Show THE LATE F flAp HURD He was the bulwark of his party an honor to his country his profession and himself and as such he left upon his fellow men an imnress that will nonnr be effaced and a void in I the hearts of i thcoe who knew him best that can npver be filled Toledo Bee Frank Hurd was the original free tridfr He lived to see protection force the Republican party to destruction He lived to see the Democratic party take a stride in the direction of a purely 11 revenue tariff which circumstances I j prevent from being retraced Utica I Observer Frank Hurds decease at Tolsdo is a sore grief to the Democracy of Ohio Indeed to the party throughout the nation He was one of the truest and noblest of the men whom the Democrats Demo-crats of Ohio have delighted to honor His public service has in turn reflected honor upon them Zanesville Signal I Such ambitions as he had were proper cnes If ever he longed for political I preferment of the higher order it was because he believed that he could aid I the great cause of humanity better in II a higher place His superb talents were at all times at the disposal of the people and for the people he used I themToledo Bee j Mr Hurds democracy was of a type i sorely needled in these days and nowhere j i no-where more than in the buckeye state which he so ably represented in Congress Con-gress for years and his services to his I party and to the country will be recalled I re-called with pride so long as Democratic I principles shall have an abiding place I in the hearts of the American people Philadelphia Record The great protagonist in Ohio of free trade and one of its most eloquent advocates ad-vocates in the country has gone to another an-other sphere There is sQmething pathetic pa-thetic indeed in the comparatively I early death of this brilliant man He I I was a man of culture with strong convictions con-victions endowed with a gift of speech j 1 which he used conscientiously in the I interest of truth and right instead of as a weapon against the people Mr Hurds work is done but it is not forgotten I for-gotten Louisville CourierJournal |