Evening star., 1913-03-02
HALTS FOR EUL0G|ES
Senate Business Turned Aside
for Tributes to Dead.
HEPBURN HIGHLY LAUDED
Great Bravery Dwelt Upon by For
mer Colleagues.
DAVIS ALSO IS PRAISED
Honor to Former Representatives
Smith, Hubbard. Latta, Foster.
Legare and Loudenslager.
HEPBURN HIGHLY LAUDED

Although the life of the present or
SiXty-second Congress is measured only
by hours. and u jam of legislation is on
the calendar awaiting eleventh-hour ac-
ton. the Senate set aside several hours
early last evening to pay tributes to
members of the Senate and the House
who have died within the past few
months to express by words an apprecia-
ton of the character and public services
of the deceased colleagues, and to make
final entry of tributes upon the con-
greSsional careers of these men,
Senators Weldon B. Hepburn Of Idaho
and Jeff Davis of Arkansas and Repre-
sentatives Smith of California. Hubbard
of Iowa. Latta of Nebraska Foster of
Vermont. Legare of South Carolina and
Ioudenslager of New jersey were those
to whom the Senate paid honor
''Heyburn the Brave"
Senator Hepburn was pictured as
"Heyburn the Brave by practically all
of the senators who spoke of him. his
character and his service for his coun-
try as one intrusted with a public trust.
The speakers We're Senators Borah Gal
linger Lodge. Clark of Wyoming. Nc
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ton. Jones. Root. Thornton. Myers
POmerene and Brady.
IF I were asked To name his most con-
spicuous characteristic. Senator S1ther
land sad of Mr. Heyburn. ~ should say
it was his cOura ge-p'lvsical as we'll as
moral. MANY men. indeed most men.
can upon occasion. by a conscious effort
pf the WILL meet great peril with no
outward manifesto ton of fear. but those
who habitually and a matter of
nrOhlQm however
grave threa tening without a shrink
in" of the soul IF the flesh are rare
indeed. Senator Herhnrn was one of
these unusual individuals from whose
mental and moral enuipment the element
Of coward:ce had been wholly omitted
He was. moreover. intensely in earnest
and intensely sincere.
There was never about ANYTHING he
said or did the slightest suggestion of the
hvpOcrite or the timeserver. During the
ten years of his service in this bodv ne
met every question in spirit of perfect
candor and of utter dsre"ard for every
conSders on save the intrinsic merits of
the nroposition firmly believe that
in all that time II never occurred to him
To consider the effect which his words or
his vote might have uDon his own po-
litical fortunes. Onnortunsm was no
part of his political creed.
Always Stood Firm.
Convinced of tn" rightfUlneSS OF anV
position he assumed he stood for it un-
swervinely without the slightest concern
for the strength of the opposition or tine
odds against which he contended. If
others agreed with him. he pursued his
way. it is true. with greater satisfaction.
but If nobody a"reed with him he pur-
sued his way nevertheless.
THE fact that he stood quite alone
disturbed him not in the least. He was
unmoved by the fiercest opposition: the
semhlance of a threat only added to the
intensity of his contention. The dues-
ton of the popularity unponularitv of
his views never entered into his calcula-
tiOns
1T was in this same mood that he took
up the gage of battle with his last un-
conuuerab BILE antagonist. with q perfect
About that he never for one moment de-
cefved himself. He understood clearly
the gravity of his own case. But never
for a single instant did he cry out or
beg for quarter With his back to the
wall. he fought dOggedly. unf1inchingly.
albeit hopelessly with the same unyield-
ing spirit that he would have made
losing fight for a great principle in which
he believed or he would have contend
ed though himself naked. with an armor-
clad adversary. Day by day the poor
mortal body weakened. but the heroic
soul never whned or faltered.
Example of Will Power.
.One day as he stood at his desk ad-
dressing the Senate. he distinctly felt
the breaking of small artery in the
frontal lobe of the brain. There followed
an thrush of overwhelming sickness; one
of his eyes was filled with quick suf-
fusion of blood: there was q momentary
hesitation in his speech-long enough for
those who sat near him to realize that
something was dreadfully amiss-and
then, with a superb effort of his Won
derful will. he lifted the fainting soul to
it's task and completed his remarks and
then walked from the chamber without a
word to any one. The next day l saw
him. and observing the darkened eye and
dropping lid. 1 said What Is the matter.
senator" Without trace of apprehen-
sion in his voice. as though he had been
speaking Of another, he replied A
small blood vessel has been ruptured
forming a clot the brain in such a
pora rily blind. The doctor says that
sight will return as the clot is gradually
absorbed
For more than a year, while the in
exorable fingers Of death slowly. but
surely, frightened about his heart, he
quietly continued to discharge the daily
duties of mis- place with a courage whose
pathos appealed to every one but him
self. But finally the flesh. having grown
weary of the struggle gave up the un-
equal fight, which the brave. unconquer-
able spirit refused to do until the very
end
Senator Lodges Tribute.
Senator Lodge spoke particularly of
Hepburn the Quaker. After he had paid
a tribute to that religious faith by de-
claring that these people, called Friends
among themselves and Quakers by a
deridng world, stood for "A great and
noble principle and cherished a very
simple and beautiful faith. Senator
Lodge continued, regarding Mr.. Hepburn:
He was of an old. lOng-esta blished
family in Pennsylvania The blood of the