The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-10

greatly facilitating him and no doubt
Fastening his end During the after
noon he sank rapidly, and passed away
peacefully.
Probably no man in public life has
been identified with more of the history
of this country than had Senator Har-
ris. He had almost completed his 10Th
year having been born in February,
1918, and first became member of con-
gress in 1S49. His congressional career
thus began earlier than that Of any
member of either hause, ante-dating
Senator Morrill, and Sherman by seven
years and Galusha A. Grow, now a
member Of the house from Pennsyl-
vania, by one year. Mr.. Harris had.
when he was elected to the national
house Of representatives, already be-
come a man OF state reputation in Ten
nessee, having the year previously
served as presidential elector on the
Democratic ticket, and two years be-
fore been elected a member of the leg
islature of the state
Moved To Memphis.
Mr.. Harris represented the Ninth Ten
nessee district in congress for two
terms ending i'm 1853 when he declined
denomination. He then moved to
Memphis, where he has since resided.
Here he engaged in the practice Of law
until 1857, with the interruption nee
essary to allow him to become a presi-
Dental elector in 1856.
He was three times in succession be-
fore the war, beginning in 1857, elected
governor of his state, and was serving
i'm that capacity when the war broke
out He took a pronounced stand for
the southern Confederacy and was
known as one of the southern war
generals. The vicissitudes of conflict
rendered a frequent change Of residence
Necessary, and he was often with the
army in the field. He attached himself
at different times to the staffs of Gen.
erals Albert Sidney Johnston, Joseph e.
Johnston, Beauregard and Bragg. AL
bert Sidney Johnston fell from his horse
into Senator Harris arms when he re-
ceived his death wound After Lees
surrender Mr.. Harris was one Of the
small party of political refugees who
escaped into Mexico, going across coun-
try on horseback.
offered Large Reward.
Parson Brownlew, who had become
the military governor of Tennessee, Of
fered a large reward in characters
tically worded poster for the capture Of
his predecessor, but the latter remained
absent from the country until his re-
turn was safe. He remained in Mexi-
co for several months, going thence to
England, where he resided until 1867.
when he returned to Memphis and re-
sumed the practice Of law
Mr.. Harris was allowed to follow the
pursuits Of a private citizen until 1877,
when he was elected to the United
States senate, defeating l.. l.. Hawkins,
Republican. He had remained a men,
Der of the senate ever since, and would
have completed his twentieth consecu-
tive year in that body on the 4th OF
next March If he had lived to that date.
His term would not have expired until
1901. Senator Harris had received al
most all the honors that the senate
could bestow. He was the president
pro tempore during the Lid congress.
a leading member Of the committees Of
finance and rules and also of the DEM
ocratic advisory or steering committee.
Front Place on Both Sides.
He had long been awarded by COM
mon consent the front place on both
sdes of the chamber In parliamentary
questions, and in recent years he had
been more frequently heard expoundine
these questions than in the elucidation
of other subjects. He was possessed Of
a very positive manner, and never failed
to throw into his statements concerning
parliamentary practice the fullest force
of which he was capable.
Senator Harris had not been especially
active in the senate since the passage OF
the Wilson German tariff act in 1894.
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intrusted with the arduous duty Of put
ting the bill in shape In committee, and
TO him was delegated the control Of the
parliamentary work Of getting the bin
through the senate. Although then
man of advanced years, his energies
never seemed to flag. Senator Harris
was a native Of Tennessee. His father
xas a planter who had emigrated to the
state from North Carolina. He was adj