The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-10-25
Senator HlNting.

/ La times when the nation is at war,
when the nation sought the service of
men who were patriots, first and poll
ticians afterward, the tragic death of
United States Senator Paul O. Husting
is little less than calamity.
| Senator Husting was the main-stay
of the patriotic people of Wisconsin
| in Washington. He was practically
their only representative in the United
States senate. He was a man who had
not claimed the support of patriots, but
he had enforced such support by tax
ing a stand on every great question
connected with the nation at war which
was thoroughly American. He had
| been pressed with the same demand for
straddle on great public questions
| which had been pressed to other men
representing the state &C Wisconsin at
! the national capital, but he had stood
/ out like stone wall in his support of
| the President and the nation He stood
out in bas-relief as compared with
some Of the other Wisconsin represen-
| tatives. Men who had not voted for
him--men who were of different
political faith-men who had considered
his election to the United States senate
as an objectionable mistake, had come
to know that be had forgotten partian-
snip and had stood out for patriotism.
Senator Husting was not polished
politician. He had never been on the
Chautauqua platform and outside Of his
work in the state legislature he had
won what fame he had in his country
law Office in the little city of Mayville
He was not of the big town. kind.
He was not versed in the use Of SUBJ
! terfuge and political falsehood When
| the time came for him to declare him
self for his nation against all others,
he stood square to the four winds and
declared that he was first patriot and
afterward senator. His entire course
in the senate has been revelation of
patriotic fervor which showed but one
end-serving the nation.
| It is Wisconsin's misfortune that
fate should have singled out a mar
like this and taken him when he was so
badly needed. While the whole east
was crying out against the disloyalty
Of Wisconsin, Senator Husting stood
like major in the senate and declared
for the loyalty of the state and his
actions, more than anything else, dis
credited the failure of other repre-
sentatives of Wisconsin to do their
full patriotic duty.
Senator. Husting may not have load
ed the mails with his franked speeches
| declaring his stand on great questions.
Such a course was not necessary. The
| people who mourn him today know
where he stood. They knew that he
always stood on the side Of his country.
His highest creed was My Country :"
He recognized no bubble or comprom-
Use. He brought to the senate an old
"home town. patriot 8 view Of serv-
ice which brought to him more honor
than has been given to many men who
went to the highest law-making body
with lot more Of political leadership
! to herald their coming.
The death of Senator Husting will
bring sorrow into many hearts of the
men who had known him in his per-
sonal life. He was free from that ar
tificial something that usually goes
with political prominence and his whole
hearted friendship-never spoiled by
political advancement-wi be kindly
remembered by those who came
within the charmed circles of init
mate acquaintanceship.
Wisconsin can not lose the support
of such men as Senator Husting. The
state owes it to itself--to its patrio-
tism and its loyalty--to see that SEN
ator Husting is followed in Washing
ton by man against whose loyalty
none dare raise the question. His
work in Washington must be finished
by C man who has red blood in his
veins and red blood. that is tainted
with white and blue Wisconsin
must have a patriot and not
Stacker in Washington.