The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1901-01-14
BUL0GIZE DAVIS
Day in Senate Devoted to TIL
Memory Of the Late Min
nesOta Senator.
The Speakers Included Messr>.
Nelson, I!oar, Lodge, Nor
Gan and Others.
Long and Distinguished Setv-
lees OF bee ased Eeelingly
Referred TO.

WASHINGTON, Jan. l;-No legislative
business OF importance was Transacted
by the senate The session Was devot.
cd TO services held III memory of the
late Cushman T.. Davis Of Minnesota
The long and distinguished services OF
the Minnesota senator and the intimate
relations he sustained to his colleagues
in the senate mad endearcd him to all
and when his demise came every mem.
Der Of the body felt that he had SUI.
fered Il personal! loss For many years
Mr.. Davis served AS chairman OF the
committee on foreign relations and III
that capacity ard III the capacity OF
member Of the Paris peace commission
he Was intimately identified with the
| foreign affairs oi the government.
| Immediately upon the conclusion OF
! the routine morning business, Mr..
Nelson (Minu.) called up his resolution
expres,ive oi the regret OF the senate
III the death Of Senator Davis As Mr..
Nelson called up the resolution Mrs.
Davis. accompanied by some friends,
enterod the executive gallery ot the
senate.
Mr.. Nelson the Firt speaker.
MIR. Nelson, the colleague Of the late
Senator Davis. was the first speaker.
lie began by touching upon the history
Of tie deceased senator, saying that he
died at time when III the full matur.
| ity Of his great mental vlgor, at time
when he was better equipped than ever
to serve his country and at time
when his country stood III the greatest
need Of his services. Continuing, Sem.
ator Nelson said:
ITO trace his life, the development
of his vigorous mind and its wonder.
full resources from youth to nanhoci.
from u great lawyer to profound
statesman and leader, Is TO scan hu.
man epic. marvellous and inspiring IN
its progress, and grand and enduring
| III its results and outcome. lie was
equipped with mind Of the first or.
der, eager. thirsty and searching. In
| his youth he was n most ardent stu.
dent. 10 whom his lessons were but the
doorsteps To the sanctuary OF knowl-
edge, which he was ever exploring.
| lie became IA ccvourlng student OF his.
tory. philosophy and poetry at time
~ hen most youths are tcthcred III their
aritnmeiics. their grammar and their
Biographies.
Trained IN Diplomacy aud Ststecrnft.
Mr.. Nelson pad "a tribute to the pro.
| fundi,y 81 tie knowledge of his col.
league and the distinguished position
he occupied IN the Spanish war debates
aud conferences ana said:
He exhausted and rendered clear
F! and lucid the most profound and i'll.
tr,cate problems of diplomacy and
s,atecraft. " hen he had spoken. there
was little if anything more to bear on
the subject
Mr.. Nelson paid u tribute to the lit.
erary accomplishment Of his late col
league and closed with an apostrophe
to American manhood as represented
by Mr.. Davis.
MIR. HOar of sachusetts, comment.
ing upon the fact that SO many sen.
ators die in office, said that in the
eulogies pronounced in the chamber
the portraitures have been true aud
faithful. In q young republic. he said,
the greatest place for live man was
that Of soldier in time Of war and
statesman in time Of peace. MIR. Davis
was both. He did mans full duty i'll
both.
Mr.. Lodge Of Massachusetts, analysed
the character Of Mr.. Davis. as from
the closest personal friendship. and
said the late senator was not fully up.
preciated as n public man.