The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-15
FEDERAL LEGISLATURE.
ELOQUENT EULOGIEs IN RESPECT T0
GENERAL SHERMAN.

Passed In Both Houses.
WASHINGTON. d. c.. Feb. i4.---ln the Senate
to-day the credentials of William villas. Senator
elect from Winconsin for the term conmenc-
ing March 4th next was presented and filed.
The resolution reported yesterday author
izing the select committee ON relations with
Canada to continue its investigations during
the recess was taken up and agreed TO- The
Senate bill was passed appropriating $4,000
to enlarge the public building at Birmingham.
Ala
The consideration Of the Copyright bill was
| then proceeded with.
Mr.. Carlisle offered an amendment striking
out all of section 3 after the Sherman amend
ment, and substituting for II provision that
! that section shall not be construed so as In
! subject 10 duty any article now admitted free
under the laws of the United States. and that
il any person shall in the United States print
or consent 10 be printed either for sale
or expectation any book. map, dramatic
or musical composition on which there shall
be a subslstlng copyright without the consent
in writing of the proprietor thereof. or shall
/ knowingly import for sale or hire any such
article having been unlawfully printed or
made or shall offer the same for sale. he shall
be liable in damages 10 the proprietor Of such
copyright. and upon conviction shall also bo
! subject 10 a me not tActtuub NlO,vVJs
! Agreed tO-yeas, 29 nays %.
The bill aud amendments were then re-
ported from the Committee on the Whole to
the Senate. and Mr.. Platt demanded the yeas
and nays on tile committee amendments mr.
! bulk. The vote was taken and the amend.
| ments were disagreed to--yeas, 20. nays, 81.
Yeas-Messls Allen. Allison. Bale, Berry,
Blackburn. Blair. Casey. Cockrell. Coke. Dan
! iel. Faulkner. Frye. George. Gorhalu, Hale,
Harris, Ingalls, Jones (0f Arkansas Jones (of
Nevada. Mcpherson, Mitchell, Pasco, Petit
grew Pierce. Power, Pugh. Ransom, Reagan.
Nance-29
Nays-Aldrch Cameron. Carey. Carlisle,
! CulOm, Davis. Hawey. Higgins. Hnar, HIS.
cock. Mcconnell. McAlilen. Henderson, Nor
gan, Morrill,, Plat. Quay. Sawyer, Stock
bridge. Turpie, Voorhees,, Warren, Wash
burn--3l.
These pairs were announced: Butler and
Moody. Cali and Stewart, Blodgett and
Chandler, Payne and Sherman, kenna and
Wolcott. Wilson Of Maryland and Wilson OF
Iowa.
Soon afterwards the debate was interrupted.
Mr. Chandler offered resolutions of regret mt
the death Of Admiral Porter and providing for
the appointment of a committee To attend hls
funeral, which were adopted.
GENERAL sHERlIAS's DEATH.
At half-past three the message of the Presi-
dent announcing the death of General Sher-
man was laid before the Senate
Alf. fiaWley arose ana oueEeu thc iVioNhS
resolutions
Resolved, The Senate receives with pro-
found sorrow the announcement OK the death
of William Tecumseh sherman, late general
of armies Of the United States.
Resolved, That the Senate renew its ac-
Acknowledgement Of the services which he render.
edto his country in the day OF It's extreme peru
and laments the great loss which the country
has sustained. and deeply sympathizes with
his family in its bereavement
Resolved That copy of these resolutions
be forwarded TO the family Of the deceased,
Mr.. Hawley said Mr.. President, at this
hour the Senate, the Congress and the people
Of the United States are one family. What we
have been daily expecting has happened.
General Sherman has received and Obeyed his
last order. He was great soldier
by the Judgment Of great soldiers OF the
great citizen. His glorious soul appeared
in every look gesture. and word. The his
tory Of our country is rich in soldiers who
have set examples Of simple. sOlderly obs-
dience 10 the civil law. Washington, Grant
Sheridan. and Sherman head the list. Sher.
man was the last Of the illustriOus trio who
were by universal consent the foremost
figures in the armies Of the 3 Union
in the late war. Among the pre-
cious traditions (to pass into our his
tory for the admiration OF the old and the III
strnction of the young) was their friendship,
!
ahadow of ambition or pride.
M0RGAN's ELOQUENT WORDS.
Mr. Morgan said On this occasion of
national soemnity would lead the thoughts
and sympathies Of the American Senate back
to those days in our history when General
Sherman was citizen or the state oi
Louisiana and presided over college for the
instruction Of Southern youths m the arts or
war and the arts Of peace. Tie great military
leaders on the south side of the civil war are
now rapidly advancing across the border 20 a
land where history and truth and justice must
decide upon every mau's career. Wheb
they meet there they Will he happy
to find that the honor OF human actions
not always measured by their wisdom. but by
the motives in which they had their origin
| cherish the belief that the heroes OF the
civil war will find that. measured by this
standard. none Of them on either SIDE were
DELINQUENT that they will be happy IN an as
sociation that will never end. and will never
be disturbed by any evil thought, Ics1lOusly or
distust
Mr.. Mnnderson said that the death Of Cen
eral Sherman came although one might have
been prepared for il as the unexpected. IL
was "A day Of mourning and grief. Here. at
the capital Of the nation, lay the body OF the
great Admiral. the chief OF the navy, and IN
New York was lying prepared for the last sad
rites the corpse Of the greatest military genus
the nation had ever produced. General S,her-
nan had been not olly great hs nhltlIl le7''',
er. .but he had been great ~ civilian. General
, Sherman WAS perhaps the only man IN the
, North who in the early days Of war seemed TO
appreciate what the terrible conflict meant
NOT PRIVATE GRIEF.
Mr. Evaits said that the intelligence OF the
, death Of General Sherman had touched the
senate with the deepest sensIbillues, but that
grief was not private grief nor was ~ mi
. tated by any narrower bounds than those Ot
the whole country One star differed from
/, another star in glory. but ail OF these stars
: had a glory to which nothing could be
added hy eulogy. and from which nothing
could be taken away. They shown IN Their
own effulgence and borrowed no hgnt from
> | honor or respect.
Concluding. Mr. Evarts moved, out of re-
. spect to his memory. that the Senate ad'
iourn The resolutions were adopted unanI-
!, mousiv. and ON motion of Mr.. fiawley the
/. presiding officer was requested to appoint a
, committee Of five Senators 70 attend the
funeral If General sherman The names OF
, the committee were not announced. The
= senate then. a; o'clock, adjourned until
I Monday ut IL o'clock A. NJ.
House.