The Nevada County picayune., 1907-03-08

ments in Committees If Conference were greatest, and in this regard, Ar kansas loses . prime lever of enec- tiveness. He has spoken from one to twenty-five times on each of 393 diff fersnt propositions with an earnest ness that has impressed itself On the Senate.
 He leaves the Senate of the United States Q poor man. Had he desired to use his opportunities as senator for private gain, there Is little reason to doubt that he could have come back home rich. He chose the straight and narrow road and is proud of the pow erty 1t has brought With an untarnish- ed name and an unsullied honor, he comes back to Arkansas to reside per manently, or until death shall end his great career. For 57 years he has liv- ed on Arkansas soil and expresses a desire to live here the rest of his days. He goes back to Benton county, his home for the last 3S years. This much is sure, but beyond that Sena- tor Berry will not say.
 He returns to his people with clean character, an absolutely resolute will and a conscience void of all of fense The future has no closed doors for such a man, and if 1t had, James II. Berry is the happy owner of many magic keys. At all events, that fu- ture will disclose itself as time moves on and from the identical ground up on which all of his great life battles were won.
 Josiah H. Shinn, in an able review of Senator Berry s life in the Ar kansas Gazette, says: Berry Is es- sentially modest in all his claims and at every bend and turn covers his colleague, Jones. with praise, as we'll i as all the house members with whom he has had to deal. He has reported more bridge bills than any senator of the United States, and Representa- tive Burton says that he is the most indefatigable worker for rivers and harbors of the South, and for the rivers of his state, that Congress holds.
 This is a great and most admira- 1 ble record of work done for the man that retires. He has been honored by Arkansas, but not beyond his de- serts His life was offered for the South, and the Lost Cause carries one of his limbs. His public life has been ar open, honorable battle for the glory and permanent well being of the South and of Arkansas. In P years he has never neglected to an l sWer a single letter addressed to him by the most obscure man of his state, and of this record he is supremely proud. He leaves the Senate of the | United States with the almost unan- imous personal regret of that body. He Is esteemed for his truthfulness, his honorable dealing, his courteous demeanor, his earnestness and his loyalty to duty. His friends are bound to him by hooks of steel, which neither time for change will break. The senators know the man, and with un- feigned feeling do not hesitate to pay him the honor which Is his due.
 'In the Senate of the United States
 
 James H. Berry stands eighth in the distinguished men of the whole country. At the head of the list stands that stalwart Republican, Will. Ham B. Allison, who took his seat March 4, 1873 Thirtyfour years in the Senate of the United States is the record for the man from Iowa Iowa is a power in the Senate out of all proportion to her population and wealth through William E. Allison, He has a power out of all proportion to his parts, growing out of his sen for position. John T. Morgan of Ala bama stands second, having served from March f. 1S77 Eugene Hale, third from March 1, 1881; William r Frye, fourth. from March 15, 1881; Nelson w. Aldrich. fifth. from Octo Der ,, 1881; Shelby NJ. Cullom, sixth
 from March 1, 1883; Henry M. Tel Ter. seventh. from March 4, 1885, and James II. Berry, eighth, from March 25. 1885. In Washington these eight men. together with John w. Daniel who came in 1887, are referred to as The Grand Old Guard of the Sen
 ate. They are grand old men a1c grandly powerful men,