The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1914-03-26
TRANKFORT, KY, March IL
n Especial. 1.-The ghost of VIII


sulting in its passage by the house late |
this afternoon by the vote Of 46 to "a. |
The measure seeks to increase the pow
ers Of the state railroad commission In
thematter Of regulating railroad freight
rates, and the portrayal of the life and
character of Kentucky's martyred gov
ernor by Congressman A. o. Stanley
just before a vote on the bill was tax
en- is credited with having more to do
with its passage than anything That
had gone before. The senate some
weeks ago postponed indefinitely fur
Their consideration of a bill identical in
point of text to the Finn measure that
passed the house this afternoon, but
advocates of the bill hope to bring
about reversal of the senate attitude.
Congressman Stanley spoke in the
house chamber. the occasion being the
unwilling of the Goebel monument that
stands at the foot of the stone steps
leading to the capitol entrance. In an
eloquent tribute to the memory of the
man whose life was snuffed out by an
assassin's bullet, delivered in dramatic
style, Congressman Stanley enumerat-
ed the various occasions on which GOe-
bel stood on the side of the people as
opposed to the corporations and held
I'D his example in that respect as one
worthy to be followed.
Not q representative who voted on the
Finn measure this afternoon failed to
h. nlA S.nnnnh nf tho
gresham from the Second district
Had the advocates of the bill planned
the speech of Mr. Stanley it could not
have been a stronger argument in IA
vOr of the Finn measure than it was.
Mr.. Stanley's address WAS as follows:
Come to the bridal chamber death;
Come to the mother when she feels
For the first time her firstborn's breath.
And you leave in your ruthless wake no
sadder scene than this piteous taking off
of William Goebel
He sat for an hour in the seat of au-
thority, gazed into the admiring eyes of
his assembled countrymen. heard the tu-
multuous applause of devoted thousands.
and then in the flower of his vfrile and
vigorous manhood he fell at the very
threshold of the splendid vista of honor
and distinction that opened before him.
At this hour his varied and eventful ca
reer passes in panoramic view before u.s.
We see him starting upon life's journey
in poverty and obscurity, behold the hard
ships he endured. the battles he fought.
the enemies he overthrow, till at last he
stands at the summit like a crowned con-
queror and there before the laurels have
withered upon his victorious brow the
death damp gathers there. and before the
echoes of the cheering throng had died In
the streets of the capital they are filled
with the lamentations for the dead.
Told in years, his sojourn was brief.
Yet this life is not to be measured by
the fleeing hours but by heart throbs,
by high aspirations and by noble deeds.
In labor patiently endured. In actual
achievement, his was. after all. long,
long life.
Eminence was the immediate reward of
his energy and attainments. A born
leader. he marched at the head of the col
umn, honored and trusted by his fellows
He never sought to look down from a
lofty place upon struggling men below.
He was always of them and for them.
No man had better opportunity to tread
the primrose path to place and power. In
| his youth he sat at the feet of the
Gamaliel of the bar. The professional as
sociate of Stephenson and Carlisle. he suf-
| fered not by the contrast. He knew the
| whole intricate and tangled labyrinth of
| the law.
Tempting retainers were offered him.
Great corporations eager to avail them
selves OF his learning and talents rendered
their rich rewards; but, having tasted
poverty, he remained steadfastly the
champion of the poor. Having endured
wrongs, he continued the defender of the
oppressed.
| A single incident throws a flood of light
| upon his whole career. On one occasion
he was visited at his old offices on the
corner of Fourth and Scott streets by the
representative of a great railroad sys-
TEN. He was told that he might name his
| own retainer if he would only agree to
dedicate his learning. his experience and
| his talents to the survice of this great
| corporation. Mr.. Goebel listened in 81
lence He stood near second story win
dow overlooking Scott street. On the 9TH
er side couple of ragged urchins were
playing in the sand left in the gutter by
| recent shower. He gaZed intently at the
| little fellows for some time before reply
| ing to the man who had Just laid at his
| feet kings ransom as the price of his
| desertion of the cause Of the dCfenseless
and the poor. At last he said Sir. | am
| already employed by the other side"
Who" said the astonished ma=nate. has
| retained you On the other side?' Then.
pointing to the children in the street be-
| low he declaI ed: They. sir. are my eli
ents. I cannot and | will not desert
| them"
| That devotion which others have cen
| tered upon wife and cG'id lac Cllracratcd
| to his E.al Ii. u.s. in ylTs deed IA
! thor to tlo fat0eri.-s, r.frrr. to the
! homeless e. Ssh .lsr .u the time " s,u-n
to- ri Who were hui--cI by misfortune