Evening journal., 1901-09-20

man OF upright life, OF LOFTY purpose
and answering integrity. lie was a
man of great tenderness of heart.
1T is here that he has gained the
love of the people. Great as he was as
a soldier and a statesman, he was
greater as a man Of tender heart His
earnest soliciude for his invalid wife
has enshrined him forever in the
hearts and homes Of our land No du-
ties of State were ever too pressing to
keep him from slipping back into the
home to speak word OF comfort and
cheer to the one who depended so fully
upon him. And when in the brief in
terval OF consciousness just before the
end came he spoke, his words We're
words of comfort and cheer to the dear
wife. We love him as a nation not so
much because he was a man OF brain,
but because he was a man of heart.
tender, loving and sympathetic. But
above all. he was a man of strong
faith in God.
May we be permitted to draw aside
the veil. and look into that room in
the Milburn home. made sacred by his
death. We look into the face of one
whose days are numbered. but whose
faith never waivers As death drew
nearer he realized his condition. Yet
there was no wavering, no fear. His
faith in God was strong. Had we
known nothing concerning his life we
would have known by the memory Of
his death that he was a Christian. He
died as did his Master. with words of
submission upon his lips. preferring
the viii Of God to his own. We lay. as
a nation, our tribute of love at his feet.
His memory will grow more precious
with the advancing years, and will be
enshrined in the hearts of his fellow
countrymen to be cherished as a sacred
legacy to the end of time"
AT the conclusion of Mr.. Briggs adj
dress the audience Joined in singing.
Nearer, My God. to Thee"
When Anthony Higgins arose to
speak he plainly showed his grief at
the loss Of a use personal friend. He
uttered a few sentences, then paused
to wipe away the tears that he could
not keep back In his eulogy. he said;
we meet today to pay our last
tribute to the honored dead. The land
is in mourning. Indeed. the world is
in mourning; giving their unstinted
sympathy 10 the American people in
the hour Of our bereavement and in
the shock of the catastrophe that has
followed upon us.
The man whom those near to him
had always known to be the most
lovable Of men. had come to be be-
loved by a mighty nation, and by all
of the people of whatever section, or
party, or race, or sect.
For the man we mourn was no
common man. Indeed, as the years
and the centuries and the ages roll on.
his fame and his greatness will grow
with them, placing him in the marrow
Pantheon of the worlds heroes.
Nor was his place made for him.
He made it for himself-throwine
aside the opportunity for higher edu-
cation, to help fight his country's bat
ties during four years OF his youth and
early manhood, he took his place as
the simple country lawyer. But wide
as IS the domain Of the law, he could
not be cribbed, cabined or confined by
II. With a consciousness Of his true
sphere of duty and endeavor. and equal
~ clear as to what was TO be the true
issue Of the coming years, he threw
himself into the study Of the underly
ing principles of political economy. In
eleven years from the close of the civil
war he was chosen to Congress by his
neighbOrs; to be unhesitatingly sent
there by them for seven successive
terms, and then was twice elected gov
ernor of his State and by unexampled
majOrities In the halls of Congress
and on the wider field of the national
rostrum, he held the supreme brief for
those who shared his con victions. In
saying this it is doing no injustice To
the statesmen who were his compeers
In debate-itO Sherman, to Blaine. to
Harrison, to others that might be
named in that illustrious company.
His thorough mastery OF his subject.
his unrivalled power of expression, and
of how to so use his voice as to be
able to make himself heard day after
day to vast assemblages without i'm
pairing his vocal powers; his temper
ate habits and Astounding health
made him the pre-eminent protagonist
Of his cause. He became the logical
candidate Of his party for the highest
office in the land, and 10 this he was
chosen, and after four years Of service
was chosen again
ION this wider field he developed
new and unexpected powers-he made
marvellous applications Of those he
was known to possess. inexperienced
in diplomacy, he showed himself il
war and in peace an unsurpassed. al
most an unexampled, diplomat. With
characteristic gentleness, he mitigateC
the bitterness Of defeat TO the broker
pride Of Spain. With like gentleness
he won the hearts of the Filipinos
whose resistance arms had failed Il
quell. lie set an American exampl,
to Europe when he reprobated selfish.
ness and cruelty and plumber In China
Reluctant to unloose the horrors O
war, ne struck the shackles from tn,
limbs Of the Cubans; he made America
J the dominant power in the Archi
pelagos OF both the Northern Hemis
lpheres; by the force, as much OF mora
beauty as of arms, he advanced the flal
and name and fame OF America