The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-21
HONOR SENATORBA
Memorial Session Yesterday
of the House.
FINE TRIBUTE BY GR0SvENOR
Reunion of the North and south n
Marvel tn Europe-Time Is Here
RighteOusness of Their Cause-Ref-
erence to Presidents Tribute to Lee.

A session of the House Of Representa-
tives was held yesterday. lasting from .
TO $40 o'clock devoted to the delivery Of
eulogies upon the late Senator William
B. Bate, of Tennessee. who died nearly
two years ago. he was a victim Of pneu-
mOnia. contracted by exposure at the in
auguTation OF President Roosevelt. Rep
resentative Sims, Of Tennessee, was
Speaker pro teIH.. and addresses were
made by Representatives Gaines, Brown
low Hale, Butler, Houston, Padgett,
Moon and Sims, Of tennessee, Gros-
venor. of Ohio Clark and De Arnord Of
Missouri; Richardson and Underwood, Of
Alabama: Stanley. Of Kentucky; Lamb.
Of Virginia, and Meyer % Louisiana.
In the course Of his remarks Mr. eros
venor paid fervent tribute to the BRAY
cry Of Heod's army. Of which Bate was a
general officer, at the attack upon Nash
vile after the battle % Franklin. Tenn
Il think there was no greater demon
stratlon of splendid heroism,' said Gen.
Grosvenor, s'of splendid self-sacrifce than
that exhibited ut the appearance Of that
army in front Of Nashville on the morn
that memorable year. think there were
no better soldiers in either army than the
men under Hood, who made the foriorn
hope assault upon our works at Nash
Vile Gen Bate was reconstructed. !
never heard anything upon the topic of
the work Of reconstruction and the new
conditions from him until we met at the
dedication Of the great military park at
Chattanooga, the Chickamauga National
Park. and there heard his splendid ora
ton. l believe that every word of it
was absolutely sincere
Patriotism of the south.
Il have only this one comment 70 make.
II seems 10 me that the conditions Of
this country have reached the point Of
time when it would be well for Confeder-
ates and their representatives to cease
saying upon every possible public occasion
that they believe they were right. Il is
not worth while 20 continue to contradict
what is not being asserted by anybody.
do not know anybody In this country
who doubts the sincerity. the honesty
and the patriotism of the men Of the
Confederacy who fought lbs a forIOrn
hope 10 overthrow the Union and 20 es-
tsblish "a new government. Therefore,
il seems To me that il is unnecessary TO
constantly repeat 10 as the assurances
that they We're honest Nobody denies
il. il is not worth while 10 plead when
there Is no Indictment The world has
settled that question The world has
looked on with wonder at the reuniting Of
When ] was "A member Of commits
sion whlrh was sent TO Europe for certain
purposes I'm 1899 I was present at a din
ner in the city of Berlin given b. the
vice chancellor of the German empire
There were present on that occasion a
colonel of the Confederate army. a majo
a captain Of the Union army, and myself
members ef the commission. with several
others. Caprivi, the chancellor who had
succeeded Bismarck. said 10 me that the
most wonderful thing 90 him, and one
that he could not understand. was the
presence upon that commission of men
who had served on both sides Of our war
Strange tn Europeans.
ole said that would never be tolerated
in Europe. there would never he such a
gathering as that. the men who rebelled.
as he called il. and as I cali it-and I see
no reason why 10 call it so should be Of
fensive-would bee relegated to eternal OBJ
liyion, politically
He said 20 me. Do you people over
there treat these men Just as well as you
do your own comrades
Yes 7 replied, and sometimes, with
a little touch OF sympathy in our action,
a little better
He again assured me that it was the
most wonderful thing he ever knew.
Another thing I wish to say. Why
should not man like Bate have been
"a member Of the Senate Of the United
Stats? His people sent him here. and
uuder the Constitution Of the United
States they had d right to send him, and
their action was supreme. No man can
question IT, In the broader school OF
national politics is it wise for people of
the South to recognize and constantly
signify an admitted disability in the
great political questions of the United
States and the positions under its
government What is there in the
view of the people of this country
to-day that puts upon the Southern
men who fought in the army a dis
ability in every particular with rela-
tion to the action Of the United States?
When our President. with my approval az
all events-I have not had opportunity to
know who else approves it; when our
President. Republican and a Northern
man will write such a letter as he wrote
to the assembjage last night in honor
of the birthday of Lee. the time has
come when we should quit apoIogizing. or
explaining. or advertising disabilities"