New Britain herald., 1918-03-08
HILL EULOGIzED
 BY CONGRESSMEN
(CQntinucd From Thirteenth Page)

Ekimming the surface. He insisted upon going to the bottom of what lever subject engaged his attention lRecognizins the ilhmitable realm of human knowledge and the narrow Gimita ton upon human endeavor, he did not attempt to cover the field rof the universe and did not pretend to lknoW all that is to be known. The 8 field chosen by him, however, was al- lEvays covered in most thorough nanner. He never hesitated to ad- unit his lack of information or to seek information from others on q subject with which he had reason to shelieve them to be more familiar than shimsef
 On the other hand. he was ready to i'm part information to those less Anformed on any subject than him. self and he was so widely known to Joe thoroughly posted on a number of * such highly important matters that he was being caile@ upon constantly # ao give information
 The two most important special #3ies to the study of which MT. Hll devoted his tireless energy and com naRdlng ability were revenue leg1sla- & &Fion, especially tariff legislation, and bank1ng and currency. On these two Il Iskbjects he was the peer of any 8menTber of either branch of congress. # 'H is often said of him that he was 8 tireless worker. He needed &no prodding. The spur of a biennial \ election was misapplied in his case. #5fis district, his state, and the country wouis have been the gainer if he could have been elected for 20 years # at one time, so that he could have given his entire time and energies to &she work he loved so much. He did hot com plain. however but in every even year for twelve successive times he made vigorous cam paign, never failing of sue cess except in 1912, when his own " #party' rent in twain, went down be- fore the united opposition.
 8 F'As we SEW him toiling here under a he load that grew heavier year by Y aear we knew what would be the in eritabie and all too early result M Near the close of the twenty first rear of his service here he fell in the parness. He had passed the allotted pan of three score and ten years and yet appeared to be unusually vigorous
 
 @s1an year before his death After & hat he made a brave fight, appearing # n his place in the house oftentimes, @and on one occasion, not many weeks # before the end, making a somewhat # #>xtended speech with much of his " oid time zeal and vigor. However, W he ,inexorable destroyer would not "a be denied and on September 27, 1917, al that was not mortal of this able, WoFal, and faithful son of Connecticut & nd servant of an entire nation # passed to the beyond. Of him it may zsbe said as truly as of any man who kver died on the field Of battle that XXI gave his life for his country"
 James F. GInn.
 @ Mir GlTnn. "Mr. speaker a con iderable portion of the district which "a represent was formerly a part of j Enc district long represented in con- ress by the Hon. Ebenezer J. IIiI
 hose memory we honor today. My 4 oTne county of Litchfeld was q part
 his district, and for IS years he las Aour representative We were
 oud Of him until the day of his
 bath. We knew Of his ability, his
 tegTity, and his energy. We real
 led that he was one of the leaders
 this great body and that we did
 bnor to ourselves in returning him the halIs of Legislation term after frrn From the F'ifty-fourth to the i 2ty y-second Congresses, inclusive. his Estrtct comprised tho counties of
 tchf1eld and Fairfield. and, because
 the great confidence we had in
 na, no other candidate was serious
 considered during all of those M
 nd to love him. We had learned to
 nire his force of character, his
 reiess energy, his keen and pontrat-
 g iqteilect, his power to cope with
 ld te solve difficult economic ques-
 lens
 He was net eRe of those who meas
 red his value to his constitu-
 hts by the amount he was able
 obtain for his district in the
 ay of appropriations, and to the
 oror. and glory of his constituents be
 said' that they never measured his
 orth by any such yardstick The
 pope of his vision was too broad to >& limited by any such narrow hori- #n, and while he was always loyal
 pd faithful 70 the interests of his
 strict anu state, ne was of that
 endid type Of men who think and
 1giHate from q national viewpoint
 My acquaintance with Mr. Hill
 nnfenced more than score of
 frs age and gradually grew in inti-
 ey. In the early years I knew him
 A the average m an knows his Mem
 of Congress back home, m eetinG
 n only infreouentiy when he hap
 ned to be in that part of the dis W ct where I resided; but early
 &lized. as did his constituents, that
 was a tower of strength. When
 were asked by a stranger the
 he of our representative in Con-
 Ess, we were proud to say that it
 s E. J. Hill. We somehow felt that
 had contributed more than our