The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-08-24
TIE NATIONAL CONGRESS-.
THE LATE SENATOR BECK Ell.
LoGIZED BY THE SENATE.
The Lard Bill in the House. .Obstruc-
tive Tactics To Prevent Actiou.
[By United Press.

10y y CllOSu fTeSS.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Aug. 90. The
senate met at noon to-day with the Ut
darstanding that the day session should
be devoted to eulogics on the late Sena-
,or Beck, of Kentucky.
Mr.. Blackburn made the opening adj
iress, an eloquent tribute to the high
character, broad statesmanship and
rorce, aud domestic virtues of the dead
5tnator.
Senators Ingalls,. Vest, Allison, Evarts |
nd others followed with eloquent and |
.ealmg address.
Nj Ingalls, following, said Mr.. Becks
career could not be considered otherwise
,aan as extraordinary aud of singular
aud grGa, distinction. He had departed.
.Ia had ID vote nor voice; out the con.
liberation of grelV measures, affecting
ne interests Of every citizen of the re-
public Is Interrupted with the cOlcur-
renee ana approval OF all, that The rep
rgsentatiues OF fotty two commonweaiths
nay rohearSe he virtues and com,uem-
rate the career OF an associate who is
1aycud the reach Of praise or ucnsure in
Ie Kingdom OF the Dead. The right TO
'fe is IA auman estimation, the most
lcrei tde most inviolable, tue most
inalienable. The joy in living in such
splendid aud luminous day as this, Is
conceivable. To exist is exultation:
live forever is our sublmest hope
Annihllation, extinction and eternal
death are the foreuodings of despair.
tatlonS die and races expire; humanity
eli is destined to extinction. The last
..tu Will perish, aHd the sun will rise
ipou an cartn without an inhabitant
Wth the DIS appearance OF man from the
earth All traces OF mis- existence will be
list. The palaces, towers and temples
has reared, the institutions he mas es-
5.ished, the cities he has builded, the
l. oks ne has written, the creeds he has
instructed, the PHILOSOPHERS lie has for
malated, all science art literature and
!, )wledge, vii! be obhterated and en-
allfcd into empty and vacant obi Won.
Tributes of ailcc,ion, esteem and re-
ret were also paid by MessrS. EyartS,
y S.nce, Hale, Morgan, Plumb, Hamp-
.ga, Gibson, Coke, Mcpherson and Car
t.le.
dr. Blackburn told Of the birth Of Beck
a 1922, III Dumfciessnire, on the banks
the SolNay, under the shade OF Ad-
sn's wall wnere liberty first dawned
upon his race, and where the tide OF
J.ttle tdrued against the Roman Iva
4 RS of Ga edouia's soil
Mankind bad profted by his laborr
d the world vas better for his living
Mr.. Carlisle, the last TO address the
senate, said that after the eloquent
Hbu.es 10 Mr.. Bsck's memory by politi
cal friends, and political opponents
aaGe, little remained for him to add
the occasion and circumstances per
lifted. it would be a grateful task tC
3eak at length on the life and character
IL a mau who, Notwithstanding tht
-tanv aud fierce forenscic controversial!
which lie had been engaged, had ief
80 raaklng wounds, even in the bosom
Of his adveisaries.
Speaking of Mr.. Beck's services dur
ing the reconstruction period, whel
the whole country was looking Will
tie most intense anxiety anC
interest on every step taken in tn
progress Of that great contest, it wa
impossible, he said, after such lapse 0
time, to realize the state OF feelln.
,.hch then existed. There were then II
,.ubl;c life arrayed ou one side or til
rtheg ia that conflict, some OF the ables
sen whom the country had produced
lie did not need to name them Som
,sore still living, honored and respected
hers had passed away. But Mr. Bee
ID soon accustomed himself to the SIT
tlou; had soon taken permanent 20
A,rion among the recognized leaders O
side Of tho House, and had becom
r..iyersaly regarded on the other sid
?, one of It's most formidable adverse
lies.
At the close of Mr.. Carlisles addres;
@ Senate at $3.50 p. m. adjourned,
House.
w WASHINGTON, Aug % In the HoCs
this morniug Mr.. Mckinley, from th
fmmittee on rules, reported to th
l,Oase, and the House adopted, rest
!tti2n setting apart Thursday and Sa
l. day OF next week for the considers
ton of the bills constituting eight hou,
days work, and relative to allen COZ
tract labor.
Mr.. Tarnsney. of Missouri, rising to
question of privilege, denied statemen
in letter recently published in the N
tioual Tribune, 10 the effect that he ia
never been wounded or taken prison
dnrng the war, and produced copies
official records OF the war departmel
in support of this statement.
The House then resumed the consl
erntion of the lard bill
Mr. Gear, OF Iowa, favored the D
and said if people wanted to buy cottt!
seed oil let them do it, but let 1t not
sod as lard oil.
Mr.. Hill, of Illinois, said it was tin
for Congress to enforce honest deailn
Mr.. Butterworth. of Ohio, said the
vss not farmer or consumer who M
not been robbed by the system OF cou
telfeiting.
Mr.. Elliott, of South Carolina, pr
tested against legislation that would
injurious to the cotton planter.
Mr. Mason, Of Illinois, opposed
bill earnearnestly and Mr.. Hatch,
Missouri, spoke for it,
After several amendments and su
s,itutes had been ruled out as not g
mane, the question recurred on t
o,,,rossment of the bill which was ado