The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-05-04

Il Among Jne spOah0lS at Inc mt
rial exercises in the halls of con-
..ss on April 18th in honor of the
\ 20 lanes NJ. Griggs was Congress-
- Charles G. Edwards of Savan-
i Oh the representative of the First
,,.+rict Mr.. Edwards tribute was
follows:
.Tn his able and eloquent memo
ii address delivered in the house
I, no. April 9, 1910, eulogizing his
&riond, the late Judge De-Armond,
H. Hon. Champ Clark among other
&htnos said: The high places to
rbich Phelps, Bland and DeArmond
IT, in both the house and the coun-
~ &c another illustration of the
Lime of long service-value not only
II themselves, but to their constitu-
A1nofas and to the entire republic.
Erbat he said of these gentlemen is
ruo also of Judge James M. Griggs,
T. whose memory we pay these trib-
,+as Of respect today, for he, too,
Anoasured up to and exceeded the ex-
Rotations of his loyal constituency,
nd was permitted to remain here for
&nonv years to serve the country, in
proasing all the while in his useful
less until death claimed him. In
H. same speech referred to above
H. Hon. Champ Clark said further:
MEN should not be sent hither sim
blv to crafty their own personal am
Sbitfons, but because they can be of
&eryice. and having proved that they
Ire of service wisdom dictates that
&hev should be kept here so long as
#bev continue to be of service; and
\ NAV be confidently asserted that
Me value of the services of a man
sbf capacity, character, industry and
hood habits increase in exact pro-
bortion to his length of service.
New England understands this thor
sbughly. So do the cities of Phila-
heIphia and Pittsburg. When a rep
resentative from any of those places
demonstrates his fitness here he is
Retained until he retires, dies or is
promoted. Five times in succession
Philadelphia has had the distin-
suished honor of furnishing the
Father of the house Kelley, Ran
hall O'Neal, Mariner and Bingham.
Should Gen. Bingham, the present
Father of the house. for any reason
kease to be a member the title of
father of the house would pass to
Bill another Pennsylvania, the Hon.
Iohn Dalzell. These facts should
Furnish much food for thought to
livery constituency in the land The
ate Judge Griggs represented a con-
$tituency that seemed to recognize
Rhe force of what Mr. Clark said,
Ind hence kept him here continuous
" from the fifty-ffth to the sixty
'frSt congress, he being a member Of
This congress at the time of his death,
Rnd l believe it can be safely stated
4hat Judge Griggs continued to grow
in usefulness to his constituency
end to the republic with each sue
Feeding congress.
r. Hon. James Mathews Griggs was
Dorm at LAGRANGE, Ga, on March 20,
RS61. He was a lawyer by profess
Won, and at one time was engaged
n the newspaper business. He en-
Pred politics early in life, having
Reen elected as solicitor general of
Ne Pataula judicial circuit in 1888,
"a which he demonstrated his abili-
kes as a prosecuting attorney so we'll
3hat he was reelected in 1892. He
designed this position in 1898 to ac-
*ept the appointment rendered to him
70 be judge of the same circuit. He
made a splendid Judge, and was
elected to that position twice with
put opposition. He resigned the
8udgeship in 1896 to make the race
nor congress, and was elected to the
Rtty-fifth, ffty-sixth, fifty-seventh,
Rfty-eighth, fifty-ninth, sixtieth and
RlXty-tirst congresses, and was serv-
M as a distinguished member of
ms, the stXty-frst congress, at the
Nme of his death.
A deep gloom was cast over the
#htlre membership of the house and