The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-29

the Congressional speeches OF Thomas II.
Benton Is enough To make d statue smile
In reference To a quarrel IN the Senate
Benton said: l never quarrel, sir; /
sometimes fight. sir. and when Benton
fights. sir. there = always funeral, sir
Benton was SUuTffiiY devoted to the
union he broke with many friends IN
consequence lie bore the cognomeu olG
Bullion. because of his support Of BIZ
metalliSm- Unlike many. he grew in
knowledge ~ he grew older. and his last
speeches were his best speeches He was
OF sensitive purity ana no dlShontSt DOT
lar ever stuck TO his fingers. No relative
held an office At his request, and, with the
opportunity for making fortune. he died
As SO many Of America : greatest men
have died, poor man
Second only 70 Benton in the list Of
Missouri worthless i Francis Preston
Blair. the Frank Blair Of history His
statue with that of Benton stands IN the
Han OF Statuary at Washington lie
came upon the stage as Benton left II.
The lives of the two cover the entire his
tory OF the State Benton wrote out his
own newspaper notices: Blair was 50
careless of literary fame. scarce q scrap
OF his STIRRING speeches has been pre-
served. After Gen Nathaniel Lyon. dis
suised as an old woman, had found out
the resources OF Camp Jackson, il was the
alert brain Of Blair. rather than the
mailed hand OF Lyon, that saved Missouri
To the MON
The kirGiulan seldom RECEIVERS from his
birth General Price served CALAMITY IL
the Mexican war, was Governor of Mis-
souri, TOR four ears member OF Congress.
and held other high official places His
! claim TO distinction. however, depends
largely upon his services as a leader Of
! the boys who wore IT, grey His soldiers
! would nave died for Ole Pap Price And
! the likeness u this noble leader hangs in
many Missouri homes and his name IS
| enshriasd ia the hearts Of many Nilsson
! riaHs-
The greatest engineer Of his genera
/ ton was MissoUrian, Capt James
| ciated generally with the first 81. Louis
/ bridge. The Missouri State University
/ has had many loyal friends but none
WAS ever more loyal than the Brilliant
I Columbia orator. Ma jOr James Sidney
! Rollins He praCtiCed law in Columbia
and for time edited a newspaper. He
/ served several terms in the Missouri Leg
/ isldture and Was twice the Wing caudi-
date for Governor.
| Eugene Field occupies 4 place in the
! list OF Missouri imInOrtatS- He IS. per
! haps, the chief contribution which Mis-
/ souri, has made TO literature. He was q
! native Of the State. and was all his life a
! newspaper man. II was here in Kansas
/ City that he first published his most IA
! NOUS poem. the Little Peach With an
/ Emerald Hue Field was the child 5 poet,
and some OF ms Verse Is classic Person
/ ally he was not an angel but rather the
/ reverse He loved the cratic and the
! erotIc- He was practical Joker. DIR.
I Gu1saullIS, q Chicago minister. and Fran
] els Wilson, tie actor, one day had an ar
( gument. according 10 Field. as TO the gel
alive worth Of their professions GunSau-
( lus denounced, Wilson defended, the
/ stage Finally Wilson said: i try 10
! make my fellow men happy and 80 do
you Now, | claim that my efforts are
1 more successful than yours. For two
/ hours every night L am before the pub
! lie, and people go away happy Many of
/ these same people 90 to hear you twice {,
week, and with what TesuIt2 They go
AMY miserable as hell
1 Edward Bates was Attorney Genera
! in the Cabinet Of President Lincoln He
/ had been a prominent figure in the CON
+ test for tbs. Presidency- Col. Alexander
/ W. DOGiphan led an expedition TO New
&lexicO which deserves n place as one of
/ tn greatest achievements IL military his
tory The apostle of free silver the
great Missouri COmmoner, Richard Parks
] Bland, WIS the foremost figure for years
I in struggle for bimetallism. Fearless
honest, rugged, he was held IN high per
sonal esteem, even by those who dis
/ agreed with him in his political or Inan-
/ Cial views. EuoCh NJ. Marvin. Bishop Of
] the Southern Methodist Church, probably
/ touched more men religiously than any
other AiSsOurian.
These are the ten most famous Mis-
SJurians- Five statesmen. two soldiers
an engineer, 4 poet, and a preacher
I Eight az The ten died practically penni-
less and not one was rich in the ordi-
/ nary acceptance OF the term. kansas
City Star.