The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-13
EULoGIEs IN THE SENATE
IN MEMORY OFF THE LATE SEN
ATOR CUSHMAN KELLOGG
DAVIS
WAS HoNoRED BY THE NATION
Eloquent Testimony to the Value of
the Services to the United
States of the Late
Senator.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-No legislative
business Of Importance was transacted
by the senate today. The session was
devoted to services held in memory Of
the late Cushman K. Davis, of Min
nesota.
The long and distinguished services of
the Minnesota senator and the intimate
relations 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
relations and in that capacity and in the
| capacity of member of the Paris
peace commission he was intimately
identified with the foreign affairs of the
! government.
Immediately upon the conclusion of the
| routine morning business, Mr.. Nelson,
Minneapolis, called up his resolution ex-
| pressive of the regret of the senate at
| the death of Senator Davis.
AS MIR. Nelson called up the resolution
Mrs Davis, accompanied by some friends,
| entered the executive gallery of the SEN
ate In addition several other friends of
the late senator occupied seats in the
executive gallery during the delivery of
the memorial orations.
The speakers of the occasion included
Senators Morgan, Alabama; Clark, Wy
oming; Dodge, Massachusetts, and Dan
lei, Virginia. all Of whom were associated
with Mr.. Davis as members of the for
e1gn relations committee. Others who
pronounced eulogies upon the late sena-
tor were his colleague, Senator Nelson
Minnesota, and his successor, Senator
Towne, and Senators Hoar, Massachu-
setts; Spooner, Wisconsin; McCumber
North Dakota, and Ester, of Washington
TRIBUTE BY NELSON.
Mr.. Nelson, the collegue of the late
Senator Davis, was the first speaker He
began by touching upon the history Of
the deceased senator, saying that he
d1ed at time when in the full maturity
OF his great mental vigor, at time when
he was better equipped than ever to
serve his country and at a time when the
country stood in the greatest need of his
I services. Continuing, Senator Nelson
said:
''To trace his life, the development of
his vigorous mind and its wonderful re-
sources from youth to manhood, from a
great lawyer to a profound statesman
and leader, is to scan a human epic mar
vicious and inspiring in its progress and
grand and enduring in its results and
outcome. He was equipped with mind
OF the first order, eager, thirsty and
searching. In his youth he was a most
ardent student, to whom his lessons were
put the doorsteps to the sanctuary of
knowledge, which he was ever exploring
He became devouring student of his
tory, philosophy and poetry, at time
When most youths are tethered in their
arltnmetics, their grammar and their
Biographies.
A PROFOUND LAWYER.
And so it came to pass that when he
nnaiIy parted with his alma mater he
carr away with him a much richer
nj CCrAe
knowledge than that embraced in the col
lege curriculum. The trend of his mini
ana Its comprehensive development inev-
itably turned him to the legal profession.
and 1t was in this field that he first made
his mark and first scored his great vic
tories: He was most profound lawyer,
principles OF the laws that govern human
affairs. and he had the fntuitive faculty
to correctly apply these to the manifoll
transactions of an ever expanding civ
ilization. In practice he was aiWays
ready and always a complete master OF
the evidence, the facts and the law of
ms case, and his eloquence was of a char,
acter TO instruct, impress and convince
botn court and jury, and he was equally
at home and equally strong both in n
nlsl prlns and in an appellate court I
for it has been my privilege to contend
with him at the bar. and to hear him
while was sitting as one OF the judges
in court of impeachment
when he was first elected to the sen.
ate. he was. easily and without dispute
the foremost member of the bar in Min,
,nesota. And though he was busy law
yer, he never allowed the law to con-
neal the innate kindness of his noble and
sympathetic heart. He was always kird
and helpful 20 the young and struggling
practitioner, and he never turned away
pennlleSs client VINO had q YneritoriOua
case. He loved the profession, and he
was beloved and admired by his asso-
c1ates, young and Oid. Few lawyers caa
point to grander. a more successful
or nobler career at the bar.
HIS PUBLIC LIFE.
Though absorbed in his profess on and
ever busy lawyer, he nevertheless al
and was always ready TO lead and 10
guide the impulse and heart of cur peo-
pie III their aspirations for relief ami
reform. ] well remember when in the
early seventies there was a great uprIs
ing among. the people of the Northwest
against the eXactions OF the railroads,
how he became the Acknowledged leader
OF the movement and how in his great
speech entitled Modern Feudalism," he
voiced in most eloquent and convincing
terms the grievances complained of and
people. That speech, which he delivered
in many places, and his attitude on
those great questions of public concern.
led MIN into the governors S chair came
near sendiug him to the United States
senate at that time and forever endeared
him TO all our people, who from that day
never CedSeU 10 nave commence IN MS
integrity, his wisdom and his honesty Of
purpose. While the movement which he
thus led did not result in ali the relief nj
reforms he and the masses hoped for
yet 1T resulted in establishing the fact
which had been in dispute, that railroad
corporations are the servants of the pub
lie and are amenable to public control
After one term in the executive chair
he again resumed his calling as a law
yer with more success and greater vigor
than ever before. And in the meanwhile.
though not In office. he remained one of
the acknowledged leaders of the RepubH-
can party in the state, and was always
ready and active to battle for the cause
and for the best interests of the people
IN THE SENATE.
In 1887, In obedience to a universal
pressing demand of our people, the leg
isIature elected him to the United States
senate. And he came here in the matur-
ity Of his great power and vast expert
ence better equipped and better fitted
for the great work before him than most
man who enter the senate. H6 came
here in middle life. with most vigorous
mind m accomplished lawyer, pro-
found student and learned scholar.
we'll versed in public affairs He at
once became prominent and one of the
leaders @? the senate, but It was not un-
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