The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-21

| On the floor were many members of
| the house of representatives., including
| those who were associates in congress
OF Mr.. Ingalls, Every member of the
Kansas house delegation attended the
senate exercises. and later. Senator
Long and a number of fellow senators
went to the house for the exercises
4 there.
Governor Hoch's Letter.
Governor Hoch made the formal
presentation of the statue to congress
| by letter. Governor Hoch's letter to
congress says:
sentatives, Washington. D. c.:
Among the many distinguished
men whose fame has honored the state
| of Kansas, the life of no one has
/ the life of John. James ingalls,. His
name is indelibly inscribed upon the
most brilliant pages of the states his
tory. Grateful for his eminent serv-
Ices. and proud of his great achieve
ments the state legislature two years
ago made an appropriation for the
purchase of a suitable statue as
tribute to his memory, to be reared in
Statuary hall. where congress con-
ferred upon his people the rare honor
of providing place for It. This beau
tiful and precious piece OF Statuary is
now ready for formal acceptance by
the government, and in behalf of the
legislature of Kansas, and of the peo-
pie they and represent, have the
great honor and pleasure of present
ing it to the people of the United
States and their representatives. in
congress assem- bled.
During the ceremonies attendant to
resentative Reeder presided in the
house. Congressman Curtis read the
letter from Governor Hoch.
Promptly after the conclusion of the
routine morning business, Mr.. Long
called up his resolution Of acceptance
of the Ingalls, statue, and presented the
letter of Governor Hoch, rendering to
congress the likeness of the dead sena-
Senator Long, and able senators from
both sides of the chamber who served
with and knew Mr.. ingalls,, made brief
addresses
The house exercises, according to
the resolution introduced by Mr.. Cur
tbs, were at $3.50 p. m. They were
equally impressive with those in the
senate.
Mrs. ingalls,, in the house, occupied
the private seats Of Speaker Cannon in
the members gallery She was attend
ed by members of her family, and near
by were old time friends, and mem
bers of families of the Kansas house
members and Mrs. Long, wife of the
The addresses of the Kansas house
members were excellent. Particularly
fine was that of Representative Camp
bell The address of Charles f. Scott,
epresentative-at-lar who enjoyed
an unusual acquaintance with the late
Senator Ingalls,, was also SchOlarIy
and pleasing one. Mr. Murdock dWelt
upon Ingalls, the satirist, and set forth
some interesting thoughts. Mr. Curtis
paid the late senator high tribute.
other Kansas members of the house,
and those of the house who were not
from Kansas, but who had served
with Mr.. Ingalls,~lent impressiveness
and great interest TO the occasion
MIR. CampbelI's Address.
z 70, hall u1i6
in part in his mastery address:
1.-THE consideration of appropria-
tons, revisions, rates, and rebates is
laid aside the while we reflect upon
death, and attempt, in the only way
we can, to give immortality to life.
The ceremonies of this hour deal with
the fact of death and the question of
immortality.
Everywhere, in field and mart and
capital, from the cradle to the grave, |
life is at war with death. 1t is an
unequal encounter The millions who
have come involuntarily to the cradle |
have gone involuntarily to the grave.
The strong are as impOtent in the |
struggle as the weak. Thrones and /
empires are not citadels of defense
for kings and emperors- The hovel /
and the shack furnish no refuge for /
the poor and helpless. Soon or late,
all lie down together in the 'democ- |
racy of the grave.
Senator Ingalls, has tried the prob
lem of life and solved the mystery of
death. While busy with care, anxiety,
hate, love, ambition, he often paused
to ask with the sages, philosophers
and prophets of the ages, if a man
die, shall he live again ??
There has been, and is, much con-
ISOLATION in the fact that the question
of the souls Immortality is not left
for answer to the wise, whose bodies
rest in abbeys of renown, and whose
statues adorn halls of fame, more
than to the simple who come and go
M a
crowd. To the innumerable throng.
the heavens declare the glory of God,
and the armament shOweth His handi-
work; to the great multitude sue
ceeding days are eloquent with speech
and night unto night are resplendant
with knowledge Tho there is no
voice or language, immortality is
written everywhere upon the earth
and in the heavens.
MAY we hope that all the countless
dead now know the truth declared by
Jesus of Nazareth, that the soul shall
never die. If it were not so, why this
effort to perpetuate, in marble, an
effigy of dust? Why did he, to whose
image we give fame, devote so much
time, and draw upon so much talent
to rear for himself a monument that
shall remain when the marble we un-
veil shall be yelled again with the dust
and ashes of the ages2
''The drapery of night is hung from
the horizon with a star.
kansas honored ingalls, and In
gals honored Kansas.
Few loved him. many feared him,
but all admired him He loved his
home and was bound by its ties He
loved his state and gloried in its his
tory. He loved his country and was
devoted to its Institutions. He re-
turned too early to the skies.
Iikened Unto the Valhalla.
esentative-at-Large Charles F.
Scott began his tribute to Mr.. ingalls,
by a reference to Asgard, the home of
the old Morse gods, where stood the
great ValhaIla. the battle hall. Here,
in the presence of the god Odin, the