The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-27
MEMORIAL ADDRESS
HON. II. E. KENDALL, Of Iowa
Hon Hubbard Lse Represent
Delivered In the House of
Representatives Sunday, February 9 1919

VIII report the special order OF today.
The clerk read as follows:
. Ordered. that Sunday, February 2.
1913. at 12 o'clock M. be set apart
for addresses upon the life, charac-
ter and public services Of Hon. Ell
bert Fl. Hubbard, late represents
tive from the state OF Iowa.
Mr. Haughen. Mr.. Speaker. offe-
the following resolution which SEND
!. to the clerks desk.
Il The speaker pro tempore. The
clerk win report the resolution.
4 The clerk read as follows:
House Resolution a22.
Resolved, That in pursuance Of the
special order heretofore adopted the
house proceed to pay tribute to the
, memory OF the Hen. Ebert Hamilton
Hubbard, late representative in con
gress from the state of lows.
i Resolved. That as further mark
of respect to the memory of the de-
ceased and In recognition OF his pub
i lie career the house at the conclusion
vi lu6 lucMOIidi pAOSCCoAhS9c VI $500
day shall stand adjourned.
Resolved, That the clerk OF the
house communicate these resolutions
I to the senate.
1 Resolved, That the clerk of the
house be. and he is hereby, instructed
to send copy of these resolutions to
the family of the deceased.
The question was taken, and the
resolution was unanimously agreed
to.
Mr.. kendail's Address.
Mr.. Kendall Mr.. Speaking. stand.
ing by the open grave into which the
remains of his only brother we're
about to be committed. the most per-
suasive orator OF our day, perhaps Of
any day, solaced the agony OF his tor
tured heart with this philosophy:
4 Yet, after all, it may be best, just
In the happiest, sunniest hour OF all
4 the voyage. when eager winds are
!. killing every sail. : dash against the
\ unseen rock, and in an instant hear
the pillows roar a sunken ship.
The mortality record of the sixty
: second congress has been unprece
denied in the parliamentary history
of the republic. Six senators and
nineteen, representatives have re
sponded to the final roll call In this
capitol, and have been transferred t.
augment the uncounted quorum II
2 the world invisible. The passing Q
5 these colleagues has been of espec1a
significance to me, because within
= the year circumstances personal t.
{ myself have made me understand, a,
never understood before, that "ths
! night cometh.s and that mo maj
knoweth the day nor the hour
: The death of Hubbard was certain
! ~ unexpected, but W. can not be sur
that i. was untimely. He was SO com
: pletely equipped to live that he wa
! perfectly prepared to die. The mex
7 orable messenger who can not be dc
MED beckoned him apart just whel
: the inducements to life We're most a
# Turing, just when the possibilities Q
l. service were mos. expansive, jus
It reen the approval of friends wa
o most unmistakable The entire con
Il munity was profoundly shocked b
Il the suddenness of the summons, Blu
8 we can not presume to challenge tn
" dispensations of a providence whic
e orders with Infinite wisdom all tn
e destinies of men. For our suficien
ID consolation We must realize that tn
II almighty has His own purposes,
t are true and righteous altogether"
ie | first became acquainted with gu
departed friend when we were ele,
If ted, he to the senate and / to tn
y house, in the twenty-eighth genera
o. assembly of Iowa. The personnel {
Is ability and experience, and many {
lr its membership have since been Ell,
e waited to positions of responsibilit
IS and eminence In the state. It was
N company of men earnest OF convi
al ton, vigorous Of intellect, resolute {
re individuality. and only the fittes
% might be ambitious to survive. HUI
Z? bard early assumed leadershi
to which he maintained unauestioned III
De til the session was dissolved by a,
IN journment. In that more Unite
re arena he developed the aualitie
which commanded his promotion
IN this wider theater Of endeavor, an
le here | was privileged to resume rel
W tions with him when ! entered tn
~ sixty-frst congress in 1909. / love
st him from our Introduction in d.
On Moines with an affection which dee
ds ened and intensified as the advancin
IN years revealed the genuine nobili'
or OF his admirable character.
IN He was courageous man. He d
nounced the intolerance of the regin
sh which formerly dominated the houl
to majority, even at the peril of excl
ne sion from party fellowship. He q
ur tackled the prerogative which the
at attached to the speakership when