The Washington times., 1902-05-12
TRlBUTEPAID MEMORY
OF AMOS CUMMINGS

ened by battling with difficulty. and Amos
J. Cummings remembered that the chill
dren of God are all equal.
Everything he did was for the better
ment Of his kind. This valuable friend OF
labor was an optimist, not a pessimist
He was always filed with the hope that
we are meving onward. and not backward
he was not ashamed that he was printer;
he was proud of it.
"As Republican" said Mr. Graf, 81
am proud to pay a tribute to this Demo-
crat. Amos ]. Cummings. lie believed in
the fact that the people could and would
wir.
Task Well Done.
Hon. John NJ. Farquhar was the next
speaker. He spoke with much feeling of
his friend and co-laborer for many years.
For years, he said. they had fought side
by side for labor and its rights. He had
thought that there was ten years, at least,
more of active usefulness and life for his
friend, yet he believed that his destiny
had been fulfilled. He did all that God
sent him to do. He was a man of COM
pleteness.
Continuing. Mr.. Farquhar spoke of Mr..
cummings early life, his Christian teach
ings at home, which he said he never for
got. He then read an address delivered by
Mr. Cummings in 1855 before the delegates
Of the International typographical Union
at banquet in Philadelphia, which, he
SAID. was portrayal of his character by
himself
speaking of his writings, he said Mr.
cummings never wrote upon sheet that
naa the water-mark of envy upon il.
Every one who knew him loved him He
was as true man as God ever let live.
he never had any enemies. Labor can
never forget him. May God give all of
US like heart. he said, and a like mind
10 follow TO our journeys end life like
his.
MIR. Gompers Speaks.
Mr. Samuel Gompers. the president of
the American Federation of Labor. smoke
OF Mr.. Cummings as the friend of organ
lied labor and its advocate upon all occa-
sions. He was a man. he said, of large
courage and deep settled convictions. and
beneath all his public utteranccs and his
work was devotion TO those well settled
convictions. He realized that in the or
ganization of labor are embodied the very
highest conceptions of human liberty.
10 my mind" said Mr.. Gompers. "the
greatest tribute that we can pay. and
which the work Of Amos ]. Cummings en-
titled him to, is the fact that he not only
sprang from the ranks of the workers.
but in spirit. in thought, in action. and
in principle and conviction. he never left
the ranks Of the workers.
Mr.. Gompers told of Mr.. Cummings
last legislative act, when, as a member
Of the House Committee on Labor. he
voted for favorable report upon the +;
eight t-hour labor bill.
Grand Army Life
Owing to illness Representative Cousins
Of Iowa was unable to be present as was /
Corporal James Tanner. who
was the next speaker, spoke of Mr.. Cum
nings especially as a soldier and a men,
ber OF the Grand Army. He was never
bound down by partisan ties, he said,
when the interests of the soldier were
involved
Mr. Tanner gave number of instances
If Mr.. Cummings devotion to the Ameri-
an soldier, and concluded with a beauti-
ul tribute to his manliness of character
Brief addresses were also made by Mr..
J. b. Donnelly and Mr.. J. j. Murphy. of
Union No. G. of New York
'ity, of which MIR. Cummings was men,
'er, and by Mr.. August Donath. of this
ity. The service was brought to close
" the singing of Nearer, My God. TO
Thee" by the audience.
The following committee had charge of
he service: E. A. VI. Lawson chairman;
William NJ. Garrett, T. l.. Jones, o. ].
J. NJ. Weaver. c. W. Kerzinger,
!. NJ. Lenhart. T. F. Ellis, G. s. Barn
art, D. S. Walton, Charles F. Purdy, C.
y. Otis. E. NJ. Kerrott. T. C. Parsons. II.
I. Southland. J. b. Stahl. Hugh Everett,
ohm Greene, jr., and d. L. sandoe.