Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-02-26
BARBOUR EULOGIES.
Tributes Of Respect to the Memory Of
the Late Senator.
"HE WAS AN HONEST MAN"
Eloquent and Touching Remarks Of Re-
personalities Meredith, Wise. JONES'
O'Ferraii, and Others
from Our Regular Correspondent

rom Our hckuinf SVtt"'b''
WASHINGTON, February 25.-Business wal
suspended in the House at $3.50 O'Clock 10
day and tributes OF respect were paid u
the memory OF the late Senator John =
Harbour, of Virginia. Friends and rela
tiyes of the deceased senator were in thu
private galleries to listen TO the eulogies
The first to speak was MIR. Meredith OF tn
Eighth District. He represents the dis
trict from which Mr.. Barbour was sent Il
the House for three terms and which EN-
braces tho county OF Culpeper, the birth
place and home of so many OF the Bar
bour family.
HIS DECEASED FRIESD.
Mr.. Meredith spoke as follows: This II
TO me most solemn and serious occasion
According to the custom of this House w
are now permitted TO paw tribute to The
memory Of q deceased friend. My own re
cent protracted illness has prevented thu
preparation of such an address as would
be suitable TO the occasion or worthy oil
the memory OF John S. Barbour. His life
and character were such as to need nc
eulogy at my hands. My greatest pride il
that could call him my friend.
L HS OILY NihNtUiA " WhiNh Ap NCNsN' ~
measured was fixed bv the Almighty Him.
self. He was an honest man-the nobles'
work of God. Quiet and unostentatious
be believed more in work than IN words,
and his llfo proved the success of his un-
firing and unceasing efforts IN oehall
of his State, his country, ana his party
Uo was the worthy descendant OF race
of men who bad helped to make the po-
Itlcal history of this country, and the
best years of his life were spent IN de-
yeloping the material interests OF his native
After giving a sketch of his early career
in Virginia Mr.. Meredith continued:
Political bonors he did not seek-tbey
were thrust upon him. In all the relations
of life he was the true and courteous gen.
tleman. Faithful to every trust, whether as
a railroad president, Representative, or
Senator, he won the esteem and respect oil
all with whom he came IN contact.
PLACED by the force of his personal
character and sound judgment IN posi-
ton to have made himself wealthy 10y the
use of knowledge obtained as president
for years of one of the most Important
railroads of his State he positively refused
70 advance his own interests or TO take
advantage of information obtained by his
Official position.
TRUE TO FRIENDS AND sTATY.
nc was ulNd1 liuo w ito lAANhHo ehN
10 his State.
lin those dark days of Virginia's politi-
cal history when the banner OF his party
mad been trailed in the dust and when In
the agony of her soul his mother State
called for some one of her sons to lead her
out of the Wilderness be proved verita-
BILE Moses and successfully led his party to
O complete victory.
Elected to the Senate of the United
l. n ec,,vA ,nHopnapf hfa RI
manners, and clear comprehension enabled
him 10 take rank with the foremost men
of that august body and made him the
natural and successful champion OF those
principles 10 which he had ever adhered.
He was believer in the teachings OF
jefferson and III the policy of jackson.
and had no part or lot In modern shains
or siibterfuges, but made honesty. integri-
", and sincerity bis rule OF action.
Ia oil the catalogue of Nirgina's illus
trious SONS no purer man ever served his
people, No mans death was more keenly
felt, and no mans memory will be more
reverently cherished.
Il shall submit. Mr. Speaker as part
of my remarks an article which appeared
in The RICHMOND DIsPATCH from the pen
of DR.. w. W. Scott, a cultivated gentle
men and devoted friend OF MIR. Barbour"
sir. O'Ferrail's Tribute.
Representative O'Ferrall being still con-
fined to his house on account OF the in
lures from fall moro than week ago.
could not be present to-day, but Dr. Law
son obtained permission to have hls re-
marks inserted IN the Record. Follow
ing are some extracts from 1t;
Mr. Speaker. il has been my good for
tune to meet and mingle with very may
of the men who in the last two decades
have frightened the pages of our coun-
try's history. imprinted themselves upon
the minds and hearts OF the people. set ex-
amples worthy of emulation, and carved
their names in the inches of enduring fame.
Some of them have been orators, who CAP
tivated the affections and swayed the pas
sions of the people; some have been logi-
clans. leading US step by step down into the
well where truth is found and then raising
us to the surface full-armed TO meet the
sophistries and heresies with which the
world abounds; some have dazzled with
their genius ID the domain of literature or
the arts and sciences, some have shone
with meteorio brilliancy In the walks of
humanity and the broad field OF a common
brotherhood, extending their sympathies
in an overwhelming circle; some have
risen TO heights of glory on land and sea
and drawn forth p9aDs and praises for
their courage and skill. devotion and pa
triotism in the dread arena of war; aud
some, while not orators, logicians, men of
letters or science, phllantbropists, or war
riors, have combined within themselves
qualities of mind and heart which made
society transcendently better because
they were members OF it, the republic tar
better because they were citizens OF it.,
and the world much better because they
lived in it; and In this class stood John s.
Barbour high in rank, the equal of the
Hottest. the peer OF the noblest.
VIRGINIA STOCK.
Senator Barbour sprung from true Vir-
gipia stock. His early opportunities we're
favorable, and he acquired aliberal educa-
tion and was prepared for the bar. but he
soon abandoned it, and after serving, when
quite young man, several terms IN the
House of Delegates of his State, he en-
tered upon a business career which
marked him early III life as one of the
most astute railroad managers which this
country through q long series of years
produced. Taking charge of a railroad
in its infancy as president, he continued
in that position for tull generation of
men, and when he retired the infant road
of eighty-elght miles had grown to 800 in
length and Is To-day part of one OF the
grand trunk lines of the South, over
which the increasing commerce of the
States through which it passes Is carried
and the fruits of the sections IL traverses
are conveyed with lightning speed to the
great trade marts and commercial centres.
No man could have filed so long and so
well the important position of railroad
president unless be possessed IN an emil
nent degree what is usually termed COM
mon-sepse, which has been defined as the
knack of seeing things as they are and
doing things rs they ought TO be done"
And this was the supreme characteristic Of
Senator Barbour; this was the touchstone
of his usefulness. Common-seDse directed
him, common sense guided him. and thus
directed and guided. his judgment was
almost infallible. whether engaged in con-
Quoting the affairs of railroad, managing
State or nation. He possessed quality
which, while II had not 1.-THE brilliancy of
4ha snn II Ind TIA &xitu nf tho otara y,