Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-01-20
FORTY-ElGHTH CONGRESS.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON. Ian

| This being the day fixed by the Senate for
the delivery of addresses in memory of the
late Senator Anthony, the chaplain, Rev
DR.. Huntley made fitting remarks alluding 10
that senator.
! At the conclusion of the morning business,
Mr. Aldrich offered the following resolution :
Resolved, That the Senate has heard with
profound sorrow the death of Henry B.
Anthony, late senator from Rhode Island
Resolved, That the business of the Senate
be now suspended to enable his associates to
pay proper tribute of regard to his high
character and distinguished public services.
Messrs. Aldrich, Edmunds, Bayard, Pen
dletou. Garland aud others paid feeling trb-
utes to the memory of Senator Anthony.
| Mr.. Edmunds said that scenes like this
were interesting in all parts of the world
infdel. pagant and christian alike celebrated
them, and in varying forms and with differ
snt hopes and aspirations. came to weep over
the graves of their fellow men. To all alike,
the veil that separated the present from the
future was equally impenetrable to natural
eyes, but to the eye of faith and hope. and,
as Mr.. Edmunds believed, philosophy as
we'll, there opened field of view which
should lead us not to mourn at death in the
fullness of accomplished wears of those we
had loved and respected; but rather to be
soherly glad for them for all who, having
filled faithfully their appointed place and
time, and having bourne the last aud severest
trials Of humanity had been admitted to the
life of the mysterious future We here, in
deed. saw Through the glass darkly," but our
friends who Lad gone before saw clearly and
enjoyed the peace that belonged to those who
with pure heart and faithful endeavor, had
in whatever station fulfilled the duties set
before them.
Quoting Mr.. Anthonv's own words used on
an occasion similar to the present, Mr.. Pen
dleton said:
ITO complain at the close of such life is
to complain that ripened fruit drops from the
overloaded bough; that a full harvest bends
to the sickle. 1t is to complain of the law of
our existence; to accuse the creator that he
did not make man immortal on earth
Mr.. Pendleton's belief was that Senator
Anthony had never willingly wounded the
feelings of any human being.
Mr.. Garland said that the Senate and the
country may well deplore the loss of such a
man as Senator Anthony had been. He had
been a conspicuous example of a man who
believed our conduct in life should be without
parade or ostentation.
Mr.. Hoar paid warm and glowing tribute to
the memory of Senator Anthony. He had a
said: Simple, modest, corteous, and without
pretense, to be and not to seem had been
his ambition"
Mr. Edmunds referred most touchingly to
the personal affection that existed between
himself and the dead senator and expressed
the hope that in years that were to come all
our senators might have the fidelity and de-
votion of duty displayed by his late friend
and associate.
Mr. Bayard said that Senator Anthony ripe
in years and wisdom had been gathered in
the harvest of mortality by the inevitable
hand of the Supreme Reaper. Seldom had
State been better served than Rhode Island
had been.
Mr.. Ingalls, said of Senator Anthony 1t
might we'll be wondered that he spoke so sell
dom who spoke so well, but no printed page
could record the gentle and bengnant cour-
tesy that had shone in his demeanor and lent
an irresistible charm to his department. He
had been minister of grace. He never
made an enemy and never lost a friend. His
entire career has been felicitous fate had
spared him its irony nemesis; had been pro-
pitated; fortune had favored him, calumny
and detraction had passed him by. There
had been no winter in his years and he had
the length Of days without infrmaties. The
atfluence of his life had not been fragmentary
and unfinished, but full round and complete !;
for him. death had not been an interruption
but a climax.
Mr.. Sheffield dwelt at some length on the
life and public services of Senator Anthony,
whom he had known, he said, for forty years.
He also related to the love he had borne to
his native State and its institutions. Mr.. An
thony believed, he said. that the character of
the State was not to be determined by the
N mhpr pf inhabitants hut
bv the character and achievements of its peo-
pie. The graveShad now closed over his
mortal remains. Throughout his life he had
anticipated the harvest of a good name. and
he had done nothing to blight it. In conclu-
sion, Sheffield seconded the resolutions offer
ed by Mr.. Aldrich.
The resolutions were adopted, and the Sem
ate then, at , so P NJ, adjourned.
HOUSE.
Under the call of States the following bills
were introduced and referred;
By Mr.. Henley of California, to print the
constitution with statutes at large, every ses-
sion of Congress.
By Mr.. Coke of Iowa, a resolution amend
ing the rules so as to permit the House to
specify what measures shall be considered in
the committee of the whole.
By Mr.. Mills of Texas, resolution amend
ing the rules 80 that the majority of members
present may suspend the rules and pass bills
relating to the revenue.
BY Mr.. Collins of Massachusetts, rendering
the thanks of Congress to Capt. L. A. Healey
and the officers and men of the revenue mar
inc steamer Corwin, for humane conduct in
saving life in the Arctic ocean.
BY Mr.. Hill of Illinois, under instructions
OF the committee on foreign affairs. moved to
suspend the rules and pass the Senate bill
providing for the exercise of jurisdiction con-
ferred on the United States in place. of their
territory and dominion, and repeating the
revised statutes from section 403S to 4l3O
inclusive.
The motion was opposed by Messrs Cox Of
New York, McAdoo of New Jersey and Hol-
man of Indiana, and favored By Mr.. Curtin
of Pennsylvania, and was finally lost.
The next committee on the list was
the military affairs committee, and it being
understood that it would bring forward the
Grant retirement bill. Mr.. Lowery, of Ind,
interposed a motion to adjourn.
After considerable filibustering, at o'clock
they adjourned.