The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-06

For six hours Tuesday, the body in the Supreme Court room at the Cap itol, where he had fought so many battles, surrounded on every hand by bower of roses and carnations and hyacinths and violets with the green leaves and twigs intertwined, woven together into scores and scores of beautiful designs, emblematic of the love that prompted the remembrances. and to the beauty of the life that had been poured out so freely in the in- terest of those who bestowed that love.
 During those six hours, thousands of the citizehs of Alabama passed through the portals into the quietly impress sive Supreme Court Chamber, to take a last look upon the features of one whom they had known in life, whom they had seen in active service for his fellow-Alabamians only few days be- fore. There was hardly a moment that a score or more of people were not within the Chamber. und at many times there were people standing in line back into the rotunda of the Cap itol, to await their turn for a glimpse at the beloved features.
 It was a magnificent tribute to the man, that so many people. from so
  equations, should have felt the person. al loss in his death, that they should send the beautiful flowers in sucil profusion, as remembrance to the dead Speaker.
 It was the same with the visitors to the chamber where the body iay n state during the day. They came rom all parts of the State. and even rom adjoining States. to do honor 10 tne memory of MT. Martin.
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 Chief. perhaps, among the beautitul emblems banked in tasterul array about the casket during the day' anu which were later taken to the ceme- terv. completely hiding from view the cold stone that marked the resting piace of Mr.. Martin, was the magnin- cent set piece purchased on oenalt or inc House of Representatives. It was, perhaps, three by five feet, with the Alabama State shield in the center. The cross was of red carnations wnlIe the background was of the same flower in white. Easter lilies shot their pure white heads from the mass of green at the base. Fern leaves surrounded the whole.
 Tine Senate chose an entirely different design for its remembrance. It was book of white carnations, with open pages, resting on pillow of pink car
  ribbon bore the legend: He magnified the law and made it honorable"
 The clerical force of the House gave, as a token of their esteem, Ia fine piece, ''The Gates Ajar," of pink and white hyacinths and pink roses. while the pages, Sam Donaldson, Ed Dent, Ellis Cranford. Cecil Stubbs, Wallace McGowan, John Green, Berry Coins, Charles Alley and Claude Adams. gave a fine maltese cross of enchantress carnations.
 'The Scales of Justice" were appro- priately portrayed with leaf and bud in the gift of the Montgomery County Bar Association. The scales were sus- pended from the two arms of cross, the whole being woven beautifully with white carnations and pink roses. There were lilies in the base, which bore the inscription, Per Yias Rectas."
 The Jackson County Bar, of which Mir. Martin was for so many years member, sent beautiful design of a broken column, surmounted with a white dove. The column was com posed entirely of white carnations, while few pink flowers showed their heads above the base.