Morning journal and courier., 1893-02-08
THE LATE SENATOR BARBOUR.
Senator Plntt's appropriate and
 Touching Tribute to Him.

Senator PlatT's appropriate and
 Touching Tribute 10 Him.
 Mir. President: The inteDee interest which We feel and take iu the active busI- ness and sff airs of life, and the sadness and sorrow with which ws receive the an nouncement of death, present the sharp est contrast in human sff ,irs, snd today but illustrates this truth. This morning in the senate we listened with attention to United States on one of the most impor- tsnt questions which could ba presented to us; next We listened 10 an animated dis cussion of one Of cur g-ss. economic questions; and now the senate l. hushed, and we consider for the | sur d,a and its consequences; we recall the memory snd the virtues of one of our associates who has gone
 It Is common remark that no man is necessary to society. We sometimes think as We see great talents. grest efcrts, d's tinguishsd ability in our pnblic men, that they have h come 80 essential to the life of the plblic, so necessary to human d. yancement. that when they drop ont their place cannot bs filled We lock at a man to day In vigor and In strength, We sec that he occupies commanding position in legislation, in business, and We feel that his loss would bs irrsparabis The ten, siou upon the thresd Of life Is a little toe strong and the thread suddenly saaps; he is gone; yet ou the morrow rome one O! the living ste ps into hi. place, and We fay ''how coon he Is forgotten"
 In a sense this is irn-, and yet in snoth- CT sense 1t is not trCe Every good and | true man as we'll as every great man is es sentia! and It ossssry to socisty; every man | who lives a good and true life becomes s part of society, psrt of ths present and | part of the tutprr history of ihe govern | mert. The influence Of good mSn never ossses; deA.h dO-s not pC. an end to ii; 1; goes on from year la y"ar and sg@ to sge. | A nation is s g'owih l; has a character | like an indigidual, and ss ipdiyidusl char. | scter in its growth IS tha sum Of the , thought and action of th3 individusl, So | the national character in its growth IS | the sum of the thought, the action and | the work of th. public man as [. repre- | ssnts ih. privAt- cirizsr'E of the nation. ! What We dn Lere today We msy feel l will be oye,lo, ked in the future; and ye; | 1t cannot be lest. Its effect Iau-t be fsl; II TUT AhtLF aA WN 1-N @A@ AA R1-%N AahNA' ful The ssp!irg year by yesr accumu lstes & little ring of groHtb, which !s oversroEn by that of the succeeding | year; yet every ring remains an essent;s | part of the tree, and will so remain ai long as the tree lives. Thus whatever [ true and faithful man does becomes sI essential part of the national growth
 and will remain ss long as the nA,ions existence continues.
 These thoughts crowd upon my minC
 as I contemplate the loss of 6 senator O
 the United S;ates. The roll of the zen
 ate is 6 long one. Turn to the msnua
 and you wi l observe that it is almos
 wholly @ roll of the dead. The few uh'
 are here and the great majority who hay,
 gone comprise the roll of the senate, snc
 vet of these who have occupied seats II
 this or the other senate chamber, snC
 who have been looked down upon iron
 the galleries, no man has lived that zen
 storisl life sithout contributing in somI
 measure to the growth and development | of the nation, to its advancement, 1t
 glory and its benefcence among the peo
 pie of the earth.
 So with our deceased comrade. Hi
 life has now become a part of his ooun
 tryis history. It was not permitted t
 him to be many years in this body; h
 served out barely half of a single term
 yet what he did here must last foreye