Evening journal., 1890-05-05

ington and attend the funeral there The
following named gentlemen, intimate
friends Of the dead senator. have been
selected by the family as pallbearers and
will also go 20 Lexington: Ex-Congressman
Trimhle, Ex-Congressman Phil b. Thomp-
son, o. o. Stealey aud r. c. Wintersmith,
Of kentucky l. @. Washington and Will
lam r. Smith
Senator Beck's remains were taken to
the Capitol this afternoon, and surround
ed by a guard Of honor Of senate officials.
will lie ia state in the senate corridor until
Tuesday noon. The body win then be
taken into the senate chamber, where, at
o'clock the obsequics will be held. Sem
/ ator Blackburn win deliver an oratiun.
| Senator beck's death was very sudden, hut
not wholly unexpected, as his heart diff
| Guilty had been threatening his life for some
time. He dropped dead last Saturday after
noon, May 3, in the depot Of the Baltimore
and Potomac railroad
Accompanied by his daughter, Mrs
| Goodloe, the wife Of Mai Goodloe, Of the
| United States marine corps, the senator
had just alighted from the train on which
he had travelled from New York The
depot is the same depot in which President
Garfield dropped not dead, but fatally
wounded from an assassin's bullet, nine
years ago.
His History.
James Burnie Beck was born Feb. 18,
1922, in Dumfriesshire, Scotland He re-
ceived an academic education in his native
country. Coming 10 this country while a
youth with his parents the family settled
in Lexington, KY, and he was graduated
al the law school of Transylvania univer-
sity Of that place in 1s46 He entered law
| practice there and continued il with fiat
tering success for twenty years lie was
elected to congress in 1856 and three times
reelected, his last term closing in 1875
In May, fS16 he was appointed a mem
ber Of the commission to define the bound
AIRY between Maryland and Virginia, and
ia the same year was elected to represent
Kentucky in the United States senate. He
was reelected as senator in 1882 and again
ia 1888. He was member of several Of
the most important senate committee
those on appropriations, finance and ex-
nenditure of public money-in which his
large experience and sagacious practical
Judgment made him a vigilant watch dog
Of the peoples interests. He was the most
rapid speaker in the national legislature
and his acknowledged ability and pro we'd
integrity gained him always an attentive
auditory.
He had amassed a large estate and was in
private life a most courteous and genial
gentleman As matter Of course his head
was never turned by the buzzing Of the
presidential bee in his bonnet, his birth
outside of the United Stdtes making him
constitutionally ineligible &c that high
Office Perhaps hs was all the better pub
lie servant from this fact His manner
/ n.
his long congressional career he had been
remarkable a. one Of the hardest working
men in either body. His good nature was
inexhaustible
Lameuted at Washington.
The death Of Mr. Beck is widely and pro
foundly lamented here. He was a man Of
the strongest convictions and the sturdiest
order Of partisanship, and. in his two and
twenty years of service in the national
legislature had made a name for himself
| synonymous everywhere with courage and
integrity. He won his way by the pure
force Of z pure character which owed
nothing to el0quence nor to the lighter
graces Of department. He was downright
sort of man, bluff, though not unkindly
| practical TO the last degree and a fighter
without fear or favor.
His Rise to Power.
His rise to power in the blue grass coun-
| try viii always remain a unique chapter in
the history Of the state. It is a section
essentially Of sentiment and eloquence.
where men, as rule, aspiring to political
honors have been called upon to exhibit
i either the gift of the orator or the charm
I of a gracious personality
Mr.. Beck possessed neither, and yet in
| the very heart Of the territory that had
followed and worshiped Mr.. Clay and Tom
Marshal, John j. Crittenden and John G.
| Breckinridge this great Scotchman, who
could talk faster than any man Of his day,
who mixed with all classes without the aim
or desire TO be considered fine gentleman,
| grew to exercise as much influence on at.
fairs there rs any Of the great quartet that
I preceded him. Many Of Mr.. Beck's admir-
ers have always rgretted his promotion to
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