St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-02

Applause loud and prolonged greeted
the successful elimination of the enter
prise, while, to add to the din, salute
of nine guns, one for each letter of the
name Hendricks" was fired by the
battery, and columbia" was rendered
by the combined bands. When silence
had once more been restored the dedi-
catory ode Hendricks" written by
James Whitcomb Riley, was impress
sively rendered by Prof. Fisher, of
Hanover college.
Pride of thy Westland. and loved Of the
Nation,
Leader invincible; ruler most wise;
Fevered nor flushed by the throng's aecle-
nation,
Steadfastly poised as star in the skies.
Paths that were night to US
Thou didst make bright to us.
Frightening still, till the tranScendent shine
Swiftly Withdrawn from us.
Now thou art gone from US,
Haloes thy deeds with glory divine
versed as thou vert in the lore of the ages,
Voiced as master in lofty debate.
Thine was an eloquence history's pages
Rustlingly whisper in vain to relate,
Mute there the wonderful
PathOs. or thunderful
Flashes of denunciation. not jeers.
Silent, the dutiful
Scorn, and the beautiful
Tribute of tremulOus sObbing and tears
III.
Thine, then, the need of peoples affection
Born above factional wrangle and fray:
Still warmly homed in the hearts rec0llec-
ton,
Naught of thy virtues shall vanish away;
Still in security 5
Rest, in thy purity
Fixed as thy monument, tow ring above
Ay, and outwearng it,
All time declaring it
Bronze shall outbrave not the legends of
love.
Following this, "The New National
Hvmn'' was rendered by the male cho-
rus, and .'The Battle Hymn of the Re-
public" by the school children. Sena-
tor Turpie, on rising todeliver the ora
tion of the day, was received with loud
and prolonged cheers. Prefacing his
remarks with reference TO the earlier
years of the last century, when the
knightly and chivalrous Jean Baptiste
Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes, lost his life
in battle with the Indians leaving his
name to the old post upon the Wabash.
The orator gave a lengthy sketch of the
deceased statesman. His parents, he
said, belonged to the pure high-hearted
patrician race of the frontier, we'll
worthy to be the founders of cities.
states and communities. The father
was a farmer, owner of the lands he
titled, builder also OF the house he first
lived in, while the son, afterward
the vice president of this great
nation, had, when grown to sufficient
age taken part in the labors of the field
and household. Many years afterward,
In the meridian of his career, he pleas
Id IN - ,1op hn ,od
to see the miller, all white with dust,
as boy he waited patiently until the
sack with grist in it was adjusted to
the horses back for his homeward ride.
The orator referred to the first appear
ance of the deceased vice president in
public life as representative from the
county of Shelby in the general as
sembly, and in which capacity he left
upon the minds of his colleagues such
an opinion of his abilities as laid the
foundation of that respect and esteem
in which he always continued to be held
by them and their constituencies. A
touching reference was made to Mr..
Hendricks marriage to Miss Eliza G.
Morgan, of North Bend. O., in 1S45, and
all eyes for the moment were
Directed Towards the Widow
of the deceased, who bowed her head.
Coming down to war times, the orator
said that, as senator, Mr.. Hendricks
constantly acted and voted in aid of the
government i'll every measure looking
to the suppression of armed inSurree-
tions against its authority, although he
always reserved the right as senator
freely to discuss the civil policy of the
administration. His suggestions and
amendments to the pending bills for the
maintenance of the national forces
then in the field were so timely, useful
and important as frequently to COM
mand the approval of the majority of
the senators politically adverse to his
views. At the conclusion of the civil
war, in that day which saw the Surren-
came the question as to what DISPOSE
ton should be made of the states
whose people had taken part
in the insurrection designed to
subVert the government. This
grave problem was presented to
Hendricks in the midst of his term as
senator; while in the whole range of
former legislation and jurisprudence
there was no precedent for the solution
thereof. Under the policy in vogue
among the ancient republics during
their rise and progress for centuries. the
conquered inhabitants of revolving
state or province were treated in all re-
spects as foreign enemies. The princi-
pal powers of modern Europe had pur-
sued similar course. The dealings of
the British government with inSurgent
subjects, with rebellions in England,
Scotland, Ireland and elsewhere afforded
only long recital of prescription, at
tainder, confScations and executions
the severest pains, fines and forfeitures
of a merciIess penal code. Here were
no doubt precedents, but none for
the senator from Indiana, toward
whom at this time every eye was
turned as upon one known to
be unjust to the interest of no section,
devoted to the well-being of all. The
problem was peculiarly American. only
to be solved by wise and comprehen-
sive consideration of the laws, the in
stitutional theories, political traditions
and history of our own states and peo-
pie. In this crisis of deliberation, he
stood, upon his side, almost alone. The
orator continued to review the career Of
the deceased as governor, private citi-
zen and vice president, and in c0nclu-
sion said: 'sHe was truly man of va
ried learning and attainments, full, also,
| of that wisdom borrowed from the
schools; patient, kindly, persistent,
brave. not distrustful of fortune, will
| ing, for the cause which he espoused, to
put all men la Rfully to the hazard,
and of fixed fidelity to principle
which brookeQ in its course neither de-
spair nor encouragement Fauluessly