Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-04-19
GREAT LIVING ON THE GREAT
DEAD.
Men of flame and fortune Lay Their
Wreaths of ImmOrtelleS on the
Bier.

WASHINGTON, April 15.-Sev-
eral Northern papers have spe-
Gals about Senator Vance, but
only one or two editorials APP
peared, owing to the late hour.
The following are some of the
comments made to your CORES
pondent:
A GRAND MAN.
Vice President Stevenson F.:
lone of the grandest men that
ever lived. He was my warm
personal friend"
Speaker Crisp: I hear of
the death of Senator Vance with
great regret. He was a true man
and Democrat. For many years
he has been a prominent figure
in the Senate and country, and
he always stood for the rights of
the people. His death is a loss
to the country, to the party and
to the people of his State, Such
men are rare"
RANSOM'S EXQUISITE TRIBUTE.
Senator Ransom: Senator
Vance possessed very remark
able natural endownments. He
represented subjects in large
outlines, seldom in details. His
faculty of embodying and pre-
senting popular sentiments into
proverbial forms, into striking,
homely illustrations, was wonder
full. He had cultivated assidiously
and he was amaster in that art. He
had the genius of popularity. His
simplicity was uniform and even
conspicuous. His humor was al
most invincible. His sarcasm was
very keen, and yet seldom left
any sting. His disposition was so
genial that it disarmed enmity.
He was almost always brief
never tedious. His service as
Governor during the war was
the never-failing fountain of his
popularity. He was one Of the
people. His character for up
rightness never failed him"
Representative Alexander; His
greatest point was his being true
to the people always. I was a
great admirer Of Vance"
Representative Bower; "Sena-
tor Vance was the great com
moner of North Carolina. Per
sonally and politically he was
unique in his makeup and re
cord. He was one Of the very
few men of this State that were
able to maintain their hold upon
the people through a long career.
Popular with all classes, he wa
especially strong with the yeo-
many of the State and upon al
the great questions of the day he
was in full sympathy with the
masses"
SENATOR BERRY ADMIRED HIM.
Senator Berry;~1 admired hin
most that he was near the people
and stood up to their rights. He
was a very able Senator and my
very warm friend from the time
I came into the Senate"
Representative John Allen, O.
Mississippi.
For awhile his craftsmanship
and leadership were overlooked
because of his exquisite humor
He was really a great Statesman
and Democratic leader"
Representative Bankhead O
Alabama: Nothing 1 could say
about him would be too good"
Representative Brookshire {
Indiana: MY father and m.
mother came from Randolph. n
c., and I have known and love-
Vance for 90 years. A dear, goo,
and most able man has gone.
deeply regret his death"
j. G. Logan Harris: No mai
in the Senate was his superior a.
an all-round man"
A TREE THAT STOOD THE STORM
Col. Bill Sterritt, of the Gal
weston NeWs: In his time Their
were storms that tried the timbe
of men and he quit this life stand
ing erect"
RANDALL's TOUCHING TRIBUTE
Jas. R. Randall, the literar,
journalist: "I knew Senate
Vance well and for a long time
He was a great tribune of tn
people, and had all the qualitie
of an orator and statesman.
never saw him worsted in debate
He possessed in an eminent de
gree the faculty of humor, but
was tempered with learning an
pathos. Nc man ever loved tn
South or North Carolina more dc
vo5edly and he was typical of hi
State and section in the highes
degree. While the pines of tn
Old North State stand they wi
sing his requiem"
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