The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-14
ADAY GIVEN TO EULOGY.
CONGRESS PAYS TRIBUTES TO
RANDALL AND BECK.

WASHINGTON, Sept l3.-ln the Senate
this morning. as soon as the journal of yes
terday was read, Mr.. Quay offered the
usual resolutions of sorrow and coincidence
in regard to the death of Hon. Samuel J.
Randall, and proceeded to address the SEN
ate.
Although always his political opponent,
Mr.. Quay said, he had come to cast myrtle
on his grave. In the process Of atrrition,
Mr.. Randall had always been found to be
rock of offerse to the republicans; yet 50
true, so honest, SO courageous, so absolutely
.chivalrous had he been that there was not
one republican who, standing behind
his coffin. had not realized the thought,
"pd sgive the lands Of Deleraine,
dark Musgrove were alive again" There
was not one of them who did not believe
that if it were given to nature to revisit the
scenes they loved on earth, his shade walked
regal and distinguished among all the view
less hosts of the great that trooped the halls
and corridors of the capitol to-day.
A LIFE OF STRUGGLE.
His life had been life of struggle, toll
and battle. The record of his life was one
of industry. Industry and armness were
his most prominent characteristics He
had wrought better for the country than
for himself. Others might appear in his
from him, and might fittinglY fulfill their
offices; but none, Mr.. Quay thought, would
ever arise to fill, for positive courage,
unselfishness, patriotism and devotion to
duty, the great chasm left in Pennsylvania
by Mr.. RandalPs death.
BARBoUR's TRIBUTE.
Mr.. Barbour eulogized Mr.. Randall,
whose integrity, he said, was spotless, whose
firmness was as solid as the rock basis OF
Pennsylvan1as mountains, and whose abin-
ties and patriotism were always equal to
the exigeacies Of the most important COCA
sion. He QMr. Barbour had accompanied
the remains of the departed statesman to it's
last resting place in the beautiful cemetery
near Philadelphia, and as he saw the great
cortege Of friends and neighbors assembled
to do honor to his memory, he felt that the
useful career of that simple, transformations
and true-hear6ed public man was fully ap-
precated where he was best known, and
was permanently enshrined in the minds
and hearts of his country.
PLUMB ADDS HIS PRAISE.
Mr.. Plumb spoke of Mr.. Randall as hav-
ing been plain, unpretentious, kindly in
bearing and conspicuously domestic in taste
and inclination, and richly qualified in every
respect to be, as he was, a tribune of the peo-
pie. To those endowments had been added
recttude of purpose and conduct which had
never been questioned in the fiercest heat of
radical antag gOnism, and who had been, in
private life. singularly modest and unosten-
taticus, contributing to and sharing in those
sweet and kindly ministrations tnat max Q
the happy home miniature of heaven.
DANIEL ON HIS DEVOTION.
Mr.. Daniel said that Mr.. Randall was for
a model of public servant, and that he
added honor and glory to the name of
the representative of the people. In his
modest, hospitable house on Capitol HILL in
the bosom of his family, he spent his days
in toll of love and duty, and he had met
death with composure OF an equal spirit
with man and with trust in God.
BLACKBURN ON HIS HONESTY.
Mr.. Blackburn spoke of the stainless
honesty of Mr.. Randalls career, saying that
he entered life poor, and that, at the end of
the first quarter of century of his public
service, he went out of it only to go into
his grave, still poorer. If he left the public
service with hands that were empty, the
world knew that he left It with hands that
were clean. His distinguishing characters
| tics were an honesty that was unqueStion-
| able and courage that was untaltering. The
Lord never made more honest nor a more
courteous man. He never knew the name
| Of fear. Peace to his ashes honor to his
Further eloquent touching tributes to the
| high character of Mr.. Randall and to his
honorable career in public and private life
were paid by Messrs. Cuilom, Morgon, Glib
son and Hiscock. aud then, as a further
mark Of respect, the Senate, at 9 o'clock,
adjourned.
THE HOUSE TRIBUTE TO BECK.
Approval of the journal of Tuesdays
proceedings was the first question
| A.
met this morning, and the clerk proceeded
to call the roll on this question. The journal
was approved by vote of 1877 yeas to no
| nays the clerk noting quorum. Every
democrat present not paired voted in the
| affirmative. The clerk then proceeded to
the reading of the journal Of Wednesday IS
proceedings, which Mr.. OFerra II Of Vir-
ginia demanded should be read in full.
REED TRIES TO MOVE HIM.
The speaker suggested that this would
| tend only to consume time, which had been
assigned TO the Beck eulogies.
Mr.. O'Ferrall retorted that be was aware
| of what he was doing. He WAS responsible
| to his constituents and not to the speaker.
The speaker suggested that the gentleman
was responsible to the country.
Mr.. O'Ferrall expressed his readiness to
take all the responsibility which attached
| to him.
Inc JOURNALS Oh w eOnebQAy, InurSuay
| and Friday were read aud approved with
out objection, and then the House pro-
ceeded to pay its last tribute of respect to
the memory Of the late Senator James B.
| Beck Of Kentucky.
Mr.. Breckenridge of Kentucky eulogized
the character and abilities of the dead sen
ator, whom he characterized as "a round,
ready and full man" He described at
length Mr. Beck's legal experience in Ken
lucky. Never, said he, had he known Mr..
Bsck's superior, and he believed that he had
never seen his equal. Passing on to a
review Of Mr.. Becks legislative career, he
spoke in the highest terms of his services to
| his country.
EQUALITY OF MAN.
| Mr.. Beck had believed in the equality of
manhood as living, vital, prao tical truth
and this had been the controlling principle
of all his political action; that man as a
man was equal to every other man; that
man as a man was the creator Of all gov
ernment; and that man as a man was to be
the object of all legislation.
LOVED HIS COUNTRY.
The United States had never known a
native son who loved her more, who had
more faithfully and diligently served her,
| who felt more grateful for her liberty and
| more earnest to transmit it to posterity, and
the district which had sent him to the
House had never had a son who loved her
more and was more trusted by her than the
dead James b. Beck After addresses by