The Winslow mail., 1923-08-17

IL seems TO me we can apply Cno
words of the poet to him:
Love thyself last; cherish those
hearts that hate thee
Corruption wins no more than honesty
Still in thy right hand carry gentle
peace
To silence envious tongues; Be just
and fear not;
Let all the ends thou aimest at be thy
Country's,
Thy Gods, and Truths then if thou
fallest, thou fallest blessed
martyr"
He left Washington in the service
of his country, but his return was
more triumphant than his departure.
If one had the graphic power of an
orator, he might paint picture of
his funeral train that would touch
the coolest heart. We see it leaving
San Francisco with unnumbered
thousands gathered to do him honor.
Then as the train journeyed across
the western deserts the very wind
seemed to give a sigh of sympathy.
At every village, hamlet and city,
thousands were gathered and with
bowed heads in deathless silence
showed their grief striken hearts.
pall-bearers Farmers in their fields
lifted their hats and bowed their
heads as the funeral train passed.
Then as the mortal remains of Mr..
Harding arrived in Washington, there
was the President, who had taken up
the reins of government that had so
recently fallen from his 1ifeless
hands. There were cabinet officials,
icfi oh Cd
men in every walk of life, represent
and then there we're, the nameless
last glimpse at the genial counter
ance they had come to know so we'll
From Washington he goes to Mar
ion to his aged father and to. the
homefolks he loved and who loved
him. The folks who had seen him
in his boyhood and early manhood
who knew Of his struggles upward.
Perhaps theirs is the most genuine
of all sorrow. AS he is laid to rest
there the tears of a hundred million
Americans will fall in blessing andl
benediction upon the new made grave
In this hour we are thinking of his
qualities as man-his high minded
and unselfish devotion to what he be-
lieved to be his duty, his personal
good nature, his sincerity of purpose
and his inflexible honesty We see
him early in his newspaper career
formulating newspaper creed as
follows:
Remember there are two sides to
every question. Get them both Be
truthful Get the facts. Mistakes
are inevitable, but strive for accura-
cy I would rather have one story
exactly right than hundred half
wrong. Be decent, be fair, be gene
rous Boost don't knock.
There's good in everybody. Bring
out the good and never needlessly
hurt the feeling of anybody.
"In reporting, give the facts. Tell
the story as it is, not as you would
like to have it. Treat all parties
alike. If there is any politics to be
played we will play it in our edito-
rial columns Treat all religious
matters reverently.
eff it can possibly be avoided never
bring ignominy to an innocent man
woman or child in telling of the mis-
deed or misfortunes of a relative.
Don't wait to be asked, but do it
without the asking, and above all be
clean and never, let a dirty word or
suggestive story get into type.
r"I want this paper SO, conducted
that it can go into any home without
destroying the innocence of any
child" ~, ,'. ~ ss,
Whatever may be our politics, be-
lieVe we. must concede that nothing
but noble and lofty spirit could
formulate such creed as that
We may profitably think for a few
minutes of the religious side of his
nature The characteristic of his re-
ligious opinion as of all of his opin-
ions was liberality In all things
he had charity. Tolerance was of
his nature. He respected in others
qualities which he himself possessed,
sincerity of conviction and frankness
of expression.
(Coutinued On mayo ~