The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-14

After the reading of the resolu-
tions Senator Grim paid the follow
ing eloquent tribute to the memory
of the late Senator for the 14th dis
trict, of which Wayne county is
part:
Mr.. President. One week ago to-
day we gathered here to pay last
tribute to our late fellow member,
Senator Algernon Brooke Roberts,
and to-day we have met to pay our
public tribute of respect to another
fellow member who passed away
during his term of Office, the latter
Senator from Pike county, G. Frank
Rowland. The ravages of time and
death alike make great changes in
our ranks. A few days ago l looked
upon the picture which contains the
photographs of the members of the
Senate of one thousand nine hund-
red and FIVE. | noted the changes
and could scarcely realize that
thirty-five, or two-thirdS, of the
members who sat with us in the ses-
sion before the last one, are with us
no longer, and that one-fifth of that
number have been called to their
reward | venture the assertion
that at no other period in the his
tory of the Commonwealth has there
such great change been made with
in the short space of four years.
With truth has it been said that
Our days are like the shadow that
declineth. AS for man, his days
are as the grass, as the flowers of
the field so he perisheth, for the
wind passeth over it and it is gone,
and the place thereof shall know it
no more" We are accustomed to
look upon the Senate as continu-
Gus body, in which few changes take
place. The Senate is continuous
body, surrounded by customs and
bulwarked by the traditions of the
past. We glory in it's seeming sta
bility, but the members thereof come
like the mountain streams in the
spring tide, and go like the fiotsam
that is swept over Niagara. The
ship of State rides on, but the sail
ors who man her are swept from
her decks, and new hands and new
faces pull the sails or turn the
wheel. Such is the rule of our
existence.
Honorable George Frank Row
land was born in Rowland, Pike
county Pennsylvania, September
seventh, one thousand eight hundred
and fifty, where his father, Honor
able George II. Rowland, was then
and until the time of his death, in
one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-five, engaged in business as
merchant, lumberman and farmer.
He was educated in the public
schools of his native village, at Fort
Edward Collegiate Institute, Fort
Edward, New York, and Eastman q
College. Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
After completing his education. he
returned to his home and assisted
his father In the management of his
business until one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-two, when he
located In Wilkes-Barre, Pa, but on
the recent death of his father, ne
returned to his former home and
assumed the management of his
fathers estate. Here he remained
until the time of his death.
He was postmaster at Rowland
Pennsylvania, from one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-two to
one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-two, and again from one
thousand eight hundred and ninety
seven to one thousand nine hundred
and four, having resigned both com
missions because other business en-
gagements demanded his whole at
tention.
Senator Rowland was all his ma
ture life a supporter OF Democratic