The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-10
A Great Day for Daniel.

On Wednesday Of last week the Hon. JOHN
WARWICK DANIEL, Senator in Congress
from Virginia, and wreaker of expression.
enjoyed himself to the top of his bent. He
thanked the General Assembly for its dis
elimination in reelecting him TO the Senate.
9TH absence Of opposition" he said, "has
increased the honor and sweetened the
satisfaction of the event" Any event which
can add to the sweetness or the satisfaction
of Mr.. DANIEL must be truly memorable.
1t is only common Justice to him to say that
he Is as modest in expressing his satisfac-
tion as he is great In earning It. "Your
unanimous preference for me" he told the
delighted General Assembly, "is all the
more remarkable when we remember how
rich this Commonwealth Is in able and
patriotic sons"
1t is remarkable, but so Is Senator DANIEL.
81 am at q loss to account for 1t by any
thing that 1 can discern in myself" says
the too modest Senator. He is not elected
and reelected for his discernment.
On this same triumphal day the John W.
Daniel Democratic Club Of Richmond called
upon Mr.. DANIEL and rave him can ex-
quisitely carved meerschaum pipe" The
Hon. ]. S. PARISH made the representation
Speech" and very affecting 1t was. He
spoke of the club which had the honor to
bear the name that was a household word
in Virginia, a name that was "revered in
every family" He asked Mr.. DANIEL to
take the pipe and "smoke it in your
peaceful home, and as the ashes are burned
and the smoke ascends toward heaven, it
will remind you of old Virginia, and the
people here who love you next to their own
families" Mr.. DANIEL received the pipe in
the same afectionate spirit:
"This pipe. Mr.. Chairman. is q beautiful emblem
Of the times in which we live. Tho spear has given
way to the pruning hook, the missiles OF battle have
been replaced by the missiles OF thought. In order to
beat q man. or excel n man, in these days, you do
not have to use n stick or Q stan. q sword or Q bay
onet. but you have to outthink him. It Is . happy
thing for the human race that this Is 30. All our
dreams of the future project forward to . time when
all mankind shall recognise. what has ever been tho
truth. slowly evolved. that all men are brothers. I
shall keep and cherish this pipe. and hang It up in my
homo where It may be seen by those OF the homo
circle and those who may honor me by becoming my
guests. as a token of friendship from q club which
has done me the honor to adopt my name. and in do.
ing 80 has given me a high incentive to make that
name worthy to be borne by them. But / shall
cherish It still more as one of those exquisite Illus.
trations of personal friendship. good will between
man and man. fellowship in our callings and voca-
lions OF lfe-patriotism, charity, hospitality. May
all evil pass away like the smoke that vanishes from
that bowl; may the good remain. like the art which
embellishes this beautiful emblem OF peace and fra
tsrnity."
The Hon. JOHN WARWICK DANIEL is
justly beloved INT eminent. He is one of
the most m~elodramatic statesmen in Mr..
~, "
State in which beauty and the dramatic
temperament are revered. At the same
time there will be general regret in the
North, which appreciates Mr.. DANIELS
strong points, to find, through the medium
of n picture of him in the Richmond Dis
patch, that he wears shoes with pointed toes.