Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-22

Tributes are paid to Senator Lee s
| Overman of North Carolina as death
ends his long career in public life. He
is remembered particularly for thu
! leadership that he took in the passing
of legislation required for the partici'
patton of this country in the Worlc
War. He Is credited with a politica
wisdom, a kindly nature and the pos
session of personal qualities tradition
! ally associated with the dignity OF SEN
atorial life.
when America was at war in 1917
recalls the Houston Chronicle, Senator
Overman it was who sponsored those
measures of defense which empowered
woodrow Wilson to take supreme com
mand in time of stress. Then, and
after, he was one of the leaders of his
party a loyal lieutenant of the great
war President Woodrow Wilson'S con-
fidence in him never faltered. North
Cardinals devotion to him never Ian
guished. He was a great Senator from
the South. His services will not soon
be forgotten"
ne was one of the 'right-hand men
of woodrow wilson," says the Flint
Daily Journal, adding that during the
20 years he has been in the Senate
he has served his country unselfshly
and we'll" The Seattle Daily Times
emphasizes "the Overman bill. which
gave President Wilson extraordinary
powers for the prosecution of the war,
as we'll as the espionage bill and other
measures, and declares that the Sena-
tor fully deserved his reputation as a
conscientious, patriotic and industrious
member of the Upper House" The
Asheville Times holds that in his
knowledge of constitutional law, espe-
cially, he was outstanding among his
aYd oddS that Htn North
Carolinians he was not only the junior
Senator but the always approachable
friend and counsellor"
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"It was the rare distinction OF Sena-
tor Overman," according to the At
lanta Journal, ito live through an era
of sharp issues and keen conflicts with
out giving or receiving q personal
wound. He believed Fundamentally
and stood unhinchingly for his faiths;
he fought a good fight and his sword,
once unsheathed, went ringing home.
But so free he was from bigotry or
malice and so knightly to those with
whom he measured steel that he would
emerge from the hardest battle I'M
embittered. He aroused no heat in
others because he harbored none him
self. LukewarmneSs and animoslty
alike 60 with little minds, but magma
nimity Is the crown Of q high spirit.
Il is also a mark Of deep convictions"
with him passes an epoch and a
type" says the Dayton Daily News.
HE was born in 1854, early enough
to imbibe that flavor and SAVIOR Of the
old South, which Is giving way to the
new South. The poise and Suavity
which went with the age of the South
ern country gentleman yields to the
greater snap and speed of the new in
dustrial age One by one the relics OF
the old regime. have disappeared from
Congress. With the death Of Senator
Overman the last senatorial link with
that great and picturesque past is
broken"
I'm the Senate he was greatly adj
mired," records the Charlotte News,
with q tribute to 1.-The generous spirit
edness and the noble idealisms that
issued from a great storehouse of an
abundant humanity" The Charlotte
Observer states that "he retained the
love Of his people to an extent that
has marked but few public careers"
The Chattanooga Times describes him
as "a model Of dignity and courtliness,"
and the Baltimore Sun concludes as to
his career: HE gave to his country
and his party years of sound, faithful,
honest service. OF some who stir up
more dust little better could be said"