The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-01-07

ceased our deepest sympathy IN
their hour of bereavement.-A. J.
VoIstead, George r. Smith, Chas.
r. Davis, Carl c. Van Dyke. C.. 3.
Miller, HaIvor Stevenson. Sydney
Andersen, r. r. Ellsworth, c. A.
Lingbereh.
Washington, D. c., January 5.-The
memory CT the late Governor W. S.
Hammond. was honored in the lower
house of congress yesterday. 1t was an
unusual honor, for the house seldom
gives of it's time to honor the mem
DRY of men not members of the body
at the time of their death. To make
he honor more signal, the most prom
inent men in the chamber participated.
Speaker Champ Clark descended from
his rostrum to the floor of the house
TO speak feelingly of the former gov
crnor and to recall his years of serv
ice in the house He hailed Governors
Hammond as a possible president if
he had lived Minority Leader ]. R.
Mann joined in the eulogy and Con-
gresham Rainey of Illinois added his
own need of praise.
The chief address of the occasion
was delivered by Congressman Frank
lin F. Ellsworth of the second district,
Mr.. Hammond's successor in con-
sress. 1t was also Ellsworth's maiden
speech before the house and he ac-
quilted himself well under the some
what trying circumstances.
Congressman Ellsworth speaking
for the Second district and for the
delegation from Minnesota, said:
Mr.. Speaker, few days ago
heard of the shocking death of the
late governor of Minnesota in the
Southland / saw the newspaper ac-
counts of the splendid courtesy that
was shown in bringing his remains
through Mississippi Louisiana. Ten
nessee and Kentucky, under the es>
cort of the governors of those states;
and as l pictured in my minds eye, as
| could so we'll, being a native of the
little town in which he was buried,
but yesterday afternoon, the sadness
that overlook my native state of Mil
nesota, and when l realized as the
sun went down yesterday afternoon it
was to a million people the saddest
day in the history of the state, l felt
that some recogl }tion of that event
should be had in this chamber.
Generous to Fault"
"As a neighbor he was painstaking,
unselfish, generous to fault; as a
man, patriot and respector of the
truth; as a citizen, always loyal pat
riotic and public spirited; a lawyer
who always tried cases upon their
merits and not stickler for techni-
calities: as an official he was ever
jealous to perform the duties of his
nublic trust in any and every posi-
ton which he held; as political an
tagonist he was a man whose indig-
nation once aroused went out against
the Opposition and made them feel
every power of his personality and the
wisdom of his forceful eloquence:
and when the campaign was over and
the turmoil cleared away man who
could clasp you by the hand and be
the same kind, considerable neighber
that he was in the beginning.
"The dominating Characteristic
though was his modesty. and of that
particularly want to speak He was
modest to fault. The last man in
the little town of ST. James. in the
southern part of the state of Mime
sofa to assert himself on any public
occasion no matter whether he occu-
pied the humble position Of city at
torney or the attorney of the little
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