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Woerner, of Lancaster, Pa., favoring the exchange of censored wastes, ·over rugged mountains and dangerous and swollen news between parties living in the Un1ted States anrl those streams, without chart or compa.Ss to guide them, in order to w~thin t.Pe territory of the central powers; to the Committee on ·. establish a civilization in the western wilds, so they were accus~ the Post Office and Po t Roads. tomed to reason for themselves and untrammeled by precedent By Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island: Resolution of Washing- to formulate rules and ways of life to suit the new conditions ton Council, No.2, Junior Order United American Mechanics, of and a strange environment. There were no slackers in that new Providence, R. I., fa ori.ng pas age of House bills 4852 arid 5369 world of theirs. Every man and every woman had a part to respecting enforcement of immigration law; to the Committee play in the economy of things, and well, indeed, they played it, on Immigration and :raturalization. finally bringing the Oregon country under the American flag, By Mr. PETERS : Petition of H. B. Frost and 36 others, resl- establishing a government of their own in advance of any act of dents of Monmouth, 1\Ie .. urging action on the fo d bill; to the Congress creating a Territorial form of government. Amongst Committee on Agriculture. such a people and in such an environment HARRY LANE was born Also, petition of Snmuel Adams and 31 other citizens of Bel- 62 years ago. His birthplace was the then Uttle town of Cor· fast, Me., urging the pas age of the purple-cross bill, House bill val1is, on the banks of the beautiful Willamette, in speaking of 5410; to the Committee on 1\lilitary Affairs. which and in portrayal of its beauty a pioneer poet of Oregon said: Spring's green wltchery is weaving Braid and border for thy side ; SENATE. Grace forever haunts thy journey, Beauty dimples on thy tide ; SuND Y, September 16, 1917. Through the pur{lle gates of morning Now thy roseate ripples dance The Senate met at 10.30 o'clock a. m. Golden then, when day, departing, The Chaplain, Rev. Forrest J. Prettyman, D. D., offered the On thy waters trails his lance. Waltzing, flashing, following prayer: Tinkling, splashing, Almighty God, we come before Thee in the quiet hour of the Limpid, volatile, and free holy Sabbath Day to worship and to make mention of the char Always hurried To be buried acter and :o;eTvice of one whom Thou hast called to his final In the bitter, moon-mad sea. reward. We memorialize the name of a comrade in service who by Thy gruce mea ·ureu up to the responsibility of this office. Looking out from his humble boyhood home upon the land· We bless Thee that Thou hast ever laid Thy hands upon men scape, whether to the east or to the west, his youthful eyes be· who have come up from every part of the country to the central held the lofty mountains of the Cascade and Coast Ranges, council of the- Nation in pired with the ideals of freedom and snow-capped and sun-crowned, clad from base to summit in per~ justice, and that Thou hast kept them true to the traditions of petual green. a Nation foundetl upon the precepts of Thy Holy Word. I have sometimes tl1ought that much of the rugged honesty We bless Th e for the life and character of the late Senator of character, thought, and disposition of HARRY LANE was but whose name i mentioned this day, whose service on earth a reflection of .these scenes nnd of the mountains that were the closed witl1 his labors in this S~nate. We praise Thee that he companions of his youth. For he was the very soul of honor, leaves behind him a sacred .memory that will be cherished as and in the struggles he encountered through life, in the long as the country endures. His name will be on the scroll of political contests he waged, no one ever at any time questioned honor as one pure and teadfast in principle and unyielding in the integrity of his motives nor the loftiness of his purposelt~ .devotion to the truth and to God. Honest, generous HARRY LANE ! Now, we pray Thee to give to us a solemn sense of the reality 0 good, great heart that all men knew, of 0 iron nerve, to true occasion true ; life. Lead us all in- the path of duty and prepare us for the Fallen at length, that tower of strength, final issue for which we must answer before the judgment seat Which stood foursquare to all the winds that blew. of God. For Chri t's sake. Amen. Since his death I heard a distinguished gentleman and ac· :P.lEMORIAI. ADDBESSES ON THE LATE SENATOR HARRY LANE. quaintance say " Senator LANE was a most lovable character, Mr. CH.AJ\1BERLAIN. Mr. President, pursuant to notice but I was never quite able. to calculate his orbit." That summed heretofore given I offer the resolutions which I send to the up his character in a sentence. No man could, but all who knew Secretary's desk, and ask for their adoption. him could safely say that whatever his orbit might be, his The VICE PRESIDENT. The resolutions will be read. direction, his aim, his purpose was toward the right, toward The resolutions were read, considered by unanimous consent, honesty, toward justice and equality of opportunity to all, to and unanimou Iy agreed to, as follows: the humblest as to the most exalted. Senate resolution 131. I first came to know Senator LANE well while he was superin Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow of the tendent of the Oregon Hospital for the Insane, to which position death of the Hon. HAnnY LANE, late a Senator from the State of Oregon. he was appointed by Gov. Sylvester Pennoye~·. At the time o:f Resolved, That as a mark of respect to the memory of the deceased his appointment he was practicing his profession as a physician the business of the Senate be now suspended to enable his associates at Portland. He immediately set to work to bring about a to pay proper tribute to his Wgh character and distinguished public services. . change in conditions at that institution. He was then, as he Resolved.~- That the Secretary communicate these resolutions ·to the always was, restive under restraint. He followed no rule be House of ~epre entatlves and transmit a copy thereof to the t'amlly cause it was of long standing unless it had merit. He did not of the deceased. . belleve in the doctrine that what was good enough for the father Mr. CHAMBERLAIN. 1\fr. President, we are here to-day to is good enough for the son. His practice was to follow a general pay the last sad tribute of respect to our late colleague and scheme because it was right, and his purpose always was to reach friend, HARRY LANE, of Oregon. The best testimonial to his higher ideals and loftier standards. He could never be patient ~orth, however, is to be found in the love which. was entertained to reach an end by slow degrees. He wanted to reach it at once. for him by his friend and neighbors of a lifetime in the State For that reason it was hard for him to compromise, and hence he of his birth, and which be in part represented at the time of his could not do what is usually denominated as team work. With death. the exception of a few occasions when he first came to the Sen HARRY LANE was the product of pioneer days in the West. ate he did not attend the ·conferences of his Democratic col~ His grandfather, Gen. Joseph Lane, after participating with leagues, and was therefore at variance with them much of the marked distinction in. the Mexican War, went to Oregon in 1848 time. Yet no one questioned his integl'ity of purpose. Because as Territorial governor by appointment of President Polk, and he saw but one way to accomplish an end he thought everyone remained there when the war was over. In 1859, after having ought to see it and reach it by the quickest route. He did not served a number of terms as a Delegate in Congress, Gen. Lane like circumlocution and would not stand for it even if by it he was elected to represent his State in this body, and in the presi would eventually reach the same goal for which he was striving. dential election of 1860· was a candidate for the Vice Presidency So in his conduct of the State hospital he broke through the reg on the ticket with the late John C. Breckinridge, of Kentucky. ulations of a generation of his predecessors and made thin!!S Like his grand on, he was po essed of great physical as well as unpleasant for the sticklers for precedent. The general result moral courage, and those tt·a:its were inherited by and strongly of his iilcumbency of the position of superintendent was ben~ emphaRized in our late collea~me. ficial, and many of the plans formulated by him are still in force. The life of the early pioneer was calculated to develop vigorous Upon his retirement from this position he resumed the practice minds as well as strong bodies, and HARRY LANE was no excep· of medicine in his home city. He always commanded a large tioq to the t:uie. Silrrounded as be. was by the adventurous practice, but he never made any money for the simple reason spiritS of tho e early day , he imbibed their modes of independent that he would not charge the poor either for services or medi thought and action. As they blazed a trail across miles of desert cines which he furnished. "His hand was open as the day, and 1917. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD~SENATE. 7~11 his heart was a great temple in which thronged aU the kinqly Senator LANE :was elected to the s~nat~ at the fall e1ec~iQn emotions." No man, woman, or child ever came to him suffering in 1912. He showed upon his entrance here the same disregard or in want that he did not give aid and comfort without money of preced_ents that charact_eri?:ed his whole life. He immediately and without price. He was ever ready to give hi.s last penny to took part in the discussion of great public questions, and upon one in neeu or in distress. Is it any wonder, then, that he could all occasions showed an i~timate acquaintance with men· and not save money at his profession? There are thousands of peo affairs. He made rio pretensi<">ns to eloquence · and claimed no ple living in the West who have benefited by his kindness and «;listinc;tion as a:n or~tor . . E;e plunged int9 the middle of ~ sub. generosity and who rise now to call him blessed. ject and always contributed to the sum of information upon it. Senator LANE served two terms as mayor of the city of Port Possessed of a happy way of expressing his views, there wus land. In one of his contests his opponent was a gentleman who frequently a vein of humor in him that attracted attention and had served as Attorney General of the United States during gave pungency to th~ point he was endeavoring to nuke. Fear Gen. Grant's administration and was later appointed Chief les:J at all times, he did not hesitate to differ from his wa1~ruest Justice of the Supreme Court, failing, however, of confirmation. personal ami political friends. His re·cord here is so recent and The contest was a bitter one, but Senator LANE's popularity with so w~ll understood that I d_o not deem it necess~ry to dis~uss it. the masses and his promises to reform conditions of municipal His attitude with respect to armed neutrality and the war with life won him a victory. During both his terms he devoted all the Imperial German Government proved more than any of his his energies to carrying out his preelection pledges, and he did public acts his great moral courage. He was at variance with make Portland a better place to live in. He drove out the thugs the great majority of his colleagues, and did not fear to give and gamblers and purified districts which prior to his administra expression to his views. He bated war, and his tender heart tion had been given ovet· to every form of vice. He made no and the horror of bloodshed led him to hope that a crisis might compromises, but hewed to_the line with the sole aim and pur be averted. But his motives were misunderstood by enemies pose to correct evils in municipal· government, to make the lot and friends alike, with the result that he was most brutally and of the laboring man easier, to cut out every form of graft, and unjustly assailed by many of the public journals throughout'the to see to it that everyone received a square deal at the hands of country. The injustice of these attacks, in my opinion, made those in authority. No administration was ever more stormy, acute a disease that was lurking in his system, and unques and none ever so fruitful of beneficent results. tionably hastened his death. He was charged with engaging in a Speaking of his record as mayor and of· him as a man, one of filibuster against the armed neutrality bill, whic~ was wholly the local papers of Portland, shortly after his death, said: unmerited. He .was charged with treachery to his country, .A.s mayor of Portland he was quick to sense the harmonious relation which was entirely untrue, for there was never a man whose between powerful figures a.nd the vice ring. With equal celerity he heart was more truly loyal than HARRY LANE's, and after war compL·ehended tl:e inside hold that big institutions maintained in the city and out of which they profited at the expense of the publlc and was once declared be would have contributed the wei,ght of his the masses. influence and hi.3 every vote to the making of American arz.m; He was as quick to realize the illegitimate traffic in public contracts, successful. ::ro one \\·ill ever know what anguish he suffered in gambling, and the ruinous effect whlch invisible government was working in the city. Fearless and free, as courageous as he was honest under these unjust charges, and I really believe they almost Mayor I.ANE, with these abuses once visualized, was instantly in action: broke his noble, generous heart. and it was an action from whlch no friend, no groups of friends, or I beg the indulgence of the Senate while I read a sketch of other human power could stay hls hand. With him it was a fight with public wrong, and a fight without compromise, a fight to the death. HARRY LANE by one of his warmest personal and political The effect of his conflicts with invisible o-overnment is beheld in friends, Ron. R. W. Montague of Portland, Oreg. It is so tme Portlanu to-day. He opened the closed eyes of the public to what was it. going on. Ht threw the searchlight of a pitiless publlcity on abuses to life that this record •would not be complete without He and practices of whose existence the people had not dreamed. Wherever says: he found wrong in the munkipal structure he smote it and exposed it No one r.an forget HARRY WNE who ever came close to that unique Without a LANE, Portland might still be in the mire of those rottexi and vivid personality. A mind leaping, swift, intuitive, sudden and times. His work of reform in the chief city of the State was heard of unpredictable in its way of attack on the commonest questions, a in rural and remote Oregon and exercised factorship in the great con pungent wit, abundant zest of life, genial readiness in "intercourse with fiict for redeeming and reclaiming the Commonwealth from the vicious all sorts ana conditions of men, all these were apparent at once, but and corrupt influences of the old politics and politicians. these were D
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Tbe most notable characteristie of his mind was Its unshakable grasp even though they may for the tnoment have a different view of a f~w elementary principles of justice and humanity and the sudden and surprising aptness with which he applied them to the case in hand; from his. They know that they may not have all the irr:torma.. if to the breaking down of ancient conventions or the shattering o1 tion necessary to form a correct judgment as to· what ought to ancient idols, so much the better. From this power of holding fast to the essence amid all the tangle and welter of occident came his flashes be done or as to what ought not to be done. While they, under o:f insight as an administrator, when he denied his advisers and defied the impulse ot. excttemeut and statements: not founded upon fact, his enemies-and proved in the end, •• in the teeth of all the sc:hools," may condemn a representative, in their calmer moment they that he was right. A fighting man with an ingrained love of humanity and of basic, uncomplicated justice is pretty sure to be a success in. will respect him all the more if they feel that be bas acted con politics, and he was a fighting man in every fiber. scientiously. The man who does his duty as he sees it despite. '.Lhese simple and obvious qualities were the sole source ot his troll tical a contrary public sentiment. wm have the respect and admira success. Of the arts of the politician he had none, nor any love of wealth or power. For intrigue and combination he had absolutely no aptitude, tion of all those who admir·e courage and despi e self-seeking. and for the complicated team play and strategy necessary to carry The people expe-ct a representative to study, investigate, anti in through large political programs little enough. But the plain people form himself upon the issues that come before him for actiort could not be deceived as to the perfect absence in him of acquisitiveness o.r any disloya1t7, to them, the depth arid utter sincerity of his feeling for and they expect him to act upon such issues in accordance with . common humamty, and his detestation- of privilege' and power based on his mature and conscientious judgment .formed with a due· re.. privilege ; and for these things they gladly ignored any deficienilis in gard for public s-errtiment and witb a knowledg-e of the many sustained reasoning or far-reaching programs and elevated him again and again to high place in the face of overwhelming majorities. facts and conditions which the people may not know and which, It may be that he:re we come nearest to his inmost secret. As the if known, might produce· a different sentimen:t.. Such a: repre joy of battle !aded with his youth,. there grew up beneath the fierce sentative was: :H.ABKY LANE. He· felt his responsibility. a.s a gayety of tbe pal1ldin spirit a human kindness and compas ion,. a yearn ing over the unfortunate and oppressed, over all mankind, over every liv Senator. He realized his duty as a representative. He wanted ing tbing, tbat at last became his master passion. ne unwillingness to to please the people, but above all he was anxious- to maintain sutrer the human sacrifice to be made was. the ground a! that last grave his own self-respeet and do. that which·was for the people"'s good decision which seemed so fatally wrong to many of us. Who shall say that it was not best. after all, for some one to oyerlook the grim and and for the welfare and honor of his: country. No higher eulogy batetul necessities ot the hour and fix his gaze on the better things of could be paid any representative. IIAimY LANK deserves. it. the future which to us it seems can c:ome only through this sac:rttlce; \Ve are better for his; life-;: posterity will be helped through his- that he did not choose for bimsel:f a. more perfect way when, in this time of " confused noises and garments rolled in blood.'' be chose rather , record of com·age and devotion. to duty" made here. than applause. rather even than wisdom, to be written dowm as one who loved his fellow men? . Mr. PHELAN. You will recall, Mr. President, that William "For life is only a small house • • • and love. is an open doOT." Cullen Bryant, writfn~ in the early part of the nineteenth cen· HABRY LANE, the kindly, courteous gentleman, has gone. !rom tury and desiring to express the e<>m.m()n character and the among tis. He will be long remembered by his friends- here, but universality of death, drew his imagery from Oregon. He said: longest at his home, for- All that tread That best portion of a good man's llfe; The globe arc but a handful to the tribes His Httle nameless, unremembered acts That slnmber" in its bosom. Take- the wings Of kindness and of love. Of morning. p1exce the Barcan wilderness·, Or los.e thysclt in the eontiimous woods He sleeps peacefully under his native skies, and by li.is grave Where- rolls the- Oregon, and. hears no sound there stands as sentinel a mammoth evergreen, as if :from the Save his own. dashings-yet the dead are there t mountains he was wont to look upon and love in his boyhood In order to properly estimate this occasion~ we must recall the days. overwhelming- -tact that one generation has succeeded and He is not dead, he has but gone t(). that- driven out another generation during the entire history of the Country bordering on the land world, and that death and succession are so common that for Sealed in eternal silence here, where all the most part they should awaken no surprise. This very body Are journeying-a region which we call The empire of the dead. No mortal hand has been decimated by death. I am told tb.a..t ot· the 96 men who Hath ever mapped its coast. Upon its strand were Senators 6 years ago. as many a~ 53 are now numbered Discovery's anchor ne'er hath been let fall. among the dead. We are in the midst of' war, whieh one might suppose wou1'd 1\!r. JONES of Washington. Mr. President, the- changes also accentuate the subject of mortality~ but, apart fr()m tlmt~ wrought by the Grim Reaper in this body are swift and startling. it is also true tnat while war slays her thousands, peaee slays They bring home to us the unerring truth that "As for man, his her tens of thousands: We all, on refiection. appreciate this days are as gra s : as a flower of the field so he :ftourisheth. fact, and ye~ because· of the uneertamcy of the approach of For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone : and the place death-though every man thoughtlessly holds all others mortal thereof shall know it no more.'' Nor doe his heavy hand except himself:_and contrary to what we might suppose to be !all a1one upon the aged and feeble but often upon the strong something of universal acceptance, surprise is constantly ex and middle aged. Why those ~hose us$].ness seems to have perienced. We know from the- poet, and the :Poets are the just begun are so often taken we know not. This is one of the interpreters of truth and of natm·e, that the unexpectedness of mys-::eries we may olve in the Great Beyond, but :._'"Ow it seems death is what ala.rms and astonish~ past our finding out. . LeaveS- have their time to fall. Il.A.RRY LANE-that is what we soon began to call him-came And flowers to wither at the north wind'S" breath, to the Senate unknown to most of us. 'Vhen he was taken And stars to. set ; but all-- away every hea:rt felt the piercing arrow of" sorrow. He had Thou hast all seasons for thine- own, 0 Dea.th t a free, earnest, hearty, sympathetic way about him that com We know when moons shall wane-. manded not only your confidence but your a:frectlon. , My ac When summer bi.rds from far" hall cross the sea, quaintance with him began with his serVices here. Coming When autumn's. hues shall tinge the golden grain from a neighboring State with interest much in common with But who shall teach u when. to look. for thee? tho e of my own, I soon came to honor and admire his devo Ignorant as we were of the imminence of his fate, it see-ms tion to duty, his earnestness and sincerity, even though I often that our late colleague had orne premonition of death. He de disagreed with his views. parted this Chamber in the midst of his labors to lay his tired He was one of the most earnest and sincere men I have ever bones in his native soil, but it. was orCk'li.ned that he should known, and of rare political coru·age. He loved humanity. His never reach there, He lingered on the way in California and highest aim seemed to be to serve the poor, the weak, and the there he died, and the men and women of California paid due lowly and to promote their comfort, welfare, and happiness. honor to his memory, His vision of legislation was their wants and needs. His views While it was not fated that he should die in his ()WD State, were often considered radical, but his sincerity of purpose was yet I am sure that were he to be consulted he would feel that never doubted. in California, dying, be would not at any rate die aiD()Ilg Although a political parti an he measured aU legislation by strangers, because his associ.a.tion and his State' associations the people's good and 'n~ver hes~tate(i to condemn in vigorous with California had always been intimate and cordial. As a and picturesque language party measures which did not meet young man he came to San Fra.ncisco to study the profe sion his views as to what was for the real interests of the people. ol medicine, and there in the office ()f my friend and sometime Men ·of his stamp and courage are es ential to a republic. The physician, the late Dr. A. F. Sawyer, he pmctic:ed tbe healing success of representative government depends not only upon the ·art. After he had perfected himself in hi:; profession he went wisdom but upon the courage of those intrusted with authority. back, naturally, to his native Oregon to min.ister to the wants A representative should be something more than the mere regis of his own people. trar of an apparent public sentiment. The people at home want I say there is an intimate association between the e tw 19'17. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-_ SENATE~ ·72l:t ~ ha been· an ex-change of courtesies of such a cordial character care.'' The next morning. at 10 o'clock the money was: remitted that it has wedded their fortunes= and mingled their fate .. to. San Francisco. · Perhaps the most illustrious man who came out of ther West HARRY LANE was a man .who, when he made up his mind that and who sat in this· Chamber was Gen. Edward Dickinson a -thing· was right,. had the courage. of his. convictions and; Baker, who for many' years· practiced his- profession of the·law though his· ways may have- been rude, still; as I. have said,. his in 8-an Francisco, and then, looking for a larger field of useful heart was always true. He resented the attitude of this com ne s· where conditions were more favorable and perhaps men · mittee of his own appointment i.n deciding that there was no. . more appreciative of his genius and character, he went to emergency when the world rang of the news of San Francisco's Oregon; After a residence there of six months he was elected distress. a Senator of the United States; and this man of wonderful .I went with him jast before his departure from Washington eloquence, marveloust tale:tt, sent · by Oregon to this Chamber to the President of the. United States· to ask fru· a pardon for. a during the crisis of the Civil War, again felt that his useful citizen of Oregon with whose affairs I was thoroughly familiar. ne might be: enhanc~ by laying down the toga and. taking: up and· of whose. innocence h€' and I were. convinced. When the the sword. Commissioned a colonel, he went into the field of Attorney General said, " There is no adequate reason for par death and glory; and very early in his· careel" as a soldier he fell · don on the. face of· the record," it seemed as though the matter. fighting at the battle of Balls Bluff, not far from the National might well be abandoned as hopeless; but, in examining the Capital. We of California felt that we had made· a contribution case-Senator LANE, Senator CHAMBERLAIN, the senior Senator to Oregon, as Oregon bad made a contribution to the country, in·· fr.om Oregon,. and I-we. found that even the record revealed; the person of Edward Dickinson- Baker. On the other band, what we knew~ that there- was no turpitude in the offense; that. the great singer of the Sierras, Joaquirr 1\Hller., spent his, it was a jury's blun . . .,_ 'L )' 7214_ [ · GONGRESSION-\.L TI-ECORD-~SEN TE. - SEPTEl\lBER .16' - Balzac has painted the character of the country doctor and he would have given hls life, and who understood him not, he his goodness. True it is, that to the physician is given more went to his death a martyr to his fixed convictions. opportunity for kindness pos ibly than to others. Such lives, howe\er, do not really Uje. They live on in tho IlAimY LANE was the poor; folks' doctor. They lo\ed him. He hearts of thou ands left behind. 'Vherever the songs of the was kind to them. There was no horizon to his charity. sweet singer of Israel are read, David still liveth. To those who The great Teacher of men loved the poor and they " heard Him venerate law, Moses is not dead. Nor in the lives of free men gladly." who ha\e come from darkness into light can the memory of Lincoln once said "God loved the common people. That is Abraham Lincoln e"Ver pass away. And so, in the hearts of the why ·He made so many of them." many who have been cheered and helped by his life, HARRY LANE H AnnY LANE knew them, their wants, hopes, desires, lives, will live on. :mel it was his great ambition to minister tmto them. He was Truly can we say of him, this world is a little better place be to them a brother man. cause he lived. I have been told of the incident when his body lay in state He approached death with the same courage that sustainen In the l\Iasonic Temple at Portland and little ragged newsboys him through life, and well he might. For him death had no came in to pay him their last tribute. One little, dirty, ragged terror. He met it with a smile. fellow said to the other: "Boy, he was sure good to us; he was When th<) bark of his life loosed its mooring ancl floated out the best friend we kids ever had." with the tide upon that sea where no sail is ever homewanl A story of human trouble, of suffering, of fallen women trying bound, it carried to that beautiful isle of somewhere-that isle to riset brought the tears to his eyes and from him an offer to ·where the sun always shines, where sorrow knoweth uo home help. as true a soul as God ever sent to earth. He was ever ready to throw the rope to the girl going down, I have in vision sometimes pictured that soul as the Judgment without inquiring as to her character. Book was opened and the Master read and told him what he hatl He believed there was goodness in the souls of the fallen. done in life for Him, and in astonishment he must have ex He had the tenderness of a child and the courage of a lion. claimed, " Lord, when d1d I this," and then the glorious response: He, of all men, would not want us to exaggerate his virtues. "Here is the record o~ help to little children, of service un In his simple, honest way, he would shrink from praise. measured to the poor, of pains alleviated, of kind words spoken He had faults, of course, as he was a human being. to the fallen, of encouragement given to the man steeped in He loved little children. One who loves and is kind to children crime, of the ropes thrown to those sinking fn a sea of trouble, of is fit for the immortal home. "For of such is the kingdom of financial help to the mother bending her back over the washtub, heaven." of work secured for strong but unforhmate fathers, of meat 'l'he Recording Angel must ha\e been busy writing in the great given to . the hungry, of drink given to the thirsty, of refuge Judgment Book the kindly deeds of HARRY LANE, and if now and given to the sb·anger, of clothing given to the naked, of visita then was recorded a fault, looking down upon all his devotion to tion to the sick and to those in prison " ; and then I can, in a humanity, he must have blotted out the record of those faults vision, hear the King say unto him," Inasmuch as ye have done with his tears. it unto one of the least of theset my brethren, ye have done it In public life he typified courage to the extent that few men unto Me" ; and with the righteous such a. soul passes on into have in our Nation's history. life eternal. He was the uncompromising foe of graft, great or small ; like It was hard for those of us who loved him as a friend to have wise of greed. him part from us. It seemed as if we could not let him go. The He despised those who, in Congress or elsewhere, voted to as only comfort to me was in that hope of immortality, firm in my sist special privilege. The representatives of special privilege heart, that somewhere, some place, on some other shore, he despised him, and he was rather proud that they did, but they would be waiting with outstretched hands to greet and wei· despised him not one bit more than he did them. They had no come us. And there came to me, as some consolationt the beau difficulty in understanding his attitude. Hypocrisy did not dwell tiful words of the Christian's prayer : in his nature. Candor was ever present with him. Good night, beloved; blessed be thy rest. _ No one questioned his fidelity to those whom he represented. Come lay thy head upon the Savior's breast. We loved thee well, but J~us loved thee best. He was no trim!Per and 'no quitter in n, fight. No one accused Good night, good night, good night. him of talking at home for the things the people wanted and voting here for the things they did not want. The VICEJ PRESIDENT. The Chair is about to call to pre He did not spend five years of his term serving "invisible gov side the Senator from Utah [Mr. KINa]. In leaving, it must ernment" and one year before election serving the people. not be misunderstood that I go other than as compelled to go lie was not a forward-looking man when a candidate, and a to meet an engagement which was made before I knew of these backwa1·d-looking man .after election. The HARRY LANE after memorial services. Everybody knows that I was H.ABRY LANE'S election differed not a particle from the HAnny LANE before friend and that HARRY LANE was mine. Our friendship did election. · not depend on his views or on my views ; I knew he was an He did not consider it a great honor to carry the incense jars honest man, and he thought I was one. So long as the Senate and burn incense for those who sneered at all reform and all of the United States shall be composed of honest men and battles for the general welfare of the everyday people. men we think are honest, thank God, the Republic will be safe He despised the lick-spittle sycophantism so often seen in and the memory of LANE will be secure. Congress. He hag gone like a morsel of incense burned in the· halls of No caucus bound him. No one told .him how to vote. He eternity, but the odorous cloud wafted ever upward to the raf had only one master-his conscience. One desire-service for ters of Rea ven. Rest to his ashes and peace to his soul. his counb·y. He did not know that the word" coward" was a part of our 1\Ir. KING assumed the chair. language. I have believed the strength of HARRY LANE's character was 1\lr. HUS'I'ING. 1\lr. President, when-death laid its inexorable due somewhat to his love of nature. He had lived in God's hand upon the arm of HABRY LANE and led him to his final rest· glorious out of doors; out where there are ing place, it took from the Senate a unique figure and a good, Sermons in stones, useful, and able Senator. Books in babbling brooks, I was denied the privilege of knowing Senator LANE until And gocd ,in everything. shortly before my term of office began and so my all too brief Living in that great Golden West he loved to roam by the acquaintance with him spans only two years. I know that I, streams, along the traiJs with the rod and the gun, and, as whose acquaintance with him has been so short, can but inade· daylight melted into darkness, to smoke his pipe at the camp quately give testimony to his character, accomplishmentst and fire with no canopy but the starlighted heavens. From such life attainments. This must be left to others who were privileged scenes he drew inspiration and a certain homely philosophy of to know him longer and, therefore, are more familiar 'vith his life. worth and works than I could possibly be. I can only speak of He learned from the dizzy mountain heights and from the him as I saw and knew him here in the Senate. But in those two mighty deep. ·The mountains gave .him wide vision; the sea years I learned to know him well enough to warmly appreciate much understanding. Little wonder that those things developed his fine qualities of mind and heart and to conceive for him a character and courage. Such a character as his would lead warm affection and a high respect. bl.m to death for. his convictions,. and in fact he died for them, Senator LANE died in"the afternoon of life. And his was a crucified by that part of the press devoted to invisible govern busy and eventful one. He died rich in accomplishments, rich ment aided by some of the very people he-loved, and for whom in attainmentst and rich in service. Of such a life much historY. 1917. CONGRESS! ON AL 'RECORD-SENATE . ~-215 -· could and. no doubt, Will be Written by others. But in ""t\Uning cheery presence, his kindly 1landclasp and his pleasant wori1. to the CoDgre sional Directoi-y all that we find of -self-recorded His country and his State will miss a man who may be called testimony of himself is simply this : " HARRY LANE, Democrat ; " Without ·exa()'geration a thoroughly good man; a man who e silent as 'to the dee'ds of his own busy and .successful -career and heart was witheut guile, whose thoughts were pure and noble, absent all self-laudation or self-praise. He bequeaths to us but whose purposes were patriotic, lofty, and un elfi h; a man his own characterization of himself as an index to his inner self. WhQse passion was to serve his fellow men ; a man 'who de These words might well·serve for his epitaph. manded nothing for himself, but only wished to give to others·; HABRY LANE wns indeed a Democrnt in' the truest and highest a man who looked for no opportunity to ser-ve himself, but who sense of the word. 'He ~ as a Democrat politica1ly, but there only sought the. opportunity to serve othet•s. All will sorely_ are none in the Senate upon whom the cloak of party reg~ miss and mourn HARRY .LA':I."E, Democrat. larity bung more loosely. He ditl not heNitate to oppose his party or to vote against its measures when his conscience or 'l\1r. 'NORRIS. llfr. President, the death of Senator LA rn i:s his sense of duty 'bade him do so. He was independent in almo t a trageay. Hts life was devoted to the relief of ·tho e thought and action, and never hesitated to support what he wh-o are unfortunate, to the purification of .governmental a:ffail·s, thought was right and to ·oppose what he thought was wrong, and to the -elimination of graft and dishonorable practtces from and this wtthout regard to ·what others thought or ns to p"lblic office. He had gl"eat respect and -often admiration J0r whethe1·· it was for or against the interests of his party or of those who honestly disagreed with him on public questions, but his own political \Velfare. He was fearless a-s well as in de- he despised with a hatred that was intense the public official· or pendent. All that he feared wns doing wrong and all that he tl\e private citizen who was untrue ·to his own eonscientiotrs ever reached and strove for was doing Tight. Whatever' errors convictions. He never compromised with what he believed to be he may have committed-and these ·were fewer, I believe, than false or wrong. To the policy of partisan political control of tho e ordinarily chargeable against most men-were ·of the governmental action be gave no heed. He deciued from such head and not of the heart. 'I doubt not he was· so in everything. information as he had and such inwstigation ·as he could mrl.ke He was democratic in his manners ·a:nd in his mental ana what was the "proper thing to dv, and then he adheTed to that spiritual· make-up. Like Henry George, he was for men. He course with a ·steadfastness and un eneTgy that knew no cessa was intensely human himself. None was more -approaChable, tion or u:eviation. more unassuming, •more affable, more genial, or mare kinaly. When the wru.· broke uut in Europe he w~rs ·extremely anxious Within a · verv short time I i'elt ·-:rs though~ nad known htm that our Government sbou.ld Temain strictly neutral. :Be was op for years. He was 'Candid and ing~nuons antl his mind arid posed to a:ny ·step being taken that migl1t by any po sibilitY. his heart were as ·an open book. He bad nothing to co'lnceal entangle us·in ·the .great ·conflict. He believed it was AlrlBric:a's and concealed nothing. He was a man of the broadest of Cuty to hold aloof, although he often said tliat if we wanted to syrripathies and he·loved his fellow men. I servea with him on be technical we could find sufficient excuse to get into the con the Comm:ttee on Indian Affairs and had full opportunity to troversy ·on either side. He was bitterly opposed to the passage become familiar with this phase of hi's ai5i_position and nature. of a law giving-to the President 'the right to arm merchant ships He was jealous 'Of 'the rights of the 1ndians, and opposed with with ·guns :-:td gunners from ·our Navy. He believed that such all the power within him everything that to him -smacked of a :course must inevitably plunge ns into the war, and ·according wrong or injustice to them. IDs speeches in th'e Senate on to his judgment·no·suffictent cause existed:for the taking of such Indian affairs evidence that his jealous care and solicituue> for a -step. He believed also tltai: undue 'Executive influences were the' welfare oi' the ~ndians amounted to a passion. .,By his ( ip 'h being used for·th:e purpose of the,passagc of 'Such a law, · and 'he the Indians have lost one of theil· most loyn1 and nev~.ILed thought that the evil of Executive coercion over furrctions of the friends. Legislature w~re nearl'y -as great as participation in the war He was the implacable foe of ·wrong, injustice, and oppres:. it elf. •With hlm there was nothing personal in this . j11d~nt. sion no matter when or wbere or in what ·manner or shape it To him it was a fundamental proposition and upon it he refused might appear. He could not help it. "'It was ingraineil i!l the to compromise in ·any degree. very fiber or his 'being. He was a fri'end of the poor ·una the He had almost unlimited confidence in the Prestdent. His helpless and the oppressed, ana withal 'free from demagogy or frrith ln him ·was unboUnded. While he -sometimes disagreed with u.ny sort. Ee hnted sham, fraud, ana hypocrisy. W1th rtrre the Chief Executive 'ft'"S to .the·-policy to ·be pursued by our G.ov skill in debate, he uncovered and exposed at every · opportunity errrment, his 1ov.e :a:nd radmiration Ior -tbe President ·were ·un• these to the eye in all their nakedness. His speech on the -shaken. 'He .:had :given 'to :him .:great credit for marking the oleomargarine 'bill, deliver~d on Februa1-y 22 of t'his -year, course of our ship o"f State ;along a neutral channel, which 1m ranks, in my opinion, w'lth ·the ··best 1Weeches made ·in the believed was·i:.he ·only :safe ·and honorabl~ course to:pnrsue. ~ In Senate since :I 'have been a -Member. It bristles ·with ·wit, the cmnpaign ·wniCh had just preceded _,h-e had taken -an -actiVe wisaom, nnd logic, and, while :rttacking what be conceived to interest. .He ~had campaigned among the great rna es of his be the vices in the measure, his geninl and lovaDle person-ality , pl:!ople on 'the Pacific·.coost, ana pleaded-with·thmrr:fo:r the reelee shines tbrough it all and takes away the ·sting of what he tion .of the President, principally on the ground that-he had kept says. · our country out of the terrible·w.ar,.and that his reelection meant HARRY ' LANE \Vas s_piritunlly ·dem-ocratic. H-e was charitable continued ·neutrality and peace for our people. Wh.en Congr:ess 1 toward all •men and harbored malic:e 'toward none. His heart · was asked to ·pass the bill proViding for so-called "U'rmed neil~ was incapable of cherishing personal hatred or meanness. His : traUty," by ·giving the 'President the authority to use the .guns love ·for his 'fellow men was all absorbing and all 'en:'lbroeing. .and men of our Navy upon"lnerc'h:ant·ships, his sensibilities wer~ Underlying and around everything that he did or said was ' terribly shock-ed. He readily ree.ogni2ed that there were ·two th~ unselfish • motiv~ ·-of helping ana uplifting his fellow men. ' sides to the ·question, .and he found no fault with ·the conscien- ··senator LA'l'I'"E was a most interesting -conversationalist. Be tious man who d'i: agreed 'With him on this-proposition. •He 'felt, was well read and possessed a fund of mteresting informaM . however, that such a course, for him at least, would be t'tecepttv'e, tion. He possessed the ·saving grace of humor, which was as and that "such action on his part would not 'be fair to the people delightful as it was infectious. His entire absence of love 'O'f wtrom he knew had confidence .in 'him, nnd·who had listened to self or vanity Jn any form was best illustrated by ·the fact that his ·plea for continued peace; ·and when, ntter that .memorable be enjoyed a joke on himself. He ·frequently ·related, with oa fight -ended, ·he wns denounced 'by ·men in public life whom he great deal of evident pleasure and gusto, ridiculoUs and laugh- loved, by friend and 'foe nUke, · as an Jenemy te ·nts co-untry, -it able incidents in which he was ..the -central figute, never ·failing well-nigh broke his heart. He knew.tlrat in llis opposition to-that ·to arouse nt his own ex;pe-nse-the·mirth of his auaitors. ' ·measure tre had 'carried out the ·promptings of 'his -own soul. toG :senator 'LANE was patriotic. -He loved his country; he loved ' remain true to 'the· tlot!trtnes 3!le had J}roelaifned, and 'in ·wh!..Ch its institutions; he loved .its democracy. 'Just a few days be honestly believed. Following this,'he was criticlzed.:md con before he left on what was ·to be his final earthly journey, -his demned unmercifully ·by a large-portion of tlle press of the conn last bought was in regard to legislation calculatetl to relieve try, antl _parti-eulaily 'by the 'lea-ding ·· newspapers of ·his own: the poor people of the country, .and to increase the supplies of State. So bitt~r -was this denunciation, !Rlld ·so far was it cur the Nation. IDs last thought, -.as ·expressed to me, was his de- . ried, that ·not otily was his own patriotism denied 'but the t-oy .. sire that something ·should ·be done to prepare 'the -co-untry more ·alty of 'his ancestors was without cause, :without reason, und ''re- adequately in the way of food supplies during this war. gardless or truth -vehemently antl persist-ently qu~stio11ed. ·Mr. President, ~ believe that the atmosphere of the Senate Many ()f his .fol>mer frientts joined in :his -condemn-ation, 'n.rKl llas been ;purer ana sweeter because -of lhis •membership; 'I because·rof tbe unanimity·or the pre-ss, conh·olled, he believetl.~y believe •the cworld 1is better b~ause of BARRY LANE. ·When 1ll-e ; the enemies of ·-good ·government, he ·was 'ltnable to - l~ach the tlied hls State .una ·his country -1.ost 1trn honest, 'able, ·anu·· ·great masses of the 1J)eople whom ·ne believed he wcts 'IH'01Je'i'l'Y patriottc Senator nntl his death is ;sincel'tHy -mourned by all l"'epresentrng, ·a:nd whose interests alone 'he had · nearest to 'b.is 'Who ' ere associatea with 'hbn in this ·Chamber. We ·miSB ·nis 'he~. ·ne was used to criticism, n.nd ·ne never objected to it 7216 CONGRESS! ON AL REC.ORD-=-SEN ATE. ·· SBPTEMBER"16· . ' as long· as-it was fair and emanated from -sources a-nd _from peo the covering, pointed· it at the doctor; and calmly told him that ple honestly believing that such criticism was ju_st, but when if he did not promise on his honor to use his professional skill the sources of c<>mmunication between him and those he served to the very utmost to cure him he would shoot him on the spot; _ were controlled, an -- 7218 CONGRESSIONAL REC_ORD-· HOUSE. SEPTEl\ffiER ,17 '- "Although my first experience. with Senator LANE was rather those of us who knew him. He possessed to a marked degree the puzzling, I so n