The Washington times., 1901-09-20
EULoGIEs BY MR. M'1INLgY.
The Late President Delivered Many
Farewell Tributes In Congress.

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| who had gone before" and noticeable
among these now peculiarly interesting
| efforts are his tributes to President Car
| field. Gen. John \. Logan. and Represen-
, tatives Kelley Updegraff, and Haskell
! Especial care has been taken in the ex-
| tracts. given below, to quote such pas
sages as are now applicable to the man
who uttered them.
On January 49, 1856. the statue of Gar
field was presented. by the State of Ohio.
to the National Statuary Hail at the
| Capitol and Mr.. Mckinley spoke in part
as follows:
Although elected. General Gai field
never took his seat in the Senate OF the
! United States. His legislative career end
ed here where it practically began eight
cen years before. His nomination for the
Presidency occurred soon after the Legis-
| lature of Ohio had chosen him Senator.
ana it came to him, as did all his honors,
because deserved. Although unsought. no
mere chance brought him this rare dis
tinction. His solid reputation rendered it
not improbable at any time. He had
qualities which attached his great party
to him and the equipment which filled the
highest measure of public and party re-
quircment From the stirring scenes of
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bore himself like statesman and patriot,
! fit for the highest trust He advanced in
public confidence. and wherever he met
with or addressed the people, he enlarged
| the circle of his admiring followers and
| friends His brief term in the Presidency,
so tragically ended. gave promise Of large
usefulness to the country in the realiza-
| ton of the true American policy, at home
| and abroad. His death filed the nation
with profound and universal sorrow, and
| all lands and all peoples sympathized in
our overshadowing bereavement.
The concluding paragraph was as fol-
lows:
Mr.. Speaker. another place of great
honor we fill today Nobly and worthily
is it filed. Garfield has Joined Win
throp and ADAMS and the other illus
trious ones, as one of the elect of the
States, peopling yonder venerable and
beautiful land. He receives his high ere
dentials from the hands of the State
which has withheld from him none of
her honors, and history will ratify the
choice. We add another to the immortal
membership. Another enters the sacred
circle In silent eloquence from the
| American Pantheon another speaks.
whose life work with it's treasures of
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great work wrought and its priceless
memories, will remain to us and our de-
scendants, a legacy. forever and forever" ;"
Extract from some remarks. February
G, 1883, on the life of Jonathan 7. Upde-
graft of Ohio:
There is nothing certain in mans life
but this that he must lose it
During his illness, the nobleness of his
character appeared at its best. Uncom-
plainingly he suffered, and so sensitive
for the feelings of his friends that he
denied most of them presence in his sick
chamber, lest his suffering might give
them pain. He was patient and brave in
his great afffiction, submitting with Chris
tian faith to the call of death. He closed
his life with messages of love and affec-
tion to present and absent friends, con-
fident of friendly greetings beyond from
those who had gone before. The nursing
of a devoted wife could not save him.
| The prayers of friends could not restore
him. Gods finger touched him and he
slept. The gates were opened and he en-
tered in
From remarks, February Is; 1884, on the
death of Dudley c. Haskell, of Kansas:
Death claimed him at the threshold
of great career. At the moment when
he seemed best prepared for wider use
fuiness and for the achievement of high
er triumphs. when he appeared best fitted
to serve his State and country. But he
is gone. We bow to this decree,
pausing only little while today, not to
| question the inscrutable mysteries of
Providence, or to challenge his ordering,
but TO pay our last tribute, give our heart
offerings, to one who in life We loved and
honored:. and who. though removed from
these scenes forever, leaves behind
naught but memories most pleasing and
reflections most Instructive, and the rec
ord of life, the study of which cannot
| fail to make US better citizens and wiser
and more faithful representatives of the
| people"
From a eulogy, February 16 1881, on
the life and services of Gen. John a. Lo-
gan:
And it may be said of him that ne
justly represents one of the best types
of American manhood and illustrates in
his life the outcome and the possibilities
OF the American youth under the generous
influence of our free institutions.
He lived during period of very great
activities and forces, and he impressed
himself upon his age and time To me
the dominant and controlling force of his
life was his intense patriotism. 1t stamped
all of his acts and utterances and was
the chief inspiration of the great work
he wrought His death, so sudden and
unlocked for. was a shock to his coun-
trymen and caused universal sorrow
among all classes in every part of the
| Union.
Mr. Speaker, the old soldiers will miss
him. The old oak around which their
hearts We're entwined. 70 which their
hopes clung, has fallen. The old veterans
have lost their sturdy friend. The Con-
gress of the United States has lost one
try one of its noblest defenders
! From some REMARKS made March L.
1s90-his last effort of this kind-on the
life of Judge William D. Kelley, of Penn
| sylvania:
He was an honest man. and that. after
all. counts most and is best. No
eulogy which l will speak can do justice
to the noble life just closed. His lifework
is his highest eulogy. What he wrought
| for his fellow-man, and the impress he
made upon the legislation of the country,
will be his best and most enduring memo
| rial. AS the advocate of the doc
trne of protection he was. for twenty
| years, the unquestioned leader. always in
the very front rank and on the extreme
outpost. He was devoted to the principle
| because it was conviction with him. be-
cause he believed it would best subserve
the interests of his felow-citizens and Sc
cure the highest prosperity of his coun-
try. That public which he served
so well owes him debt which it can never
repay. Men of all classes and conditions
turned to him as their friend and he
served them faithfully and well. We shall
miss him from these halls. We have al
ready missed him. We will honor him
most by emulating his many virtues"
| on January l5 1886 Mr.. Mckinley pre-
, sented substitute for the present Cabi-
| net succession law. providing for the
Presidency in the event of vacancy in
both of the highest offices of the Gov
ernment proposing. in effect, special
election, and spoke In part as follows:
1T avoids the dangerous step taken by
the present bill. which takes away from