Central Washington University - Hyakem / Kooltuo Yearbook (Ellensburg, WA)

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discuss the far-reaching laws enacted through Senator 1-aFollcttc’s efforts, it is sufficient that they are successful and that what he has done for one state can be done for all, it is only a matter of area. And this matter of area does not amount to much, since the same force is at work everywhere. 1 have given only a few examples of what we term the new man, there are many more in all sections of our commonwealth, men who feel with Chaucer, that “ Truth is the highest thing a man may keep, and who find their own life in the service of others. Since truth is to become the predominant force in public life, it must be and is the predominant force in all walks of life. In commerce, the abuses and privileges of the large corporations will soon he of the past: the action of nearly every Legislature upon the liquor question is of the same source; the wiping out of the graft in so many of our large cities is the result of men banded together, who feel more keenlv their duty of service to their fellow men. and who have the courage of their convictions. We who see and judge him as those may see and judge who are just taking up life’s work, admire and respect this new man. and feel that in answering Nature ' s call to work we can-fill our place and serve our fellows better if we have such men to inspire us to the letter things of life. He presses himself upon our notice most often perhaps, in puhiic life, hut we recognize this truth seeker, wherever we find him and hold him as the ideal of the new century. Newtox H exitin ' . ' 19. ( 28 )

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in the House of Representatives. Since that time until his death Allison has been a member of Congress, since ’73 a member of the Senate: he has lieen Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations and Finance, has had more influence in shaping tile public expenditures than any other person, and has always lieen one of the few leaders in the forming of our laws. Vet we have seen this line old man—of wisdom, of experience, of power, grown gray in the service of the people—struggling and fighting in the last election to retain his place against the new spirit of statesmanship, leading the way in Governor Cummings; and Allison only carried the day, perhaps, liecause of his long service and desire to spend his last hours in his workshop. In the campaign of 1900 Joseph Folk said: Yes, 1 will accept the nomination for Circuit Judge, but if I am elected I will obey my oath of office. The bosses heeded not the remark. )ierhaps they thought the young lawyer was only trying to save appearances. How well he has olwyed his oatli of office, and lifted the people to a full consciousness of their needs, is clear in the minds of all of us. the world knows the story. As Governor he has kept his oath of office as truly, and through his efforts we find an anti-race track gambling law, a law making the operation of bucket shops a felony, a general state primary law. a law providing for the regula¬ tion of rates charged by public service corporations, a law providing for the removal of public officials who fail to do their duty, a two-ccnt passenger fare law, a factory inspection law, a child labor law and a pure food law. While these are only a few examples of what he has done, they serve to illustrate the broad scope of his work and to mark his deep interest in the moral welfare of the state. Indeed so numerous are his public sen-ices, that we are tempted to say of him as Macautev said of Bacon: Turn where you will the trophies of his mighty intellect are full in view; we are judging Manlius in sight of the capital.” Wisconsin has achieved a more perfect control of her own government than any other state in the union. What I have said of the other states we sec fully developed in U isconsin, and may say that as far as statesmanship is concerned, the present of Wisconsin is the future of America. If we want to know what the United States will he in its political organization in the coming era. we can find the fulfilled prophecy ready to our hand in the present political organization of this country. It ran justly claim to lie more nearly a representative democracy than any other state The state Legislature is superior in intelligence, independence and character, to any state Legislature. Each man does hLs own thinking and there arc scarcely half a dozen who take orders from anybody. It is truly a deliberative and representative body ' , and lobbyists say that it is the only 1-cgislature that takes up economic ques¬ tions on their merits, without regard to personal or party advantage. I cannot here ( 27 )

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%irniitm Shankaghmuj Qai| at inmtf T O me. Thanksgiving Day had always I wen associated with home and turkey. The first year 1 was away front home, the people I lived with planned to have a big partv on Thanksgiving. When asked to stay and share the work and pleasure of entertaining I said. “No. 1 can ' t. 1 have never been away from home in Thanksgiving, and this isn ' t going to be the first time.” This settlement was out in the country, where there were only a few girls hut any number of boys, and I knew 1 would greatly oblige the hostess by staying. Be¬ sides, 1 had taken quite a fancy to some of the young men and would Itave enjoyed the day. The more they urged me to stay, the more determined I was to go. The nearest railroad was eight miles away. The mail carrier, who was an obliging fellow, would take anyone who wished to ride with him. He started at seven. I was at the postoffice long hefore seven o’clock. The roads were very muddy this time of the year and. as lurk would have it. he took his one-seated rig. When he drove up I saw that he had already picked up one passenger, so my going with him was out of the question. There were smiles of satisfaction on everyone’s face when l went ! ack to the house. Now you may as well make up your mind to stay with us.” ”No, I ' ll go if 1 have to walk to the depot. No one offered to take me. so. 1 had a short walk before me. There was an old forsaken county road which made the distance to the railroad some two miles less, I decided to take this. If there is any one thing I am afraid of. it is that some day I will meet a wild cat. My friends knew this; and this morning, while I was waiting until time to start, it seemed as if they all wanted to air their experiences with wild cats. They told how one had l een seen crossing this old road the day before, how one had been shot the week before, and so on. ’The train left the station at two o ' clock. As I went out of the kitchen door about ten, I caught a glimpse of a turkey nicely brown¬ ing. As I went out uf the gate. I looked up the road and saw the party from town. They were laughing and singing—hut I was going home for Thanksgiving. The first part of the journey was up a long hill, called the Hill of Heaven. I never knew how the hill got its name, and this day 1 was quite out of patience with the name and the hill. A number of skid roads arc on top of this hill. The old county road had been used for a skid road for alniut half a mile. Any one acquainted with skid roads knows that they all look alike. 1 picked out the one I thought was the main one and followed it. After going about three-quarters of a mile it ended in (29)