The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-28
Senate Pays Tribute
 To Late Col. Wiley
Bankhead and Johnston Give Their Verbal Offer ing to Memory of Montgomery Congress-
 man and Their Friend.

he might be of some active service to the inhabitants of the Philippines, a. well as to the flag he served in com. mon with them. that he agreed to gc 10000 mles from home and friends. Tn letter to one of these friends written upon the high seas on the long voyage, Colonel Wiley said, concerning these alien citizens, quoting from Rob- | ert Herrick:
 | We are bound to one another in- separably in this life of ours. We make society that is composite. What ever we do to weaken the sense of that common bond disintegrates society. l whatever we can do to deepen the sense of that common bond makes | life stronger and better The third reason why MT. Taft's in- vitation appealed to Colonel Wiley was personal to the poetic, the romantic. and the adventurous side of his na- ture. He was & man of refined mental culture. and his imagination had of- ten been stirred by the literature and history of the OSient. therefore those of us who had been privileged to know intimates this phase of the mans in ner self can understand the pleasure the prospect of these foreign travels afforded him. The contrasts of life were never more clearly illustrated than in the fact that the very day when Secretary Taft was nominated by the dominant political party of the United States to fill the highest ofYice in the gift of the people. the silent form of Colonel A. A. Wiley, his friend and comrade. was being conveyed from the mountains of Virginia back to the loved so weel to find resting place.
 "'We are such stun
 As dreams are made on.
 And our little life
 Is rounded with a sleep
 He was genial and kindly and gen. erous, possessing, in a large degree, than most men possess, these warm friendships that are rooted in esteem's deep soil resulting from slow and gradual culture of kind intercourse necessary to bring them to perfection.
 "One of these friends and neighbors. upon the occasion of his funeral, wrote the following delicate verses in his memory:
 " Not because the Nation needs him,
 Not because the State will mourn, Do I gather up the brightness That his gracious smile has worn, And now weave 1t into garlands. That no time can wilt or fade. For the grave upon the hilltop Where the sunshine meets the shade. How his happy. friendly presence Mingles wit the sod today AS a shining shaft at sunset Pierces into clouds of gray, And I call from spaces endless
 Where remembered kindness grows, | This one. little song of tribute
 Set about with friendships rose. <" Not alone to kings and peasants Did his cordial hand extend. Evervth ing that needed copofort Felt the presence of this friend Animals and trees and flowers, Flourished where his eyes would |
 stray,
 And he counted years as empty
 If no blessing went his way. " Now he rests; and loud the bird song | Tells the cheer his voice told, Soft clouds drift above the hilltop
 As if they his words enrolled. LffsIawa sstfnshi nA ( fe4was friendship, This, and more, his right heart shed, And a smile meets us this morning,
 That will live when time is dead.'
 Senator Johnston's Remarks.
 Following Senator Bankh cad. Sena-