The Irish standard., 1905-02-18
Revolutionary period.

Revolutionary period.
New York sent George Clinton. n
greater war governor, and one of the
greatest men of the Revolutionary
epoch, and his companion was the
head of the great family of Livingston
From New Jersey is Stockton, the first
senator of the name, and Phil Kearny.
to the Federal arms what Pat Gle
burnc was to the Confederate. Muhl-
enburg, the first speaker, Il preacher 4,
soldier Of the Revolution, and Robert
Fulton. inventor of the steamboat, are
| from Pennsylvania. Ohio sent Presi-
| dent Garfield and Governor Allen.
Maryland is represented by Charles
Carroll of Carrollton and John Hanson.
West Virginia sent Governor Pierl,ont
and Senator Kennu. Texas sent Hous-
ton and Austin, AM Missouri is repre-
| scntAl by Thomas II. Benton and
Frank Blair These are all the states
hat are fully represented.
Indiana sent Oliver p. Morton. Illi-
nois james Shields. and Wisconsin
French Catholic priest. Pere Mar
qucttc. This was in rcbuke to A. p.
.A.isn. then aTrather lively echo of
he worst feature of Know Nothing
ism. The little red Sclloolhousc was an
issue in Wisconsin at the time and the
state was turned over to tho Demo-
Gratis. II YOU would read a fine bit Of
rlolucnce get Senator Villas speech,
presenting the statue to the republic,
Ii was never presented to the house
and never accepted; but it is conspicu-
olS in Statuary Hail. and attracts more
attention than any other. One reason
is that he is III the vcstmcnts of n
Catholic priest. and another is that it
is Il very superior work of art. Maine
| sent her first govcrnor--William King
and thereby hangs Il tale.
| II was in 1878, and Blaine was Il
senator. The day before the statue
was presented he served notice on Sell
ntorS lIOar and Dawes that he expect
cd to talk word or two of and COLI
ccrning Massachusetts, alnl it was
well understood that the man from
| Maine had Il rod in pickle for the old
commonwealth ever since the Cincin-
natl convention of 1876 had preferred
X. Il. Hayes to him. Mr.. Blaine made
a dashing speech on this occasion, as
on all others He began with an
eulogy upon some of his predecessors
in the senate-JOhn Holiness Peleg
Sprguc. George Evans, and William
Pitt FesSemlcn. This sentence is char
ncteristicnlly BIainesque: "Mr. Evans
would have been the leader of the sen
ate with Clay, Webster and Calhoun
out of 1t. Mr.. Fcssendcn's prominence
would not have been so marked had
the iIluStriOllS trio been his contempO-
rarrS." These two were very remark
able men. Fcssentlen was the greatest
scnator the Republican party ever had.
Evans left the national legislature be-
fore the Republican party was born,
but his generation regarded him as sec
ond to Webster only as a iurist,
thinker. an orator, and Il statesman
among all the distinguished men New
England had produced.
But on this occasion Blaine was in
more hulnOr for criticism than eulogy.
Governor King. unlike his brother,
Rufus King. was Democrat He was
Il patriot in the war of 1912. He had
divorced church and state in AIassa-
chusetts in 1871. He was the leader
in the secession of Maine from Massa-
chusetts. and he made Maine a Demo-
cratic state. Mr.. Blaine in his eulogy
denounced the tOpperhcadism Of Mas
sachusetts in 1S12-15, and was exceed
ingly severe No sooner was he
through than Father Dawes came to
the front in defense of his state, aud
lie and Blaine could in no wise agree
as to the facts. Mr.. Hoar then took
the floor and in the course of his re-
marks said this:
"Mr. President it is said that Gov
crnor William King rendered some
service in resisting and terminating