Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-29

Lever made upoil a presiding officer in the
Congress of the United Statcs Accused
| q seeking to Put upon his head q crown
| Of glory att the expense OF the rights OF
! the House of Representatives stigmatized
er" In difiance of parliamentary law
| "a scurvy politician in defiance OF right
and justice. denounced from the floor OF
the House as the worst tyraut that ever
presided over o deliberative Dody. ne
f, held his course serene, dignlfed and
masterful ard calmly answered The
House will nor allow Itself to be deceived
py epithets No man can deseripe me
action and Judgment of this chair III ian
guage which will endure unless that in
! sciiption be true. Whatever is DONE has
| been done in the face of the world. and is
subject to it's discriminating Judgment.
For this greatest service rendered to
the National House of REPRESENTATIVES
since the adoption of the, constitution, he
MAS refused the. customary +. COURTESY .i of
retiring Speaker.ifor thestirst{time instlseI
history Of, the ceyntfy; and in he fs21itrtlf
6 OF dhe E, spsaksgs room VIII h{T Hgge
heart fulletb over flowing tinBbfrter 9te;irss
ne. realized the Mony Of gtgaf4peS$si nlsss4
tie who ascends to moupt9i9 t9ffps 81. SHY !.
The ioftiest reaiss most wrapped in clouds
= = and snow, 9ea
He who SURPRISES or subdues mankind.
Must bl look down on the hate Of those
Though high above the sun OF Glory.
And far beneath the Earth and ocean
Round him are icy rocks and loudly blow
Contendlng tempests on his naked head.
And thus reward the tolls which 10 those
SUBMITS lead"
But his justification was swift full
land complete, when in the t1tty-third Con-
yrpSS. nHT1lNZp6s and mol ffp
old Fule the democratic leader rose and
said:
This is the question of whether this
House.ef Representatives of the people of
the United States shall have such rules
for its government as will enable us to do
the business that our constituents have
sent as here to 90. We have tried the old
system. we have been here a month with
ont doing two DAYS actual business. and
our constituents are tired of it: and
hope this House is tired of it'll viii hail
the adoption Of this rule as the dawn of
a new era in American legislation"
No Justification could be more completes.
no victory more triumphant, but with II
grander grace and nobler dignity than
that OF Caesar when he put away the
crown, Mr.. Reed rose and said:
Mr.. Speaker. Lido not desire to address
the House again upons the general sub
ject This scene here today is a more
effective address than any / could make
The House is about to adopt the princi-
pie Tor which We commended in the fifty
first Congress: and isE;tbout to adopt it
under circumstances which show con-
clnsively to the country its value No
words that l can utter can add to the i'm
portance of the occasion. ! congratulate
the hfty-third Congress upon the wise de
cision that it is about to make
His devotion to his wife and daughter
was the dominant feature Of his life
and the true index of his character. II
was not chiefly because he differed from
his party on the question OF Imperial
ism or on. any other question that he
resigned from the House; but because he
felt tnat he could not longer put off the
the future comfort of his family If ne
should be taken away. After a quarter
Of century of public service. he retired
from office honorabiy poor and iinmedi-
ately without solicitation on his part, |
was rendered a partnership in q leading
New York lawiiirm with a guaranteed in
come five times the amountof his salary
as Speaker of the House. He was easily
pre-eminent in private life as in public |
Office He was welcomed to the highest
circles of literature and art; and however
or distinguished was the COM
pany, where the MacGregor sat was the
head of the table"
AS Speaker of the House of Repre-
of the United States he tow
cred in the vanguard of line of brilliant
statesmen, like Saul among the Apostles. |
AS leader of the Republican minority, ne
stood in the gap at the head of his dis |
seminated cohorts, holding the pass
against all OuuS, asa SlIlSIe-IldnUe0, III |
the midst of mighty adversaIies he was
like Samson among the PhiliStineS. Death |
struck him at the zenith of his fame. in I
full possession of all his splendid powers
OF intellect and he fell
'.AS fail on Mount ANernuS, q lightning
Snlittcn oak.
]3nt Death has won no victory over
Thomas Il. Reed. Thank God there are
some things that Death cannot destroy or |
take away. |
1T cannot take away the grace of life
Its loneliness of look that Virtue gives
Its port erect with consciousness of truth |
It's rich attire of honorable deeds
It's fair report that's rife on good mems |
1t cannot lay it's hands on these. no more |
Than it can pluck his brightness from |
the Sun.
Or with polluted finger tarnish it,
Mr. SWEET subsequently moved that |
when the question was put on the adop- |
ton of the resolutions, 1t be- taken by 4 |
rising vote,
The CHAIR: You have heard the reso-j
lltions which have been offered by the
from Cumberland (Mr. Ran
dalD.- and it has been moved that wien |
the vote is taken 1t be by n rising vote
Al those. who favor the passage of the
IN their places. 3,t L
The members arose.
The CHAIR: The resolutions have been
adopted.
The purposes for which the assembly
was Called having been accomplished, it !
was dissolved. and the Governor and his
suite and the Senate retired.
MIR. SWEET of Portland: Mr.. Speaker.
as n further mark of respect to the mem
Dry of Mr.. Reed. | move that the House
10 now adjourn.
The motion was agreed to.