Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-28
A MEMORIAL SERVICE
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Eulogies Pronounced Of the
Late Senator Hoar.
MR.. HODGES TRIBUTE
OTHER SENATOR'S PRAISE THE
MASSACHUSETTS STATESMAN.
Addresses Listened to by a Large Gath.
ertng on the Floor and in
the Galleries.
MR. HODGES TRIBUTE

Oh the senate and in the galleries when
the speeches on the life and character of
the great statesman were begun Immediate
iy after the morning hour. Representative
elect Rockwell Hoar, son of the late sem
ator, and his wife were In the senator's
gallery.
chaplain Hale, who was a lifelong friend
or Mr. Hoar. made touching reference to
him IN the opening prayer
before the memorial services were en-
tered upon Mr.. Platt of Connecticut pre-
scented the credentials of Morgan G. Bulk
ley as senator from Connecticut, and the
Senate passed a, resolution presented by MIR.
Proctor making inquiry of the Secretary of
War why the fresh meat used by American
troops In the Philippines was not purchased
In the United States.
Senator Lodges Tribute.
Senator Lodge was the first speaker Of
the day. He paid a tribute to his late col
league that will be Of historic interest as
an estimate of the work Of the late senator
and as an estimate of the character Of the
man.
ITO appreciate properly and understand
intelltgently any man who has made sub
stantial achievement in art or letters, IN
philosophy or science. in war or politics.
and who has also lived to the full the life
or his time, we must turn first to those
conditions over which he himself had no
control" said Mr.. Lodge. In his tnheri-
tances, In the time and place OF birth, in
the influences and the atmosphere of child
mood and youth we can often find the key
to the mystery which every human exis-
tence presents. and obtain a larger explana-
ton OF the meaning of the character and
career before us than the mans own life
and deeds will disclose.
This Is especially true of Mr.. Hoar, for
his race and descent, his time and place OF
birth are full of significance II we would
rightly understand one who was at once
remarkable and highly representative
man. He came of a purely English stock.
His family in England were people of con-
s.deration and substance, possessing both
education and established position before
America was discovered.
Senator Hoar was descended from an
elder brother of the president of Harvard.
John Hoar. evidently a man of as strong
character and marked abilities as the rest
of his family The old records contain
more than one account of his clashings
with the inteleraht and vigorous theocracy
which governed Massachusetts, and Of the
fines and imprisohments which he endured;
but he never seems either to have lost
the respect of the community or to have
checked his speech"
Work in the Senate.
OF his work In the Senate he said:
Neither time nor the occasion permits me
to trace that long and fine career in the
Senate. Mr.. HG1r was a great senator.
He brought to his service an intense pa
triotism. a trained intellect, wide learning,
profound knowledge of law and history.
an unsullied character and noble abilities
ALI these gifts he expended without meas
ure or stint in his country's service. His
industry was extraordinary and unceasing.
Whatever he spared in life. he never spared
himself In the performance of his public
duty The laws settling the presidential
succession providing for the count of the
electoral vote, for the final repeal Of the
tenure of Office act for a uniform system
of bankruptcy, are among the more con-
spicuous monuments of his industry and
energy and of his power as constructive
laWmaker and statesman. Nor did his actiV-
ity cease with the work of the Senate. He
took a large part in public discussion in
every political campaign and in the politics
of his own state. He was delegate to
four national conventions, a leading figure
in all, and in 1850 he presided at Chicago
with extraordinary power, tact and sue
cess over the stormiest convention. with
single exception. known to our history.
Great Debater.
''In the Senate he was a great debater,
quick in retort, with all the resources of
his mind always at his command. Although
he had no marked gifts of presence, voice
or delivery, he was none the less master
Of brilliant and powerful speech. His style
was noble and dignified, with touch Of
the stateliness of the eighteenth century,
rich In imagery and allusion full of the apt
quotations which an unerring taste, an
iron memory and the widest reading COM
bined to furnish. When he was reused,
when his imagination was fired his feel
ings engaged or his indignation awakened
he was capable OF passionate eioquence
which touched every chord of emotion and
left no one who listened to him unmoved.
At these moments, whether he spoke on the
floor of the Senate, in the presence of a
great popular audience or in the intimacy
Of private conversation, the words glowed,
the sentences marShaled themselves in
stately sequence and the idealism which
was the dominant note of his life was
heard sounding clear and strong above and
beyond all pleas OF interest or expediency.
His High Ideals.
'Mr. Hoars high ideals and answering
loyalty were not confined to public life and
public duty. He was not of those who
raise lofty standards in the eyes of the
world and then lower and forget them in
the privacy of domestic life and in the
beaten way of friendship. He was brought
up in days when plain living and high
thinking was not the mere phrase which
it has since become, but a real belief. and
to that belief he always adhered. He cast
away a large income and all hope of
wealth for, the sake of the public service.
He had ne faculty for saving money and
no desire to attempt it. If he made a large
fee in an occasional case, IL his pen brought
him handsome reward, 1t all went In
books or pictures, in the hospitality he
loved to exefcise,''and In the most private
charities, always far beyond his means.
He once said that he had been more than
thirty years in Mblic life and all he had
accumulated was few books. But there
was no bitterness, no repining in the words.
He respected riches wisely used for the
public good, but he was as free from vul-
gar admiration as he was from the equally
vulgar hatred OF wealth. He was, in a
word. simply indifferent to the possession
of moneys fine attitude, never more
worthy Of 6onsideration and respect than
In these very days.
His Patriotism.
Ellis love for his native land was an In
tense and mastering emotion His country
rose before his Imagination like some god
dess of the infant world. the light Of hope
shining In her luminous eyes. a sweet smile
upon her lips. the sword OF Justice in her
fearless hand her broad shield stretched