Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-12

for, reached the house Mr.. Tongue had
passed away
At his bedside when his end came were
his daughter, Mis- Bertha Tongue, and an
adopted daughter; Miss Ruane. Mrs.
Tongue is in Hillsboro',, Mr.. Tongues Ore
gon home, and to that place the body will
be taken for burial. leaving here at 7:45
road. "f@4
Funeral Arrangements.
The funeral train. viii leave the Pennsyl-
vania station at 7:45 O'Clock tonight. The
congressional committee appointed by
Speaker Henderson THIS morning to &C
company the remains consists of Repre-
sentatives Moody of Oregon, Burton of
Ohio, Payne of New Y FORK. Bishop of Mich
igan, Davidson ofWisconsin, McLa chlan of
California Ransdell of Louisiana, Bellamy
of North Carolina. Needham of California,
Sutherland of Utah and Bates of Pennsyl
vana. Some Of the members on the COM
A representative OF the sergeant arms
will also make the trip. Many members of
the House will escort the remains from the
K street residence to the station
The funeral train will reach Portland Sat
urday and proceed directly to Hillsboro',
where the funeral will be held Sunday.
The return trip will begin at once anu the
congressional party arrive in Washington
the last of next week. The return will
probably be made by the way of San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles and then east over
the Santa Fee road. This will be the
longest funeral trip taken by members of
the House for many years.
Mr.. Tongue is the thirteenth member of
the Fifty-seventh Congress who has died
since that Congress came into existence.
The body will be accompanied to Hills
boro by Miss Bertha Tongue Mr. Thomas
H. Tongue, jr.. Miss Ruane, his secretary,
and for some years practically a member
Of the family, and Miss Marcia Paschal of
hj1 oft VII nf
other members of the family are in Wash
ington. Mrs. Tongue, two other daughters,
Miss Marie and Miss Florence, and a son,
Mr.. Burke Tongue, are now in Hillsboro'
wife Of District Attorney~Reams of Oregon.
lives at Jacksonville, and Mrs Frank Free
man, a fourth daughter. resides in Port
land.
Tongue, was notified of his death, and i'm
mediately took charge of the arrangements
He telegraphed the sad news to Mrs.
Tongue, and at o'clock last night a reply
was received from the son at Hillsboro'
Action Of the House.
The death of Mr.. Tongue, coming as it
did without the slightest warning, was the
topic of general conversation at the Cap-
itol today.
Adjournment was had in the House
without the transa elton of business on this
regret and esteem for their departed col
league. Mr.. Tongue had long been recog-
nized as most able representative of his
state in Congress, He saw that Oregon
had many wants from the national govern
ment and but few representatives, and he
therefore, devoted his energies almost ex-
clusively to the necessities of his state
In this work he was most successful. He
worked in harmony with the people Of
his state in making his demands on Com
gress, and they ably seconded and backed
up those demands to the end that he near
ly always succeeded in getting what he
went after. Mr.. Tongue was not demon
strative man. He rarely made a speech in
the House. and when he did talk on the
floor it was nearly always on matters per-
tanning to his state or the Pacific slope He
had a genial disposition, and, conservative
his friends were many and their friend
ship substantial.
Action OF, Committee.
At meeting Ct the river and harbor
committee, called this morning for the pur-
pose, resolutions of regret were drawn and
unanimously agreed TO- to the effect that:
1--WE desire in thelmost earnest way to ex-
press our sense Of, loss, at the death of our
esteemed associate, Thomas H. Tongue of
Oregon, who died at his residence in Wash
ington January H. 1903.
each and all f1rthef desire to bear tes-
tfmony to his splendid ability, great ear
nestness and indefatigable industry AS a
member Of this committee he was untiring
in his efforts, and exhibited profound COM
prehension of thescommercial necessities of
our country. We recognize him as one who
earnestly labored for his constituency, and,
in most patriotic way. for his country.
His genial compahionship endeared him to
all of us, and in his sudden death we feel a
great personal loss The state of Oregon
and the country at large have lost a yaIu
able honest and capable representative.
1t was resolved that this expression of
the committees esteem for him and of
their sense of personal loss be spread upon
the records and a copy be presented to his
family. y
Sketch Of Mr.. Tongues Career.
Mr.. Tongue was a native of Lincolnshire.
England, and was frty-eight years old in
June last. He came TO this country with
hts parents at the age OF fifteen. and had
lived in Washington county, Oregon, since
that time He was admitted to the hsr In
1870, SITTER graduating from the Pacific Unit
yers.ty, at Forest Grsve He began the
pra c..ne OF law n Hkl.storo' at once and
ttts Rad been hts home syar since Besides
a., active lax practice, hs also became .n-
terested *, STOCK raising, which huxsnesa he
conducted successfully
H,a po5pcaI career began Ia 1885, when
he was elected to the State sonata. In which