Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-27

lives In the past, and the failures that
we had made, and we spoke OF our
hopes and aspirations OF the future, In
hull In that conversation, which was
dear TO me, Bible was lying on the
table at my hand--for have one with
me; a present from my wlfe-aud In
turning through II inadvertently, to ind
quotation that happened to at into
those thoughts and expressions that we
had exchanged and expressed on those
occasions, | turned to the thirteenth
chapter Of Paurs Epistle to the Rom
ans, and as II seemed to ut into the life
and character OF Representative Tart,
showing his patriotism, honesty purity
OF heart and thorough humanity. take
II that Ii will not be amiss to read on
this occasion a portion OF that cha pier
My fellow members, take 1t that
no greater tribute can be paid to any
mans loyalty 10 any man who believes
In God than 10 have him say that the
powers that be are ordained OF God. no
greater tribute can be paid to any
mans honesty than to say, render unto
every man that which Is his due trI-
butte to whom tribute. custom TO whom
custom; honor TO whom honor. No
greater tribute can be made to the love
OF man than 10 say. owe no man
anything. only to love- and having con-
sidered all these things and the mis-
takes We have made, and then to rest
for the future.
Mr. Taft said the night Is far spent.
MS II premonition of the time when his
life should be sacrificed the day is at
hand, let us put on the armor of life
And say to you, my friends, that that
was the thought that In this last CON
versaion ! had with Taft. was upper
most I'm his mind.
Some men leave immense fortunes to
their children. What OF the heritage or
laaNHa 4HaH..
pears to be something like this that
when the mothers gather around their
knees In the eventide those orphan chill
1 dren; when they say to these children,
Your father did not leave us great
fortune we VIII have to continue the
| struggle for life without his direction,
without his help, but he has left a
greater heritage, n more enduring for
tune, for he has left unto US an hon
| ored name and record Of a well-spent
| life. greater than which heritage can
not be left by any man.
A FRIENDS TRIBUTE.
President Love. on behalf OF the SEN
| ate. introduced Senator Callister, Of
| Fillmore. as being personally better
acquainted with the late Representative
| Taft than anyone in he assembly. He
! spoke as follows:
Fellow Members Of this Join; Assem-
! bly,
To me this is a task that would
much prefer to escape. 1t is never
| pleasing task to say anything Consoling
| TO those who mourn, and yet i, is q
! pleasure and an honor which feel that
! ! am requested TO speak. But I confess
| To you, my friends. that when sorrow
enters the door Of one OF my friends It
enters my whole being and can hardly
! give uttetance to my thoughts.
/ Last Thursday your worthy speaker
invited me 10 accompany his party
which was TO leave for Bingham can
| yon, and ! accepted, but later when We
| adjourned until Monday, / remembered
/ that at my home IN the central part OF
this state. there was a woman and
! children who with Outstretched arms
| would welcome he husband and father
II only for two days. and ! felt 1t my
| duty to 60 home and see my family,
| ana ! decided to do this and sent woyd
! 10 the speaker asking to be excused.
On Saturday when the voice of the
sergeant-at-arms conveyed to me over
the telephone the sad death of Represn
tatiNe Taft, 1t appeared 70 me that my
| heart le0ped INTO my mouth; and
could hardly give utterance to any
words. I remembered that possibly
might have been in that sad and fated
party, only Tor the fact that our senate
decided TO adjourn for two days; other
wise would have been with them and
my fate.
We are not the authors Of our beings.
we are not the ones who shall say
come or go, but when hat great sum
mons comes, all must yield.
In the southern part Of the state, ]
presume at this hour, there are being
services held In memory of the depart
ed Seth Taft, and | presume as we are
doing here his friends are gathered
around his bier; are speaking words OF
praise and honor to- his memory. | pre-
sumo as was The case when our friend.
Clint b. Leigh was laid IN the tomb.
many gathered around and s.reWed
flowers upon the grave and distributed
flowers OF love and affection.
Today, my friends, we. in d few words
Of love and sympathy. are endeayorinS
TO strew other flowers upon the graves
OF these friends, These flowers Of love
ana affection and hose othe~ flowers
are flowers that fade. but these two
men over whom you have said so much
today, in their lifetime decked their
souls with the flowers OF honesty and
honor and the love for manhood these
are the flowers tina; never will fade and
the flowers that deck the soul and make
1t In a condition 20 go back again TO
the God that gave us being upon this
earth, and these are the flowers chat
are lasting and enduring. The others
fade like the grass before the scythe of
the farmer.
My mind reveTts again TO that home
whore sorrow and suffering and grief
has been caused TO come to IT. Reverts
/ TO the family here OF our dear friend
and ] want To say that after the adj
| 1ourument of this joint assembly. there
yet remains for us many things that
/ we can and ought 10 do, Who is there
that wapli rot stretch forth hts h1lj ~
the little children who are left father
less In this cold world. and say 10 them,
Z How are you getting along without
the comforting influence OF your faith
/ err" or 10 the widow. Have you
/ means to support yourself and chill
/ dren?' and help them to bear the bur
den Of life. We can tighten that bur-
den very much by stTewing towcrs OF
love and affection in these homes such
! flowers as shall last while memory
! shall endure
! | feel that II Is not propriety for me
TO speak longer 10 YOU, but MY heart
| goes out In sympathy 10 those afflicted
! ones ana j utter "a prayer to God that
! he VIII not forget them and that He
! who alone can give comfort ana con
| ISOLATION, will FOUR out on thes" afiict-
| ed ones the comfort which alone can
| come from God, our Heavenly Father.
| These men were not allowed the PRIV
| ilege az the time OF their death 10
| speak a word 10 the mothers or the
| children. but they must be stricken
down without even the privilege OF say
| Ing goodbye, without children or wife
| around them az was the case with our
martyred president. Mckinley When
the wife was gazing into that face from
which the lamp Of life was tast beiug