New-York tribune., 1901-01-13

MR.. LODGES ANALYSIS.
Mr.. Lodge anaIyzed the character of Mr.. Davis
from the point of view Of close personal friend
ship, and said the late Senator was not fully ap-
preciated as a public man. This he accounted for
by reason OF the tendency 10 belittle great of
to-day. because without thought and trouble they
cannot be brought for judgment into proper per-
spective with the past and because OF the nodesty
which made him shrink from speaking in public,
except when it a duty or necessity. Mr..
Lodge summed up Mr. Davis's character as fol-
lows:
In all that at he did in shaping our policy he was
careful thought and by an Imagination which en-
ahled him to project his vision into the future.
ment embodied in a profound patriotism and an in
tense Americanisn do not mean that he was
ions on certain public questions or that he was
radically upon those same questions What mean
is tnat he had faith in his people and their des
had a shadow of doubt or distrust their abil-
ity TO meet any responsibility and any question
bravely. justly and VIGOROUSLY He had proved his
patriotism, like many other brave men; on the field
his love of country and everything connected with
its history was with him a passion His thoughts
the United states and in the hours his country
and her fortunes were uppermost in his mind the
cried his own virtues and proclaimed his deeds
IN the market M place but he he did his work3g%Teat %
He will find his place and his reward in the pages
years is told That monument is for other hands
than build. We only bear imperfect
witness to what he was 10 us who knew him, and
then leave his memory TO
The silent melody Of thought that sings
4 ceeseless requiem TO the sainted dead.
Mr.. Daniel paid a high tribute 70 the legal at
tainments Of Senator Davis saying that whether
he would have been the peer OF any antagonist
against whom he might have been pitted. The ad-
dresses of Senator Davis international law. de-
nvered in his State. called the best
eptome Of that subject in existence. Turning to
the eloquence of his late colleague, Mr. Daniel read
many passages from the Gettysburg address of
three years ago. and said IT noble the
men in whose memory II delivered. In clos
ing Mr. Daniel said a flower he would lay on the
tomb of his friend was that in his heart was al
ways love Of his country and OF his fellows
Mr.. Spooner said OF Mr.. Davis that while many
men had greater knowledge OF ease law" few
men had reached such a thorough understanding
OF the science of the law. In any bar and before
any tribunal he would have been pre-eminent.
Many OF the best speeches the Senator had made
had been in the executive sessions Of the Senate,
Mr.. Spooner said and many OF them would have
added TO the prestige OF the Senate. Telling OF a
visit paid to Mr.. Davis when his deathbed Mr..
spooner said the last words the late Senator
uttered 10 him were. when discussing the Senate:
''It's great body; great body Goodby."
Mr.. Pettigrew spoke proudly OF Senator Davis as
one Of the men produced by the great Northwest
and paid the highest tribute his mental and per-
especially
long friendship that existed between himself and
the dead Senator.
Mr. McCumber paid the highest tribute TO Mr.
Davis's character and attainments. He spoke OF
the attachment OF Mr.. Davis his own State and
Nation and closed with euogy on him as
man and American.
Mr. Foster who was close friend OF the late
Mr.. Davis, bore testimony TO the thoroughness Of
his preparation for his career and the wide range
Of his requirements
CLOSING ADDRESS BY Mr. TOwNE.
To Mr.. Towne. who by appointment fills the seat
in the Senate occupied by Mr.. Davis, was assigned
the duty Of closing the exercises, Hts address was
the first made by him in the Senate, and it had
been prepared with great care. Mr.. Towne was
unstinted in his praise OF his predecessor Of whom
he said that while his virtues were known and ap-
preciated in Minnesota. he had hardly reached the
full recognition due him when he died. Mr.. Towne
spoke follows
his powers. and at the summit Of his opportuni-
ties He stood at the head Of the committee
is the most prominent committee Of the highest
on which his party has entered is TO be pursued
the unexpired part Of his current term, compris-
ing the next four years must be all important in
the shaping and adjustment OF that policy as re-
lated to numerous and complicated international
interests This was situation calculated appeal
10 his highest ambition, stimulate his greatest
to spread before @ his mental Vision the
fame. Yet here. on the threshold of the con-
fair eld for whose delights and giories ali
his past seemed TO have been designed prepara-
pause. No one realized the tragic pathos Of the
catastrophe more fully than he did yet he bore
the physical courage which he opposed to the
stoutest assaults Of paia. He might vince. ne
would not cry out; he could express regret but he
did not complain.
Mr. Towne also referred to Senator Davis's re-
iigous convictions, saying:
And when his feet touched the waters Of the river
beyond which lies that undiscovered country the
glance that sought lnquiringiy the further shore
was a glance that felt no shade OF fear As
ence Of that irregious scepticism which was often
the too hasty refuge Of minds strongly impressed
sciences shortly after the middle of the nine
teenth century. But he grew older and his
strengthened. the thought that all the prepare
Of the centuries IS purposeess. and that the end
of innunerable universes is mere nothingness gave
no comfort to his soul and found no justification
in his reason: Familiar with the ancient phoso-
phies and with the general principles Of recent
science. he found in both Of them that which,
while II yielded no exclusive basis for particular
ances OF the Christian religion respecting the
He quoted Senator Davis saying not long be-
fore his death:
first century something happened that destroyed
the old world and gave birth to the new. The
change and do not know Of any other 9 adeo1ae afe
solution that has ever been proposed.
Thus, IT seems 10 me, the conclusions Of phi
losophy. the rationale of science and the teach
ings of revealed religion" said Mr. Towne, point
unerringly TO Immortality" In this supreme con-
viction he said, he knew that Mr. Davis was firm
ly grounded
At the close of Mr.. Towne's remarks he moved
the adoption Of the resolutions proposed by his
colleague Senator Nelson They were adopted and
the Senate at S:45 p. m adjourned
FOR A DISTRICT COURT IN HAWAII