The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-22
Congress Honors Memory
 Of Colonel Ariosto A. Wiley
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 asubsequently. Colonel Wiley was as, signed to the duty of acting as CIVIL Governor of SantiaGo. While In tnis position he framed constitution that | tended to harmonlDe all discordant ele. ments among the Spaniards ana VI | bans there. He organized the courts nnu man to ISa the restoration % of law and order Cuba. General Lawton was so much impressed with Colonel Wilsys ,s, Ss aua.sn. Isn. commended his appointment to the ofiics of Brigadter General. After eleven months service in behalf of his country ones he was mustered out when his country no longer needed his services A "This. T u Mr Speaker. is a brief sum- mary of the salient facts in the career of our distinguished friend until he came and took his place in this forum as kepresentatiys Of the n people o pt Aia ine bama, in the Congress of the Unitco States. where he had q most brilliant
 He was a wise and useful legisla tor. He was valuable and faithful friend. He was . devoted and loving son. husband. father. and brother. Ills iai .n and " his heart heart @ was full of the ten derest and sublimest sentiments. His manly demeanor furnished an example wGs5ay noM of fosa m' fflssss s smi voice Is silenced tor over; but still abides with us the memory of a sweet sg song that has bsefFunE, After a,., liiSs .on. has gone to It's reward in the celestial life. |
 Crown him. honor him, love him.
 Weep over him tears of women.
 Stoop mat nliest brows above him.
 For the warmest of hearts is frozen,
 The freest of hands Is stilled,
 And the gap in our picked and chosen. l The long .ss ysars .f may BY, n9t ori;1 aa.
 Representative Craig said in part:
 '''It Is not for us, by our poor words,
 to consecrate to the State and nation
 and character of our late colleague. A.
 A. Wiley, for from his earliest man.
 hood. his life. his works. his charac-
 ter. in all that he said and thought, in
 all that he did. and in the performance
 of every duty, were consecrated to the
 State. and 1t Is only left for us. in our
 weak way. to pay to him a tribute born
 our admiration of hIs unwavering Joy.
 atty to his country and his duty. and
 his magnificent ability to represent in |
 as those of his own District.
 We who served in this House with
 him know how untiring he was in the
 ment of the day he was looking after
 their interests in the different depart
 ments of he government, before com
 mittees and in the House. and night
 after night he could be found in his
 office continuing his labors when oth-
 CTS had gone to rest. answering the
 stituent as carefully and with as much
 pains as he would that of the most
 prominent and influential citizen of his
 District.
 But his influence was felt not alone
 at the bar and in legislative halls! He
 believed that every American citizen
 owed his country military as well as
 to himself he served many years in thss
 National Guard of Alabama. He wa:
 captain of a troop of cavalry in Mont
 rank 0t of nEs coons ana ths sssss sitI sminensiy ntted for % eli service in time s'@s o val. he answered the call of Preslden
 Mckinley for volunteers in the wa
 Ideutsnant Colonel of the 9th Unitet States Volunteer Infantry. In this ca f eleven months in Cuba. His Rbiiity I | was recognized there. as it was bound to be wherever he found himself, ant | gal adviser of General Lawton, ant chief of his stan.
 His influence in Cuba will probabl, work in cstablishinE civil i srn govern ? nent in the Eastern Province, where h.
 co-operated. with General Leonar' Wood in bringing about a modern civi governmenti In accordance with Amer
 tcan ideas, in country that had kno WI l nothing but Spanish oppression and na n tive insurrection for centuries
 ta In1 I.N- reer such as his, cut off in its vor. [ prime. and 1t brings home to us in mos n forcible fashion. the fact that our ca
 nay are net what ,ha s we make them but their ending.
 'It Is a source of eradication to ul ? who served with Colonel Wiley Una . distinguished brother to finish, in tn, Congress of the nation. the term tt which our deceased friend had beer , trict of Alabama Hftingly recognized colleague, Hon. 0. c. Wiley. while al
 served e rbue e to ts fife sst snd sea seaves es
 of his illustrious brother.
 MT. Speaker. Alabama mourns witt the family of our deceased colleague s tribute to his magnificent service ant sterling character"
 , MT. Hobson's EuIogy.
 l
 I MT. Speaker we come today to pay
 tribute to the memory to one whom f the Angel of Death has recently re- f moved from among us.
 : The life and work of our late col
 league, Hon. A. A. Wiley, has been . dwelt upon by those who have already P spoken, so I will only briefly mention l a few of the characteristic traits of ' this distinguished son of our state. ? No one came within the range of his r acquaintance but was impressed with B his sympathetic kindliness. So gener- : ous and openhearted was his nature that he almost seemed to railate kind . ness. goodwill and cheerfulness for F indeed he was one who loved his fel- low men as he was in turn loved by them.
 l strong. courageous and manly, he
 was never so busy that he would not turn aside to say a kind word or do l generous deed. Joined with his ? kindly sympathy was another charac- teristic for which he was noted-that ! of loyalty. Loyal to friend and coun- try. he never failed to respond when
 either needed his services. Having prepared himself for usefulness to his ! country in time of stress by long ser vice in the National Guard of Alabama. he early answered the call for volun-
 teers to defend the nations honor in | the war with Spain. During this brief but trying conflict. I met him In Cuba. and can bear personal testimony to his
 bravery and untiring devotion to duty.
 AS legal adviser to General IAwton . and chief of his staff he rendered ser vice to his country of which Alabama