Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12
A LEGISLATIVE TRIBUTE.
h Forty-second General Assembly
of Missouri ExtOls the Services
of George Graham Vest.

Jefferson City, No., March 4.-Sen-
ator Dickinson this morning present
ed in the senate and Representative
Eversole presented in the house reso-
%lutions relative to the retirement of
United States Senator George Graham
Vest. The resolution was adopted
unanimously in both branches of the
general assembly and will be for
warded to Senator Vest.
The resolution reads as follows:
Whereas, At noon on this fourth
day of March, 1908, after, twenty-four
years of continuous, active, distin-
guished and honorable service in the
senate of the United States, the Hon
orable George Graham Vest will vol
UNFAIRLY retire to private life.
sand whereas, during all these
years he has sustained himself with
signal ability, and with great credit
to himself, his state and the nation,
ranking always among the greatest
men in that distinguished delibera-
tive body, in leadership and states.
manship always the equal of his col
leagues, enjoying the confidence, love
and respect of the people of this
great commonwealth and of the ma
ton.
Sand whereas, he has risen to the
proud position of leadership OIL his
merits and ability, and has enjoyed
tho 1ncayva1 "a Ii. ,nar+u
by reason of his fearless and able
championship of the rights of man,
and has won admiration and respect
of his countrymen by his conscien-
tious discharge of his duty, and of
what he believed to be right.
And whereas, Senator George Ora.
ham Vest has, throughout his long
service in the United States senate.
fully measured up to the highest
standard of craftsmanship and worth
lily borne the mantle of Benton, Gey-
er, Green and Blair, and in his per-
o has always been a fit representa-
tive of our imperial state and its
splendid manhood, and by his achieve
ments in the nations greatest forum
has enshrined himself in the hearts of
his countrymen and especially of ev-
cry true Missourian, and won the af-
fections not only of the great nation
al party to whose principles he has
been so devoted, but of his political
opponents as well.
I'm meeting the inevitable compe-
titions of an arduous life his methods
have been such that he has evoked no
just criticisms and envy has never
made an attempt to put a blot upon
his name, and in view of such a rec
ord we hereby express our pride in
his character and achievements.
therefore, be it resolved by the
senate, the house of representatives
concurring, That the members of the
Forty-second general assembly rec
ognize in the Hon. George Graham
Vest one worthy of ourhighest regard
and esteem for his great honesty of
purpose in the discharge of public
duties, our admiration for his great
abilities, Jul congratulations for his
successful career in public life, our
high appreciation of his historic char
acter, worth and great public serv-
his splendid craftsmanship and
unfailing devotion to duty and trust,
and hereby extend to him in his vol
untary retirement to private life our
continued confidence and respect, and
express the hope that in the years to
follow he may enjoy those pleasures
and blessings that come to those
whose life has been well spent, with
consciousness of duties well per-
formed in all his public acts, that has
contributed so much to the goodness
and greatness of his character and
of our beloved state and nation. And
knowing that these assurances by his
people are sincere and earnest.
"We welcome him back to his state
as a plain citizen and friend, trusting
time will deal gently with him
and his; and do now assure him that
his name will always be cherished
and i~ndissolubly linked with the his
tory of this great commonwealth.
"Be it further resolved, That a copy
this resolution, signed by the pre-
officers of the senate and
house of representatives, be forward.
ed to Senator George Graham Vest"