Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-01-17
LATE GJSHMAN K. DAVIS.
Day Ia The Senate Devoted 70 Eulo.
lies OF the Late Senator
From Mianesota.
A u,sWau sEsis0 HIssOuHTar WELL.
he offered His YsuRE Life whes
Life va. An Before Hin. and ia
pa. Natare Y~sr- Gave His Coun-
try the Bessat of = Profoaad
aad Well Baia aced Mind.


Nasnlug-en. Jan. I2.-The greater
part Of th- dayk session OF the senate
was devoted 20 the delivery Of ealo-
gies on he late Cushman X Davis. OF
1nnnesato, senators Nelson. ~ Min
nssota. aud Hoar AID Lodge, OF Ma
sachusetts. 0eInG the principal speak
eTs.
1lr. Nelson. the colleague OF the late
Senator Davis. was the first speaker.
lie bean ~ touching upon the his
tory u th. decca sed senator. saying
that he died al a time when in the
full maturity Of his great mental sig-
or. at = time when he was better
equipped than ever 10 serve his coun-
try and az time when his country
stood in The greatest need Of his serv-
ices. CONTINUING. Senator Nelson said.
TO trace his fife the Development Of
h vigorous mind and - WCn4srfGl re-
source from youth 70 manhood. from
great laWyer 20 a profound statesman
veiaas and Inspiring n us pfogress. sal
grand end endlr-lg IN is results AID OUT
- ,b.. a., e,,,s, - sS is,rstv 49,
searching In has youth ne as a most
ardent stGa-ut. % Nsorn MS lessons we're
t
kn0WiedEe. which ~ AS ever eNpf0ring
tis bf anne a csvoGrinE student % his
tory. philosophy and pOetry 81 A tins
when mot youths are tethered IN thels
arithmeties. their grammar anJ their gs
oghaphy."
Mr. Nelson paid a tribpts to -he
Profoundly OF the knowledge OF his
colleague and the distinguished posi-
tim he occupied In the Spanish var
debates and conferences. and said:
He exhausted and rendered clear and
| lucid he most profound and intrfcate
prgoiers % dipiornacy and statecrsst.
| when he had spoken there was little IL
anything more to bear on the subiecI
Mr.. Nelson paid tribute 20 the
literary accomplishment of his late
colleague. and closed with an apos-
srOphe to American manhood ~ rep
rented by Mr.. Davis.
Mr.. Hoar. OF Massachusetts,, com
nienting upon the fact that - many
senators died In Office, said that in
/ the eulogics pronounced in the cham
Der, the pOTtraitures have been true
and faithful. In a young republic. he
said, the greatest place for a live man
/ was that II soldier in time 81 war
/ and a astatesman In time OF peace.
/ -fAAs f1HAH Vs. DDAa IL AAE atA n man >
full duty in both. Mr.. Hoar com
mented upon the literary attain
ments of Mr.. Davis and said:
There have been soldiers whose eour
iies when The f.te d The nation h1nS 81 IN
l the scale, Yet whose most enduring mon
ument was The column q smoke when
1 rose when their death shot Was fired
/ There have been statesmen whose silent
innusnce has decided the issue when the
Q, whose services history takes no heed.
/ The great Ohio territory. now Elk i'm
/ perial states, was twice saves 20 freedom
1 ~ the almost unncttced action 81 a sim
l sic man With all respect for the ma =
| OF letters w. are not yet quite ready 20
admit that the trumpeter f. better than
/ the soldier or the Painter greater than
| the lion There Is no need OF many words
/ % sum up The life and character Of Mr.
@Minn1s5 go III kne% 'h Rim, 1he JHss a. eda,,,v
| knew him and loved him. He was a Rood
soldier In his youth. and great senator
| In his mature ma nhoOd. What can be said
/ more, or what can be said better. 20 sum up
/ the life q an American citizen. He offered
his life for his country when life was all
| before him. and his state and bis country
/ awarded him with their highest honor.
/ The great orator and philosopher q Rome
1 declared In his youth and repeat ted IA his
age. that death could not come prema-
turely 10 a man who had been consul
This man surely might be accounted
| Orably lne's highest duty aud his cup OF
honor and glory was full"
Mr.. Davis gifts Of elequence and
orutOrical powers were touched upon
and az well his great familiarity with
the history Of Massachusetts, and his
pride in his Puritan ancestry Mr..
Hoar closed as follows:
There are other things his country had
] hoped for HIM she had hoped a longer
| ana hlEher service, perhaps the highest
service Of an. But the fatal and mex
/ orable shaft has stricken hmm down in
| the fun vigOr Of "a yet strenuous man
| hood. The great transactions iu which
| he had borne 80 large = part stll re-
/ main incomplete, and their event Is still
/ uncertain.
There Is a painting which great
| Italian m5stea left unfinished. The work
| wa taken and completed By a disciple
| he finished picture bears this inscrip-
| tiOn:
What Titan left unfinished. Palma
| regereEtiy completed and dedicated 10
God So may our beloved republic find
always, when one servant leaves his work
unfinished. another who will take Il No
and dedicate IL 10 the country and 20
Mr.. Lodge. OF Massachusetts,. an
alyze1 the character of Mr.. Davis as
from close personal friendship. and
said the late senator was not fully
appreciated as "A public man. This he
accounted for by reason of che ten
dency 10 belittle great men of today.
because without thought and trouble
they can not be brought for iudg.
ment into proper perspective with the
past and because of the mOdesty
which made him shrink from speak
Ing in public except when il was a
duty or necessity Mr.. Lodge
summed rs az follows:
In all that he did In hoping our pol
icv he WAS helped by his knowledge ana
| his studies. by much careful thought and
| b. an Imagination which eua Jled MIN TO
! project his vision into the future. But
| that which was his suregt guide was q
| sentiment embodied IN a profound pa
| trotism and an intense Americanism' 1
| do not mean that he was peculiarly
| American because he held certain opln.
| ions on certain public questions or that
| he was more patriotic than others who
| differed with him radically upon those
| same questions. What / mean Is that he
| had faith Ia his people and their destiny
| which nothing could shake, and that ne
never had "A shadow OF doubt or distrust
as TO their ability 20 meet any respOn-
| sibllity and any questions braYely, Justly.
| and yictOriouEly. lie had proved his pa
| triOtism, Ike many other brave men on
/ the held OF battle and he hardly ever