Congressional Record-House. April 22;

5672 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. APRIL 22;

By :Mr. HIGGINS: Petition of the Saturday Club,· of New· The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and ap ~ London, Conn., for an appropriation to investigate the industrial proved. condition of women in the United States-to the Committee on EULOGIES ON THE LATE HON. GEORGE A. CASTOR. Appropriations. 1\!r. ADAMS of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I offer the fol~ By Mr. HOUSTON: Petition of the Rutherford County lowing resolutions and move their adoption. (Tenn.) Medical Society, indorsing the control of maritime and The Clerk read as follows: inter tate quarantine by the Federal Government-to the Com Resolved, That the business of the House be now suspended that op mittee on Inter tate and Foreign Commerce. portunity may be given for tributes to the memory of Hon. GEORGE A. By 1\Ir. JOHNSON: Paper to accompany bill for relief of CASTOR. late a Member of this House ft·om the State of Pennsylvania. R es olved, '.rhat as a particular mark of respect to the memory of the Hugh R. Rutledge-to the Committee on Pensions. deceased, and in recognition of his distinguished career, the House, at By l\Ir. KNOPF: Petition of the Scandia, against the tariff on the conclusion of tbe exercises of this day, shall stand adjourned. linotype machines-to the Committee on Ways and Means. R es olved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Senate. By Mr. LACEY : Paper to accompany bill for relief of Sarah Resolved, That the Clerk send a copy of these resolutions to the Watts-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. family of the deceased. By Mr. LEE: Paper to accompany bills for relief of the Da 'l'IJe question was taken; and the resolutions were unani mascus Baptist Church, of Gordon County, Ga. ; the Oetbcalega mously agreed to. Baptist Church, of Adairsville, Barton County, Ga.; the Cal 1\Ir. ADAMS of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous houn Baptist Church, of Gordon County, Ga., and the Calhoun consent that 1\Iembers have leave for thirty days to print on the Presbyterian Church, of Calhoun, Gordon County, Ga.-to the memorial services· of this day. Committee on War Claims. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Pennsyl By Mr. LILLEY: Petition of the Troy Gazette-Register and vania asks unanimous consent that Members desiring to print tlJe Mirror, against the tariff on linotype machines-to the Com on tlJe memorial services of this day shall have leave to do so. mittee on 'Vays and Means. Is there objection? [After a pause.] The Chair bears none. By l\Ir. LINDSAY: Petition of Samuel Irwin, for bill H. R. 5335, for relief of retired naval officers-to the Committee on Mr. ADAMS of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, it was my sad Naval Affairs. duty on the 20th of February to announce the death of my col Also, petition of Mrs. Fannie T. Horen, president of the league, Hon. GEORGE A. CASTOR, of the Third district of Penn National Association of Army Nurses, for increase of pension sylvania, and to announce that another time I would ask that a for nurses of the civil war-to the Committe~ on Invalid Pen day be set apart for proper consideration of his public senices sions. and character. By a special order of the House this day was Also, petition of Edwin A. Abbey et al., American artists, for set apart for that purpose. repeal of the duty on art works-to the Committee on Ways The change to holding these memorial services on a Sunday and Means. has been a good one. The excitement and interest in pending By Mr. LITTLE: Paper to accompany bill for relief of J. M. legislation was frequently not ignored sufficiently, and the serv Wright-to the Committee on War Claims. .. ice lacked that repose and sanctity that belong to the memory ·By Mr. McCALL : Petition of Rufus F. Herrick, of Win of those gone before. . chester, Mass., for the metric system (the Littauer bill)-to the Mr. Speaker, our late colleague was born at Holmesburg, a Committee on Coinage, VleiglJts, and Measures. part of the city of Philadelphia, on August 6, 1855, of bumble By Mr. MORRELL: Petition of Edwin A. Abbey et al., artists but highly respected parentage. He attended the puulic of the United States, for removal of the duty on art works-to schools of the village, but early in life entered a cloth house t ... e Committee on Ways and Means. in the city. With that energy which characterized and made By l\Ir. NEEDHAM: Petition of citizens of North San Juan, a success of his life, be at once proceeded to master the details Cal., against religious legislation in the District of Columbia of the business, and before long gained the reputation of being to the Committee on the District of Columbia. the best judge of cloth in the country. This knowledge became By Mr. RHINOCK : Paper to accompany bill for relief of An of vital importance ~hen be determined to enlarge his busine s nie Dinan (previously referred to the Committee on Invalid as a merchant tailor. This his experience and energy so de Pensions)-to the Committee on Pensions. Yeloped that he soon bad large establishments in New York By Mr. SULZER: Petit~on of Charles Dersch and Fred W. and Boston· in addition to his Philadelphia llouse. Succe s Hotz, for relief for heirs of victims of Gene1·al Slocum disaster crowned his efforts, and at the expiration of some twenty years to the Committee on Claims. he retired with a moderate fortune, which by his excellent Also, petition of the American Free Art League, No. 50 State judgment in investments he greatly enlarged in later years. street, Beston, and 66 leading artists of the _country, for repeal GEORGE A. CASTOR is a striking example of a class of men of of the duty on works of art-to the Committee on Ways and wlJieb our country has too few. Instead of retiring and enjoy Means. ing that ease his work had made possible, he felt he owed some duty to his city and country, and began to take an active part HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. in public affairs. A Republican in principles, be became an active worker in the organization of that party. He serYed on SUNDAY, ·Aprt122, 1906. the city committee for fifteen years, his popularity in his dis- . The House met at 12 o'clock m., and was ca1led to order by trict insuring his continued reelection. On the death of Hon. Hon. ALEXANDER McDoWELL, Clerk of the House, who directed Henry Burk, representing the Third Pennsylvania Congres the reading of the following letter : sional district, some difficulty was experienced in finding a candidate. SPEAKER'S ROOM~ HOUSEl OF REPRESENTATIVES, Washington, D. 0., ApriL 22, 1906. The Third Pennsylvania district occupies a peculiar place in I hereby designate Hon. Jo.Ii:N DALZELL, o! Pennsylvania, to act as American politics. It is peculiar in the history of our coun Speaker pro tempore this day. try, owing to the record of Samuel J. Randall. WitlJ the J. G. CANNON~ Speaker. strong conviction for the doctrine of protection wlJich existed Mr. DALZELL accordingly assumed the chair as· Speaker pro in the city of Philadelphia, Randall stood as the exponent of tempore. that wing of the Democratic party which believed in moderat~ The following prayer was offered by the Chaplain, Rev. protection. He had so stamped his impress on this di trict, HENRY N. COUDEN, D. D.: which, though probably by conviction its constituents were Re Infinite source of life and light and love, we thank Thee for publicans, with high protective ideas, that IJis strong per on that deep and abiding faith which holds us ·close to Thee through ality, honesty, and integrity bad broken down party line~ to all the vicissitudes of life, for the star of hope which illumines such an extent that for nearly thirty years be was elected an our path when sorrows and disappointments gather thick and honored l\Iember to this House. Party lines were severed, and fast about us, for the ties of affection which bind us together it was known as "the Randall district." into families and friendships which time nor space can se\er; I state this fact because at the death of Henry Burk there and as we gather here to-day in memory of those who made for was some difficulty in finding a candidate who would be sure themselves a place in our hearts we thank Thee that tbeir char to be returned as a Representative fully convinced of the sound acters their works, their influence remain an inspiration to ness of the great doctrine of protection. Many were can those 'who knew and loved them. Let the everlasting arms be vassed, and finally the selection was made of our late colleague, about the dear ones who mourn their absence, and comfort them GEORGE A. CASTOR. It takes certain. qualifications to carry with the blessed hope of a reunion in a world where sorrows that district, owing to the peculiar conditions to which I have ne•er come. Hear us, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ our referred. .Mr. CASTOR was chosen, first, for his strong support Savior. Amen. of the doch·ines of the Republican party; second, on account 1906. CONGRESSION·AL RECORD-HOUSE. 5673 of llis high standing as a business man for honesty and in was a resident of .the district which I have the honor to repre- tegrity, a man whose character could not be assailed, no mat ent, and a resident of the ward in which I live. He was born ter llow bitter the canvass might be, and, thirdly, through large and brought up at Holmesburg, just 3 miles from Torresdale, charities, and a character so lo1ely that be won friendship and Philadelphia, to which place I moved shortly after my marriage all felt be would make a sufficiently sh·ong candidate to over in 1887. In 1900, while I was in Florida, I was persuaded to come whatever lukewarmness might exist there, owing to that come back and become a candidate for select council of the city feeling that existed for the late Samuel J. Randall. of Philadelphia, to represent a new ward, which was to be It was a wise choice, Mr. Speal:er, for Mr. CASTO:& carried that kno"\\n as the Thirty-fifth Ward, which "\IUS cut off from the old district suce sfully by a yery large majority-24,374--and in Twenty-third Ward. When I returned the first difficulty that spite of the fact ~bat the sentiment to which I have referred pre ented itself, inasmuch as it was a new ward, and I myself a was tried to be re1i1ed and made a part of the canyass, that comparatively new re ident of it, was to find somebody who the son of that distinguished man of Pennsylvania, Samuel would be willing to accompany me in the canvass. J. Randall, was run in opposition to l\Ir. CASTOR, and there was Among those who rallied around me in that connection was an independent candidate, Mr. CASTOR was successfully re Mr. GEORGE A. CASTOR, and I can say here that throughout tile turned to this House, and took his seat. Had his life been canvass which I made, a very arduous canvass, because it was in spared he would have made quite a mark as a l\lember. Un the spring and we bad to drive sometimes for miles over bad fortunately for him, when be was reelected, by a still larger roads and through mire w hicb would come sometimes up to the majority, to the preEent Congress that terrible disease had hubs of the whe.els, it "\IUS' Mr. CASTOR's wonderful faculty of taken llold of his frame which medical skill has not the power looking at the bright side of things, llis cheerfulness, his person to allay, and he fell a victim to it. ality, his hearty laugh, that made what would otherwiEe llave 1\fr. Speaker, there is not much that can be said of Mr. been an arduous task an agreeable one. The villages and towns CASTOR's sen-ices in this House. We all know that a new we visited where be had no friends previously be at once Member has but little opportunity, either on committee or on made friends. It was one of l\Ir. CASTOR's wonderful peculiari the floor of this Rouse, to show what may be in him ; but I ties-his faculty for making friends, not for the time being, believe that with his strong business training and the qualifica .not for the moment, because having .once known GEORGE CASTOR tions tba t be show·ed, had his life been spared he would ba ve everybody was glad to see his bright face, to shake his band, and been a most useful Member. to again come in _contact with his strong m1d cheerful person But, Mr. Speaker, no reference to GEORGE A. CASTOR would be ality. Much has been said in regard to Mr. CASTOR's early lif~, complete witllout entering into those personalities of home life llis struggles and his wonderful successes. and friendship and charity which, after all, are the attributes Mr. CASTOR's life was a typical American one and his achieve that are the sh·ongest characteristics of a man wllo has ser1ed ments an example of what, under our Government, opportunities his fellow-men. taken advantage of will result in. Fame is good and great, and all honor to those who achieve Everything that Mr. CASTOR had he bad won for himself by it in public life; but the man who leayes a record of good his own individual efforts, and to my mind it was a remarkable heartedness, good will, and charity to his neighbors is part of thing, already alluded to, that his one great desire was to go that leaven that goes to raise the standard of life on this earth back to the place of his birth, to be among his old schoolfellows, of our , whose influence permeates in that quiet, silent way and to become a leader among them. There is an expression thnt lifts up mankind to that brotherhood which is the highest that a prophet is not without honor save in llis own counh·y. attribute, nearing divinity. In this instance the reverse of that proposition was h·ue, be 'l'he friends of Mr. CASTOR could not be numbered. He was cause Mr. CASTOR very soon became honored and looked up to so beloved in his own city that, as I say, he ran in a district in in his old home, first, as the leader of the ward in wllich lle which he did not reside, because his strength of kindliness was lived, and particularly the leader of those among whom he had not limited merely to his home. Yet his strength of lo1e for the bee-:1 born. · locality of his birth-Holmesburg-is another characteristic Wilen the time came in 1892 for the city of Philadelphia and that showed the man. When he had accumulated this com the eastern part of tlle State to look about for a candidate for petence he sought no fashionable or notorious place in wllicll to Congressman at large. Mr. CASTOR was selected but was de build a home to provide for his family, but with that tie for feated by the very small number of 12 votes. It had been up the place of his birth he went back to Holmesburg and there to that time, and remained afterwards, the laudable ambition erected a home, with ev-ery comfort and every elegance, in whicll of :Mr. CAsToR's life to represent his city and State in the Co:.J. his family could pass their days. Sir, those of us who were gress of the United States, and no one more than myself re appointed officially to attend the funeral of Mr_ CAsToR saw that joiced when the opportunity came and he was nominated for home and saw the berea\ement that bud entered into it which Congress from the Third Congressional district. The success of spoke of him us a father and as a husband. As a father he the campaign he went through in that district, where be "as was most indulgent. llis children were devoted to him with a not particularly well known, and the friends lle made and kept love that can come only through such treatment by a parent as afterwards, as I said before of the campaign that we made to he gave to _them. He belonged to many societies, and tllere gether, were due entirely to his own indefatigable energy. He were from those . societies large delegations gathered on the was a man who would sacrifice his time at any moment, day beautiful lawn. It 'vas a perfect day, and of all the patlletic or night, to acbie-,e the end in view, and it was through this sights that I saw which touched me most and which showed the enero-y that he became in a few ·weeks as "\\ell known in the character of the man was a woman who stood at a respectful new district he was to represent as in the district in which be distance clad in garments that showed she belonged to the was born and in which he resided. poorest of the poor. At either side clung to her skirts two I feel quite sure, with my colleague from Pennsylvania [Mr. little children. 'That picture showed "\\hat that man bad done ADAMS], that had Mr. CASTOR been spared theNe same splendid in his neighborhood, and this woman came to gi>e that testi qualities which bad made for him the po~ition he occupied in mony of his kindnes . Her very shrinking sllowed that she the business world would have made him one of the strow•est did not feel comfortable in the surroundings, but it sho"·ed and best Repre entati1es in this National Government. ri~w that her gratitude "\IUS greater than her pride, and she came to e>er, those are things not left to us to determine, but belong to pay the only tribute wllich she could in her position-to stand Almighty God. ·we a,re told, and it is demon h·ated every llour at a respectful distance, with bowed head, expressing gratitude of ~he day, that we can not take anything with us out of this for all that he bad done for her. That, Mr. Speaker, showed "-orld. Is it not, then, well to have left bellind a memory, an the man. impression, such as 1\[r. CASTOR did? His strong personality, his As we stood there and heard the beautiful ritual of the warm-heartedness, h1s cheerfulness, and his desire to assemble Episcopal Church read among the flo"\\ers that filled the about him not only friends of his later days, but the fTiends of large llall of tlle m:msion, sent by many friends, we knew that llis youth, will be a monument more lasting than bad he left we were attending officially the obsequies of a character who behind palaces and gold untold. in his own home recei1ed the most precious tribute that can be The Lord of life so orbited his sun That ev'ning shadows fell just when his noontide shone given to a man. All tile neighbors-his friends-were there, On widened fields. With new tasks scarce begun, rich and poor, high and low, to p.ny tribute at the going llence, He heard the whisper, "Rest! Your work is done." we know not whither, leaying behind him that which is most precious-a memory that lingers of the goodly deeds and kindly Mr. GILBERT of Kentucky. :Mr. Speaker, the most exalted words and charitable acts of one "\\ho bas gone from among us_ position ev-er attained by any mere man in the world's historv perhaps was tbat occupied by Julius Cresar_ Tbe most bril1im1t Mr. MORRELL. Mr. Speaker, I bad the privilege and honor and entertaining of all tbe historians bas said of Cn>sar tbat be of knowing the lute l\!r. GEORGE A. CASTOR probably longer and was a poet second to none but Virgil ; he was a historian second better than any other Reoresentative in Congress. l\!r. CASTOR to none but 'l'acitus; be was an orator second to none but Cicero, 5674 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE. .APRIL 22,

and he was the very gre-alest military captain of that or any Too oft is a smile but the bvpocrite's wile To mask detestation or fear. other age. .And yet when we look back over the centuries and Give me the sad sigh whilst the soul-tellin"' eye scan this brilliant career of this highest type of humanity, who Is dimmed for the time with a tear. "' would not have rather lived a life of honest usefulness, devoted to making mankind happier and better than to have ruled with Mr~ CUSHMAN. Mr. Speaker, on the 20th day of last Feb ~ an iron band all the vast countries that stretch from the Tweed ruary, when the flag above the House of Representatives flut~ · to the Tigris? It is indeed true that .. he that ruleth his own tered down to half mast, the American people witnessed the spirit is greater than be that taketh a city." mute emblem of a nation's grief for the loss of one of her bon ~ Our friend, GEORGE A. CASTOR, captured no city and ruled over ored and favored sons-Congressman GEORGE A. CASTOR. no empire in the worldly sense, and yet be captured a stronger In the more than seven years' serfice I have had in this body citadel and ruled a more tempestuous empire when be so mea:s the saddest of the lessons that I have learned is that the tre ured his own life and shaped his own conduct as to leave be mendous labors 'incident to a seat in this body make our Mem~ hind him an unsullied name. When the infidel has ended his bers prematurely old. In these few years I have seen the lines scoffing and when the agnostic has propounded his last question of care and the marks of age steal rapidly into faces that a and we are not able to answer it, still, somehow, we know that little. while ago were unmarked and unlined. Sir, be who gives the actions of men and nations are interwoven with and meas of his substance to the common people is entitled to credit. ured by a universal moral code, and that in the long run it is What then, sir, shall be a fitting reward for GEORGE A. CASTOR well with men and with nations, too, to do what is honorable and others like him, who gave up the very vital elements of and what is right. Somehow, in some inscrutable way, the their being for the public go.od? human family in every age· and in every land have acknowledged Ab, sir, to be a Member of the-House of Representatives of the binding obligations of this universal moral law. A thou the United States-in all the wide world round I know of no sand differing cre~ds and a thousand different religions are at position of higher honor or loftier duty. And, in my judgment, · last but a thousand frail, · imperfect efforts to give expression si~c~ the ages began there has never been gathered together to and to fol"mulate this moral law. High over all human am Withm· four walls any bo~y of men of greater ability and more bitions, above and beyond the achievements of sense, there is a lofty character than the Members of the House of Representa source from whence this moral sentiment emanates, and death tives of the American Congress. always brings us to its sober consideration. . We do not flatter Here we stand, holding our credentials direct from the hands our dead friends when we for a moment turn away from the of the people ; and we are so near to them that we feel each numerous deaths of a ruined city to give expression to the day the very heart throbs of the uncounted millions of the com worth of a single individual. Indeed, the Divine Founder of mon people of our race. our religion turned a while from his path of leading and teach At different times and at different places in the history of the ing multitudes to mourn at the grave of Lazarus and to comfort world men ha.ve ~ained some ~olitical positions by wealth, by the two sisters who were benumbed by sorrow. We but give chance, or by mtr1gue; but not m the House of Representatives. expression to the magnitude of a human soul and prove true When a man presents himself before the bar of this House to to that part of our nature which forces us to see and realize take the oath as one of its Members he comes bearing in Jlis in a larger measure those calamities which are near and which bands a dignified commission from a quarter of a million of ills befall us than we do those which occur at a distance and among race. strangers. ·The mother is not to be condemned who would sac Thus it was that GEORGE A. CASTOR came to us here in this rifice a -hundred strangers to save her own child, and we are not House, and the noble attributes of his soul have added one more to be criticised, because GEORGE A. CASTOR was indeed entirely imperishable memory to the legions of those that cluster round worthy of all the affection shown his memory, even if we do this historic hall. pour out our oblations in the midst of the smoke and ashes of It frequently happens that when a ·public man dies possessed a desolated city. of no earthly estate that fact is heralded abroad as prima On opposite sides of the Roman forum there stood in the olden. facie proof of his great virtue. Personally I am disinclined to ·days two beautiful monuments, one representing Romulus and cry out against this custom, because individual poverty is likely Remus being suckled by a wild wolf, and it stood there as an to be the chief monument that will mark the end of my public object lesson to remind the people -of the bumble and obscure career, and I have no desire to encourage those who may come origin of that opulent city that had become the mistress of the after me to mutilate it. However, I may remark in passing that world. On the other side of the forum stood the other monu when a man dies poor it may be evidence of an abundance of ment, representing Pegasus, with eyes aloft and wings out virtue or a paucity of industry. stretched soaring toward the sun. This monument stood as an In view of the lesson it teaches, it is not inappropriate to re~ object lesson also, to teach the people that although the city . mark at this time that when GEORGE C.ASTOR passed away be ruled every shore of the :Mediterranean and although the Ap was a man of some wealth. But, sir, that fortune of his is a pian Way was thronged with caravans loaded with tribute joint monument to his industry and his honor. Not a dollar of f:roni every land, yet there still remained other conquests for a it represented ill-g-otten gains or hard bargains driven with his still wider domain. fellow-men. On the contrary, the manner in which he acquired So, too, in the life of GEORGE A. CASTOR two similar monu a competence may well be taken as an object lesson by all of ments could be appropriately erected. One representing a poor those who linger after him. He made his money in a great busi boy without purple blood or ancient lineage struggling for an ness enterprise that gave needed employment and generous ·education and laboring in a tailor shop for his daily bread. wages to hundreds and hundreds of: his fellow-men. The other representing the successful business man with a The financial career of GEORGE A. CASTOR was akin to the at~ palatial home, blessed by a young, devoted, and accomplished tribute of mercy, as told by Avon's bard. It was not strained. wife, rnd gathered at his knee three beautiful promising It was a great business career that blessed alike the employer children; the leader of his city and an honored Member of and the employees. In all his life he never wrung an unfair Congress. dollar from the hand of toil, and the humblest workingman in his beloved Commonwealth was as welcome a guest across his He died in the prime of life, leaving a host of friends who doorway as those of wealth or renown. · were saddened by the loss of one of the best and most geni[\1 There was, perhaps, no man in this body who more closely friends, one of the truest and most useful of our distinguished scanned the proceedings of: this House than be did. I have public men. To his wife and children he left more than any been told that there was no closer reader of the CoNGRESSIONAL comfortable fortune or palatial home could bring, because he RECORD in the House than. he was. .And his wide information left behind a successful life as a model for the enco-uragement of on all topics connected with our legislative work proved the thousands of other poor American boys to demonstrate the fact truth of that statement. It was his firm opinion that no man that fortune and business success &re open to all in this great could be a well-equipped legislator who did not keep in close Republic and may be achieved without wronging or oppressing touch with the proceedings of Congress in their entirety. a single human being. Such a life lived in such a way; leav-, . At a reasonably early age in life he attained a competence, ing behind such a memory, is infinitely greater than the diadem and could readily have spent t:J?.e remaining years of his life in Df the Cresars. It is the highest type of successful American ease and idleness. But all his life he had been an active man. citizenship, which is the highest that has ever been afforded to He was full of life and energy and always had been. He had the contemplation of the human family. So let us pause amidst been a hard worker in the early days in his little tailor shop, the affairs of state and drop a tear upon the honored grave of nnd be remained a hard worker until that business expanded GEORGE A. CASTOR. into gigantic proportions in three of the greatest cities in When friendship or love our sympathies moved, America. \\'hen truth in a glance should appear, The lips may beguile with a dimple or smile, In his young manhood he carried a torch in the political But the test of affection's a tear~ parades for Rutherford B. Hayes. .And in the days of his ripe 1906. CONGRESSIONAL· RECORD-HOUSE. 5675

manhood he was one of the Representatives that Pennsylvania of his predecessor, I feel safe in saying that it can be properly sent to tlle capital of the nation to uphold the hands of Theo assumed that his acceptance of this trust was impelled rather dore Roosevelt. by the desire to serve his city and its interests than to gratify He disliked. to stand upon his feet and speak before a any personal or selfish ambition. It shall not be my purpose crowded assembly; With diffidence and modesty be put aside to speak of his home life or of those personal attributes tllat opportunitie for public debate. Yet there were. few men in endeared him to his friends and won for him the high regard and this legi. lative body who could state a proposition more clearly respect with which he was esteemed, as this shall be left to or make an argument with the rare tact and ability that he those who knew him better and who were in the circle of his displayed when seated in the committee J'OOm or around the intimate friendship. council board of his party. But he seemed to shrink from ad Those who knew him best will mourn him most, as we are dressing a great audience like the llouse of Representatives. justified ln assuming that bad his career been extended in the His personality exemplified in a high degree both modesty and House it would have been such a development that it would ability-a combination all too rare in the common humanity of surely have left his influence in behalf of the good people of his our day. He was ever ready to give a helping hand in any district and the great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. But good cause, provided his name was not paraded at the fore such is life; the Great Messenger bas summoned to that undis front of the enterprise or his name exploited in connection covered counh·y from whose bourne no traveler returns; be bas therewith. He once remarked in my presence that so long as gone to give an account for the deeds done in tlle body, and as he could help in the attainment of a good object he did not care we thus pay tribute to his memory \ve should be reminded of where the glory went. A disposition like that is a rare jewel to the certainty of a day when each of us mu t humbly and surely ornament the interior of any man. accept the inevitable fate destined for all mankind. Let his He was a man who made the cultivation of common sense life be an inspiration to us and his virtues be emulated. May the main object of his intellectual pursuit. Those in this House lJis memory ever be green in the hearts of his colleagues and of best acquainted with him soon found .that he was a man of keen the people who honored and loved him and that be loved so well. foresight and rare good judgment. Tlle common sense in his disposition had been developed to such an extent that it be [Mr. GROSVENOR addressed the House. See Appendix.] came .something closely akin to genius. It was never my good fortune to have known Mr. CAs'rOR's Mr. LLOYD. Mr. Speaker, GEORGE A. CASTOR was born in family; but having known him, and re<:Ognized the many great Pennsylyania more than a half century ago, when that State and warm qualities of his nature, I can, in some measure, had about the same population as the present State of :Michigan realize their sense of loss and desolation. My heart goes out has. He lived early enough to know of the dvil war, but be to them in this the hour of their affliction. was not sufficiently old to participate in that frah·icidal con It is no vain boast to say that he began life on the lowest test. It is a rather sh·ange coincidence that his predecessor round of the ladder, while the hour of his death found him was cut down in the prime of life at the beginning of a Con occupying one of the most honored and exalted positions that gre sional career. They both came up from poor men to suc man was ever called upon to P.ll. cessful financiers--

Mr. CASTOR -possessed these characteristics. How can the value His immediate family consists of his widow, who was Mary, of human life be ascertained? Who can tell who are entitled daughter ()f James R. Cleaver, of Ashland, one of the pioneer to be recognized as real benefactors? Men come on the stage of coal operators of this region, and one son and one daughter action and in a few years at best pass off. Their days are Granv~le and Esther, who are about 12 and 7 years of age: numbered, and their deeds make the monument great or small respectively. which shall remind the world that ·they have been. Is life PRO!IIINENT SOCIETY MAN, worth the living? Is the price not too great? There is good fn 1\fr. PATTERSON was a charter member of Ashland Lodge, every life, there is hope in every con:tlict, there is at least the No. 384, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and was also spark of human affection in every breast. It may not be -domi a member of Sheridan Council, No. 1128, Royal Arcanum; of nant, but if enkindled will brighten the hopes of {)thers, cheer Washington Camp, No. 84, Patriotic Order Sons of America and the hearts of friends, and give consolation to home and family. of Shenandoah Aerie, No. 12D, Fraternal Order of Eagles.' Into Mr. CASTOR's life much good had come. He had endeared himself to many. He is missed. A great writer has said, "One MR. PATTERSON'S DEATH. of tile best evidences of {)ne's influence is expressed, after his On Tuesday, March 20, 1906, 1\fr. PATTERSON reached Washing demise, in the words, ' Oh, how we miss him.' l' ton shortly after 9 o'clock, from his home at Ashland, Pa., and Why should Mr. CASTOR lie cold in death? Why should a went direct to his mother's home at No. 1745 Q street NW., useful career in public life be cut short near its inception? where he met his private secretary, Burd W. Payne. They Why should family ties the most sacred be severed? No mortal spent .a couple of hours going O\er the mail and talking on busi can explain. Our friend lived; now he is dead. May Heaven ness matters, after which ]\,!r. Payne went home and Mr. PaT bless his ashes and friends be found to bind the broken llearts TERSON retired about midnight. He bad not complained of feel of his family, and the Jesson of the uncertainty of life and the ing unwell beyond being tired after his long ride from Ash duty of me€ting death be impressed upon the living, and espe land. About 5 o'clock this morning his mother heard him mov cially the colleagues of Mr. CASTOR on this floor. ing around, and going to his room she found him taking a dose of medicine, he saying that he was not feeling very well. She EULOGIES ON THE LATE HON. GEORGE R. PATTERSON. lingered with him for a few moments and then retu1·ned to her 1\fr. SAMUEL. Mr. Speaker, I offer the following resolu room again. About half an hour later slle heard him moaning, tions. and she again hurried to his room and found him still in bed The Clerk read as follows : and bleeding profusely from the nose. Recognizing that be was seriously ill she summoned help and a physician was called, but Resol-ved, That the business of the House be now suspended that op portunity may be given for tributes to the memory of Hon GEORGE R. his services were ·of no avail, as 1\.Ir~ PATTERSON expired in a few PATTEllSON, late a Member of this House from the State_ of Pennsyl moments. vania. THE FU:t-."ERAL, Resolved, That as a particular mark of respect to the memory of the deceased and in recognition of his distinguished public career the The funeral of the late GEORGE R. PATTERSON, 1\fember of Con House, at the conclusion of these exercises, shall stand adjourned. gress from the Twelfth district of Pennsylvania, was marked Resolved, _That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the by a great outpouring of people, not only from his home town, Senate. Resolved, That the Clerk send a copy of these resolutions to the 9ut all parts of the county and many sections of the State and family of the deceased. nation, and was a fitting tribute to the respect and esteem in The question was taken; and the resolutions were unani which the deceased was held. People from every walk of life mously agreed to. turned out to pay their last sad tribute of respect to the dP.ad, and long before the hour for the services began to gather at Mr. SAMUEL. Mr. Speaker, it was my sad duty on the 21st the family home. The remains, which had been prepared for day of March, 1906, to announce to the House the sudden and interment at Washington, D. C .., where he died on Wednesday unexpected death of the late GEORGE R. PATTERSON, a dis last, reclined in a handsome broadcloth-covered casket with tinguished Representative from the Twelfth Congressional dis silver-barred handles, which was covered with a wealth of trict of Pennsylvania for a number of years, and to state that beautiful flowers, .and on which was .a heavy plate which bore at another time I would ask that another day be set apart for the simple inscription : · the purpose of a proper consideration of bis life, character, and GEORGE ROBERT P ATTERSON. valuable public services. On March 27, by special order, the November 9, 1863. 15th day of April was set apart for these memorial services. March 21, 1906. On the 5th day of April, on motion of Mr. ADAMS of Pennsyl The services, which were conducted at the house, No. 119 vania, this day .was selected, and we are assembled this after Center street, began at 1.30 o'clock and were very brief and noon to pay our last tribute of respect to one who was one of the simple in their character. Rev. Francis S. Hort, the pastor of most popular and energetic members of this House, who served the Presbyterian Church at South Bethlehem, Pa., and formerly - his constituency with signal fidelity and loyalty, and who was of Ashland, was the officiating minister, and the services con greatly loved and respected at his home, which was shown by sisted of prayer, an .appropriate scriptural reading, and a short the great concourse of people and friends who assembled from discourse. The only music was a simple hymn, entitled "Some near and from far to pay their last respects to all that was Swe€t Day," by 'l'owne, which was sung very beautifully and mortal of their true friend and fellow-citizen. sympathetically by 1\Irs. Robert D. Heaton and Miss Ida Price, I shall not undertake to gire an extended review of his of the Presbyterian Church choir. In his ·discourse Reverend career at this time, but will print the same in the RECORD, as Hort drew a strong moral lesson from the mysteries of death part of my remarks. and found much consoling thought for the sorrowing family. MR. PATTERSON'S CAREE:R. He also paid tribute to the memory of the deceased, and through GEORGE ROBERT PATTERSON, Republican, of Ashland, was born out the discourse was full of rich, soulful thought and taught at Lewistown, Mifflin County, Pa., November 9, 1863; attended the lesson of preparation for the life to come. 1\Iany wept the public schools and the academy at that place; had been silently during the sad service. engn.ged in mercantile pursuits since leaving school, in 1880, THE FLORAL DECORATIONS. most of the time as a traveling salesman, first in the hardware The floral decorations were most beautiful and profuse, and bu iness and for the last twelve years in flour and feed; at included offerings from Shenandoah Aerie, No. 103, Fraternal present is agent for a Minneapolis mill, covering territory in Order of Eagles; Ashland Lodge, No. 384, Benevolent and PL·o central Pennsylvania; has been living at Ashland since March, tective Order of Elks; Lewistown Lodge, No. 663, Benovelent 1886 ; has always been a Republican, and has taken an active and Protective Order of Elks ; Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Graham, part in the politics of the district for a number of years, having Mahanoy City ; Paul W. Houck, Shenandoah ; J. B. Howell, frequently ·been a delegate to local and State conventions, and Girardville .; Mrs. Harry Freeman Clark, Mrs. Emma C. Clark, delegate to the national Republican convention at Chicago, June, Harry Ellis, William Pedlow, Crawford Bennie, Captain and 1904; was elected to the Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eighth Con .1\Irs. Foote, 1\Irs. Mitchell, and 1\Irs. Tyson, 'Vashington, D. C.; gresses, and reelected to the Fifty-ninth Congress, receiving James A. McCarthy, Locust Gap; Hon. Wayne Parker, New 17,419 votes, to 12,005 for H. 0. Haag, Democrat, 239 for W. H. Jersey; Uiss l\!ary C. Weir, Wilkes-Barre; William Renn, Wil Zweizig, Prohibitionist, and 679 for M. E. Doyle, Socialist, a liam Egbert, Lewistown, Pa. ; Burd _Linder, Orwigsburg; S. plurality of 5,414, the largest ever given to any candidate for Burd Edwards, Pottsville; l\!r. and l\!rs. Harry Hunter, Mr. any office on any ticket in this district. and l\frs William S. Leib, William Berrang, Ashland, and many MR. PATTERSO:X'S FAMILY. others. The floral offerings from the family and from the pall Mr. PATTERSON's mother has been a resident of Washington bearers were also profuse and beautiful. for several years. His father, who was a Presbyterian minister Other floral tributes that came later were from ·~His 'l'ama· of honorable Revolutionary ancesb·y, has been dead for some qua Friends; " 1\Iiss Annie Eckert, Lewistow,n, .and 0. Blanch· ~ears. He bad no brothers or sisters, ard; Washington, D. 9. 1906. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 5677

The CongrE.ssional party also brought with them several beau difficult task to speak of him on this occasion~ but he deserves tiful floral tributes, the whole constituting the most elaborate a better eulogium than the writer is able to pronounce. We can floral display ever seen in Ashland.. comfort ourselves, however, with the fact that his life and char THE COXG"RESSIONAL DELEGATION. acter speak forcefully and eloquently for him. Death has made 'l'be committee appointed by Congress to attend the obsequies · more vivid that which we felt was strong and symmetrical in embraced some of the most prominent men in public life, inclu-d him. It throws sunlight in among the shadows, so that we now ing Senators PHILANDER C. KNOX, of Pittsburg, Pa.; BOIES appreciate him the more thoroughly. PENROSE, Philadelphia, Pa. ; J. FRANK .ALLEE, Dover Del. ; His death falls with the heaviest severity upon his widow and NATHAN B. ScoTT, Wheeling, W. Ya.; AUGUSTUS 0. BACON, two children. To them can only come now the memory of his l\facon, Ga.; FRED T. DUBoiS, Blackfoot, Idaho; and the follow devotion, his affection, his duty as a husband and a father, ing hlemhers of the House of Representatives, colleagues of Mr. which must ever live as a sweet and never-dying fragrance. PATTERSON : Dr. EDMUND W. SAMUEL, Mount Carmel, Pa. ; 1\Iay this memory mitigate their grief and bring comfort to their ANDREW . J. BARCHFELD, Pittsburg, Pa.; MIAL EJ. LILLEY, Tow hearts, now borne down by a great weight of sorrow. anda, Pa.; GUSTAV A. SCHNEEBELI, . Nazareth, Pa.; THOMAS S. BUTLER, West Chester, Pa.; MARCUS C. L. KLINE, Allentown, 1\fr. KLINE. Mr. Speaker, I bad not designed to take any Pa.; HENRY C. LoUDENSLAGER, Paulsboro, N. J.; DAVID J. Fos- part in these proceedings, but upon reflection I have thought 1:ER, Burlington, Vt.; RoBERT F. BBoussARD, New Theria, La.; that by reason of the contiguity of the respective districts repre GEORGE W. PRINCE, Galesburg, Ill.; JosEPH A. GoULDEN, Ford sented by the deceased and myself it was due to the memory ham, N. Y. ; WYATT AIKEN, Abbeville, S. C.; and GILBERT B. of the gentleman who has so recently and unexpectedly died P ATTERSON, Maxton, N.C. that I should make a few observations. 'l'be party came from Washington on a special train over the I bad no acquaintance with GEORsE ·R. PATI'ERSON, who for Pennsylvania Railroad to Pottsville, where they were transferred merly represented the Twelfth Congressional district of Penn to the Reading, reaching Ashland at 12.06 o'clock. They took sylvania, known as the " Schnylh.'ill district," until a consider dinner on the train, and afterwaTds proceeded to the house, but able period after my election ·to the Fifty-eighth Congress. did not go to the cemetery, which is a ru1e on such occasions, so The intercourse I had with him from and after my first intro thn t their stay in Ashland wa:s a brief one. duction in Congress and outside of these walls was of a most The only Senator to arrive was Senator BoiEs PENROSE. agreeable and delightful character. In coming to and return Of the Congres ional party, SYLVESTER C. SMITH, of Bnkers ing from Washington I frequently met him on the train. and field, Cal., was sub tituted for BuTLER, of West Chester; W. H. found him to be a frank, hospitable, happy, and open-hearted ANDREWS, of Albuquerque, N. Mex. ; J. C. NEEDHAM, Of Modesta, gentleman. I found him to be a good companion, genial and Cal., substituted for AIKEN, of South Carolilla. of high and fascinating social qualities: EJx-Congre sman C. H. Dickerman, of Milton, and Dr. H. R. His sudden and unexpected demise was a surprise and shock BURTON, of Lewes, Del., were with the party, as were also J. B. to'every Member of this House, and the great esteem in which Roberts, of Sioux Falls, S. Dak., clerk for the Senate Committee he was held was evidenced by an adjournment immediately on Pensions ; Ralph Paxton, of Medicine Lodge, Kans., clerk for after the reading of the Journal and announcement of his death. the Senate Committee on Census: Frank H. Barto, clerk·for the To know him was to love him. House Committee on Pensions, of which Mr. PaTTERSON was a Chosen to fill the honorable public position as a Representa member; J. S. Rogers, of Philadelphia, clerk in the :file depart tive in Congress for three consecutive terms, which he held at ment; and Frank Samuel, of Mount Carmel, private secretary to the time of his decease, he continued to discharge the obliga his father, Congressman EJ. W. SAMUEL. tions imposed with firmness and fidelity to the last, ever enjoy The party was in charge of Sergeant-at-Arms of the House ing the confidence., esteem, and affection of his constituency. Henry Casson, of Wisconsin, and his assistants, J. F. EJnglish, He represented a district in the heart of the anthracite coal of California, and C. EJ. Morley, of Wisconsin. region. His constituency represented numerous nationalities The Twelfth Congressional district of Pennsylvania bad no engaged in numerous and diversified kinds of trade, occupation; more popular and respected citizen than GEORGE R. PATTERSON. and busines , and by reason thereof the political sentiment of His long residence there had made him known to all the peo his people had been for many years of a fluctuating character. ple. He was the kind of a man whom people liked. His good Whilst a large majority of the county officers in his district nature was spontaneous and always put those about him in good including the judge'S of the several courts, are now and hav~ humor. He was ever bright and cheerful, and gloom never had been filled by men of Democratic faith, the popularity .and es-· a part in his composition. He always had a good story and he teem of the deceased was so great and manifest that he was for knew how to tell it. And he was always a gentleman, ever three consecutive terms erected over his Democratic competi courteous and agreeable. Kindne s was one of his most marked tors by increasing majorities. traits. It was never too much trouble for him to do a favor His death was mourned by a large circle of friends, as was for a friend, and no one will ever know of his innumerable acts evidenced by the large number in attendance at his funeral of kindness, both in his political and private life. Wherever he coming from all stations in life and from all parts of his dis~ was be was the life of the party. His goodness of heart and trict, in . friendship's tribute to the memory of their deceased mind fully co\ered any fault, if there was any fault in him. friend, neighbor, and Representative. Had you been in at GEORGE R. PATTERSON was a clean man. There was no blot or tendance at his funeral, in his home town of Ashland, in a min stain on his character, private or public. And now he is dead, ing locality, and witnessed the throng of thousands of his cut down in the beydey of his u sefuln~ss . friends, neighbors, and those bound by fraternal union, who Close the book ; the story of a life is ended. It is only to re came from far and near to pay the last mark of respect to their member. deceased Representative; had you observed the profound im The body of GEORGE RoBERT PATTERSON now lies peacefully at pression which the recollection of his life and many good traits rest beneath the sod of a sun-kissed slope, clothed, as it is to-day, and virtues left upon an entire community, you would have con in a mantle of glistening.white laid by nature and which reflects cluded that there was something to live for beyond the attain the ptl.rity of that beautiful city. whose gates of pearl have opened ment of political position. You would have realized that it is wide to bid him welcome home, and where St. Paul tells us-- not all of life to live, nor all of death to die. It doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he The deceased was engaged in busineBs before his entrance shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as be is. in public life and election to Congress. He did not make any GEORGE ROBERT PATTERSON has solved the mystery of the fu pretense of oratory, leadership, or statesmanship. He was tu:!.'e. We must wait to know what that means through our own faithful and diligent in committee work, conscientious and experience. But such is the destiny of our departed friend, and active in the performance of the work assigned to him. He it is ground for rejoicing amid our sorrow to-day. That he was always ready to help a friend or colleague if it was right made errors is possible, for who, indeed, is exempt from that and consistent and the request was just and reasonable. He frailty? But if he did, he was like all the rest of his fellow would never· consent to become compromised or commit an act men. He had, however, strong virtues of head and· heart. of which be couldn't approve at the time or ratify in the fu Strong con\ictions of principle and duty were conspicuous in ture. Neither the railings of a partisan pre s nor the taunts of his life. He never claimed perfection, but time, in sculpturing political opponents could swerve or deter him from the per bis character, produced one which merits a high meed of praise. formance of such official duty as conscience told him be ought It is only after men pass to "that bourne from whence no n·.'l v to do, nor could such influences compel him to the performap.ce eler returns " that a dispassionate, broad view is taken of tl1eir of what conscience taught him ought not to be done. He was life and career. It is a great pleasure to-day to bear the candid a man of most kind and generous impulses, firmly and warmly nnd sincere praise bestowed upon our departed friend, even by attached to his family, friends, and acquaintances; he was not those who sometimes differed with his judgment and convictions. vindicative, and these qualities combined to render him a most He. always fought a fair fight in the battle of life~ It is. not a faithful Representati-ve. 5678 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE. APRIL 22,

It is true, as was said by a gentleman on the floor of this We shall strike no balance of bis life, for friendship strikes House a few days ago, that " experience teaches us that the no balances and carries no account against the dead. most effective work is done, not upon the floor of the House by Honest, just, and generous, with a great heart overflowing the perpetual talkers, but by the quiet, active, and earnest with warm human sympathy, GEORGE PA'l.'TERSON left the only Members who attend strictly to their committee work and give fortune worth while, the memory of his kindliness. And so " it is their thought and time to such legislation as properly comes be well with the lad." It is not for us to speculate about that fore the committees ·to which they are assigned." Such a unknown country to which be has journeyed, for no word has Member was the deceased. He was not a perpetual talker in ever come to the anxious, eager ears of hope and love. If it is the House, but did his most effective work in the committee well that there be a far country, it is-if not, it is still well. room and in attending faithfully and promptly to the demands Resting in the security of infinite wisdom we shall be content. and requests of his constituents. In this manner he gained his Our friend has gone his way alone, as we must all go, and there popularity amongst the membership of the House. was no fear. To him we might have said with Aurelius: "Thou Now, 1\!r. Speaker, it has frequently, through the later series hast embarked, thou hast finished thy voyage, thou art come to of years, occurred to my mind that the man who is acknowl shore. Get out." edged by the community in which he lives to be an upright, con Rest to his generous, lovable, manly soul. " The eternal scientious, liberal, and honest man, enjoys the best reputation years of God are his." that a man can have. A man who has qualifications and 1\Ir. Speaker, he was my friend; I loved him; I would that ability may connect himself with public life; he may come into he might come back from the land of silence. your legislative halls and establish a reputation as an orator or a statesman; he may pursue some literary calling; he may win :Mr. DALE. Mr. Speaker, the birthplace of GEORGE RoBERT a reputation that is coextensive with the world; but after all, PATTERSON was Lewiston, Mifflin County, Pa. Born and reared when you come to form your estimate of the man, you must rely amid the rugged and beautiful hills of Pennsylvania, the love upon the character that he has established about his own thresh for these bills was dominant and controlling throughout his life. old, a~ his own hearth, in his own family, and among his own I am inclined to believe that no person thus born and reared neighbors. There is the standard by which we must measure a can ever forget these hills. No matter where he roams, no mat man after all is said and done. That is the corner stone of ter where necessity or duty places him, the call to the bills will his building; that is the groundwork of his fame, let it be what ever and always follow him. The love for his native bills seems it may, and no fame is worth having that is not based upon a to enter into the very web and woof of his being. It is resist reputation for social and moral virtues in the community where less; it is compelling; be can not get away from it; he can it is the man's destiny to live and perhaps his destiny to die. not dismiss it. Sometimes I think Samuel Francis Smith must In his home, in his own community, amongst his neighbors and have known and loved the wooded hills of Pennsylvania when friends, GEORGE R. PATTERSON acquired and enjoyed his first he penned the words : fame and great popularity. There the foundations were laid for I love thy rocks and rills, his entrance into public life, where he equally acquired and en Thy woods and templed hills. joyed the confidence and good will of all who knew him. He I know bow intensely GEORGE R. PATTERSON longed for these was strong and robust, active, busy, and energetic in life, but, hills; and so it is eminently fitting and altogether proper that like all who have prec;!eded him, he, too, was mortal. all that is earthly of ow· honored friend should find its final 'Ve who survive the deceased and who for a brief hour con resting place in the beautiful cemetery at Ashland, under the tinue to strut upon this our public stage find it hard to stop and shadow of the mighty hills he so much loved. think, to realize that we, too, are mortal, and that our hearts- Mr. Speaker, I understand that to other speakers has been as Like mufHed drums, are beating signed the privilege of reviewing in detail the life and work of Funeral marches to the grave. GEORGE R. PATTERSON, but I can not let this occasion pass with It is but a bubble we are blowing. No matter how largely we out noting one of his marked characteristics. I refer to his swell in our conceit, how magnificent we expand our proportions, kindly spirit and gentle courtesy to the new Member. I remem the bubble will finally burst for ns, as it has done in the case of ber w ben I came here he was one of the first to greet me and our illustrious predecessors, and we shall return to the obscurity -to offer his services to aid and help me. Over and over again from which we came, unhonored and unsung. And even if we his time, his wise counsel, and the benefit of his large experience succeed in securing public attention for more than one or two have been freely and cheerfully given to myself and to other or three. or more terms of our Congressional life, by a most p~r new Members. For his friends, no task was too heavy for him sistent effort or efforts in blowing our bubble, others will soon to attempt, no work too onerous for him to perform, no favor crowd us off the scene of action and strut their brief hour of too great for his generous heart to grant. Surely his unselfi. h fancied greatness and renown. devotion to others, his ready willingness to sacrifice his own This is the state of man : to-day he puts forth time and his own pleasure in the interest of others, entitled The tender leaves of hopes; to-morrow blossoms, him to wear the princely motto, "Ich dien "-"I serve." And bears his blushing honors thick upon him ; Mr. Speaker, directly in front of my place in this House there The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And when he thinks, good eas;r man, full surely is a vacant seat. GEORGE R. PATTERSON has departed; his labors His greatness is a-ripening, mps his root. have ceased; his work bas ended. My object bas been accomplished if I have succeeded in ar The body may lie in moldering chancel or in crumbling vault, but the rumor of a noble life, the record of valor and truth, can never die, resting "the attention of my fellow-Members by this brief con but lives on in the soul of the people. templation of the life and death of our late friend and colleague. An English author recently wrote these words : Let us emulate his good qualities and realize that it is not all The years pass, the old wheel turns, and ever the thread runs out. of life to reach public station, nor all of duty to distinguish The wise and the good, the noble and the brave, they come from the oneself in the fitful notoriety of the passing hour. darkness and into the darkness they go, whence, whither, and why, who can say? Mr. HOGG. Mr. Speaker, our friend and colleague, GEORGE It appears to me the sentiment thus. expressed is altogether PATTERSON, has passed out of the shadows. Suddenly he stepped too pessimistic. I boldly assert in our day and time it is more aside, and we know him no more forever. and more true that ever through the darkness breaks a ray Had our will been done he would have eased his burden down of light, bringing hope and confidence that in the end "there with feeble, trembling bands, and his last steps would have been shall be no more darkness." taken falteringly. We would have given him the serenity and That hope-giving light streams through the riven door of peace of old age at the end. It is so we judge of things. the new-made sepulchre of Joseph of Arimathea and rests upon He came from the field at noontime, and did not return to his the head of Him whose resurrection brought cheer and hope and task. The plow was left in the furrow when the darkness came. life to hopeless humanity. "Though he were dead, yet shall be I have seen the aged die, and it seemed well, for they were live." tired and worn ; their day bad been long and wea1;isome ; tlley had wrought much and well, and the night and rest became 1\Ir. AIKEN. Mr. Speaker, I desire to add a word to the the benediction of an infinite goodness. · splendid tributes that have been paid to the memory of the ·with our friend it was otherwise, _and he left his work un late Hon. GEORGE ROBERT PATTERSON, whose death brought sor finished, as we would measure it. l'OW to his colleagues here and to the thousands who mourn I bad not known him long, but I knew him well, all that was his loss at home. worth knowing, tile . oul of him, and admired him much. Our The spirit prompting me is not that of one who, in recount ""i ew of him was not obscured, for -it was a pleasing landscape, ing the deeds of great men, is flattered by the reflected halo with the sunshine resting on it. of their recital. I am no Boswell nor was the deceascl a His nature was so open, generous, and manly that we in Johnson. My humble tribute is a simple response to that Htinctively gave him our tribute of sincerest friendship. geniality and sincerity of heart, so marked in the deceased, 190B. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 5679 which, unhampered by formalism, went direct to the hearts of represented his district in three successive Congresses. A Penn his asc-ociates. It is of this one phase of his ·character that I sylvanian by birth, he was thoroughly ·American in education desire to speak. and training, a product of that school system which is so dis There are triumphs of eloquence and triumphs of organization, tinctive a mark of our civilization. If in these days it be a but that which elected our friend a Member of this body was reproach to be rich, then he was free from taint, for the the triumph of a warm and genial heart, coupled with that worldly goods be possessed were obtained by hard work, by a strong common sense and insight into human nature which strict attention to duty, and by honesty and fair dealing. He trayeling salesmen possess perhaps more than all other men. was a typical American business man, and was a valiant sol These, too, were the qualities which made him one of the most dier in the ranks of that army which has won such creditable watchful and useful Members of the House. victories for American prosperity. HoweYer much some may discount memhership in this body, That he was respected by his fTiends and neighbors is at it is a di tinction, and may I add, without egotism, that its at tested by their selection of him to represent them in party coun tainment is strong presumptive evidence of ability, possbly cils and the nation's legislative hails; and as it is safe to say latent, but no less certain. It is a distinction that many of the that the most reliable testimony to any man's worth is that of ablest la\\yers throughout this land have thought it not im the people who live closest to him, then he needs no greater proper to stri1e for. Disguise it as some may, the confidence eulogy than the record of his three successive elections to Con of a majority of your home people in electing you to a posi gress, the last by the_ greatest majority ever given to a candi tion of such responsibility could find lack of appreciation only date for any office in the district. in an ungrateful heart. As he was only 43 at his death, he had reached but the prime The deceased came not from the ranks of the professional of life. He had arrived at the stage when his knowledge and class, so o1erwhelmingly represented in Congress, but he came experience would have been of the greatest good to his constitu from the people, elevated from amongst them, with the glow ents and fellow-citizens. He had been long enough in Congress of popular demands fresh upon his mind and with a sympathy to have thoroughly mastered its traditions, its intricate machin of interest that the formalism of professional life would almost ery, and its possibilities, and was therefore in a fair way to make impossible. In this day of action rather than words, become one of its leaders and a credit to his State and the even in the American Congress his usefulness may not be nation. discounted by the most profound constitutional lawyer of this He was constantly growing in power and influence, but he did body. Legislation is as much the result of the hand touch of not exercise it in the M:achia~ellian fashion, which is charac the committee as the hair splitting of the forum. teristic of much of our party politics, but used it in the simple, We recognize the general proposition that education gives old-fashioned, American way which endeared so many of our its possessor an advantage over iiJiteracy, and professional edu elder statesmen to the hearts of their followers. He was in cation tends to emphasize that advantage. But he who, with a deed like a drop on Tolstoy's globe, expanding into noble propor·· simple Engllsh education, in a body largely dominated by pro tions, becoming a beautiful sight to all beholders. But death fessional men can set at naught legal quibblings and fully main came to undermine him, and in a twinkling he was crushed out tain the rights of his constituents must possess those qualities to sink back into the bosom of his 1\faker. of mind less lustrous, but no less valuable, in the attainment It is always unwise to push an analogy too far, and we can of results than polished ·oratory. Such were the qualities of not therefore pursue the fatalism of the great Russian to its mind and heart with which our friend was endowed. Genial bitter end ; although it would be wrong to .close our eyes to always, he was aggressive, yet unobtrusive; quiet, yet ever the fact that in the reality of life there are no gaps, and our alert and untiring in the discharge of his duty to his constitu places are soon filled. ·Perhaps this is the sternest lesson ents; a strict party man in so far as that obligation bound, in which the philosophy of history has to teach us. · But, in re reason, yet tolerant and reasonable in his dealings with the viewing the career of our late colleague, we find that his pass opposition. ing does leave an aching void; at one stroke a son, a husband, Hailing from widely divergent sections of the United States, and a father has been cut down, and a stanch friend and representing interests that have little similarity, with an ac ally has been taken from his coworkers and constituents. But quaintance of only a few years, there was no tie, save such a~ as he will be enshrined in the hearts and memory of all who the Creator had implanted in that generous heart, to bring me knew him, he will thus, in all truth, continue to fill his o"n within the number of those who sorrow for his "taking away." place. " In the world's broad field of battle n these influences linked And to the members of his beTeaved family, consolation shouid to liim, llere and there, the fellowship and sympathy of his be contained in those words of Landor, "He whom God srniteth, associates, and though in " crossing the bar" into the great un hath God with him." known ocean his temporal life fades ·rrom our view, we follow It was my privilege to join with his late associates in attend bim with those feelings which can not die. ing his funeral at hls home in Ashland, Pa. The appropriate 'l'he brevity and uncertainty of life is strikingly illustrated services, simple, but impressive in character, were typical of the in the passing away of this young man who seemed to be in life of the late GEORGE RoBERT PATTERSON. The immense tbrong the springtime of his career. Little more than two years ago of sad faces that had gatbered, with the closed places of busi he was one of the party which bore the remains of the late Hon. ness, all bore testimony to the esteem and regard in which he George W. Croft to his native State (South Carolina), to place was held. them amongst those who sleep. While the memory of this event is as of yesterday, the summons comes again; passing over The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pm:suant to the resolution al those who have long heard the breakers on a not distant shore, ready adopted, the House stands adjourned until to-morrow, at it knocked at the heart of our young friend, and it was still. 12 o'clock. Perhaps it is best that we do not know when we stand near the Accordingly (at 1 o'clock and 35 minutes p.m.) the House ad shadow. journed. In the vigor cf -young manhood, unbroken by the weight of years, he laid down life in its flower. If the contention of the psychologist is true. that thought is not even suspended in SENATE. vassing from this to the higher life, may we not hope that be ~foNDAY, April ~3, 1906. yond the dividing line this life, pruned of earthly hindrances and transplanted in a more congenial soil, may go on in the Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. EnwARD E. HALE. enlarged exercise of those virtues that characterized it herei The Secretary proceeded to Tead the Journal of the proceed ings of Saturday last, when, on request of 1\Ir. KE.AN, and by 1\Ir. GOULDEN. 1\f:~: Speaker, in the fourth volume of his unanimous consent, the further l'eading was dispensed with. Wnr and Peace Tolstoy likens life to an immense living glohP. the surface of which is coyered with drops closely crowded to LANDS IN NEW MEXICO. gether, constantly pushing and pressing against each other. The VICE-PRESIDENT laid b-efore the Senate a communica some expanding, others fusing or coalescing. In the center of tion from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a letter the globe is God, and ever and anon, as some of these drops are from the governor of New Mexico, together wlth inclosures rela crushed out of existence, their substance sinks back into the tive to the condition which exists in that Territory concerning depths, while others expand to enormous sh~e before being un certain lands that hm·e accrued to it under the grants made by dermined or annihilated. Although not calculated to create tile act of June 21, 1898, and inclosing a proposed amendment to any false impressions or charm us by the ideality of its con section 10 of the act of June 21, 1898, which will meet and rem ception, yet it is a very striking picture of manknd. edy the difficulties pointed out by the governor in his letter; Its truth is brought very forcibly to mind when we consider which, with the accompanying papers, was referred to the Com the life and services of Mr. GEORGE RoBERT PATTERSON, who b.as mittee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.