Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-07

| ness men all over the country hailed
him. And, being called upon one day
| TO hold the crowd at a great Ohio pic
| mic, he met the test by proposing that
| all sing 'Blest Be the Tie That Binds.
and leading the singing, and thereby
| he won many more hearts as one
who had remained simple and homely
while walking in the high places" {
His great party reputation was
made as convention leader" records
the Atlanta Constitution. More than
once he was formidable candidate
but not of his own design-for the
Democratic nomination for President
His nomination was defeated only be-
cause OF his loyal allegiance to the
| Cleveland school of Democratic
thought, as opposed to the Bryan
| school that came like a hot wind out
| of the West in 1896, and kept the
party in a storm of conflicting cur
rents for almost 20 years" The
| Youngstown Vindicator remarks:
What he would have done had he
been In the White House during the
war we can only conjecture; but this
we know. that he would have been a
great President, that he would have
served with honor to himself and his
country and to the lasting benefit of
mankind
NO political or other scandal was.
ever attached to his name" AYERS
the ROCK Island Argus, land he pos
sessed the respect of those who diff
Tered with him in party affiliations.
One or our present needs is more men
of his type. Grover Cleveland gath
cred about him during his two admin.
istrations notable group, and as
time passes the Nation is .appreciatiye
of them more and more"
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"Such men," the Lexington Leader
declares, redeem the profession OF
/ the politician, lift party feeling to a
level with patriotism and lead the
masses to repose confidence in their
Institutions confidence sometimes
shaken by men who merely play poll
tics and know nothing of statesman
ship" The New York World pays the
tribute: Elected Governor of Ohio on
the same day that his friend, Mr.. Taft,
was elected President, he proved in
office governor who governed.
reformer who reformed, as many
petty official thief i'm Ohio politics
learned to his cost. Two years later
he was reelected against Warren G..
Harding, just 10 years before the lat
ter OetOan became President"
1T has ~emained for the coincidence
or their deaths, only a. few hours
apart. the Akron Beacon Journal
notes. ito emphasize the contrast in
the ideals with which two. men, resi-
dent in the same city, each a well
known figure in his State and Nation,
and living through the same period,
used the undoubted power which they
had for the harm or welfare Of the
State. One Of these men was Judson
Harmon. political leader. The other
was Rud K. Hynicka, a political boss.
As long as careers of public
service call TO American youths, they
will do well to remember the life
stories Of Harmon and Hynicka, and
make their proper choice OF principles
that shall guide them. Memorials Of
the life efforts of Tilden and Tweed
provide no deeper contrasts"
Referring to the bitterness OF the
second Cleveland administration, the
st. Louis Post-Dispatch expresses
pleasure that history had already be-
gun its correct appraisal while many i
of the men were still here to appreci-
ate the reversal; that .'in no instance
was the final verdict more generous
than in that of Judson Harmon. The
Indianapolis News. reviewing the
.ame period, says. ."The Second Cleve-
land administration. of which Mr..
Harmon was a part. Is remembered
for its devotion to the public good, its
sturdy adherence to principle and IT.