The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-03-11
Editorial Correspondence.


until half past ten, at which hour
they were in order and again took
a recess for ten minutes, then
met and adopted resolutions Oh
the death of Senator Carpenter,
and at l0:45 adjourned until II OH
Friday, which came along fifteen
minutes later, and so both houses
were at work on time. The morn
ing papers tell some ludicrous
stories of the effSrts made To keep
a quorum last night. The Social
World was all engrossed in Presi-
dent Hayes last reception in
special honor of the representa-
tives of foreign powers accredited
20 America, and of which more
anon. The diplomatic corps were
present in full force, the White
House was most magni6cently
/. decorated, and all went merry
until about 10 o'clock slight sen
sation was caused by the unwel-
come apparitiOn of the sergeant
alarms of the house, who suspect
ing that several delinquent men,
bers would be on hand took them
into custody. To the great amuse
ment of the crowd, the melancholy
procession, consisting OF the
sergeant-at-arms and his assistant
and several crestfallen Legislators,
6led of. One of the congressman,
who had been allowed to carry his
ladies to the Ebbitt, was seen
to turn upon the deputy in the
hotel and assert, in no mild man
ner, that if he had not been allow
ed to escort his ladies home there
would have been a dead deputy.
Another congressman, residing at
a well-known boarding house, was
Just about TO take three of the
lady boarders with him to the
reception when he was met by a
deputy sergeant-at-arms, who.
compelled him to 60 to the house.
A gentleman boarder was at once
pressed inte the service by the
ladies as an escort, and the quar-
tette drove TO the White House.
The death of Senator Carpenter
removes from the United States
senate one of the very few intel
iectual giants of that distinguished
Legislative body. Mr.. Carpenter
was a great man in d broad sense
of the word. His demise is pub
lie loss, for the country is not so
affiuent in greatness as to spare
, such statesman without knowing
that calamity has hppened. We
are accustomed to magnify the
past and belittle the present; to
exalt what has been, and uRderrate
what is. We are used to speaking
Of statesmen Of past generations as
if they had left no worthy success
sors, as if when they passed off
the stage we "lost the seed of
noble men," But there has been
no time in our history as Nation
when such man as Mr.. Carpenter
would not have attracted the at
tention Of the whole country; no
time when such a man would not
have wen universal respect for
those qualities to which all men
pay the tribute of admiration.
And there has been 10 year since
the government was organized
when man like Carpenter would
not have been a prominent figure
in the senate. Mr.. Carpenter was
a profound jurist. He did not at
tain that eminence by that imagi-
nary quality called genius. He
gave the best powers of a grand
intellect to the study of the law,
10 hard work, and during his whole
life, from the time he began pro-
fessional study, he was an indie
fatigable worker. When prepar-
ing an important case, he was
utterly absorbed in it, and no
farmer or day-laborer ever followed
his vocation with greater industry
than he brought to his professional
duties. The importance ot a case