Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-06
In HONOR OF BECK.
Both Branches Of Congress Adjourn
in Honor of Senator Beck.
SEVERAL FEELING TRIBUTES PAID.
A Congressman Who Knew the Deceased
From 10 Years of Age.
TELLS OF SENATOR BECKs RECORD,
And Speaks Of His Career as One Of Typical
American Citizen.

Both the Senate and House adjourned
yesterday to show sorrow for the death of
Senator Beck, of Kentucky. In the House
Mr.. Breckenridge arose, and said he had
known the deceased from 10 years of age,
and found him in all his course OF life a
typical American citizen.
WASHINGTON, May 5.-There was an
unusually large attendance of Senators
present in the chamber, and of spectators in
the galleries this morning when the opening
prayer was offered by the chaplain. Mr..
Beck's desk and chair were covered with
black Grape, and feeling of solemnity per-
vaded the chamber. As soon as the journal
of Saturday was read, Mr.. Blackburn rose
and with voice suffused with emotion, said:
"Mr. President, my old colleague is dead.
1t is not my purpose at this time to speak
either of him or the great services which he
has rendered to his country.
''In the freshness of the sorrow, the love
which I bore him would blind with its
tears. The drapery of his desk furnishes a
fitting type of the sorrow which pervades
every heart in this chamber. A great Com
monwealth with bowed head to-day puts on
the weeds of mourning. At an appropriate
time and in the early future, 1 will ask the
Senate to afford to his friends an opportunity
to pay their tribute to his memory. / will
now ask the Senate to consider the resolu-
tions which 1 send to the clerks desk"
RESOLUTIONS OF REGRET.
The resolutions as sent were adopted as
follows:
Resolved, That the Senate has heard with
great sorrow of the death of the Hon. James
b. Beck, late Senator from the State of Ken
tucky.
Resolved. That a committee of seven Sem
ators be appointed by the President pro tenn. to
take order for experimenting the funeral of
Mr.. Beck, which will take place tomorrow
tuesday, in the Senate chamber at o'clock P.
M, and that the Senate will attend the same.
Resolved, AS further mark of the respect
entertained by the Senate for his memory, that
his remains be removed from Washington to
Kentucky in charge of the Sergeant-at-Arms
and attended by the COMMITTEES, which shall
have full power to carry this resolution into
effect.
:, Resolved, That the Secretary communicate
these proceedings to the House of Representa-
tives and invite the House of Representatives
to attend the funeral tomorrow Cfuesday) at
o'clock and to appoint a like committee.
the President of the United States and the
members of his Cabinet, the Chief Justices and
the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court
and the Diplomatic Corps to attend the funeral
in the Senate chamber.
Resolved, As a further mark of respect that
the Senate do now adjourn.
The resolutions were declared adopted unan-
1mously, and the Senate adjourned till IL
o'clock tomorrow. The following Senators
were appointed as a committee to superintend
the funeral: Messrs Blackburn, Harris. Vance
Kenna, Dawes, Evarts and Mandersor.
ACTION OF THE HOUSE.
A message having been received from the
Senate announcing the death of Senator
Beck and inviting the House to be present
at the funeral services tomorrow Mr..
Breckenridge, of Kentucky, offered a reso-
luton accepting the invitation and request
Ing the Speaker to appoint committee of
nine Representatives to take action with a
committee appointed by the Senate to take
charge of the funeral arrangements. The
resolutions were adopted unanimously.
'I will not" said Mr.. Breckenridge,
"detain the House except with the an
nouncement of the death of my predecessor
and friend. 1t is personal sorrow much
more than public sorrow to many of us,
more especially probably to me who had
been his friend since he was lad of 10 years
of age, connected with him by every DOS
sible tie which can connect two men, except
blood and relationship. 1t was in this
House he won his first national reputation,
a reputation based on the lottiest .qualifca-
tions of a true manhood. His life was one
of the most romantic in American politics.
That
A POOR SCOTCH BOY
should come to the Bluegrass country,
should rise to the head of the most brilliant |
bar west of the Allegheny Mountains,
should be elected four consecutive times to |
fill the seat once filed by Henry Clay, |
should be translated to the Senate and re- |
ceive three consecutive elections almost |
without opposition, and should win the |
love- confidence and esteem of his entire |
State; that during 68 years of his manly
life no one ever found flaw in his stainless
integrity, in his lofty courage, in his pure,
tender, personal friendship and affection, in |
the noble generosity shown to both friend |
and enemy, attest that the love Kentucky |
gaveahim was deserved; that the confidence |
she reposed in him was wisely given, and is |
proof that the grief that some of us feel is
q natural grief"
In accordance with the terms of the reso- |
luton, the Speaker appointed the following |
committee: Messrs Breckenridge, of Ken |
lucky; Holman, Blount, Bland, Hatch, |
Wilson, of Kentucky; Banks. Dunnell and |
The House then, as a mark |
of respect to the deceased, adjourned.