The times., 1899-02-23
EULOGIES ON THE
LIFE OF Mr.. MORRILL,
Senate and House Pay Honor
TO His Memory.
A Touching Tribute From Senator
George traham Vest.
As a Further MARK of Respect Both
Bodies adjourn Nuch Earlier
Than Usual.

In the Senate yesterday eulogies on the
life and character OF the late Senator Nor
riil were delivered. The resolution being Of
fered and the first speech made by Mr..
Morrill's successor MIR. Ross.
The other Senators who paid their trib-
ute of respect were Messrs. Vest. Allison.
Hoar, Morgan. Callom German, Thurs
ton, and Proctor When the last speech
was made and the resolution agreed to, the
Senate. as a further mark Of respect, ad-
journed.
The eulogy OF Senator Vest was listened
TO with marked attention. and was regard
cd by all who heard it as most beautiful
tribute to the memory OF his late asso-
ciate. Mir. Nests remarks were brief, but
full OF feeling, and were as follows:
Mr. Vest-Mr. President, on this, the an
niversary OF the birthday of George Wash
ington, the Father OF his Country, We are
engaged in paying the last sad tribute to
The memory Of Justin ;. Morrill,, the father
OF the Senate.
By the death al Senator Morrill, the
country has lost pure ilustrious, and
valued citizen and public servant and
many of US a very dear friend.
" lt0 1 came mo Inc senate, al iUe HTSL
session of the Forty-siXih Congress, in
March. 1879, there were seventy-siX MEM
bers of this body. Senator Morrill, is the
fifty-seCond OF thai number who has pass
ed across the dark river and into that
shadOwy realm 70 when we all hasten
There are now hut eight members of the
Senate who were here in 1919, and this
CHASTITY statement shows The energy and
pertinacity OF death. and that every hu-
},
II is said that death is the great enemy
OF our race, Lut under certain circum-
stances and environments this is not true.
When The young vigorous. ambitious and
hopeful are stricken down VIC stand shock
ed. as if before some unfinished painting
or statue wheIe The pencil or chisel has
fallen from the neryeless hands of a great
artist. but when lifes work is done, when
the task is finished. and we simply await
the inevitable end, death is oftentmes a
friend.
Let me not live
After ms fame la,hs oIl. 10 be the snuff
ui younger spirits whose apprehensiNe senses
All bar new things d!sdain.
Every intellectual man viii appreciate
these lines of Shakespeare He meant that
he did rot wish 10 live after passion and
appetite were dead: when life had become
an everyday hand-io-hand conflict with
disease and pain, and when we We're about
to sink into that stage Of seniiity and
second childhood when We become objects
OF pity, if not OF contempt
Senator Morrill, was never the snuff OF
younger spirits nor disdained by their
..apprehensive senses. lie retained his
mental vitality TO the last, and his sun
went down not in intellectual eclipse, but
full-orbed and lustrous-
Mr.. President, il is not my purpose, in
the few words | snail speak, to dwell upon
the details OF the long and illustrious ca
reer of Air. Morrill,. He had The extreme
felicity of living, let me say, TO see the
great doctrine for which he contendEd so
many yesrs-that OF tariff protection
adopted by his country, and man elected
10 be President whose first celebrity in
public affairs was the framing of tariff
bill modelled after one Of which Mr.. Nor
rill vas himself the author.
/ prefer to speak Of my friend as |
knew him during twenty years aszo ia ion
in this Chamber, Wlsre sc often differed
upon public questions, but without a
shadow upon our personal relations.
1t was my fortune when ! came into the
Senate 10 be assigned 10 duty upon the
Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds, of which he vas the oldest mem
Der and had been the chairman. / after
ward served with him a member of the
Committee on Finance. OF which he was
the chairman. 1t was, however, upon the
committee / have first named that l knew
him best.
He was devoted to architecture and
studied it as an expert He often said to
me that no people could arrive at the first
rank in civilization and refinement who
we're not devoted to architecture and its
majestic and beautiful forms Of art.
His great desire was TO see Washington
The most beautiful capital in the world and
this Capitol building in which We are as
sembled worthy of the greatest Republic
upon the earth.
remember very well his anxiety and
s9licitude about the disproportion archi-
iectUTally Of this building by reason of its
width being too great for its height and
he consulted for years with the most en-
ineut architects a So the feasibility Of ell
evating the central dome so as to remove
this defect. Finding this impracticable. he
at last adopted the idea OF a partial rem
edy in the construction OF the terraces
upon the western exposure in which | was
his faithful lieutenant taking charge OF
the measure when he was confined to his
house by long and serious illness Mr.
morrill, Was largely instrumental in the
erection OF the beautiful structure occupied
now By the State. War and Navy Depart-
meuts, and in the erection Of the Washing
ION monument. the location and structure
Of which he was always ready to defend
But II was upon the Congressional Library
that he poured his earnest and effectiouate
service. and he lived tn see that struc-
ture dream OF architectural beauty. the
wonder and admiration OF all the world
In his private relations as husband
father. friend Mr.. Morrill, was one of the
most loyal and lovable men / have ever
known. lie was kind courteous genial
and he never turned away from the poor
and distressed. II all those TO whom he
did acts of kindness could whisper across
his grave. 1t would make an anthem sweet
er and more sonorOus than any that ever
pealsd through cathedral aisle. Sir, he
sleeps, and sleeps well in the granite
mountains of his native State and until
those mountains are melted by fervid heat
ms memory viii be loved and cherished
not only by the people who loved and
trusted him, but by those OF the entire
Union.
In the House.
Pursuant TO its special order the House,
At the close Of the discussion of the Navy
bill yesterday, suspended public business
and listened TO euIogies upon the late
Senator Morrill,. Addresses were made by
Representatives Grout and Powers. of
Vermont. Bankhead OF Alabama, Grow of
Pennsylvania. Walker OF Massachusetts
and Payne Of New York.
At the conclusion of the services. as a
further mark OF respect the House ad-
1ourned.