The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-23

: pOnent tHefc, ne called Tor Judge Settle
himself, with the handsomest turnout he
: could find, and took him to the place of
speaking. Arriving ut Rockingham, in
their round of appointments, quite a
number of ladies, as well as men, were
at the station to welcome Governor
Vance. One of the ladies, an old friend,
stepped up and kissed him, and having
set the fashion several others did like
wise. STRENGTHENING up and turning TO
Judge Settle, he waved his hand toward
some negro women on the other side, ana
said, NOW, Settle, kiss your ladies.
This thrust was such deft one and so
unexpected that the dignfed Settle
blushed, but could say nothing, to eA-
press his INDICATION and modification.
Taking his seat for the third time as
Chief Magistrate of the State. III Janu-
AIRY, 1877. he proceeded to do all that
patriot and a statesman could do for
its upbuilding. Time forbids me to DO
more than refer to the plans outlined,
and the earnest recommendations made
in his inaugural address and his mes
sages to the legislatures of 1871 ana
1879. Nothing seems to have been omit
ted. Increased facilities for education
of the people. of all conditions, normal
schools for training of teachers of both
colors. the employment of women as wei
as men in the public schools, and inn
proyement in different ways in our char
liable institutions, so rs to enlarge thelr
capacity for good to the poor unfortu-
mates of the State, were urged generally
and in detail. His recommendations were
needed by the General Assembly, and our
ship of state was fairly launched toward
tine haven of unwonted prosperity Hon.
! Thomas j. Jarvis, Lieutenant Governor,
who succeeded Vance on his transfer to
! the United States Senate. in March.
! 1879. and so ably performed the duties
of our Chief Executive for six years
/ land none have performed them more
! ably with that candor which has ever
characterized him as Il public man, will
tell you that he had little to do but to
follow the lead of his predecessor. and
carry out the plans Vance had outlined.
If anything. the education of the people,
all the people. was his hobby, as appears
from his messages, and many public adj
dresses, and the State was fortunate
that Jarvis adopted and successfully
rode that hobby.
Elected to the Senate about the last of
November, 1873 and i'll January, 1885,
and January, 1891, he served his State
and country in that great field of labor
from the day he was sworn in, March,
! 1879. until stricken down by disease Il
| short time before his death, in April,
! 1894. How he served, how he labored,
how he bore himself in the hard-fought
| battles of those fifteen years, against
open enemy or insidious foe, how vigil
| liant he was to protect the liberties of
| the people and defend the fair name of
his own constituents and their brethren
! Of the South. how by incessant toll, day
and night, which cost him dhe loss of
an eye and then shortened his days, he
mastered the great questions of the
! tariff and finance and became the recog-
| nized leader Of the party on those Ques-
| tons; how he used the battle-aXe of logic
of the scimitar of irony and wit, with
1equal ease, as eXigency demanded, how
by courage. candor and sincerity. in all
he said and did on the floor and in com
lmlttee-rOoms, he commanded the respect
and confidence of all honest adversaries,
land undOubting support of his follow
lcrs: how by kindly, if bluff, courtesy and
merry Jest, in lobby and cloak room he
overcame the prejudice of Northern
Senators and made personal friends of
political opponents: how he enlivened the
dullcSt debates by unexpected sallies.
neat epiGrams and witty illustrations;
how his arguments were so interesting
that the seats were better filed when he
spoke. than when others had the floor
and how crowded galleries hung upon
his words; how his weight and influence
in the councils of his party, in the House
as well as the Senate, were ever grow
ing how his solemn words as he spoke
for the last time September /. 1893.
warming the people of the country
against the encroachments of the money
power and its allies. sounded through the
land like the tones of Il fre-beii at night.
are all part of the history of the times.
The eulogies+ of him as orator, states
man, and man. pronounced in the Senate
ana House OF Representatives, nine and
ten months after his death, and in words
we'll weighed by leading men of both mar
ties, are sufficient to satisfy his most
ardent friends, and justify me fully in
saying that III the opinion of his fellows
he stood in the forefront of the great
men of the country. and that in hm
passed away the mosc interesting per-
sonallty OF our day. 4Not to quote the
language III which our Senators. Ran.
som and Jarvis, and our REPRESENTATIVES
Alexander, Branch, Bower, Bum, Craw
ford, Henderson and Woodland extolled
his life his services and his character.
truthful as we'll as G3oIGent their enlo-
gies were, | beg to call attention to the
fact, that in his own chamber such poll
ticaI opponents as Molr,ll. of Vermont;
sherman, Of Ohio; Chandler, of New
Hampshire, Dubois, Of Idaho, as we'll as
such political friends as Bate, of Ten
nessee, Blackburn, of Kentucky; Call, Of
Florida; George. Of Mississippi, and
Gray, of Delaware, and Repre- Sentatives
Bland, of Missouri; Bryan, Of Nebraska:
Caruth, of --entucky; Daniels and War
ner, of New York; Henderson. Of iowa;
Hooper, of Mississippi: McMillin (now
Governor) Of Tennessee; Springer, of
Illinois; Swanson, of Virginia, and
Wheeler, of Alabama. spoke Of him in
terms of praise scarcely less strong. and
of admiration hardly less warm. | cite
the words of Il few of them, as far
samples of them ALL Senator Sherman,
who had served with him in the House.
from 1893 to 1861. said: 'He carried
with him wherever he went cheerfulness
and JOY. The humor and pathGs with
which he illustrated an argument. the
sincerity and moderation of his opinions,
his fidelity to his friends, the apparent
honesty Of his onvict.ons-these were
the attributes Of our departed friend. In
his life among us in the Senate he was
cheerful, kind and moderate lie left
no enemies here" Senator Gray, now
United States Circuit Court judge, said:
Senator Vance had become more than
is usual, Il part, and almost necessary
part it seemed. of our daily life here In
him the humaDities were 50 active and
abundant that he seemed made to bright
en- social life and strengthen the social
instinct. In this hour Of sad retrospect
his Kindness of heart. his ready and re-
SDOnSiyp Symnathv his cathOlicitV of