The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-15

clothed him with conceded authority while
the purity OF his personal character and the
uprightness of his motives won the conf
dence and loving respect of all. Truly a
great man has this day fallen. Your per-
sonal bereavement and the grief of his chill
dren may be assuaged-if any abatement
can be found-in the fact that your loss is
also our loss, that many, many thousands
of whom you can never know, stand in rev.
erent but tender sympathy with your afflc-
ton"
Sir Louis H. Davies said: 'I wish to say
how much we all have felt the death of
your late husband. For him 1 have learned
to feel sincere regard. Our few months
OF association on the joint high commission
had taught me to appreciate his worth as a
man as well as a statesman His surviving
colleagues on the commission will doubtless
unite in some fitting tribute of regard and
respect for him, but 1 thought l would like
to express to you and your daughter my own
personal sympathy in this, your great af-
Fiction, and l know if my wife was here
she would like to join her sympathy with
mine"
General Joseph Wheeler wrote: mo death
has occurred in years which has caused
such sincere and profound sorrow as that
of Mr.. Dingley No member of the House
of Representatives has so thoroughly i'm
pressed himself upon the country as a con-
| scientious and able statesman. Mr.. Dingley
and myself entered the Forty-seventh Con-
gress together and his entire career has
been model for the people of our coun-
try to follow. We have many very excellent
men in Congress, but fear it will be long
time before our country can boast of a man
who had all the excellent qualities of your
distinguished husband. My family and my
self express to you our deepest sympathy"
SPEAKER REEDS TRIBUTE.
Speaker Reed said to-day of the death of
Mr. Dingley: Il have never known the
| sense of loss to be more nearly universal
than in the case of Governor Dlngley. His
death comes at a time when the need of his
services will be most keenly felt. Not only
| have we lost his knowledge, but we cannot
at once create in any one else the confidence
which we had in him. Mr. Dingley had rem
dered conspicuous public service in his own
State before he came to Washington, and
his success here was no surprise to us. His
habits of labor and his untiring industry
gave him the greatest command over the
subjects to which he devoted his attention.
The House. finding that he always said
something and wasted no time in saying it,
accorded to him the high compliment of ST.
lence and attention. His record is so well
known and has been so much in peoples
minds during his illness that his services
need not be specified. He was public serv-
ant equal TO all his duties, who won the
| respect and esteem not only of his associ-
ates, but Of the whole country"
1t has been practically concluded not to
make an appointment of a commissioner on
the joint Canadian commission to fill the
place vacated by the death yesterday of
Representative Dingley. With General Fos-
ter lying very ill and unable to discharge
any Of the duties of his membership, the
necessity for the daily attendance at the
| sessions Of Congress of the congressional
member Of the commission and the added
loss of Mr.. Dingley, the American commits
| sioners are having much difficulty in keep
ing up their work. Still it is felt that the
commission has progressed so far towards
the end of its work that it would not be
feasible to take in a new member.
Senator Fairbanks's dinner to the Indiana
| congressional delegation and their wives
has been postponed @t4Itfl next Saturday
evening on account of the death of Repre-
sentative Dingley. Senator Fairbanks and
Mr. Dingley were members of the joint high
commission. During their association on
the commission at Quebec and here Senator
| Fairbanks came to have high regard and
deep affection for the Maine statesman, and
postponed his dinner out of respect for his
memory.