Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-24
M0SBy A DESERTER TRIBUTE TO DANIEL
Late Senator of Virginia Sub
ject of EuIogies Today.
ADDRESSES IN THE HOUSE
Exercises Attract Unusually Large
Attendance of Members and
Interested Spectators.

The entire session OF the House of
today was given over Ia
'ulosies on the life. character and public
services of the late Senator John War
wick Daniel Of Virginia The attendance
,n the floor and in the galleries was very
much larger than usual. owing In large
measure tn the efforts of Mrs. Champ
lark and some OF her friends in the
circle For the last few
years euloGies in the House have been
very much neglected. and II has heon
Mrs. Clark's atm to restore 10 them
somewhat of the old solemnty and ina
pressiveness
The attendance Of both members and
visitors including many of the late sen
ators relatives and close friends from
Virginia indicate that Mrs Clark e.
forts have been successful.
Among the speakers today. I'm add
ton to the entire Virginia delegation.
were Speaker Clark. former Speaker
Cannon and Representatives Brantley
of Georgia. HUMPHREYS OF Mississippi.
Richardson of Alabama, Henry OF
Texas. Olmsted of Pennsylvania. Me-
Call of Massachusetts. Small of North
Carolina and Kahn of California.
Eulogy by Speaker Clark.
The address OF Speaker Clark was
heard with great interest
From the beginning" he said Wiz
ginia has been rich in great men-great
statesmen, great orators. great Jurists.
great soldiers. so long as the world
exists the names OF her illustrious sons
will be among the noblest on Fame
eternal dead roll.
Patrick Henry precipitated the reNoln-
ton: Thomas jefferson penned the Decla-
ration: George Washington made that
Declaration good on Yorktowns blood
stained heights: James Madison was Pa
ther of the Constitution, and John Mar
shall its chief expounder. Tier bin ~
rights, written by George Mason. haa
been considered a model for more than
century and a quarter. These we're
followed ny a long line OF men diStiu-
guished in peace and IN war, Whose re-
ords are among the precious treasures of
the republic
Daniels High Rank.
John Warwick Daniel ranks high
among virginia's worthless. So far the
public is concerned he appeared III four
fold character. soldier. lawyer author.
orator The universal testimony OF his
soldier. His brethren of the Virginia bar
bear witness that he was a successful
practit ioner Of the noblest Of prot. ssions.
Lawyers and courts everywhere cite his
law books az standard authorities. All
the world knows that he was one Of tile
foremost orators of his time, and II is his
oratory more than anything else or all
things else which will perpetuate his
fame to coming generations. lie was
richly blessed with the divine gift OF
moving mems minds and hearts by the
power of spoken words. He was law
ishly endowed by nature with the ele-
ments and qualities which constitute an
orator. Some men are so ugly and un-
calmly that 1t is q positive advantage to
them as public speakers by reason OF
the pleasure BILE surprise which their eio-
quence creates. Others are so handsome
and prepossessing that they win the
hearts OF their audience before they have
opened their lips. To the latter category
John Warwick Daniel undoubtedly be-
longed.
Superb Picture.
"of commanding presence, with a hand
some and leonine countenance. county
manners, a musical voice and OF great
compass and far-reaching quality. q
strong and well trained mind "A warm
and generous heart, a vivid Imagination.
and appealed with compelling force 10
the passions and emotions of all who
heard him. He possessed tie advantages
of high family connections ana of a col
legate education. to which Was aided
the glamour of martial fame achieved In
his early manhood on many bloody
field
An Engishman dearly loves a lord
and the average American dearly loves
a soldier. and II cannot he doubted that
Sata fnr IA m at
him materially In his political battles.
This is attested by the fact t3at Nir-
ginians fondly called him The lame
Lion OF Lynchburg most assuredlH =
helpful and fortunate sohriquet For 2
generation he was tho idol Of lis native
state. and IL was agreed by common con-
sent that he should remain i'm the senate
50 long As he .ived-which lie did lis
reelection every six years was a mere
forrnality 10 comply with the Constitution
and the statutes of the land.
Virginia $ great lyric orator. Patrick
Henry, was dubbed the forest-born De-
mosthenes.' John Warwick Daniel may
be not inaptly denominated Nirginia's
Cicero. Henry's fame rests almost en-
tirely on tradition. but Daniels is bot
toned on the words which he actually
spoke. The greatest of his orations ~
that on Gen. Robert L. Lee. which woGll
have aroused envy in the bosom OF lully
himself Daniels masterfll Grafton re-
calls and illustrates what Daniel Web
ster said OF eloquence in his Grafton on
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson: 1t
must exist in the man. in tire subJect, ana
in the occasion. Affected passion, intense
expression the pomp OF defamation, al
may aspire to It; they cannot reach IL
II comes il IL comes at all. ike the OUT
breaking of fountain from the eartn'
or the bursting forth of volcanic hres,
with spontaneous. original. native force.
Compared With Webster.
Webster was a great orator; he had
a. great subject on a great occasion, and
he delivered a great Grafton. Daniel was
a great orator. he had great subject
on a great occasion and he delivered
great oration-one which will be read
with delight 50 long as our language Is
spoken by the children or men.
There was once a man named Hamll-
ton in the British parliament. who de-
liyered one splendid speech and could
never be Induced TO make another speech.
Hence he was nicknamed 'Slngle-Speecn'