| OCR Text |
District Court ' Eulogy of 4J the Late William Glasmann fl ' iW TLC f0UAVinff logistic review of the services of William Glas- j manii, late editor and proprietor of the Standard, is made a part of llJI the records of the Second Judicial Court, presided over by Judge J. A. H9I Howell and Judge N. J. Harris : i&f I "ft s em,nontly fitting that, on a Mil day devoted to honoring the judges Jsrtfl who in the past have presided over " If this court, because of their signal sor- t l vice to tho judicial branch of our gov- A eminent, we should also pay a tribute i 1 to that man who here amongst us ren- I dered such conspicuous service in m ( ! the other two branches, the legislative m J and executive, Into which our gov- mi ernment 1g divided, tho Honorable 1J ' WilHani Glasmann, whom inexorable M Death has so lately taken from us, I aJid whose funeral obsequies will be Ml held this afternoon. PJJ "As a legislator, as one of its lead- yjr, ers, being Speaker of the House of ?4 Representatives In 1901, he stood al- ways for the Interests of the people, j ?s against the selfish interests of any i individuals. This was but the result lJ of the attitude of a life time. He was 3 of (ho common people and, with all his H wondrous resourcefulness, with all his 111 dynamic energy, with all his winning El ' rfaJ. without and within the lecisla- ! i live halls, he battled for their rights. Ed "He had always lived in the smaller E ' communities and his sympathies ij vero with them as against the larger, g i nnd as a legislator he was Indofatlg-O Indofatlg-O bble In fighting to secure their just p j demands, when they conflicted with 3 what was desired by the centers of mi population. So he became in the T3 Legislature the champion of the rural 1 population, and bringing into play his ) unique organizing abilities, he so unit-jfj unit-jfj ed their representatives that they ft? were enabled, notwithstanding opposite opposi-te tion, to secure the legislation to which they were entitled. "He was never content in his life j with mere obstructive methods. He i was not satisfied to cnisn. what ho believed to be evil, but he strove al- Iways to substitute that which he believed be-lieved to be good. So as a legislator, he not only sought to prevent the enactment en-actment of vicious laws, but he worked work-ed with might and main for constructive construc-tive legislation that would serve the I people's needs. ' "He commenced his career in life as a mechanic working at his trade and all his life his sympathies were enlisted in behalf of the man who works with his hands and he always endeavored, in his private and public i capacity to improve the conditions under un-der which such men were required to labor, i Beneficial Legislation. rj "It Is not surprising, then, that this I Legislature, of which he was a mem- bor, is credited with laws providing ' an eight-hour day on all public work, whether done by contract or otherwise, other-wise, with laws forbidding the compulsory com-pulsory trading by employes at company com-pany stores, with laws requiring vestibules vesti-bules on Btreet cars for the protection protec-tion of the employes thereon, with laws securing to the miners who delve In thev bowels of the earth a sale and sanitary place In which to work, thus reducing the necessary hazard of their employment. "For the benefit of the man who tills the soil, with whom he alwavs had a kindred feeling, this Legislature signified the State'B acceptance of what Is known as tho "Carey Act," whereby Government land, which is capable of irrigation, by means of the construction of dams and canals, may be transformed from an arid to a productive pro-ductive state and this Legislature first established the elaborate system of the appropriation of the public waters of the State, which has ever since remained re-mained In force, and which enables t.hnw xvhn rnntfimn1nlp t.h nr.tunl iiqp of the water upon the land rather than tho speculators to accomplish their purpose. "Though he was not a member of the Bar, yet he had in his earlier days and in frontier communities often practiced before tho inferior courts, and he always hpd. a warm admiration admira-tion tor the legal profession, to which he would undoubtedly have been an ornament had the lines of his life been so laid, he was always Interested in the proceedings of courts and while he was impatient of the technicalities of the law he was an ardent disciple of justice. "His earlier experience had taught him tho frailties of the inferior courts, tvhich depended on fees for their existence, ex-istence, so as a legislator he secured the enactment of a law which gave to his own beloved city a municipal court, freed from all the restrictions which hampered the old justice of the peace courts in administering the law, and was then instrumental in bringing about the greatest improvement improve-ment in the administration of justice that occurred here In his time. Loyalty to Ogden. "Though he was ever devoted to the State of his adoption, yet even more intense was his loyalty to the city of his residence, Ogden. Rejoicing la its past record, believing In its future greatness, he left nothing undone that meant its advancement, its upbuilding. upbuild-ing. Day in and day out he lent the aid of his newspaper to enterprises which would consummate his hopes for a greater Ogden. Pie was proud, and justly so, that he had developed here a newspaper that was not only worthy of the city as it fa, but of the greater city of his dreams. His ideals as a newspaper man, as editor and publisher, were tho highest. He cared not for attaclcs upon himself ife an individual, however malicious, but he resented any against his newspaper, because that, as he always maintained, maintain-ed, and rightly, was beyond reproach, having no other purpose than serving Truth in the printing of the news. Tho people of this community owe him a debt of gratitude they never can repay, because ho established here as a standard of what a newspaper should be one which can bo -freely read In the home, by the children as well as the parents, a standard which ought not, and as a result of his success suc-cess probably will not be departed from in the future. "Ho served three terms as the mayor may-or of the city and by the manner of his performance of the duties of that office earned for himself the soubriquet, soubri-quet, 'The best Mayor Ogden ever had.' He was a firm believer in parti-san parti-san responsibility in all governmental, including municipal, affairs, but at the, same time he insisted upon the highest high-est efficiency In the public service. He practiced the same economy in the conduct of the city business as In his own private business and insisted insist-ed that for every dollar of the city funds spent a dollar's vnlue In service or property should be procured. With almost parsimonious exactness he conserved the public moneys so that as much as possible should be spent for public Improvements, with the result re-sult that more and better work was done upon the public streets than before be-fore or since. His Ambitions. "So pleased were his legions of friends with his career as the city's chief executive and with his record as a state legislator that, when Death suddenly overtook him, they and Jtho public generally looked forward confidently con-fidently to the time when, as a member mem-ber or the Congress of the United States, he would be enabled to render rend-er the nation the same character of sen-ice he had rendered the city and the state. That even then he would not have remitted one iota of interest In the city and its surroundings he loved so well cannot be doubted, for even In the midst of his business and political duties he ever kept working work-ing at his cherished plan which had for its ultimate purpose the increasing of the population of this vicinity beyond be-yond what is even dreamed of by lis enthusiastic citizens. By the construction con-struction of a dam In the South Fork of the Ogden River, he planned to conserve the Tlood waters of the Springtime, which in the later summer sum-mer season would be used for the Irrigation of thousands of acres now untilled, thus rendering this valley capable of sustaining a population far in excess of that which at present inhabits it. "Because of his intimate knowledge of human nature, his complete understanding under-standing of the aspirations of the human hu-man heart and his appreciation of human purposes and ideals, he was enabled not only to appeal to audiences, audi-ences, but to arouse them tox action, - au iwcti ue uuu iiu equal in tno. estates as an advocate before the people. S "In controversy with his adversar- d ies, he dealt sledge hammer blows, I rather than rapier thrusts, with the I result that he could not help making I many enemies, but he never harbored I any malice against those he fought. I and generally his enemies, with thp passing of the years, became his friends "Now, when ho had scarcely passed 1 the half way post In his journey 3 through life, is he called to that other Sphere, in which, unfettered by finite I limitations, his heroic soul shall travel 9 to the goal of everlasting Peace. I Adjourns Out of Respect. 9 "As was his public, so was his pri- i vale life. Beloved by his employes H because of the justice of his treatment B of them, a husband who gave to Ins S life's helpmate the full measure of a 1 man's devotion, and a wise and strict, H but a solicitous, affectionate father, Iia 1 merits all the honors that, now he has 1 passed from amongst us, with one M acclaim those who arr left hp.hlnrt nn. 9 cord him. I "In the chorus this Court willingly H joins, and orders that, betokening the I respect duo him, symbolic of the com- H munlty grief his death has caused, I signifying the sense of loss sustained 3 by the people of this city, county and I state, this court shall stand adjourned I until after his funeral, and a copy of these proceedings, under the seal of I the court, be sent to his bereaved I family, with whose sorrowing hearts 1 the Great Heart of this community I beats in sympathy." 9 no . |
