The Washington herald., 1910-04-03
TRIBUTE TO CUSHMAN
Colleagues in House EulO-
gize Virtues of Statesman.
THEY LIKEN HIM TO LINCOLN
Speaker Cannon Participates in Ex-
ercises and Delivers Eloquent Adj
dress-Representatiy Humphrey
DeSignates Dead Statesman as
"A Man of Hare Courage.

Fifteen members of the House Of Rep
resentatives, including Speaker Cannon
and Minority Leader Champ Clark, euio-
gized the late Francis Cushman, Of Wash
ington. yesterday. It has been a long
time since Speaker Cannon participated
in one of these funeral afternoons.
The respect in which Mr.. cushman was
held and the tenacity with which his
memory is cherished were shown by the
and in the galleries.
The Speaker in his eulogy. said:
1T was frequently remarked shat he
.resembled Lincoln. He did. / was &C
quainted with Mr.. Lincoln. He was a son
of toll and child of honorable poverty.
He lived in the sweat of his face. Where
the poverty, so-called. is an honest pow
erty. where It begets physical and mental
Industry, it is riches, not poverty. The
people to be pitied are the so-called chill
dren Of fortune. who live without toll and
without effort. With rare exceptions, I'M
der those conditions they retrograde
rather than advance.
Wants No Better Heaven.
From my acquaintance with Francis
v. Cushman. whether it shall be my for
tune to fall down or TO go up in the here
after. if shall find the place where he
resides that will be to me the best pos
sible Heaven ! could find
Champ Clark also said many kind things
about Mr.. Cushman. His talk was some
what rambling, and during the course of
il he remarked that he had made $50 00l
by lecturing on the Chautauqua circuit on
the idiosyncrasies OF his colleagues in the
House.
Representative ". f. Humphrey. of
Washington. said. in part:
For six consecutive terms Francis ".
Cushman was elected a member Of this
House from the State Of Washington.
FIVE times from the State at large. The
last time from the Second district No
State ever had a more faithful repre-
sentative. No man ever to a greater ex-
tent commanded the confidence and the
esteem Of those he served. No request,
however insignificant. but received his
attention.
He never explained or apologized for his
position He never hesitated TO give TO
speech what his heart believed. He never
trimmed or evaded. When occasion de-
manded, he was a superb fighter. In de-
bate he was always an opponent 10 be
feared. He tried his steel against the
ablest in this House. and in all his long
Ia -f7r,
did not bear the marks Of the conflict.
Was Great Orator.
Mr.. Cushman made use of all the
Weapons OF the orator, but sarcasm and
invective he used but rarely. In the
of facts and In reasoning he
was strong. in statement he was brill
liant and original. In humorous illustra-
lions he stands among the greatest ora
tors this nation has produced. His stories
were as Illuminating as those OF Lincoln.
As campaign speaker he was the peer
of any man in the country His Tetorts
and witticism left no sting. Many OF his
warmest friends in this House are those
who have been the subject Of his hUmor.
Seldom, indeed. did he dip his shafts in
poison. Strong and courageous as he
was in debate, as determined and bold a
fighter as he was. yet he was so generous
and SO fair that he never made an enemy.
When he died every man in this House
was his friend"
Other members of the House who eulo-
gized Mr.. Cushman We're Representatives
McCredie and Poindexter, OF Washington
Adamson, of Georgia: Lowden, OF Illinois;
Wanger of Pennsylvania; Knowland Of
California; Stevens. of Minnesota Engle-
bright, OF California; Olcott, Of New
York: Hamilton. of Michigan. and Dele
gate Wickersham, of Alaska.