Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-04-20
HON. S. S. cox.
yNIsvres TO HIS MEMORY ~ THE
FEDERAL HOUSE YESTERDAY.
prsceediexs cf both Branches Of Com
srsss--rhe Court Of Claims the sahjsct
OF AaImadversioa In tho senate.


GRANT.
Mr.. Henderson introduced two bills.
which were referred 20 the Library Com
mittec, for the purchase OF tho Mathews
portrait Of Abraham Lincoln and TO nc
cept from the Grand Army OF the Republic
statue OF General Grant and pedestal, to
be placed in Statuary Hall In the Capitol.
In connection with the latter mr: vest
stated that the Committee on fuplic
Buildings and Grounds had this morning
ordered the reporting OF tne Oh, LOT ~. pa
2 equestrian statue OF General Grant IN the
city OF Washington.
The Senate bill was passed authorizing
Tho purchase for site for a building for
che accommodation OF the Supreme Court
OF the United States OF the square directly
east of the Capitol and corresponding with
the new library site. The cost of the site
IL estimated at about S600.0OO.
The calendar Was then taken mp in regu-
lar order and a large number OF private
and local bills passed.
THE COURT or CLAIMS CRITICISED.
The Senate bill TO pay Mrs. Emma s..
Cameron $4,000 for property taken by the
Rrmy during the war at Chattanooga,
Tenn. was discussed at much length by
Senators Jones Of Arkansas, Cockrell, and
Pasco against it, as an exaggerated esti-
mate Of its value, and by Senators Spooher
and Allen in It's favor.
Mr.. Jones. of Arkansas. moved that the
bill be recommitted.
Mr.. Spooner wished TO amend 1t 80 as TO
direct the War Department TO ascertain
and pay the amount fairly due. and MT.
Harris wished 10 amend il 50 as TO refer
che matter to the Court of Claims:
The latter proposition led TO discussion
In regard TO the Court Of Claims, Mr.. Har-
ris giving notice that II the DEGREES OF that
court were not provided for Gas they were
not at the last SESSION., he would bring IN
A bill for its abolition, and MIR. Spooner
criticising the influences that prevail in
The Court of Claims and suggesting that
cases there did not receive proper scrutiny
aud care. The Committee on Claims had
not. be said, reported an omnibus Dill 70
nav the DEGREES OF the Court of Claims last
year because it was entirely satisfied that
many of the DEGREES had been grossly ex-
eggerated.
The bill went over without action.
The following bills were reported from
eommittees and placed on the calendar (:
Senate bill approprlating 100000 for an
equestrian statue In Washington TO Cen
erai Grant; Senate bill appropriating
$4,000 for public building at Fayette-
vile, n. O., and $4,000 for one at Merl-
dian, Miss.
After brief executive session the Sen
ate, at 800, adjourned.
House Of Representatives.
In bis prayer this morning the Chaplain
said:
Almighty God, we are gathered 70 pay
The last tribute of respect and affection of
the nation TO the memory of man long
familiar to this hall and TO those frequent
ing il. We pray that Thou wilt grant us
reverent sense of this high and sacred
service which we enter upon While we
recall his brilliant talents, genial humor,
flashing wit, stirring eloquence; his I'M
wearied industry. patient labor Tor the
health and cheer Of the humblest citizens
OF the land; his generous advocacy OF
every noble measure tending to promote
the safety, honor and welfare of the nation;
while we remember the graces which he
brought to private life, the kindly hand,
the liberal spirit. the beaming eye, the soul
full of all sweet and gracious thoughts and
purposes: while we remember his meek
and lowly piety towards Thee, his reverent
faith IN Thy truth, and the hope. which
lighted him in his last hour from sickness
and infrmity into a strong assurance OF
everlasting life; while we remember these
things, lift us all, we pray Thee. to the
plane on which he trod; and so may the
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ enter every
heart here present"
so. Thou who nearest the faintest sobs
of anguish which arise from the human
heart, wilt Thou not comfort and assuage
the grief of one whose life was one Joyous
service for him who IS gonep tulhl Thy
word. Il will be husband TO the widow
and so grant that this service OF love and
affection TODAY may quicken the hearts OF
those who are here present and leave the
s sirsran'' of gracious life IN the souls OF
At o'clock public business was sus-
pended, and the House proceeded to pay
tribute to the memory of Samuel s. Cox.
of New York.
Mr.. CUMMINGS TRIBUTE.
Mr.. Cummings, of New York, delivered
the first address He dwelt upon Mr..
toy's endearipg qualities and high in
select. He had friends everywhere and
enemies nowhere. His active and busy
mind and his ever-ready and eloquent
tongue were at rest. An unobtruslye
friend of the masses had passed away.
Only his memory remained. and that
memory perfumed every home.
In reviewing the life of Mr. Cox he traced
the statesman's progress from his boyhood
up TO the time when his name had become
a household word, and he paid an eloquent
tribute TO the love and devotion which had
for many years bound together Mr.. Cox
and his wife, who had ever been his in
eeparable companion. As to the stateman's
congressional career Mr.. Cummings called
attention to the fact that the first speech
ever delivered IN this chamber had been
the maiden speech Of the young Ohio Con-
gresham, delivered from the very seat
where he (Cummings) was now standing.
Mr.. Cox had been "a sincere Democrat be-
cause he believed in his mind that there
was no other philosophy that could serve
his country so well.
MIR. Cox's lite, as portrayed by Mr.. Cum.
mipgs, was an epitome OF congressional
legislation during the war and the recon-
struction period, 2unctuated frequently
with extracts from Cox's Three Decades
In Congress" Coming down TO more re-
cent times Mr.. Cummings referred to the
many measures with which the name OF
Cox was indissolubly onnected-amnestv,
the modified oath, the resumption OF specie
payments, the regulation of paper cur
rencv. the modification of the tariff and
internal-reyenue law, and the contract
labor law. The tenth census was monu-
ment TO his intellect, the LIfe-Saying Ser
vice q monument 10 his sympathy and hu-
manity, his efforts in behalf of the letter.
carriers q monument to his sense of justice
to the toiling employees of the Govern
mept. On a similar occasion 70 this Burke
had exclaimed in melancholy accents,
what shadows we are what shadows We
pursued" He could not have meant by
this to fiy in the face Of the enchanting
theme of existence, which, in his drawer
moments, he illustrated with consumate
grandeur. Looking ct the past and con-
eentrating all the energies of his soul, he
(Cummings) would with Difference sup
plant the saying of that great orator with
the words, How real is life, in what rcGli-
ties il may eventuate."
In conclusion Mr.. Cummings said Samuel
8. Cox aided TO reconcile the sections no
shielded tho lsraelites from political perse-
cution; he shortened the tramp of the
weary postman; he made the angry waves
jubilant with the song of rescue. He was
star IN our political galaxy from which
men take observation. Whatever weak
ness he had came not from the poverty
but from the plentitude Of his power. His
name appears In almost every page Of our
legislative annals for nearly quarter Of
century. His handiwork is seen in near
" every department of our civil structure.
This house was his workshop; the Con-
stitution was his guide. he asked for no
furiough; he asked for no leave OF absence.
In y most trying time he stood for his
whole country with cheerful spirit and
uushaken constanoy. He believed in UNI
vsrsai liberty, free labor. free trade, free
competition, free opportunity and no
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