Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-03
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Speaker Also Discusses Trials
of Public Men.
EULOGY OF Mr.. CUSHMAN
Serving in the House Declared to
Be Trying OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
tions Numerous.

In the solemnity of a service in mem
DRY of departed colleague, Speaker
Cannon in the House yesterday talked
of the trials met by public men in deal
ing with popular opinion. and speculated
upon the mysteries of the hereafter
There were only few members pres
ent, chiefly those who were to speak of
the life and character of Francis w.
Cushman, late representative from
Washington. In the galleries, too, there
was only a sprinkling of visitors, a ma
iority of whom had dropped in merely
TO see the House in session, and with
no special interest in the proceedings
The Speaker had given no animation
that he would deliver eulogy. He
had not prepared any speech. Rising
from his post OF the republican side. Mr..
Cannon paid a tribute of respect to
the late Mr.. Cushman. pronouncing him
to be- one of good manhood and good
courage"
One of the most trying positions In
the country said Mr.. Cannon, lis to
serve AS a member of this House--the
popular body"
Opinion of Constituents.
Mr.. Cannon then referred to opinions
of constituents. which representatives
have to take into account, and to the
two per cent of the constituency that
may change and send somebody else to
Congress.
Not only he said, have we a pa
triOtiC desire to serve the best interest
of the country, but also to he per-
sonally Endorsed, and at times there is
great temptation to try to please the
per cent or per cent. taking it for
granted that the balance of the con-
stituency will be for us any way. /
doubt whether there is man in the
House who does not take into account
the storms that come
MIR. Cushman, he said. was, of all men
he had ever known, the most indifferent
to mere popular approval of his con-
stituency.
1T was frequently said,' he continued,
that he resembled Lincoln He did.
| was acquainted with Mr.. Lincoln. He
had history much like Mr.. Lincoln's.'
The Unknown Future.
Then. turning to the question of the un-
known future. Mr.. Cannon said:
I'VE cannot tell as to the future any
more than we can tell of the past You
conceive of an indestructible en-
tity having had beginning. 1t Is a
great mystery. You may speculate about
it, but you can never settle it. ] think
more and more it is a consensus of opin-
ion that each entity makes its own place
here and hereafter"
Lowell, he said, had expressed the idea
he had in mind in essay in which he
said men hold stock in "a. great public
debt that is sure of payment.
That is, concluded the Speaker. "A
debt which the Creator of the universe
owes to the universe which He created
And l shall not sell my shares in a
panic.
The Speaker sat down amid applause
and soon left the chamber.
Mr.. Humphrey of Washington paid a
high tribute to his late colleague in open
ing the exercises.
Champ Clsrk's Tribute.
Minority Leader Champ Clark of Mis-
souri,, il speaking of the deceased mem
Der as one with whom he was in dis
agreement upon all political matters,
said:
He was one of the most brilliant men
of the times in which he lived. This is
no eXaggeration. Brilliant seems to me
to be the one word which most exactly
described his mind
Representatives McCredie. Morrison.