New-York tribune., 1905-01-20
LODGES EULOGY OF HOAR
The Senator addresses the General
Court of Massachusetts,.

Boston. Jan 1s.-The tribute of the great and
general court OF Massachusetts to the memory of
the late United States Senator George Frsbie Hoar
was formally paid to-day. Before joint conven-
tion of the Senate and House. and in the presence
OF Governor Douglas and others Of the executive
branch of the government. United States Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge. for many years a colleague Of
Senator Hoar delivered an address the life and
services of his distinguished associate.
Twice in recent years. by invitation of the legis-
lature, Senator Hoar himself had spoken from the
rostrum which Senator Lodge occupied to-day. In
1897 he made historical address the occasion
of the delivery by Ambassador Thomas Bayard to
Governor Roger Wolcott of the famous Bradford
History Of the Plymouth Colony. Six years later
he gave another address before a joint convention
of the legislature.
Senator Lodges address was a review of Mr..
Hoars entire life, and began with details of his
ancestry and the conditions surrounding his birth
and childhood His espousal OF the anti-slavery
cause, and his long and useful career in the House
and Senate were recounted at length. Coming down
to later events. Senator Lodge continued as fellows:
The new generation inclined to the view Of sci
ence and history that there were lneradicable off
ferences between the races of men. They qQes-
to capacity; they refused 70 believe tnat people
totally ignorant, to whom freedom and self
fully the complex machinery of constitutional and
representative government which IL had cost the
Through ali these shifting phases of thought and
feeling MIR. Hoar remained unchanged, man Of
rs his ideals unatered, his faith in the quick per-
the world OF men sui glowins. with the warmth
and light of eager youth And When all is said,
SPOKEN their last word the ideals SO cherished by
him still stand as noble and inspiring as me daILn
pP4e pEete "hioh 'ne' 'sS's0 was ''''-'' -'-1 s'
to high ideals is sure TO possess great Loyalty OF
soul 1t is from such men that martyrs have been
seed nf ehUrches and across whose fallen bodies
great causes have marched to triumph. But it is
waIPeo, ILat e tGe HEeOise come Ghose VINO
m IlschieDoGs % saIests , he end Who usually are
thoroughly harmful, not on.y to the especial cause
they te eatreiy o1ariooE There is therefore no slight
peril in the temperament OF the thorough golng
fdealis unless it is balanced and contronsd as II
with Mr. Hoar by sound sense I aael ana 3y an an
appreciation Of the relation which the the deast and
Loyalty to his ideals. moreover, was not his only
n9t f6a faiths or take sides lightly or inderently
He loved the great party he had helped TO found
and not a blind affection. He more than once diff
fared from his party he some ;lmes & opposed It on
it on a great national issue. but he never would
ee Il he eYff bgh daa5 IA and ID SnRrvn loyalty
we're not confined TO public life and pub ic duty.
the eyes of the world and then lower and forget
them in the privacy OF doq3esue iife and IN the
days when plain living and high thinking" was
but real belief, and to that belief he always
adhered. He cast away a large income and all
Ais love for his native land was intense and
mastering emotion His family and frtends-Massa-
rbrsetts Concord. Harvard Coll ge-he loved and
served them all with passion of affection in which
there was no shadow of turning. His pride in the
Senate in its history and its power. and his affec
tion for it, only eXcelled by his jealous
for its dignity and its prerogatives. He might at
times critcise its actions. but be would permit no
one else do SO, TO reflect in his presence upon
what he regarded as the greatest legislative body
ever devised by man, wherein the ambassadors Of
sovereign States met together 70 guard and to ad-
vance the fortunes Of the Republic.
Beneath manner onetimeS cold, sometimes alb
sent minded often Indifferent. beat of tie
derest hearts in the world. lie WAS = fearless ami
ready fighter; he struck hard. and did not finch
from the return HIS tongue could bitter
words, which fell like a whip and left re-
hind but he cherished no rese9tmeutS. he nurSed
no grudges As the shadows heightened he soft ned,
and grew even gentler and more tolerant he
caustic wit gave place and more TO the kindly
humor which Of his greatest attrib ites.
In the latter days he would fain be II peace with
all and he sought for that which was 2 a1 in
every about him. He died in the fulness of
years with his affections unchilie1. his fine intel
iect undimmed de met death with the calm cour-
age with which he had faced the trials Of Life.