon and giving them credit for
what they had accomplished. His na.
per, the journal, is a great credit TO
your city and the state, and ia flied
with interesting and readable mat.
Ter, and In my home is read by every.
lone - e'eiy
nose who knew him or OF him
WI De profoundly moved by his death
me nation Will say a great man
loyai friend, great heart and
patrlot mas gone. No one has had
4 more complimentary and kind words
fsaid OF himself than he has said and
written of me, and shall miss him az
long as ! live
The state and his friends should
erect proper memorial to him and
4 his life In our state capital There ts
no one more deserving of such recog-
nition OF his great work in his state
than Geo. d. Perkins. The editors
and press should accomplish this. He
! was their greatest representative in
4 this state.
j With great sorrow,
GRENVIIJE NJ. DODGE
1 General Dodges suggestion that the
matter should be taken in hand by |
the newspaper men Of the state has
already borne fruit Bernard Murphy, (
editor Of the yinton Eagle, has ap.
pointed Lafayette Young, editor OF
the Des Moinss Capital, and Harvey
! u. am, editof n .he Regi4.er and
Leader, OF Des Moines, as a committee
to bring this matter before the several
editorial associations OF the state.
Concerning the fitness OF these gen.
ftlemen for the duty assigned them Mr..
Murphy SAYS in his paper.
Both Of these gentlemen are life.
long friends OF Mr. Perkins and both
nave been members Of the editorial
associations and are almost person.
any acquainted with every editor IN
the state. We hope the gentlemen
WIN take cognIzance Of this sugges.
Ton and act on t. II would be
grand work for the editorial fra.
ternity to take up They are the edi.
tors of the two great newspapers at
the state capital and are in position
TO act in the matter"
The Waterloo Reporter suggests
that Mr.. Murphy be added to the
committee, aud If there are no oh.
jections IT will be SO ordered. rho
cordial and effective support Of the
press OF the state is assured the ,
IN advance. Iowa has been
backward in honortng its great men