The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-06-15

1t was learned that the generous donor
was former Vice President Levi r.
Morton, of New York VINO questions
the value Of that seryice2
clow, as TO the joy of service, the
'Good Book tells us That 1t IS more
blessed to give than to receive ana
ii anDrehend that when the Benevolent
and Protective Order. of Elks was Or
ganized charity was the foremost theme
that existed in the plan OF the man
,lor men who promulgated the Pr1n-
lcSDIes upon which this order IS found
ed.
have no criticism to offer upon the
methods or lives of such men as An
drew Carnegie or John D. Rockefeller,
Imen of our own persent day and gen
Iteration, but do say that whatever
liner shortcomin gs may have been In
j the accumulation OF their respective
enormous fortunes they are now pour
,lins out upon our civilization their
libraries and foundation funds for the
intellectual, physical and moral oec
tterment OF the race
4 When Edmund Burke, that great
Orator of the Irish race. stood on the
.Itold of his vision of the destiny OF
1 this land in which We live, and Tor
three hours in which there was no
fIcessation of his speech, While deliver
ling that remarkable address in which
HE appealed to parliament not 10 90
Ito war with the American colonies,
iii have no doubt but that IN MS own
mind, he was enjoying that service
which he was rendering to an op-
pressed people.
vice.
eIed1and was fought. There was a
lieutenant in Napoleon;s army by the
name OF Schraum who 1dolized ms
emperor and during that terr1nc
struggle fell badly wounded Sa-
tpoleon visited him upon the battle
li6eld and in conversation with the
lieutenant he heard Scnra I1n say,
! don't want to die, sire, before nave
4 earned my captaincy- Napoleon was
lso overcome with grief and so pro-
lfound1y impressed with the bravery
and loyalty of his lieutenant that ne
Immediately conferred upon him the
rank of captain. This act was Wnae
proved to be the saving OF the me
OF the Lieutenant who lived to De more
than seventy years OF age and TO be
co-,e one of the field marshals OF the
4 great Napoleon.
!. I can cite you case after case that
has. come under my personal oosefS
/ walton where the rewards LOT service
lto humanity have been OF the most
vaIned character. could tell you
Il where the rewards OF service have even
gone down to the third seneraf1on'
OF men who have given unselnsh ser
vice during their Life time A noble
instance fell under my observation IN
This state where the son OF father
became member of the supreme
cm1rt The father OF this judge had
been blessed by the Almighty with a
fine judgment, and men rode from
diferent sections to obtain his advice
upcn matters OF complicated litigation
Witch he solved without remuneration
4 and without hope OF reward, and
. while the father never graced the
. Judiciary OF our state, the mantle CT
! his splendid wisdom and judgment
; descended upon the son whom ne lived
to see honored by the men whom ne
had favored.
Another notable instance can be re-
cor7ed here; and that Is IN the career
Of senator Jonathan Prentiss Dolliyer,
: senator from the state OF Iowa who
in the great debate upon the tar3h,
|. by his extraordinary application IN
; study and research was able 10 ad-
: dress the Senate and the people OF
!; the United States in the greatest
speech upon finance and taxation that
J has ever been recorded upon the In
| defbIe pages of history, and he lived
!, long enough 10 receive the encom1umS
/, Iof the public and press Had he lived
a few years longer he would unQues-
!. tionably have been chosen by the PEG
I nla of fhis sovereign republic its
! president Is
4 IN this time OF great political I'm
iresttha seemsto c3raracterHe the na-
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