Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-22
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Suffrage Hkers Suffer Tor Senators Pay High Tribute TO
tues But Defy Pain. Late Colleague
COL CRAFT DROPS IN ROAD PRAISED AS STATESMAN
PRAISED AS STATESMAN
Work as Lawyer and Orator Lauded
at Memorial Service.
MEMBERS OF FAMILY PRESENT
Personal Friends of Late Maryland
Lawmaker in Gallery-Eulogie
to Wedemeyer and Utter.

| Eulogies were pronounced for the late
Senator Isldor Rayner of Maryland ir
the Senate this afternoon. As a lawyer
orator and statesman his colleagues
| Landed him. Those who spoke were Sena-
| tors Smith and Taylor of Maryland. sSena-
| tor Swanson of Virginia, Senator OGor-
| man of New York and Senator Clapp OF
Minnesota.
Senator Smith was the first speaker
He said. in part:
mo one could know Senator Rayne1
| without being dazzled by his talents. AS
student at the University of Virginia
a member of the Maryland legislature
| state senator. congressman, attorney gen
eral of his native state. unpaid volunteer
| in the service of misrepresented and op.
pressed gentleman and gallant warrior
Admiral Schey, he everywhere establish,
| ed a new and higher standard. alike the
inspiration and despair of his fellows.
"His career was indeed meteorc-his
nature a paradox"
senator O'Gorman said of the late SEN
ator from Maryland:
He was an orator worthy of the best
| traditions of this any other chamber
| He was a student whose books brought
| him sound counsel and that wide infor-
nation which made his judgment uni
VerSally respected He was a statesman
eagerly seeking the best interests of his
country and the maintenance of its
| honor and prosperity. Scion of a race
whose history has been one of persecu.
| ton. his life has given to the world an
other proof that this is a land where
merit knows neither race nor creed-a
nation where honest achievement will re-
ceive its just recognition"
Ty; 70 h.,
Senator Swanson of Virginia, whose
acquaintance with Senator Rayner dated
back to 1893, said of him:
He was without question one of the
most learned and able lawyers of this
body. His knowledge of constitutional
law was deep. broad and far-reaching
In craftsmanship and conviction. Con-
flictS in intellectual debate were ever
pleasing to him. and he rarely INDUCED
in them without coming out successful.
The more difficult and important the
questions the more they possessed in
terest to him. and the more strenuous
were his efforts to clear the miSts sur
rounding them Few have surpassed
him in intellectual attainments''
Lauded by Taylor.
The closing address was made by Sem
ator Taylor. He said in part.
Senator Rayner achieved distinction
as constitutional lawyer. / use the term
to mean that he was a close student OF
the Constitution: that he applied his
trained legal intellect to the mastery of
it's provisions; that he tested his own
conception of its provisions by keeping
In close touch with the interpreta tiOns of
the courts: that his studies were based
upon an abiding faith and belief in the
Constitution an efficient guaranty of
the rights and liberties of the governed.
'"rhat Jsidor Rayner was one of the
great modern ora tors no one will deny.
But he regarded his oratory as merely a
means to an end, fine tool at his COM
mand by which he might accomplish the
ends dearest to his heart
Members of the family of Gen. Rayner
and close personal friends were in the
Senate private gallery while the eulogies
were pronounced.
Among them We're Mr.. and Mrs. William
b. Rayner, their sons. Archie and Isador;
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert w. Rayner, and Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph l.. Straus. George A.
Foss, James A. Stafford and Henry F.
Baker and Mrs. Isidor Rayner, widow of
the Maryland senator.
Euloges were pronounced also for the
late Representative Wedemeyer of Michi-
gan, and the late Representative Utter of
Rhode Island.