Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-12
ELOQUENT EUL0GIES
Services Held in Memory Of Senator
Cushman Z. Davis.
TRIBUTES FROM HIS LATE ASSOCIATES
Many Sincere and Touching Words
of Appreciation.
RIVER AND HARBOR BILL

No legislative business of Importance was
transacted by the Senate today. The ses-
sion was devoted to services held in MEM
DRY of the late Senator Cushman *. Davis
of Minnesota.
The long and distinguished services of
the Minnesota senator and the intimate re-
Iatfons he sustained to his colleagues in the
Senate had endeared him to all, and when
his demise came every member of the BODY
felt that he had suffered a personal loss.
For many years Mr.. Davis served as
chairman of the committee on foreign re-
lations and in that capacity and in the ca
pacity of a member of the Paris peace COM
mission, he was intimately identified with
the foreign affairs of the government.
Immediately upon the conclusion of the
routine morning business Mr.. Nelson
(MinnD called up his resolution expressive
of the regret of the Senate at the death OF
Senator Davis
AS Mr.. Nelson called up the resoiutlon'
Mrs. Davis. accompanied by some 1rlehus'
entered the executive gallery of the Senate.
In addition several other friends of the late
senator occupied seats in the executive gar
lery during the delivery OF the memorial
oratons.
The speakers of the occasion included
Senators Morgan (AlaD. Clark lWyo.).
Lodge (Mass) and Daniel (Nal, al OF
members Of the foreign relations commit
Zee Others who pronounced eulogies upon
the late senator were his colleague, senator
Nelson Mimi and his successor senator
Towne and Senators Hoar Cass.). Spooner
CWisD McCumber IN. d. and Foster OF
Washington.
In recent years in the Senate no more
beautiful. heartfelt and eloquent eulogles
have been pronounced upon the memory Vi
any senator than those delivered To-Day.
Mr. Nelson's Tribute.
Mr. Nelson the colleague OF the late Sem
ator Davis. was the first speaker lie
began by touching upon the history OF the
deceased senator, saying that he died when
in the full maturity of his great mental
vigor; at a time when he was better equip
ned than ever to serve his country. ana a.
a time when his country stood In the great
est need of his services. Continuing, sen
stor Nelson said: ITO trace his life. the
development of his vigorous mind ana lts
wonderful resources from youth TO man
hood. from a great lawyer to proIouno
statesman and leader. is to scan human
epic marvellous and inspiring IN It's pro-
gress and grand and enduring in Its re
suits and outcome. He was equipped WIN
a mind of the first order, eager, thirsty anu
searching In his youth he most
ardent student, to whom his lessons were
but the doorsteps to the sanctuary OF
knowledge. which he was ever exploring.
He became a devouring student OF hlstorS,
philosophy and poetry at time when most
youths are tethered in their arithmetics,
their grammar and their geography
Mr. Nelson paid tribute to the profund-
ity of the knowledge Of his colleague and
the distinguished position he occupied IN
the Spanish war debates and conferences,
and said: HE exhausted and rendered
clear and lucid the most profound and IN
tricate problems Of diplomacy and state
craft. When he had spoken there was Ut
tie If anything more TO be said on the
subject"
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accomplishment of his late colleague, and
closed with an apostrophe to American
manhood as represented by Mr.. Davis.
Held a Great Place in the Republic.
Mr.. Hoar Of Massa chusetts, commenting
upon the fact that so many senators died
in office. said that In the eulogless pro-
nounced In the chamber the portraitures
have been true and faithful. In a young
republic. he said. the greatest place for
live man was that of soldier in time Of
and stateman in time OF peace. Mr..
Davis was both. He did a mans full duty
in both Mr.. Hoar commented upon the
literary attachments of Mr.. Davis. and
said: There have been soldiers whose
courage saved the day in great, decisive
battles when the fate of nations hung IN
the scale. yet whose most enduring monu-
Inent the column of smoke which rose
when their death shot fired There
have been statesmen whose silent influence
has decided the issue when the country
was at the parting of the ways. Of whose
service history takes no heed. The great
Ono territory. now six imperial states, was
twice saved to freedom by the almost I'M
noticed action of single man. With all
respect for the man of letters we are not
yet quite ready to admit that the trumpeter
is better than the soldier or the painter
greater than the lion. There Is no need Of
many words to sum up the life and charac-
ter of MIR. Davis His life was in the day
light. Minnesota knew him. His country
In n i'm hi, LII
soldier in his youth and a great senator in
his maturer manhood. What can be said
more, or what can be said better to sum
up the life of an American citizen? He
offered his life for his country when life
was all before him, and his state and his
country rewarded him with their highest
honor. The great orator and philosopher
OF Rome declared in his youth and repeat
ed in his age. that death could not come
preinaturely to d man who had been con-
sui This man surely might be accounted
ready to die. He had discharged honorably
hfes highest duty and his cup of honor and
OF glory was full"
Mr.. Davis gifts of eloquence and ora
torical power were touched upon, and as
well his great familiarity with the history
OF Massachusetts and his pride In his Puri-
tan ancestry. Mr. Hoar closed as follows.
mere are other things his country had
hoped for him. She had hoped a longer
and higher service. perhaps the highest
service of all. But the fatal and inexora hi.
shaft has stricken him down in the fun
Vlgor Of a yet strenuous manhood The
great transactions in which he had borne
50 large part still remain incomplete and
their event Is still uncertain.
There Is a painting which a great Italian
master left unfinished. The work was
taken up by a disciple. The finished pic
ture bears this inscription: What Titan
LETT unfinished Palma reverently completed
and dedicated to God So may our beloved
republic find always, when one servant
leaves his work unfinished, another who will
take 1t up and dedicate it to the countr,
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Opinions Followed by the Senate
Mr. Morgan tAla). for many years asso-
c!ated with Mr.. Davis on the committee on
foreign relations followed Mr.. Hoar Mr.
Morgan said that the best indications of
the feeling entertained by his associates to-
ward Mr. Davis was shown in that the SIM
pie words of recognition of him on the floor
never failed to attract the attention of
every senator. Were he here today he said
the Senate would feel stronger. The mat
ters now being considered had arisen largely
from The effects of measures in which Mr.
Davis was interested and for which he had
earnestly worked
Mr.. Morgan said II was by earnest and
consistent endeavor that Senator Davis