Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-12

in connection with recent events, It was
said that he was more the guide than the
chairman, for his knowledge easily made
| him first Of that body.
Not Fully Appreciated.
Mr.. Lodge of Massachusetts analysed the
character of Mr.. Davis as from close per-
sonal friendship, and said the late sena-
tor not fully appreciated as a public
man. This he accounted for by reason of
the tendency to belittle great men of to-
day because without thought and trouble
they cannot be brought for judgment into
proper perspective with the past and be-
cause of the modesty which made him
shrink from speaking in public except when
1t was duty or necessity. Mr. Lodge
summed up as follows: I'm all that he did
in shaping our policy he was helped by his
knowledge and his studies. by much care
full thought and by an imagination which
enabled him to project his vision into the
future. But that which was his surest
guide was sentiment embodied in pro-
found patriotism and an intense Amerl-
canism 1 do not mean that he was pecu-
Iiary American because he held certain
opinions on certain public questions, or
that he was more patriotic than others VINO
differed with him radically upon these same
questions. What l mean is that he mad
faith in his people and their destiny which
nothing could shake, and that he never had
a shadow of doubt or distrust as to their
ability to meet any responsibility ana any
question bravely. justly and VIGOROUSLY
He had proved his patriotism, like many
| other brave men. on the fiGld of battle, and
he hardly ever referred to 1t. But his love
of country and everything connected with
it's history with him passion.
Will Find Reward in HistOry's Pages
His thoughts were always upon the
| great questions now before the United
States. and in the last hours his country
| and her fortunes were uppermost in his
| mind as the shadows closed about him. He
was not a man who cried his own virtues
and proclaimed his own deeds in the mar
| ket place, but he did his work-great work.
| as the time demanded-strongly and Wen.
| He will find his place and his reward IN the
| pages of history when the story OF these
| momentous years is told. That monument
| is for other hands than ours to bullo. we
can only bear imperfect witness TO Wnat
| he to us who knew MIN anu lieii ie"'e
| his memory to
] '.The silent melody of thought that sings
| A ceaseless requiem to the sainted dead.
High Legal Attachments.
| Mr.. Daniel (Va) paid high tribute 10
| the legal attachments of Senator Davis
| saving that whether in the lower courts OF
| in an International tribunal he would nave
| been the peer of any antagonist against
whom he might have been pitted. Erudlte
| and indefatigabe his opinions were always
the best results of a thoroughly trained
| mind The addresses of Senator Davis upon
international law. delivered in his own
| state were denominated the best epltome
| of that subject In existence.
| Mr.. Daniel commented at length upon the
| Shakespearean knowledge of the deceased
| senator and the work which was written
by him upon Shakespeare IN the law,
! and quoted much to show the depth Oh
| analysis and the careful consideration with
which the writings of the master were
| studied.
| Turning to the eoquence Of his late col
| league, Mr.. Daniel read many passages
| from the Gettysburg address of three years
ago and characterized 1t as noble as the
| men in whose memory 1t was delivered.
| Closing, Mr.. Daniel said flower he would
| lay upon the tomb Of his friend was that
in his heart was always love of his coun-
try and Of his fellows.
THE HOUSE.
Some miscellaneous business was trans
acted by the House of Representatives at
the opening of the session today. A bill
was passed to change and fix the times
for holding district and circuit courts in the
! northeastern division of the eastern dis
| trict Of Tennessee.
| Several relief bills were passed. A re-
quest for unanimous consent to consider a
bill to restore Frank B. Case of Missouri
to his rank in the United States navy was
objected to by Mr.. Hopkins. Case contract
ed color blindness while serving on the
Jeanette relief expedition. A bill was pass
ed for the relief Of certain Indians OF the
Indian territory who desire to sell their
lands and remove elsewhere.
| Bills We're also passed to authorize the
Indians the Grand Portage Indian reser-
walton to cut and dispose Of timber on their
several allotments;. to authorize the Ari-
zona Water Company to construct power
| plant on the Pima Indian reservation; for
the relief of f. E. Hayden. retired en-
| sign of the United States navy, for the S.
tablishment Of a beacon light on Hambroke
bar, Choptank river, Maryland; and to
authorize the construction Of a bridge
across the Mississippi river at Cape Cirar-
deau, Mo.
The House then went into committee OF
the whole and resumed the consideration
of the river and harbor appropriation bill.
Mr.. Catchings (Miss.). a member of the
committee, replied at some length to the
attack by Mr.. Hepburn Uowa) upon the
Mississippi river improvements, on Thurs
day Mr. Catchings said he had INDUCED
the hope that before he retired from Con-
eress Mr.. Hepburn would have abandoned
his antagonism to appropriations for the
Mississippi river, but after listening to his
speech on Thursday" said Mr.. Catchings
II find that hope consigned to the limbo
where lie the wreckage Of the other disap-
pointments Of my life
Proceeding, Mr. Catchings denied that the
commerce of the Mississippi was disappear
ing. Its character had vastly changed since
the old days, but its volume as large
as ever.