The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-25
HIS MEMORY KEPT GREEN
THE HOUSE PAYS A TRIBUTE TO
HON. LEWIS ARNHEIM.

One OF the Best Eulogies That Spoken
by Capt Gordon-Five Others Enter
Their Words of Praise-The House
Then Adjourns Till Monday.
ATLANTA, Ca, Aug. 24-The special
oruer In the House to-day was the report OF
1he committee TO prepare a resolution on
tne death of Hon. Lewis Arnheim of Dough
erty county. At the hour fxed a largo
number OF relatives and friends of the de-
ceased entered the hall and were seated in
the front seats The committee, through
Mr.. Glenn, submitted the following resolu-
| tions:
ResotUed, That in the death OF Hon Lewis Arm.
heim the legislature Of the state and the state
| irreparable - -N4O0~
Resolved. further, That we extend opr svu,..
Pathies to the bereaved family and that we,
deepy feel that their loss is also ours
ssoICed. fttrthe That page of he Journal
OF the House be dedicated to his memory, upon
which shall be inscrib his name, with tie
dats or his birth and the date OF his death
heso Ved, That copy OF these resolutions.
ssa as Iuftner mark OF respect, be engrossed and
transmitted TO the family OF the deceased and
that this House be now adjourned until b
O'Clock Monday morning.
Speeches were made by MeSsrs. Glenn.
Berner, Howell, Gambler, Foute and Cor
don. All paid high tributes to the char
acter and ability Of the deceased.
CAPT. GoRDoN's SPEECH.
One OF the best of these was that of Mr..
| Gordon, who said
Mr. spEAKER-I am no orator like the gentle
man VINO mas preceded me, nor like those who
VIII follow me, and therefore esteem IL all the
| greater privilege that am allowed in nv nlain
i oluht way way 10 bear testimony TO the worth and
| merit or Lewis Arnheim When in 1884 he irst
entered this arena Of public life, he waw
thrown at once into conflict with yetaransa
VINO had already stamped their impress upon
| legislation, and with many new men ike
himsell unknown to fame, but painting to gram
| pie with the great questions about to be dis
cuSsed. IT was no di credit to them 10 say that
| Mr. Arnheim from the very first became one of
the leaders OF the House. The human minfs
| cannot grasp the idea Of length and breadth and
hlght and distance except by comparison and
;s ne1ce Crust you will pardon me MI. Speaker.
IT ltrangress parliamentary rules by mention
ing names 30 that ali may recognizs
| that when Lewis Arnhem did not suffer by com-
parlson with the veterans Calvin and Little, and
russell and Tate, and Gustin and Harris and
Harrei or webster. and Turner of CoWeta and
| HaIrson OF QuitInan, and that old man elo-
! Quent, Felton, OF Barlow; and with the new
| aspirant, Gay. whose sturdy arguments none
| could withstand, and Berner, with the silvery
| Tongue, you Will recognize, / say, that ha was
no common man, and Will comprehend the
measure OF his intellectual greatness.
| BURNING QUESTIONS
| There we're burning questions to be discussed
IN tnat legislature, among them prohibition, re-
| formatory and railroad commission problems
| ON the prohibition question he was not in ac-
| cord with the majority or the House, yet he
| held his own without wincing or elicitine bad
feeling, and contri uted largely toward thah
| compromise which has been accepted by all as
| the correct solution OF the problem aud given
| local option TO each community in
this commonwealth. on the reformatorY
| question he was abreast OF the foremost and if
| no results have yet followed, IL is because tlpe
hp aeadfh haF.
| sowed did not fall by the wayside, nor on stony
places II still lives and will bring forth fruit
in due season. But ID was in the discussion of
the railroad question that he made his deepest
mark, as tribune Of the people. With
out disparaaging- Others, it was conceded
IGSE Ro1nar dDd aeiCon, ,baiIo and Hawkes. and
IN this fight and that among them, for skill in
parliamentary la ~ and power In debate he was
pre-eminent. His wit and humor lit up the rum
ming debate like the heat lightning upon a
summer night, and in a prolonged address his
voice echoed through the corridors Of the old
capitol like the thunder of terrific storm. His
lnvectlve aud sarcasm scathed and withered oil
Il struck, like lightning from q mountains
cloud.
PROUD OF HIS NATIONALITY
Mr.. Speaker, there isanother aspect in which
to view Lewis Arheim. With some there mighk
have been pretudices against him because ha
was a jew and u German. A spirit less brave
might have been disposed to pander TO such
prejudices by attempting to conceal or oslittIa
the facts, but he was no hypocrite. nor was he
ashamed OF his religion or his birth He was
proud of bis lineage that went back centuries
before there was a Hapsburg a Hohenzoern.
He was proud OF his nation which has domi-
mated one continent and helped to DuiId up an-
other. In my own community there are Israeli
ties who are among our foremost and most res
spected citizens, in social and professional and
mercantile and financial life. There are Ger.
mans whom we esteem as among our best citi-
zens, and among them is our chief
magistrate who. like Lewis Arnbem
came to America, poor and friendless
and by industry and talent has won his way to
prominence. Among all who mourn for Lewis
Arnheim there are none in whose hearts his
death will leave deeper gap than in the hearts
OF the Israelites and Germans OF Chatham
county. In their names, as we'll as In the name
OF every citizen Of Geor Ia, / tender sympathy
and respect 'eThe rpest fruit falls earliest 4,
the ground Yet who would have pre-
dcted, when he entered this arena five
years ago in all the BLUSH Of
vigor that he would be the first of his compeers
to pass away. But he has not lived in vain. 1t
is proud reflection that in this country single
handed merit can reap rewards seldom achieved
elsewhere. The life OF the man we mourn is an
example of what can be done without money
and without friends, and it will
stimulate succeeding generations to effort.
In the delirium of his death bed, Stonewal
Jackson said: Let us cross the river and rest
under the trees" Arnheim has crossed the
river and Is at rest. When we stood, a few days
past, by the side of his grave, joined In tha
words of the eloquent speaker. who concluded
with Farewell comrade, farewell friend, = and
mentally added the hope that when my turn
came to cross the river might leave behind q
record as untarnished-a fame as fair as that OF
Lewis Arnheim.
The resolutions we're adopted with a
rising vote, and while it was being taken it
was noticed that McIver, the colored MEM
Der from Liberty, who was known TO enter
tain warm feelings for Mr.. Arnheim, was
in tears.
sNELsoN AGAIN HEADED OFF.
Mr., Snelson of Meriwether exploited
himself to some extent in reply
to the attack Of Mr.. Mcdonald
of Ware yesterday, but the speaker
enforced the rules, and the reply was tame.
Afterward resolution was adopted that any
members using unparliament Try language
should be held guilty Of conte npt of the
House, and be punished under the rules.
Mr.. Snelson insisted that his protest against
this resolution should be placed upon the
record, and it was done.
PTTCK To SUCCEED NEI,MS