The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-20
TRIBUTES TO ITS DEAD.
EULcGIES PRONOUNCED IN THE
HOUSE YESTERDAY.

Mr.. Cummings Speaks OF the Life and
Character and Eminent Services of
the Late S. g. Cox - Mills Pays a
Passing Tribute to Messrs. Randall
and Keiley-Other Speakers.
WASHINGTON, April 19.-In his prayer
in the House this morning the chaplain
said:
Almighty God, we are gathered to pay the
last tribute of respect and affection of the ma
| tion to the memory of q man long familiar to
this hall, and to those frequenting it. We pray
| that thou wilt grant us revered sense of this
| high and sacred service which we enter upon.
While we recall his brilliant talent, genial
| humor, flashing wit, stirring eloquence, his
| unwearied industry, patient labor for the h alth
and cheer of the hunblest citizens of the laud his
| generous advocacy of every noble measure
| tending to pro note the safety, honor and well
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 toward thee, his reverent
faith in thee, and hope which
lighted him in his last hour from sickness and
life; while we remember these things, lift us II,
we pray thee, to the plane on which be trod,
and so may the peace of our Lord Jesus Christ
enter every heart here present.
guish which arises from the human heart, wilt
Thou not comfort and asSuage the grief of oae
whose life was one joyous service for him
who is gone? Fulfill Thy word, Il will be hus
band to the widow, . and so grant that this ser
vice of love and affection to-day may quicken
the heart of those who are here present, and
leave the fragrance of a gracious life in the
souls OF all.
A TRIBUTE TO COX.
At o'clock public business was suspended
Inl e. %..st~
| to the memory of Samuel s. Cox of New
York.
MIR. Cummings of New York delivered
| the first address. He dwelt upon Mr.. Cox's
| endearing qualities and high intellect. He
had friends everywhere aud enemies
| nowhere. His active and busy mind and
| his ever ready and eloquent tongue were at
rest The unobtrusive 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 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 inseparable companion. As TO the states
mans 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
congressman, delivered from the very seat
| where hs (Mr. Cummings) was now stand
| ing.
HIS CONGRESSIONAL LABoRs.
Mr.. Cox had been sincere democrat be-
cause he believed in his mind thai
there was no other philosophy that
could serve his country 50 we'll
Mr.. Cox's life, as portrayed by Mr.
legislation during the war and reconstruc-
tion period, puactuated freely with
excerpts from Mr. Cox's "Three
Decades in Congress" Coming down
to more recent times. Mr.. Cummings
referred to the many measures with which
the name of Mr.. Cox was indlssolubly con-
nected-amnesty. the modified oath, the
resumption of specie payment, regulation
| of paper currency, modification or the tariff,
and internal revenue laws, and the contract
labor law. The tenth census was a monu-
ment TO his intellect; the life savings SER
| vice a monument TO his sympathy and
| humanity; his efforts in behalf of the letter
| carriers was monument to his sense of
| justice to the toiling employees Of the gov
| ernment
On similar occasions to this Burke had
exclaimed in melancholy accents, "What
shadows we are What shadows we pur-
suep He could not have meant by this to
| fly in the face of the enchanting theme of
existence which, In his braver moments, he
| illustrated with consummate grandeur.
| Looking at the past aud concentrating all
the energies of his soul, he (Mr. Cummings
would with Difference supplant the saying
of the great orator with the words. "How
real is life, and in what realities it may
eventuate."
WHAT HE ACCOMPLISHED.
| Tn onpcI,,sfo, Mr. C,u7rainoa aaid fboA
| Samuel S. Cox aided to reconcile the Sec
| tions, he shielded the Israelites from politi-
cal persecution, 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
weakness he had came not from the poverty,
| but from the penitude of his power. His
| name appears on almost every page of our
| legislative annals for nearly quarter of
| a century. His handiwork is seem in
nearly every department of our civil
structure. This House was his workshop
this constitution was his guide. He asked
| for no furlough; he asked for no leave of
absence. In the most trying time he stood
for his whole country with cheerful spirit
and unshakeu constancy. He believed in
universal liberty, free labor. free trade, free
competition. free opportunity and no
| favors.
| HIS WORKS LIVE AFTER HIM.
Battling for that universal emancipation
| he died-he lives. He lives in his work,
| and will return and speak to us again and
again whenever humanity wants a friend
or liberty needs defender.
| Mr.. Mills of Texas, with voice moved
with emotion, recalled the recent deaths
| of Messrs. Kelley and Randall. As he
| stood over these three newly-made graves
he might truly say that three great men
had fallen. Mr.. Cox had come to the
| House first, ard had been the 6rst tc
cross the river; Mr.. Kelley had come next
and had followed next; Mr.. Randall had
come third and had gone third; and it might
be said of them all that they were lovely
and pleasant in their lives and in death they
were not divided.
| Eulogizing the character Of the deceased,
| Mr.. Mills said: "He is dead, but he still
| lives in the hearts of the people, and will
| live on the pages of history as long as our
history shall endure, and IS long as posterity
shall cherish true manhood and a manly
and loving heart"
| OTHER ORATORS.
Others to bear witness to the universal re-
spect and affection in which Mr.. Cox was
held by his fellow members, were Messrs.
Holman, Banks, Butterworth, Breckenridge
Of Kentucky. McMillin, Grosvenor, Bland,
Buckalew. Lawler, Dunnell, McAdoo
| Chapman and Covert.
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