Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-09

ISHAM G.. HARRIS, OF TENNESSEf.
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 before been elect
ed a member of the Legislature Of the
state.
Mr.. Harris represented the Ninth Ten
nessee District in Congress for the two
terms ending in 1888, W en- he declined a
denomination. He then moved TO Mem
phis. where he has since resided. Here
ne was engaged in the practice of law
until 1851. with the interruption neces-
sary TO allow him to become presidential
elector in 1856. He was three times in
succession before 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
Governors. The vicissitudes Of conflict
required a frequent change of residence,
and he was often with the army I'm the
field. He attached himself at different
times TO the stats of Generals Albert
Sidney Johnston, Joseph f.. Johnston,
Beauregard, and Bragg. Albert Sidney
Johnston fell from his horse into Senator
Harris's arms, when he received his
death-wound.
REFUGEE IN MEXICO.
After Lees surrender Mr.. Harris was
one of small party Of political refugees
who escaped to Mexico, going across coun-
try on horseback. Parson Brownlow,
who had become the military Governor
of Tennessee. offered a large reward in
a characteristically worded poster for
the capture of his predecessor, but the
latter remained absent from the country
until his return was safe. He remained
I'm Mexico for several months, going
thence to England, where he resided un-
I'll 1861 when he returned to Memphis
and resumed his practice of the 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 Hon. l.. l.. Hawkins
Repubhcan)
Senate ever since. and would have COM
pleted his twentieth consecutive year i'm
that body on the 18th of next March. If
he had lived till that date He had been
four times elected to the Senate. the last
time i'm 1895. and his term would not have
expired until 1901.
Senator Harris had received almost all
the honors that the Senate could bestow.
He was president pro tempore during the
Fifty-third Congress. a leading member
Of the committees of Finance and Rules,
and also of the Democratic Advisory, or
Steering Committee.
FOREMOST PARLIAMENTARY
Hu has long been awarded. by common
consent, the front place on both sides
Of the chamber I'm parliamentary ques-
tions, and I'm recent years he has been
more frequently heard in expounding
these questions than in the elucidation Of
other subjects lie was possessed of
very positive manner. and never failed
to throw into his statements concerning
parliamentary affairs the fullest force of
which he was capable.
Senator Harris had not been especially
active i'm the Senate since the passage OF
the Wilson-Gor tariff act, i'm 1894. He
was one of the three Democratic senators
intrusted with the arduous duty of put
ting the bill in shape i'm committee, and
TO him was delegated the parliamentary
work of getting the bill through the Sen
ate. Although then a man of advanced
wears. his energies never seemed to flag.
He was at his post of duty day and night
Senator Harris was a native of Tennes-
see. His father was a planter who had
emigrated to the State from North C1Ao-
lima. He was admitted TO the bar in 1911.
THE FUNERAL.
The remains Will lie in state in the
marble-room of the Senate on Saturday
morning. and during the afternoon fune-
raj services will be held in the Senate
chamber. Accompanied by committees
Of the Senate and the House, the body
win be taken to Memphis. leaving here
after the Senate ceremonies. On Mon
day the remains will lie in state for
few hours at Nashville. The interment
will be i'm Elmwood Cemetery. at Mem
Dhis