The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-02-04
HoNoRlNo Als MEMORY.
Eulogies Pronounced on the Late Vice
President Hendricks by Senators vo0r'
hees, Hampton, Ransom, Spooner, Sher.
man. Evarts and Others.

Euloeies Pronounced ON the Late Vice.
President Hendricks by Senators voor.
hees, Hampton, Ransom, Spooner, 6her.
man, Evarts and Others.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-Yesterday being
the day appointed for the Senate addresses In
memoriam of the late VicePresident Hem
dr1cks, the galleries of the Senate began to
I'LL at an early hour. When. therefore, ct
noon, President pro tempore Sherman called
the Senate to order, all the seats In the gal
leries were occupied. the larger proportion OF
the occupants being ladies. After the trans.
action of some unimportant business, Mr.
Voorhees, called up his resolution expressive
of the Senate's deep sense of the public loss
in the death of the late vice-President Hem
bricks. The resolution having been read.
Mr.. Voorhees, addressed the Senate.
In strong and graphic English. Mr.. Voor.
hees reviewed the life and public serv.
vices of Mr.. Hendricks. In dealing with
Mr.. Hendricks political views, Mr.. Voor'
hees said 1t had been, and especially
late in hi, his life, charged u.,a. as q reproaSh Oh
that, the speaker said was meant that he sin.
cerely believed in the principles and purposes
as G ShGs
e u nessa,ss e rs and If nm men H. =; e
cusat on was true, and the term of reproach
became just tribute to an honest man. It
deaps jasty With epPosns ve%s who
all ages of the world, in every field Of human
progress had led the way.
In conclusion. MI. Voorhees, said: "As long
as American history treasures up pure lives
public and private virtue. stainless and
VIII wifhoqs The na%e e TSomss q Hsn
drioks be cherished BY the AmsricaIi
ss ef sod marble wiz
their heads to Heaven In honor of his name,
but q monument more precious TO his
already been grounded in the hearts OF
the people whom he served so long, faithful.
y and with such signal ability In the busy
gathered into eternity DO nObler spirit, no
higher intelligence. no fairer soul.
all animosities were buried with him. This
impression was indelibly fixed on the speak.
at he y he a
among those who bore the body of the great
Captain of the Union armies to. the grave
brief years ago, were his mortal enemies
The same generous feeling marked the obse,
at
should we not be tolerant and charitable In
judgments on our contemporaries, he asked.
even though they were our political oppo
Mr.. Ransom IN. Cl said that Mr.. Hendricks
had always proved owe ,s himself iSyer Sa Sd,f Sd n
| eere and Overlooking sympathy and sorrow
at the bereavement of the Northern sisters
"Thank Almighty God" said Mr.. Ransom
| that the everlasting covenant Of our UuioI
| is established in the hearts of all our people
| and that, through the clouds of this sorrow
we can behold the peace that is never to b
broken"
Mr.. Spooner (Wis.l in eulogizing the deat
| Vice-President delivered his maiden speech
| and was listened to with great interest. HI
/ spoke at length of Mr.. Hendricks stronl
| partisanship and said that to him no polit
| ical partisanship, honorable in its methods
was offensive In party he saw only th!
instrumentality through which, and through
/ which alone, might be wrought out the tri
| umph of his principles In active. faithful
honorable party service he saw, therefore
| devotion to the principle, not mere lust TO
| office The imputation that he was sp0ila
man, he said, rather aDgered than grieved MI
| Hendricks, for he knew 1t came from thos'
who had either been of q hostile camp, or, 1
| his own had wont to linger in the shade an,
| slumber while he and the boys" as he some
| times loved to call the party workers, haa
| borne the heat and dust and burden of tn
| battle. spokesman or not, he went down b
his grave loved, trusted and mourned by hi
party.
Addresses were also delivered by Senator
Sherman tO), Evarts IN. ", Vest MOI ant
| Harrison Qnd.). The resolutions in menorian
| were agreed to, and the Senate adjourned on
| of respect to the memory of the dead.