The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-30
AMAN OF The PEOPLE
HIGH EULoGIEs PRONOUNCED UPON
AMOS j. CUMMINGS.
SUNDAY SESSION OF HOUSE.
HON. PETER j. OTEY OF VIRGINIA
ALSO EULOGIZED.

Mr.. Cannon, in His EuIogy UpOn Mr..
Cummings, Argued Upon the Uni
versaI Desire for Future Existence
as the Strongest Evidence of Sucb
Continuity of Life Beyond the
Grave, and Trusts That When He
Crosses the Dark River He NAV
Meet There Such Men a. Cummings
Randall, Cox and ButterwOrth.
Washington, June 29.-The House Of
Representatives held a session to-day
to pay tribute to the memories of the
late Representative Amos ]. Cum
mings of New York and the late Rep
resentative Peter j. Otey of Virginia.
BY special direction of Secretary
Moody, the Marine Band was in at
tendance III the lobby in the rear of
the hall and rendered an appropriate
musical programme. The widows and
families from Typographical Union No.
of New York. the Letter Carriers
Association and the New York Pr
lots Association came here to honor
Mr.. Cummings memory. The public
galleries were well filled. The eulo-
gies were exceedingly impressive, es-
pecially that delivered by Mr.. Cannon
of Illinois, the veteran chairman of
the appropriations Committee, who
paid a tribute from the heart to the
lofty character and manly, honest
character of Mr.. Cummings.
Although services have been held in
the House on Sunday on previous oc-
casicns, notably on the death of Henry
Winter Davis, this was the first time
il ninety years that Sunday was
made legislative day, and the House
met on the Sabbath with a speaker,
clerks and all the other paraphernalia
which accompany the actual transac-
ton of legislative business. Frequent
ly in times past the House has been
in session on Sunday, especially at
the close of a short session, but SUCH
sessions have always been continual
tons of the legislative day of Satur-
day and the Journal on Monday shoW-
ed no session OH the Sabbath In this
case, however, the journal of to-day
win he that of a regular legislative
day. In order to find a precedent for
the session to-day the House mana
gers went back to 1911, when the
House held q session on March 2 be-
cause of the pressure of public husi-
ness, two Gays before the final Rd-
journmenL. March 4.
Cannon EuIOgfzes Cummings.
Mr. Gamer in his eulogy of Mr..
Cummings to-day concluded his re-
marks as follows:
But what of the other side of the
river? Revelation and faith tells US
that we need not go there alone. for
we enjoy the universal desire that is
to be found in each human unit from
the beginning of the race to the pres
ent time of the life beyond this life
The universal protest against extinc-
ton is the strongest kind of evidence
that our respective Municipalities are
not to be wiped out, and all hope and
believe that somewhere in the great be-
yond under the universal law we will
each one continue to achieve 1lace
in the infinite existence that we are
entitled to occupy.
Il trust when l shall cross the dark
river that 1 may arrive in that place
in space or condition when / shall
meet such men as Amos j. Cummings
and those with whom I have served
that have crossed the river-Samuel ].
Randall, Benjamin Butterworth, 5. 5.
Cox and many others l could name
and in such condition 1 shall be glad
and content"
Those who paid tribute to the MEM
Dry of Mr.. Cummings were Messrs.
Mcclellan, Democrat of New York;
Foss. Republican, of Illinois; Cannon,
Republican, of Illinois; Sulzer. Demo-
crat, of New York; Mccall, Republic
can, of Massachusetts; Myer, Demo-
crat, of Louisiana; Clark, Democrat
of Missouri; Dayton, Republican, of
West Virginia. Goldfogle, Democrat,
of New York; Lessler, Republican, of
New York, and Hooker, Democrat, of
Mississippi.
Many Spoke of Otey.
Eulogies were then pronounced on
the late Representative Otey of Vir-
ginia by Messrs. Jones of Virginia,
Jenkins, Republican, of Wisconsin;
Flood, Democrat, of Virginia; Lanham,
Democrat, of Texas: Hay, Democrat.
of Virginia; Morris, Republican, of
Minnesota; Swanson, Democrat, of
Virginia: DeArmond, democrat, of
Missouri: Rhea, Democrat, of Virginia;
Mccall Republican, of Massachusetts;
Rixey, Democrat, of Virginia; Graft,
of Illinois; w. w. Kitch-
in, Democrat, of North Carolina: and
Lamb. Democrat, of Virginia.
At 3:25 p. M, as a further mark of
respect to the memory of the two de-
ceas ed~ members. the House adjourned
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