Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1894 — VALENTINE ZIMMERMAN. [ARTICLE]

VALENTINE ZIMMERMAN.

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A Sketch of His Work es Senator in the Session of 1887-8. The elements of leadership are native And inborn. Many ot the great characters in history sprang from the so-called common people. Of our own country’s history it is especially true that many of the names which brighten its pages and furnish inspiration to youth, were at one time borne by bumble tradesmen or mechanics. AnJ it is one of the crowning glories of American citizenship, that to all is tin Load to honor and distinction equally open, and so it happens, that with every emergency, there comes a man apparen*ly designed for the duties he is called on to perform. Ex-state Senator Zimmerman, the present candidate for congress in this district, is distinctively a leader. In his liabits of thought, he is original, methodical, thoro’. Never hasty in forming his judge ment or in adopting his ccurse of action. However his convictions ouce formed, he follows them to the en<; with rare courage, pluck and determination. His natural ability reinforced by a wide knowledge of men. and familiarity with legislative affairs, fit him in an eminent degree for the duties of a congressman, and the people of the district will act very wisely in carefully considering his qualifications.

As state senator he wasted no time on old wornrut and discarded issues. )n the contrary he supplied not onlv new issues, but the inspiration which earned them to a triumphant success. He was impressed by a belief in the doctrine that the str. ngth of the government de/ended largely upon the diffusion of right knowledge among the people. He observed that while education was in theory free and equal to all alike, there was a large and constantly increasing class of children practically debarred of all school advantages because of the exorbitantly high prices of books, and the inability of parents to supply them. The cause was soon located in the existence of the school book trust, a monster of dangerous proportions, which had grown great at the ex p«nse of the school children of the state. Nothing had impeded its growth or power until in the legislative session of 1887 Mr. Zimmerman introduced his now historic resolution calling public attend tion to the evil. This was the first blow, but it was a staggering one. This resolution was lollowed by a bill providing for the publication of school text books by authority of the state, and to be sold at nominal cost.

Thus did the people of the state obtain the first general knowledge of the wrong long practiced upon them. Immediately there arose such a universal cry for relief that in .1888 the democratic party in state convention pledged itself to destroy the combine, and the life or death of this trust became the paramount issue in Indiana politics. Everyone knows the result. At the next session of the legislature the popular school book lav was enacted, and Mr Zimmerman had the pleasure of seeing the people reap the full fruits of his work. The beneficial results from this reform, especially to those of limited means and large family of school children, are bevond calculation; a "tel if Mr Zimmerman had done nothing else, this one act'mti les him to|Jthe rank of a r.ubiic benefactor. This is but a single i.istanc ■ illustrating his bent of mind, ami his act.ve sympathy with the great common peopl in their uneaual contest ' itli the combined power of capital. As danger grows more threatening, vigilance should increase, f,r it is now, as ever, Die price of liberty. Unless we mis- . dge public sentiment the people | wiligsee in Valentine Zimmerman, ' it Rochester, a friend of real frec- | iom, a man devoted to their own | best interests, and will elect him jj»y a majority commensurate with | ability and wortn.

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