Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-20
IN MEMORY OF QUAY
EULOGY BY HIS SUCCESSOR,
SENATOR KNOX.
Special Session of the House of Repre-.
sentatives observation-disclosures
by Seven Members.

Senator Knox of Pennsylvania delivered
the last address in the Senate Saturday in
memory of Matthew S. Quay. Mr. Knox fin
lshed at o:o6 pm. and the Senate immedi-
atefy adopted a motion made by him to
adjourn as further mark of respect to
Mr.. Quay's memory.
Senator Knox said, in part:
MI. President: / am informed that the
custom of the Senate permits, and nv in
chnauon surely impels me, before moving
al adjournment of the Senate as an addi-
tloHal mark of respect for the distinguished
dead, to add brief word of eulogy. which
l will limit to the relations in which knew
well.
We have listened with profound interest
ana qualification to senators who have feel
lhsiy and eloquently described and Illus
tiated the manly qualities, the striking
CHARACTERISTICS, the dominant political tone
ana the public services of the remarkable
man to whose memory this service is de-
voted.
Il knew Senator Quay for a shorter
period and less intimately on that side.
his gifts as born leader of men; his emf
nent services to the nation the state of
Pennsylvania and his party, his master
ship of the art of statecraft and political
hnesse, and his magnificent strategy and
courage, which on more than one occasion
turned threatened defeat into victory in
struggles of great national consequence
need no further tribute from me-
Quay in His Home.
Senator Quay was known to his friends
ana lntlmates as a man of the most extern
sive acquaintance with the literature of his
language and of large requirements in the
knowledge of books The classic literature
OF England, the great books of history the
biographies of renowned men were all IA
mlllar to him.
He was versed in Egyptology. had stud
led profoundly all that pertains to the
great domain of learning, and was a stu
dent of that delightful branch of literature
devoted TO the mythology of the Morse
men. In history he was deeply read, and
1t was his custom after arduous day to
take up the ancient histories of Greece and
Rome and quiet his mind and prepare him
self for rest by conversing with the great
characters of the past.
1T was delightful to sit with him when
he was inclined to converse on some great
book or some great branch of literature
and listen to his perspcuous judgment of
topics and their treatment.
Loved His Books.
Senator Quay loved his home his family,
his friends. his books and nature No man
ever really knew him who did not know
him in relation to these things he valued
most. 1t was in this way of personal ac-
duaintance and private friendship that 1
L
valued this relation to him, and like so
many other men in and out of his own
state. realized the attractive combna ton
in his character of the elements of manly
courage and warmth of heart
In my last conversation with him but
few days prior to his death, he manifest
ed by OBTAINING look and gesture the yearn-
ing for human sympathy and companion
snip TO Which L have referred, and yet in
speaking of his rapidly approa ching death
he harked back to the wild in his wish that
he could go to the Maine woods and die like
an old gray wolf upon a lonely rock This
was neither hopefulness nor defiance; it
was simply the instinct of a brave man to
meet his fate in the open and face to face
TO confront death knowingly and with cour-
ageouS equanimity.
Memorial Service in House.
Sitting in special session, the House of
Representatives yesterday conducted me-
mortal services in tribute to the memory of
Senator Quay of Pennsylvania. Mr.. Dali
zell presided. Seven members eulogized Mr.
Quay's life and character. The remarks
We're particularly expressive Of the esteem
in which he was held and extolled him as
a man, as useful public servant and an
organizer of wonderful ability. Mr.. Gros-
venor of Ohio repeated the details of q
meeting held in Washington in 1885, when
the friends of Mr. Mckinley, among them
Senator Hanna, were not confident of his
nomination, and in which emergency, he
said, they turned to Senator Quay to take
command on account of his powers as an
organizer Mr.. Quay, he said, declined be-
cause he had already committed himself ito
the movements of another gentleman, not a
candidate for the presidency" and because
he could not, without disappointment to
that gentleman, refuse to carry out what
he had promised to do The Incident was
related by Mr. Grosvenor as an example
of Senator Quays answering loyalty to his
friends, after once making them promise
The following were those who spoke:
Messrs. Adams, Sibley, Kline, Brown and
Bates of Pennsylvania, Grosvenor of Ohio
and Goulden of New York. After the adop-
ton of appropriate resolutions the House
at lao pm, as further mark of respect,
adjourned