Show ahei MAN 0 au eloquent tributo to the memory of ROSCOE 1 I 1 delivered before the NOW york assembly by ROBERT G INGERSOLL is soul there nete r was a sordid li 9 POVERTY 1118 PRICELESS CRIO Pro wily ile entered t ho darkness or the dawn that we call death e western arad press to tut to the memory of the deceased statesman roscoe cockill ag may 9 the follo NOng is tarico afie eulogy oil roscoe conklin delivered before tile assembly of tile stathi of new york by col robert 0 ingersoll roscoe conk ing lite great in antil 0 orator lite statesman the lawyer t 1 t citizen lie in ilia fame and pow or has reached ilia journeys end and we are met here ili the city of his birth to pay our tribute to his work and worth ile barned and beld a r oud position in tile bubli ile though y bof independence to age and above all for absolute in t earit and his ame was known and I 1 ignored by any millions of his fel I 1 ow M en in the presence of death a good man ald ats as lie would be ud ze d ile knows only I 1 dragmen ragmen that the greatest walk in shadow nd that faults and dinglo with tile lives of all in tha grave I buried tile prejudices and p fissions born of conflict conf liet chari ty should hold ilia scales in which are traits horn of locality aal surround ings these are but the dust of the race those are the accidents drapery e lotha fashions that bave nothing t 0 do with tile man except to it ide his character they are tile clouds that cling to tile mountains time gives us cle aber vision that which was merely local fades away tito statesman tile real reform e r t I 1 nde attacks the prejudices of his MCI laughs at their follies ces their cruelties cruel ties enlightens and enlarges their and conscience not ito loves him if but because lie and serves acht and wishes to make ilia country great anti free stool who cannot be bribed by tire in iee of or fear of failure who walks in the highway of right and in disaster stands erect is tile billy vie for when real history shall be written by the truthful and therise the wise those who bore tile burden of defeat who earned and kept their self respect m lie would not bow to man for place or power will wear n their brows tho laurel mingled wit uro i t to oak conkling was a man of so p r I 1 u lie hot only acted wi ciol 0 t it fe r act h had that fortitude af pf soul that lars the consequences of course pursued without complaint it 0 was c with being proud the charge was true lie was proud ilia knees were as inflexible as tile unwed gable and gnarled oak but be was not vain vanity is the vana that turns the wil how that bends with every breeze pride is the oak that defies the storm tito one is wea k loud nian mitered public life lit the dawn of the reformation at a time when the country needed inen of pride of principle and courage the institution of slavery had poisoned all tile springs tp rings of power I 1 this ambition fell upon its knees politicians judges clergymen and merchant princes bowed low and humbly nith their hands was the bond and pledge of peace af union anti of national greatness the temple of american liberty was 11 a dished the auction block was its ner stone it is hard to conceio vicor of the utter demoralization of political blindness and tile immorality of pate biotic dishonesty of ill cruelty and degradation of the people who supplemented tile incomparable declaration of independence with the fugitive slave law think of the honored tita of that ignoble time abo wallowed in this iti ire and who decorated mith dripping ailt re received tha plaudits pl audits of their fellow men tito noble really patriotic men tile victims of in bo and tile 8 a cie ess were clad in the robes 0 office at last the conflict came tito bosto of light and darkness prepared to treet on ti ie fields of war the tion was presented shall tile re ric ile a slave or free 1 mil c party aich had triumph edat tile atolls settled in the presence of rebellion hoping to avoid aar they that slavery be come immortal an amendment to tile was proposed W tile effect that no should ever be made that in any way should the right of man td steal ilia fellow men this most marcellous marvellous marv ellous proposition eyer submitted to it congress of civilized nion received in the house an overwhelming majority I 1 and tile necessary two thirds in theSia nate party in the moment of its trio 1 1 1 1 1 11 deserted every for xvi 1 1 t it had so principle 1 aan y contended conton ded and with t g bling hands of fear 1911 its convict ons on tho altar reiso tito old guard numbering but sixty five ill tile I 1 louse as the three hundred thaddeus stevens refused to kneel oilen lovejoy refused and on the edge of disunion in tl shadow of civil war with the air filled with sounds of dreadful preparation wilile the republican party was re tracing its steps conkling voted no tills puts a wreath of glory on ills tomb from that vote to the list moment of his I 1 ife lie was tile champion of equal Y agh to staunch and stalwart from that inocent ino ment ile stood in tile front rank ho never wavered and be never swerved ile battled forthe nations life forthe irl lita of slaves the dignity of labor abid the liberty of all ile guarded ith a fathers cire ti rigi its of the and ti c ie sp d 10 at tacked lie statutes of ams e constructed states with a torrent 0 f 1 le was not oat isfried until the freedman a na ine rican citizen clothed ith e re r civil right until the Cons titu tion IV his shield until the abord whom d b cavere ut firm some were also b it lie was proudly true faith fill unto death words of envy are and all there is of merling worth remains Ws palled Is called a patriot how poor this world would bil its graves WA lout the memories of its mighty dead who though speak forever ili telli gence integrity and courage are the t pillars that ft tile state abo pa all tile chtive free nation should abraao man a man of a of will and intellectual force such men the atlases on whose mighty shot iders rest the great fabric of the republic flatterers Flatter ers who cringe and crawe ra and time servola are din gore us citizen of a democracy they adia gain I 1 and power by pandering to the mistakes pro a la passions ps of the nin made are liberty most peaple are slaves of habit followers of custom believers in the wisdom of the past landwere and were it not for the brave and gh edid souls the dust of antique if would lie and moun gainous error be too highly heald for truth to 11 custom is locked and barred by those who long ago were anat the keys of which are in the keeping of the dead nothing I 1 r inder than vohen a strong in t ref id man breaks tile chains levels tile walls and breasts the anany healed mob like settle great cliff that mocks tile innumerable billows of tile spa the hastens to agree with tile majority insists that their pro judice is patriotism their ignorance Igne rance wisdom dot that bovea 1 I but because lie loves himself I 1 ethl n g call be grander than to saw seeds of noble tb and virtuous deeds to liberate the bodies and souls of inen to earn tile grateful homage of the race and then in lifes last shadowy hour to know and feel that the historian of liberty will be compelled to write your name tito history of that great party that let the 0 J go free that lifted our nan from tile depths of savagery to freedoms cloudless heights all tore from every law the words that sanctified tile cruelty of anan is the most glorious in the an nals of our race roscoe conkling was an absolutely honest in 1110 uttered tny splendid truth that athe higher a eions aifong moll are not set down in writing signed and sealed but MONO in I 1 bonor lie wai an ideal depre sent a tive faithful and incorruptible Ilo believed ills constituents anahis country were entitled to the fruit of ili experience to his best and high est thoughts no man ever held t lie standard of responsibility higher than lie voted according to his judgment hit conscience ile blade no b ar gains lie neit it e r bought nor sold to correct evils abolish abuses and inaugurate I 1 lie bellev 11 1 if ut u I 1 tile privilege of tile legis i ator le neither sold nor mortgaged himself ile wits in congress during years of vast of war and waste when tile credit of tho nation wag i caned to individual 4 when claims is eto thick as leaves in june wile the annen dment of a statute tile change of a of agle word million a nd when 1 in pires mere given to corporations ile stood at tile of a the acer of the greatest a oad and trusted ile had the tastes of a prince the fortune of a peasant and yet lie never swerved no corporation was great enough or rich enough to purchase him to could hotbo bought for al tile sun sees or the close earth krombs or tile profound sea bides 11 ili hand was never touched by any bribe ilia on ilia soul there never was a sordid stain poverty was his priceless crown above ilia marvelous intellectual gifts above a I 1 place lie ever reached above the ermine he refused rises llis integrity teg rity like some great mountain peak and there it stands firm as the earth beneath pure as the stars above ile wa a a ile understood framework antinomy anti tomy and foundation J mith tile great streams and currents and tides of au dhority tho rity k new the history of legis lation the I 1 il lea that bad been settled on fields of war ife knew the maxims those of coin mon sense those land grenades of argument lie was not a case lawyer a decision index or an echo lie as original thoughtful and profound ile had breadth and scope learning logic and above all a sense of justice lie was painstaking and conscientious anxious to know the facts preparing for attack ready for every defence evea I 1 to reeled the end was reached dut ing tile contest lie neither sent nor received a bag of truce I 1 I 1 e was true to his clients making their case hit feeling their responsibility lie listened patiently to the details and to lis industry there were only the ilinets of time and strength ile was a student of tle constitution ile knew tile boundaries of federal jurisdiction and no inan was more familiar with those great decisions that are the peak and pro 1 imon tories tile beanland be adland ail d beacons of law ile was an orator earnest intense and picturesque ile lotical aid the foundation with es re with ac curley and skill and rose b cold and well balanced for f item the cornerstone of statement ilia domed conclusion ile filled ilia saddened eye audience was bh 10 tiling ca lied presence tall comma adix g erect in 1 braceful race ful in c compliment titania to rich in III ration prodigal of coma and metaphor and orison r Is sentence measured an 1 l rhythmical fell like on tile enraptured ahron gio ilia pharisee and thed all conscientious fraud lie I 1 lad a profound aversion to of the f others ile wore n 0 iown lie knew ilia friends big enoile mica anew him had no patience fill pretense with patriotic reasons for unmanly acts lie did his work well and brav spoke his thou bt bravely elf felt the blows and stabs of tile eulious aal of the small blo w odthe weakest but tile greatest not drive him front ills mOuld not atoll or give a tion his words and deeds to j themselves field in liht li ht estelin tile friend who heard with liala believing car tho slander of a foe ito walked a high WILY 0 f 11 is own and ke it tile com pany of ills respect would not turn aside to avoid a foos to greet or gain a friend ili ilia nat ore there ma no compromise to hilli thore were but two hathai right and wrong ile was and misunderstood but would I 1 answer ile know that character louder far than any emoke I 1 was a silent as I 1 to id now and hiso s iel c e better than any form of acel i re f to e ne y ch ge ito as I 1 r 1 I of ilia country that wits and wil 1 ever r ito ilia not I 1 d f tion in other lands lie did net gr mall and dhru liken mi and apologetic polo getic lit the presence of ahme upon whom greatness had been thrust by chance lie could riot bo overawed over awed by dukes or lords or flat awed into vertebra lers ten oby tile patronizing smiles of akin au the midst of c h bad a feeling of suffocation ile believed in the royalty of man in ti e fever eighty find futile matchless greatness of this republic ile i was of a classic mould a figure front tile antique world ile had tile IW I W of the great statue Fi the pride and bearing of the intellectual greek of the conquering ton roman and lie stood in free air though in his veins there 11 owns ed tile blood of a hundred kings and as lie I 1 e t died proudly lie entered lv aln t I 1 i e F i or the d awn that me call I 1 leath shrinking lie passed beyond the horizon beyond the twilights purple hill beyond file utmost reach of human harm or help to that vast realm of silence or of 0 where the innumerable dwell VT ile has left with un ills wealth f thought and deed the memory of a brave im honest man who bowed alone death clicks from the cable Dur sATED SOFIA may U A band of bulgarian c ile and brigande brigands bri gands have been defeated bythe police at radomir after a bloody struggle in which many were killed and mounded THE bick may 9 the emperor a very satisfactory day remained cut of bed until p in and edid not feet es rectally reci ally tired tills na h e bifid slight fever the iven lacro when insert rig mid panula Is t even c ing took tile to examine tile noted in t to emperors throat they express the hope of further im of tile patients condition it Is reported that prince bismarck ill accordance with the formally ox pressed the E fredin erick and lite czar will ask the porte to de lose prince ferdinand of bul airia another libron alay 9 the journal of commerce says that the condition of tile kings beadth dis majesty arill to prince carlos crown r rince power to sign state SOFIA may 9 ferdinand in his at a banquet in ilia ball of the anja at lir nova today to day said bifero lit his bui hing I 1 smore sm ore to lead 11 bulgaria to tile gaal out for her in history I 1 now repeat that catli assuring that without sparing myself I 1 shall with beart and soul adhere to that promise I 1 c fore god and tile people 11 11 arlan ra ga may 9 thil temperance convention before al timing passed resolutions to make a lenoral prohibition cantera in tile legislature ibis fall prohibition candidates will be goliti bated fit every county and pledged to veto for the statutory prohibition jaw instead of leaving the question to tile vote of the |