The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-10
SENATORS BOWED IN SORROW.
MIR. BATE PAYS a TRIBUTE TO HIS
DEAD COLLEAGUE.

The Chaplain AIludes to the Demise
I'm His Prayer-The Desk of the De-
ceased Not Draped when the Sem
ate Met-The Vice President APP
points "a Committee to Escort the
Remains to Memphis--FunernI Ser
vices 20 BE Held In the Chamber
To-day aud the Remains to start
Southwark Tonight.
Washington, July 9.-The Senate met to-
day under the depressing influences of
the death of Senator Harris of Tennessee.
who had been one of the conspicuous fig
ures in the upper house of congress for
over twenty years The desk he occupied
so long was not draped, as the Senate had
as yet no official knowledge of his demise.
Rev Johnston, the chaplain of the Sen
ate, in his invocation, referred feelingly to
the loss the Senate had sustained and spoke
of his rugged honesty, his answering at
tachment to his political principles, his
opposition to all he considered wrong, his
devotion to his state, and his service to
the nation"
After the journal had been read, Sena-
tor Bate of Tennessee made the announce
ment Of the death of his colleague. In
doing so he paid a high tribute to the
memory of the distinguished dead. He
spoke Of the conspicuous part he had
played in his state and in the nation dur
ing his long and eventful career.
Senator Harris, he said. possessed high
qualities of leadership, the courage to as
sert and the ability to maintain His de-
votion to his duty. as he saw it, inspired
confidence and friendship, while II often
disarmed opposition. He was the last of
the great war governors, north and south,
said Senator Bate, who presided over the
destinies of sovereign states during the
stirring struggle between the states. He
had been an influential factor in Tennes-
see, and his long and eventful life would
live after him. He also referred to his
late colleagues parliamentary ability, and
those personal characteristics which en-
deared him to his colleague, and made
him such a distinguished and marked fig
ure in the Senate.
Mr. Bate then offered the usual reso-
lutions, which provided for public flu
neral in the Senate tomorrow, to which
the House was invited. and for COM
mittee of nine senators to accompany the
remains to Tennessee, where the inter
ment will be made.
Mr.. Cockrell of Missouri offered a sup
Elemental resolution extending an invita-
ton to the President, members OF the cab
met, members of the supreme court, the
diplomatic corps, the major general of the
army and the admiral Of the navy to at
tend the obsequies.
Then at 1918 O'Clock, on motion of Mr.
Bate, as a further mark of respect to the
memory of the deceased, the Senate ad-
journed.
After the Senate adjourned the Vice
President appointed the following sena-
tors to accompany the remains of the late
Senator Harris to Memphis: Messrs. Bate,
Walthall Berry, Turpie, Allen, Deboe,
Pettus, Chiffon and Wetmore.
The funeral Services in the 2Eenate to-
morrow over the remains of Senator Har-
ris will be conducted by Rev. Hugh John
ston, pastor of the Metropolitan NJ e.
church of this city, who is acting chaplain
of the Senate during the absence7of Chap
lain Milburn. Rev. Mr.. Johnston, at the
request OF the family. win be assisted by
the Rev. Mr.. Duffy Of the Mount Vernon
Southern Methodist church. The cere-
monies will not be elaborate, but will prob
ably consist simply in the reading of the
impressive Episcopal burial service.
The remains viii be taken to Memphis
for interment over the Chesspeake and
Ohio railway leaving here Tomorrow night
at 1910 o'clock. The body will arrive IN
Nashville Monday morning at 6 o'clock,
and lie in state at the Tennessee capital
until p. m. Thence the remains will be
conveyed to Memphis over the Nashville,
Chattanooga and 81. Louis railroad, ar
irving there Tuesday morning. The funeral
will occur at Memphis on Tuesday and the
congressional escort win leave Memphis
at p m. Tuesday, arriving here at 6:47
Thursday morning,