Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1891 — JOSEPH EWING McDONALD. [ARTICLE]

JOSEPH EWING McDONALD.

[Monday’s Indianapolis Sentinel.J There passed away last night, just as one day merged into another, ono oi America’s grandest men. Imperceptibly almost as the change which passes one day into history and puts another in its place in the calendar of time eame the transition of. the soul of Joseph Ewing McDonald from the life mortal tdthe life eternal. Death came not t>s an unexpected visitor, but as one for whom the portals were O p en —the latch string out. llis coming was awaited by the one for whom his dread message was borne without a fear and without a regret. Though not unexpected the death ol ex-Senator McDonald will prove a shock to the whole people of the United States, and more especially to the people of Indiana, who knew him best. Kind of heart, colossal of mind, noble of puroose, strong of conviction and fearless ’of action, he put his indelible stamp upon the history of his time. In the laws of his state and of the nation ' he has left many enduring monuments to his worth. In the hearts of all who knew him he has left a lasting memory of affection. In every sense he was one or nature s noblemen and a nation will unite with that bereft family in mourning, an end which though coming to him when full of years and honors and ripe experience, our human understanding can but regard as most untimely.