Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-18
EUL LOG|ES Of QUAY
Tributes in the Senate This
Afternoon.
A COMPLEX CHARACTER
A POLITICAL GENERAL AND A
LOVER OF BOOKS.
His Late Associates Praise His Quail
ties Of Mind and Heart in
Eloquent Periods.

The Senate today paid tribute to the
memory of the late Senator Quay of Penn
sylvania. A large number of senator's
spoke on the life and work of the Penn
sylvanian who for many years main
tanned his political supremacy in his state
in face of many powerful opponents.
His colleague in the Senate Mr.. Penrose,
was the first speaker, beginning his re-
marks Immediately after the close OF
morning business The galleries were well
filed. There were many PennsylNanians
present
IN addressing you today" said Mr. PEN
rose. Il bear my last tribute to the mem
ory of one with whom held associations
of peculiar intimacv. social. political ana
official for a period of about twenty years
Tested in many severe political contests,
Our relations were seldom marred ny any
disa greement, and never encountered AN
oncaSion to disturb our mutual confidence
and regard
His Character Complex.
.,1;s character was complex, and his
abilities so extraordinary as to be many
| times misunderstood. A fair estimate cam
NOT he made of him except with the per-
| snective of time. He was a soldier with as
brilliant a record for bravery az ~ con-
| tanned in the history OF the civil war Il
| scholar with as broad a OASIS OF c"i'"i"
and learning as was possessed 10y any
| nublic man of his time la the 'hiteu
| states. statesman ever true to the best
| principles of American patriotism: po-
| iitical general whose battles VIII nave
| nlaces in political annals like those OF
Marlborough and Napoleon III lhe i''
| of military campaigns.
.'Kindliness of manner. simplicity OF
speech, sympathy of feeling. We're the ord
| inary traits of his character. He was re-
| markably unaffected and unpretentious He
was not above the common failings or hu-
manity. He possessed remarkable serenity
| of mind. His ordinary attitude toward
| calumny was one of genuine ind1Herehce.
| He seldom harbored any bitterness. ana
was ever ready to be reconciled with those
to whom he had been opposed. He com
| manded the adherence OF his followers oy
the confidence inspired of his courage ana
| ability and he was feared by his oppon-
| ents. who recalled his many victories and
| his resourceful skill.
Had Rare Discernment.
| He had rare discernment and judgment
| as to public sentiment. and upon not a
| single OCCASION did he advocate weak or
| un-American principle His vote was al
| most invariably recorded on the right side
| of a question. Many of his most notable
| political acts We're apparently done without
| consultation with or knowledge on the part
| of his political associates. On these occa-
| sions he seemed to act with a sudden IN
| tuition. which seldom failed of successful
| vindcation He seemed to take in at
| glance the weak point in the enemy lines.
| and to know with intuition amounting 10
/ military genius the point 10 which 10 "ifect
his attack.
| "Freouently himself the subject of at
| tack he never failed at the proper time
| to assume the aggressive. He dld not zeal
| in lofty pretensions, but 1ew men were
| more careful not to perform any act taat
| would rebound to the discredt of his
| country.
Mr.. Quay's Last Illness.
His illness began about year before
his death. For time he seemed L" I'M
| prove, and gave much OF his time 10 out
door exercise. Never a strong man phys
,cal1v he prided himself on his endurance
and believed that outdoor life would restore
biz, Va health and give him years of life.
| He began to lose flesh gradually. his slonl-
ach refused to assimilate food, ana m
creasing weakness followed. He gradually
| came to expect death. and although ne en-
tertained the hope that he might possibly
recover, no relief came, and the sapplhs
of his vitality continued he at iast re- re-
moved to his home In beaver, waich ne
| never again left. He showed great stoicism
| IN his last illness. CoOlly and hrmIy he
took leave of earthly things On the Thurs
dav before his death he asked TO DE TAKEN
to his famous library, remarklng TO MS
attendants, want 10 sec HS po'h' oo
more before de ,,, .. 1T.
funeral should only consist OF tnose ssn, VIZ
cia tion with him, and that no one shouIl
| he invited merely on account OF proIniIienSoo .
or wealth. Almost the last Ieauest ,,ere re
| wade before his death was that me- tnet
should he placed upon his tomb the insefip-
,;on .Impiora Pacem' (pray for peace.
"The serenity with which ne m,et @ ,nia nis
| a.ath was the best refutation oI tie '
| ,n,nv he encountered through HE
Senator Scott's Eulogy.
Senator Scott, warm personal iiieh' u
Mr. Quay. followed Senator rem ,
.Essbtine for his right to a seat in THIS
Senate. Matthew Stanley quay WIS oh' "
tho first to greet me and bld me we CONC
- nv state honored me by sending me
hare - Mr.. Scott said. ut was the reheWai va,
Of a friendship begun years before aia iIa
warm greeting was especiaiS
He smoke Of his political career, slEihs'
..Wai do / remember my first lntihld %
acquaintance with him IL was aui iihG ,i5,,,t t,,o
canopaie1 of 1883. when, as the Iifsl duiliii
;stration of President Cleveland was draw
ing to a close. the republican party Was
striving to elect General harrison oI m
diana Still staggering from the hfst oe
go in -hirty years the party was not IN
| No hest possible condition to win. Inc
members of the national committee had
met, the executive comihiltee 10 n,' naluio
the affairs of tie campaign had been chosen
/ and Mr. Quay was in the saddle Silent
hut cautious, alert and active, but above
ali full of confidence, he soon had us AL
eager and anxious for the fray. The re-
| salt of that campaign is known to all men
and il was in these months of close con-
fdence that l learned to appreciate and ad-
| n9irs his genius for leading and directing.
Again in 1896 / was even more intimately
associated than before with him IN our ef-
fort to elect William Mckinley. He spent
a large portion of the time of that cam
| paign with US ut Headquarters in New YORK
and my feelings of respect and admlratlon
were only increased by this association.
Then came his welcome to me to the Sen
ate and my Close friendship with him since
A Born Political General.
Senator Platt of New York, known as q
warm personal friend of Quay, spoke OF his
j, | character in eulogistic language
MY relations with our departed col
league he said, contrary to the general
belief were Intermittent rather than con-
tinuous and were political rather than in-
timately personal Yet during these infre-