Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-02-26
REPUBLIC OF THE GRAVE
An Eloquent Thanatoosls by
 Senator Ingalls,.
EULoGy ON CONGRESSMAN BURNEs

All Men Are Equal in tiie Democracy of Dea:h-Worlx of the Senate-Filibuster-
 ing Begun in the House Against the
 Cowles 8ii!-CeneraI Washington News.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-The senate passed the house bill to divide portion of the Sioux reservation in Dakota, also the bill to ratify and confirm agreement with the Ute lndl- ans. The army appropriation bill was then taken up, Senator Culiom giving notice that when it was disposed of he would call up the Oklahoma bill.
 At 3 o'clock the resolution the death of the late Representative Burnes, of Missouri, was taken up and Senator Cockrell addressed the senate. He was followed by Senator h. gals who, for hat an hour, held the atten- tion of a full senate and crowded galleries. Mr. Ingalls, said ''These are the culmina- ting hours of the closing scene in the drama of our national life. When this day week re turns one political party will relinquish and 1 another assume the executive functions of government On every hand are visible the preparations to 'Welconlo the coming and speed the parting guest Events of great pith and moment are waiting on the event of the brief interval. While pleasure wanders restlessly through the corridors of the Capitol, hope and fear, ambition, cupidity and revenge sit ill the galleries or stand at the gates eager l Qike the dying Elizabeth) to exchange mill- i ions of money for that inch of time on which success or failure, wealth or penury, honor or obloquy depend. At this crisis and june i ture, when every instant is priceless, the senate, resisting every induconent and solici- tatien, proceeds by unaniinois cousent to con-
 
 i ported from committee, havn, no place , on any calendar, but which take precedence of unfinished business and special orders;' | on which the yeas and nays are never called, and on which no negative vote has ever been recorded-and reverentiy pauses ill obedience ! to the holiest impulses of human nature to contemplate the profoundest mystery of human destiny, the mystery of death.
 ''In the democracy of death all men at least are equal There is neither rank nor station, nor prerogative in the republic of the grave. At that fatal threshold the philosopher ceases to be wise and the song of the past is silent. | At that fatal threshold Dives relinquishes bis millions and Lazarus his rags. The poor man is as rich as the richest and the rich man as poor as the pauper. The creditor loses his l money and the debtor is acquitted of his ob- i igation. The proud man surrenders his dig nity the politician his honors, the worldling
 
 physician and the laborer rests from unre- quilted tol. Here, at least, is natures final decree in equity. The irony of fate is de feated The wrongs of time are redressed and injustice is expiated. The unequal dis tribution of wealth of honor, capacity, pleas ure and opportunity which make life so cruel and inexplicabie tragedy, ceases in the realm of Death. The strongest has there no supremacy, and the weakest has no defense. The mightiest captain succum5s to that in vincible adversary, who Gisarms alike the victor and the vanqushed. James Nelson Burnes, whose life and virtues we colnmemor- . ate, was a man whom Piutarch ni...t have described, and Vandyle portrayed. Massive, , rugged and robust, in motion slow, in speech serious and deliberate, grave ill aspect, serious ill demeancr, of antique and heroic mold the incarnation of force As looked for the last time upon that countenance, from which for the first time in so many years) no glance of friendly recognition, nor word Of welcome came, ] reflected upon the impene- , , trabe and iusoiuble mystery death. But if death be the e2id if the life of Burnes , terminated upon this bank and shoa of I time, if no morning Is to dawn upon the night in which he sleeps, then sorrow has no consolation, and this impressive and solemn ceremony, which observe to-day, has nc more significance than the painted pageant 1 U but troubled dream, his death oblivion :, what avais it that the senate should pause tc | recount his virtues! Neither veneration nor , reverence are due the dead if they are but ! dust; no cenotaph should be reared to pre- l serve for posterity the memory of theil achievements if those who come after then
 are to be only their successors in annihilatior and extinction. If ill this world only we have hope and consciousness, duty must be 6
 oli r,ln md < should be the guides of conduct, and virtue is . indeed a superstition if fife ends at the grave
 ''This is the conclusion which the philosophy |, | of negation must accept at last. Such is the c felicity of those degrading precepts whicl
 make the epitaph the end. If the life o1 Burnes is taper that is burned out, the1 s we treasure his memory and his example il n vain And the latest prayer of his depart . | ing spirit has more sanctity to us, wht
 soon or late must follow him, than the whis Q | per of winds that stir the leaves of the pro = | testing forest the murmur of waves tha F l break upon the complaining shore"
 f. Eulogies were also pronounced by Senator. ;S Voorhees,, Hale, Hampton, Coke and Vest
 after which the resolutions were adopted
 unanimously and the senate ad djourned.
 CHANGES OF THE COWLES BILL. h Filibustering Against It Begun in tn m House-Lobbying in It's Behalf gl WASHINGTON, Feb 26.-Filibustering wa c. the order of the day in the house. It wa p begun as soon as the journal was read b, al Mir. Bland (Mo.), who raised the point of n ,e quorum.
 " He withdrew his point to permit C. E to Booker (Mo.) to qualify the successor c ,e the late George N. Burness
 ,e Southern Democrats who favor the passag as of the Cowles internal revenue bill ar s l somewhat disheartened at the evident inter ot tion of Democrats who oppose the measure t fibuster against its consideration. Thi
 policy was evidenced when MT. Bland re
 sorted to obstructive tactics to kill off tn ,- morning hour, and subsequently, when th - California election case was thrust forwar ,lf to further obstruct it many of the souther ad Democrats voted against taking up the elee 1y tion case simply for that reason. It is not s ,b present the purpose of the members of th =. ways and means committee to thrust then