National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-02-03
THE HOUSE.


Immediately after the reading of the
journal yesterday Mr.. Holman, of Indiana,
offered the following resolutions:
Rcsoitd, That the House has received with
profound sorrow the intelligence of the death
of Thomas A. Hendricks late Vice President
ResOited, That the business of the House be
suspended In order that the eminent services
and private virtues OF the deceased may be
appropriately commemorated. :,
Resolved, That the clerk OF the House be d.
rected to communicate these resolutions to the
Senate.
Mr.. Bynum, Of Indiana, who represents
the district which formerly returned Mr..
Hendricks to the House Of Representatives,
was the first speaker to bear testimony to
the true worth Of the dead statesman. He
traced the life of Mr.. Hendricks through
childhood, youth, and manhood, showing
that In every stage he had manifested that
ability and talent which had made his name
familiar to every household in the land.
Mr.. Hendricks was no ordinary man. He
was one Of the few great men whose great
ness increases, and whose sublimity became
more sublime, the nearer he was ap-
preached. lie was an honest man. Suspi-
cion never breathed a calumny against his
integrity. He passed through the fiery fur
mace of public life without scar. His
statue, to fifty represent him, should be CHS
eled In spotless white marble. He daily
practiced the greatest of all virtues
charity. All along the pathway of his life
which would finally be gathered home by
the angels of eternity. His life was great;
his death sublime. AS he family heard the
hoofs Of the messengers steed on his way
to summon him from time to eternity and
was preparing to start upon his journey be-
You'd the clouds, looking back over his im-
portant career, viewing the great struggles
through which he had passed, and the great
contests In which he had borne such con-
spicuous part feeling the weight of the bur-
dens he had so long and so patiently borne
being gently lifted from his shoulders, his
last words were: 81 am free at last.n
Mr.. McCreary, of Kentucky, reviewed
Mr.. Hendrickss life as illustrative of the
possibilities Of an American citizen.
Mr. Long, of Massachusetts, In behalf Of
the commonwealth of Massachusetts, paid
his tribute to the memory of the late Vice
President A great majority Of the people
OF that commonwealth had differed from
Mr., Hendricks on all the leading political
issues which had agitated this country dur
ing his public career, and on which they
believed his views to be contrary to the
public welfare, but they recognized not
alone the great ability which won him such
distinguished advance In the profession of
law, Of which he was indeed an ornament,
highest places OF which he reached, but also
and especially the consistency of his politi-
cal life and the excellence of worth, which,
in his private character, gave him such re-
markably strong hold ON the people of his
state and endeared him SO much to his large,
and deseyedly large, circle of personal
friends.
Mr.. Throekmorton, of Texas, and Mr..
Dingley, OF Maine, briefly and eloquently
laid their need Of proise upon the grave Of
the late Vice President.
Mr., Hewitt, of New York, said that Mr..
Hendricks was direct-innded and a single
hearted man. lie had no concealments aud
no reserve OF confidence from those who
were drought into relations of intimacy
with him. His nomination for Vice Presl-
dent In 1884, in his (Mr. Hewitt's) opinion,
secured the success OF the Democratic
ticket. 1t presented an Issue addressed to
the conscience Of the people, and In New
| York especially was so acceptable TO por-
tion Of the party otherwise dissatisfied that
personal grievances We're, to a large ex-
tent, swallowed up and postponed to the
large duty OF justice to the man In whose
person the will Of the people had once been
defeated. But for the existence Of this
feeling the accession of Independent voters
would not have neutralized the strong cur
rent OF feeling among portion of the
Democratic voters for the candidates of the
other party There was no reason for
apology or explanation, so far as Mr.. Hem
dricks,s views.on the matter of appointment
10 public Office were concerned. These
views were given In his letter OF acceptance
OF the nomination for Vice President in
1876, and coincided with the views OF Wash
iDgton and jefferson.
Mr. Browne, Of Indiana, as q political OPP