The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-03-21
Exit John T. yule.


when John i. Yule was gathered to his
fathers. True he was the president of
the Park Avenue Kickers Club-he
was the "party Of protest" and his
81 object" may have stayed the adj
vance Of lot Of movements but with
this John T. Yule was one of the men
who really contributed much to the
advancement of Kenosha.
He may have been little eccen-
trio, just little different from other
men and from most public Office hold
ers but it was the fact that he was
little different from others that made
his life's work of great value to other
men and women in Kenosha whom he
served.
His rugged honesty, his vigorous
battling against the semblance of IT.
regularity made him friends. Men
may have opposed him in politics and
on the many public boards where he
rendered notable service but they
never once questioned his honesty
His thirty five years of public SER
vice is record which has not been
and which will probably never be ex-
ceeded by any man in public life in
Kenosha. He may have been bit
old fashioned but there is need now
and then for the old fashioned ideas
anG the old fashioned ideas that were
impersonated in John It. Yule. He
never took the course of least resist
ance. His pugnacious soul insisted
that riglt was right and that the only
way to get right was to fight for it.
Some men called him stubborn and
bull-headed. He was stubborn but in
most cases that stubbornness was a
barrier against victory of wrong
against right.
He was the restraining hand placed
against lot of follies and foibles.
He had wonderful idea Of values
and he associated this idea of values
Of movements for the public good with
everything he did.
He was q friend of education and
possibly appreciated at times that the
lack Of it in his own personal life
caused him to demand it more for the
boys and girls who came after him.
He was intensely human in his make
up and recognized always the call of
humanity. Featured in the closing
years of his life was the fact that he
was the leader in the county in the
movement to secure hospital for
the treatment of victims of the white
plague. This was enc thing in which
John Yule was not old fashioned. He
recognized the call of humanity and
his influence as much as that of any
other man lined up Kenosha county as
leader In this great modern war
fare against one of the greatest enemy
of young manhood.
A lot of men did not like John T.
Yule. He prided himself in this fact
because he knew that the basis for
their dislike was found in the fact
that he had atood in the way of their
carrying out plans which he believed
were not for the best interest of the
people he served.
John 7. Yule may not have left a
fortune in dollars and cents but he
left a fortune in TIE knowledge that
he served the people fairly and hon
estly.
His place as the ''party of protest"
is an important one in the community.
1T must be filed. There must in the
future be another man like John T.
Yule who will be willing to stand out
and place a restraining hand against
the enthusiasm of poorly directed
public service.
The party of protest is an import
ant parsonage in the city, in the state
and the nation. He is just as neces-
sary as the man who enthusiastically
says 81 Approve Protests are not
always directed with view of re-
tarding progress. They stand in the
way of mis-directeG and foolish false
progress and prepare the way for the
education of the people along the lines
Of the proper kind of development.
The influence of John T. Yule was
always directed in the right way and
such an Influence is necessary for the
proper development of Kenosha and
Kenosha county.
John T. Yule had a real claim to
the gratitude of the people of Keno
sha. His public service was given al
most entirely without reward He
gave the best he had and in the most
intelligent manner that he was cap
able of giving it. His place is the
history of this section of Wisconsin
is unique but one which will be real
monument to his memory.