The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-01-23
XIV. CONGRESS.
REGULAR SESSION


A Few Bills Intr oduced and Referred
Eui"sies Of Senator Morton by "a Mum,
her OF Senators.
WAsHINGroS, Jan. IL.
Bills were introduced and r,IrrIed as iol-
lows:
by Mr.. Howe: To unish fore bic obstruc-
ton to inter state commerce 10y railways. Re-
1eIred 10 The commit te tn judiciary.
BY Mi. Gerry: Providing for the c'assifca-
lion OF In al matter and rttes of postage there
on Referred "a the Committee on post Offices.
a pointing President Noah Porter, of Yale
college, member of The iAstru regents OF
Smithsonian lnstitutio- vice James r. Dans,
resigned. Agreed To.
Mr.. wadI fgh SAID the family of the late
Senator Norton found among his papers his
ewS as menl er of the SD ial cainfn Tee i'm
regard 10 Chine sc imm grafton t,std, th.. senate
having given Ia q ale nator leave u present
his views in writing. when tIe In.iofitv re-
port Was submitted ON the 9Th If February,
1871, he tWaui-igh) now presented such views
ana moved that tn-y be printei. 20 erred.
Aiier the morning business had been dis
posed of Mr.. Mcdonald Submiit,d resolutions
OF T. specL 10 tn memory OF u q late Senator
Morton, and mad suitable remarks:Ip The
lie ana Character OF the decreased. Nowhere,
he said, would ms loss be- felt ~ severely az
an'ng his friends followers IL his
native state lie sDoks of the warmth
and stre"gth of affrc ions of the dead
senator. aud II he had faults let hem b. buried
with him let his fiends aud associates re-
member and che IA only Il,sss kindly feel
ings aud sentiments which his higher and
better qualities inspired.
man not ~ the pO iticlan. holding that In any
sphere on lie, &c would have BEEN a renIarka-
Die man. He was not "a scholar, but Ms
Speeches wrr- DISTINGUISHED for earneStneSS.
In social intercourse he was universally cour-
Ieous AMI am able
Mr.. COnkiing said he rose only IN add his
tribnte of re pact aud admiration for the SER
vices and genius of the RIM fTkaole msn
whose death was mOurned To day. AS a raTtY
leader ne was too great for state or any
party TO readily supply his piece. As "A Wig
liant representative he had 10 superior in
infirmity, his mind never Ialiered ol f1aggedr
no labor discouraged him, contingency
appalled, him, no disadvantage disInayeI him,
10 defeat disheartened him. Those who en-
countered him in debate would never forget
his ability; his cou age. and above all, mis-
lndom1taDle heart. He would go down 10 a far
hereafter, not ~ one who enheIlished
his name by scholastic and etuoied u~e OF
wor. 5, nut rather as ole who. day by day, on
the journey of life met the realitis and the
affairs, and grappled them With a grasp resO-
iute and quick. He needed no epitasph but his
name, and though brass IN ghL cOrrode and
marble mould, men would III remember Oii-
yer =. Morton as the leadtrg and manful de-
fender Of the republic in the republic most
Mr.. Morgan said that upon an occasion like
this, " hen II ii was paving its Respect to the
dead senator. il was MOI fitting that the section
which he represented should be silent Ala
bama laid upon the tomb OF The late senator a
bOugh OF her ever green nag Ola, crowned
with the white emblem o. pace, anu with 1t
extended TO Indiana her hear, fu syt pathy.
He then spoke OF the prominent traits OF
morton : cifafdc T, ana S3lu tnOu n Ills nature
WAS intensely coInottiVe, his ear 7
ready TO listen To The bug es of. truce.
H9 was M conSpiraior. His ma
ture above shat me "a level. Hs
was an open, bid and defia tantagonist. Ills
opponents always Knew wiiefe find him.
lie nved during The most corrupt eIa of our
his CRY, and had every Oppoutu tty TO grow
rich Nv stealth, but he escaped every suspicion
Of di>honts y. lie was an honest man.
Mr. Bruce ALLUDED Tie attachment that
the cn' rcd p uple had for the dead senator,
a said perhaps TO publ g man. except Abra-
ham LiDco aud Charlrs Sumner was better
known u the cOlored Peep q. and more loved
or revertd.
MesSrS. Edmunds. Burnside. Booth, An
thony w dl Ugh and Paddock having >pok n.
Mr.. voorhees, cOnclut Title 'ulugIes. lie
said Senator Morton and hims II became per-
sOnal as we'll "a political friends during early
life anu al hOu GA in after year their political
oplni ms We're AZ wti-ly separated a tie 30 es,
their personal friendship remained unbr ken.
lie spoke OF The itfe OF me late senator one
worthy OF imitation, having become - great
man by his own eHsrtS. IL lac could not be
president himself, he did much Ia put others
that office, aud to dictate L's,-ir p,pIic es.
The senate then, further mark ofrespect
TO The memory of the deceased, adj Jurned.