Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-30
LED IN THE SENATE
Mcmillan a Power in the
Party Councils.
MR.. LODGES TRIBUTE
A DoER OF DEEDS WHO LEFT HIS
MARK ON LEGISLATION.
Did Not Obtain His Success by Chance
or in the Beaten Way
Of Politics.
MR.. LODGES TRIBUTE

Of Politics.
Senator Lodge said in the course Of his
remarks In the Senate this afternoon re-
garding Senator Mcmillan:
For more than ten years Senator McMil-
Ian filled large place not only In this
body but in the public life of the United
States. He engaged the affection Of all
who knew him and commandes the respect
and confidence of thousands who had never
looked upon his face or listened to the
sound of his voice. He was power in the
Senate, a power in the councils Of his
party, a trusted adviser of Presidents,
doer Of deeds who left his mark on legisla-
ton and upon the political events Of the
time. These are high titles to distinction,
and as we commemorate his services today
it seems most fitting that we should inquire
how 1t came to pass that he won and wore
them so well. He certainly did not obtain
the power and honor, the respect and con-
fidence, the opportunities Of public service
chance nor. with equal truth It may be
said, in the beaten way Of politics.
when he spoke on this floor all that he
said was full Of light and sense, and rested
Solidly on thorough Information. But he
spoke seldom, and still more rarely entered
into debate. He sought no share in the
heavy work of national campaign manage
ment, had no taste for the part Of War
wick, never Strove to be conspicuous In the
hustle and confusion of a great national
convention. Outside his own state his rep
utation was made, his power was gained,
his place among the chief public men Of
our time was won here in the Senate. Won,
too, 1t was not merely without any resort
to intrigues and devices for self-advance-
ment, hut without the usual and natural
aids to distinction which come from activ-
" in 1aho TO oil i,,
which strike the public ear and arrest the
popular Imagination. To attain to reputa-
ton, to power, and to place among the
leaders Of public life, above all to reach re-
suits OF great practical moment to the pub
lie welfare under such conditions, implies
the possession of qualities of high and
somewhat unusual order.
IT is of these qualities that wish brief
ly to speak. First, Mr.. Mcmillan was a
man Of character. In other words he was
honest, courageous, loyal to what he be-
lieved and strong in his belief. He was as
matter of course an able man. No one
could have accomplished what he achieved
both In public and in private life unless he
mad possessed both ability and force in a
marked degree But he had in addition
other and less obvious qualities which went
strongly toward the making of his success.
upon which we ought to dwell, because
they are more likely to be overlooked than
those which met the eyes of all men at the
first glance.
Highest Type of Business Men.
Mr.. Mcmillan came to the Senate with a
high and deserved reputation as a business
man. and this reputation reached far be-
You'd the borders Of his own state He had
developed and built up great industry in
Michigan; he had become leader in many
large enterprises; and in all his undertake
lngs ne had shown Skill foresight and
capacity to remarka BILE degree. The re-
suits of his labors had not only brought
wealth to himself, but had largely aided
the prosperity of the state and city. In
Word, Mr.. Mcmillan, when he entered the
Senate, was and always continued to be a
fine example of the highest type of the
successful American business man. That
type commands in this country, and Justly
commands, uns:inted respect and confidence.
The ability of the United States has very
largely gone into business-into trade COM
merce, transportation, industry and manu-
1actures-because the development of the
country was the work nearest and most
imperative the opportunity for success in
life was there most ample, and because our
instinct as people told US that the widest
and most splendid future for the nation
was to be reached through the gateway of
material expansion.
The bold spirit which a century ago in
splred our merchants to send forth their
vessels TO pioW everywhere with daring
keels the waters of the globe has been
characteristic of our business men in all
the new fields which have opened be-
fore them upon this continent since that
day. AS once, confidipg In crew and vessel
they. drove their ships in safety under a
press of canvas which made the seamen of
other nations stand aghast, with the same
coolness and courage they faced the enor-
nous risks OF new enterprises on land and
met failure not only with constancy, but
with renewed hopes and with unfailing fer
t11ty of resource. With the finer spirits
among them we find also from the begin
ming that behind the honest desire for gain
and riches there was always present the
beilef that they were laboring for their
country as well as for themselves, and
whether they won or lost they had faith
that they were doing the nations work as
well as their own. They did not forget
when they sent a cargo in the early times
across treacherous seas to distant ports that
the flag went with it, and in these later
days when they have opened mines, built
railroads into wildernesses, planted factories
and created industries the thought that
they were also toiling at the upbuilding Of
the United States was never lost.
Responsibilities of Wealth.
Among men and minds Of this high type
Mr.. Mcmillan was conspicuous. and he dealt
with the results Of his success in the same
spirit. He never forgot the responsibilities
Of wealth. To all that might advance
knowledge, to libraries and schools, to all
that might relieve suffering he gave openly
and freely, while at the same time he never
AIoHI tHdt ASeHtteI giving WHICH
reaches the individual man and woman. but
which with him ever preserved that secrecy
In which the left hand knows not what
the right hand doeth.
"A large success in business won by his
own qualities Of mind and character, a spot
less reputation, a wise generosity in the
uses Of wealth, a high public spirit, these
were all his, all known to be his when he
came to the Senate. But there was some
thing else. there was yet another quality
without which all these achievements, all
these honored and honorable gifts and pos
sessions would have failed to win for him
place and power, influence and distinction
In the great field Of public service. This
quality was a fine sanity of mind that clear
perception Of the true relation of mans
self to the universe. 30 often. unconsidered.
SO little valued. andiyet so vital to influence
and to the accomplishment Of deeds worth
doing. And this clear good sense, this un-
disturbed vision which saw the conditions
Of life as they really existed. belonged in
fun measure to Mr. Mcmillan. He never
for single moment made the error, he
never for moment was capable OF making
the error, OF supposiAg that because he had
been a brilliantly sncceSSful man in private