Show GAMALIEL when the appalling message flashed over f the wires announcing tho the death of president H harding hardin 9 it was at first received with iacre dulity following so closely after favorable i bulletins which had been read mad with relieved 4 anxiety it came as as a shock to the entire coun it try it is difficult yet to realize that ilia genial courtly gent gentleman lemah who was our distinguished AT guest only a few days since whom wo we all de j lighted to welcome and honor to whose whoso words of wisdom wo we listened with profound nd S respect whose whoso visit was an event in our lives 40 and in the history of our commonwealth will 1 never pass tins this way again j from prom the topmost of earthly am 3 his soul took flight loaded with a i banors lio bo nors immersed in responsibilities enjoy V 4 t ing the confidence and good will of his poo pie with their plaudits ringing in his cars on 3 a triumphal tour of the land whose immediate destiny was largely in his keeping warron warren t ci G harding passed from tills this life as a star A of the first magnitude might fade fado from its constellation when the distressing words were confirm ed and the public became convince convinced a of the shoaf af ts 1 friction which had befallen the nation the jr it hurrying throng stopped listened in dazed sorrow and moved slowly on with a keen i sense of losa loss and an air of bereavement fac 4 tionne differences wore were forgotten and ship was mute the man who lay dead lead so far from his homo home and bis his office was no longer tho the party leader wader the champion of disputed jf doctrines but tuo standard bearer of our re ro tf public and a it beloved citizen and civilian who tai y was honored for his many admirable traits jbf 1 1 i 1 i ho he began life as a fanner r boy in ohio 4 1 where ho he was born not quite fifty eight ight years yeats ago I 1 here ho he I 1 doubtless developed that rug god constitution and simplicity of character vl which wore were conspicuous wherever he went S he became a printer a it reporter and editor ile and then the tho owner of a small paper which grow in in power and influence under his ilia cap 1 able direction A newspaper man all till his life ho lie was naturally interested in the wel fare of his neighbors the growth of his town the development of his community the ew sue cess of his chosen party and the glory of his bis y country J A his journalistic creed to which every cm of the marion star had to subscribe 1 reveals ono one of tho secrete secrets of the esteem in w which aich ho lie was held by ilia circle which know knew him a it circle until it touched every shore and mid border of the ilia republic publio rc theres The roB good in everybody bring out iho the bodd and never needlessly hurt the feelings ings of anybody in reporting it political gathering give the he facts tell the story as it is not as you would like to have it treat all parties alike alik C if f there in is any tiny politics to be played wo w will play in our editorial columns treat nil sill re ivious mattery matters reverently if it can possibly be avoided nov erring never jaring gnoni iny to an fill innocent man woman or child I 1 in n telling of the misdeeds or of a it relative dont wait to bo be asked but do it without the asking and above all bo be clean and never let lot a dirty wort word or suggestive story got get into type 1 I want this paper so conducted that it can call go into any filly home without destroying the innocence of any tiny child As a senator and chief executive during the brief but exacting period in which lie was wils permitted to enjoy the transcendent distinction which an tin admiring constituency had awarded him lie gave satisfying proof of do d 0 to duty and find of a patriotic determination to have havo this government abandon its provincial policy of isolation and find take its pro proper per place in ilia tribunal of nations if there were nothing cuseto enshrine him in the hearts of humanity or insure his administration a it bright page in ilia history of the world his advocacy of an international court would entitle him birn to that consideration president harding may have been regarded as more of a politician than a statesman but there were many of the elements of real greatness in his makeup he lie knew no local prejudices or partialities I 1 es but proved himself capable of embracing the whole NI iole country i in in the comprehensive concern of a large and generous heart the inflexible integrity of his public con duct tho unsullied purity of ills his private life provided a foun dafft for reputation till and d achievement against which the winds of envy and the waves of malice beat in vain A journey which began so auspiciously which led him through strange scenes to distant shores into the hearts of hospitable throngs carried him with scarcely a pause into tho the great beyond recovering from a brief illness resting at the wayside with his loving and devoted wife reading johnn the complimentary words of an appreciative coworker he slipped away without a tremor of pain or a sigh of anguish to other scones scenes and greater glories god rest and find reward his soul and comfort ills his stricken wife who went bravely with him to the place of paring salt lake tribune |