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 MEMORIAL ADDRRSSHS 
 
 LIFE AND CHARACTER 
 
 Preston B. Plumb. 
 
 (A SENATOR FROM KANSAS), 
 
 DELIVERED IN THE 
 
 SENATB AND HOUSI: OF RI-PRESENTATIVES, 
 
 February 20 and March 19, 1892. 
 
 Prepared in accordance with joint resolution of Congress, and under direction 
 of the Joint Committee on Printing, 
 
 \V. H. MICHAEL, 
 
 CLERK UK I'RINTIN.; RKCKD^, UNITKI. STATES SENATE. 
 
 WASHINGTON: 
 
 GOVERNMENT I'RINTIN.: OFFICE. 
 I S92. 
 
 

 
THE DEATH OF SENATOR PLUMB. 
 
 SERVICES IN THE SEXATE CHAMBER. 
 
 Decembei- 21, the ITnitvd .States SiMiate. tlie House of Rc])re- 
 sentatives, the Executive and Judiciary Uepartmcuts of tlie 
 Govenimeiit, representatives of foreifjii powers, and thousands 
 from anioni;' the Washin<;ton i)nl)lic paid the hist tribute of 
 affection and respect to the lueniory of the dead Senator. 
 
 The body was [ilaced in a handsome ch)th-covered casket of 
 cedar, on the lid of which was a pLiin silver plate bearing the 
 following' inscrijitiou: "Preston B. I'lumb, born October 12, 
 1837: died Decemljcr liO, 18!tl." 
 
 At 1(1 o'clock the casket was borne from the lionse to the 
 hearse by eight of the Capitol jiolice, under direction of Assist- 
 ant Sergeant-at-Arnis ]Merritt. 
 
 Immediately the small funeral cortege, consisting of the 
 hearse, drawn by two coal black horses caparisoned with 
 heavy robes of bhuk netting, and a few caniages containing 
 immediate friends, started towards the Capitol. There were 
 no Horal decorations at the house, and, save a small wieath of 
 wiiite immortelles on the top of the casket, sent by the chief 
 clerk of the Treasury I>e]iartnjeut, there was nothing to relieve 
 the somber blackness of the casket. 
 
 Tiie small procession moved slowly down Fourteenth street 
 to Pennsylvania avenue and wended its way up througli the 
 Capitol grounds to the Capitol. At the entrance to the build- 
 ing the remains were met by Sergeant-at-Arms Valentine, who 
 
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4 Li/i- and L'/iiVtu/tr of Prcsfoii />. Pliivib. 
 
 cscorti'il tlii'iii to the inaibk' looiii in the rear of tlio Si-uate 
 chaiiilK 1 and only a slidit ilistaiiri' from the A'ii-e- President's 
 ihair. There tht y wen- phieed on a bhiek catafalque in the 
 eeut«'r of the room. 
 
 Soon alter the easket was dejiosited in the marble room a 
 laijie nninl)cr of persons {rathered amund the <lo(>rs at the 
 entrance anxious tn take a last look at the features of the 
 departed. 
 
 When the Senate met at noon the chamber was ]iartly ar 
 ranged for the oliscfpiies. Tlie desk and chair of the deceased 
 Senator were lMa\ily drajxil. The fialleries were crowded 
 with sjiectators. except the diplomatic and the \'icePresident"s 
 {ralleries. which were reserved. 
 
 In the opeiiinjr i)rayer Kev. .1. (l. Hurler, the chaiilain, re- 
 ferred in a feeling; manner tn the death of Senator l'i,f:MH. 
 "SaiM'tilied.'" he said, "he this last bereavement. Teach us 
 heavenly wisdom; hear us when we commend to Thee, very 
 tenderly. Thy handmaiden in her solitude and sadness and 
 overwhelming sorrow in her distant hduie. Ue pray that 
 Thou wilt sustain ami comlbrt her in Thy jx-ace." 
 
 On motion of Mr. MandeisDn the reading of the .loiirnal was 
 dispensed with, and Mr. I'etfei- rose t<> make the formal an- 
 nouncement of Mr. PLf^B's death and to olfer proper reso- 
 lutions, lie said: 
 
 "Mr. I'KKSiDENT: I esteem myself jieculiarly unfortunate in 
 tiiat. before I have been a member of this body long enough 
 to have become familiar with even the dimensions of the chain 
 ber in which we sit. I am railed n|)on to announce the death 
 of my distinguished colleague, ni)oii wlio>e wonderful resources 
 1 had expected largely to rely. 
 
 "Phk.ston 15. Pi.fMii. a Senator from Kansas, dieii In tliis 
 city yesterday at ten minutes bet'ore X'l o'clock. This is not 
 the time nor the occasion to sjK'ak at length of t lie lite and the 
 
Funeral Crrciuoiiics in the Senate Chamber. 5 
 
 ])al)lic .st'i-\ices uf the iihscilt Soiiator. 'I'lu^ il:irU dr;ii>ciy 
 about the seat lie so Inm;- ()ccui)ic(l liircihiy iciiiiiids liis t'cllow- 
 iiiciiibcrs that tlicy have lost one ul' ihcir most act i\i' ami iii- 
 ilnstiious -workers. I lis cxiiciicmM', liis prarl ical way oCdoiiit;- 
 thiiii^'s, liis sa.u'ai'ity and his .^rcat jjowcrs of ciidiiraiici', his 
 coiistaiicy and faithfulin'ss on duty and his alertness in action 
 made his a (■oiisi)icuous lin'ure among the stroni;- men of I lie 
 nation, lint there arc others who I'eel tiiis l)erea\enient more 
 keenly than we, upon wiiom the blow has fallen with ciushinj^ 
 weight. There is a home, where this man was known as the 
 world knows him not; a place where hearts are lacerated and 
 blecilini;: where a loving family will be glad. c\cn in their 
 grief, to receive at our hands what is lelt ot' the fond husliand 
 and father in whose life theirs was closely bound. To them, 
 at least, there are two sonrees of consolation, one that he fell 
 while on duty at his ]iost in the service ot his country, the 
 other that there is a fountain of strength, infinite in power 
 and duration, from which we may all draw in time of need. 
 At the proper time I will ask the Senate to imme a time when 
 we may i)ay tril)ute to our deceased brother in an apiiropriatc^ 
 manner; and now, ^Ir. President, 1 offer the followinj;- reso- 
 lutions: 
 
 '^h't'Sdlreil, That the sudden death of Hon. 1'keston I!. 
 Pn'MB causes ]ii()found sorrow and deep regret to his asso- 
 ciates iu the Senate. 
 
 '^Resoli't'd, That a eonimittee of five Senator.s be ajipointed 
 by the Vice-President to talce order with a committee of the 
 House of Eepresentatives for superintending the funeral of 
 the late Senator Plumb : and as a mark of respect for his 
 memory that his boily be removed from the ea[)ital to the 
 State of Kansas iu ehar.uc of the Sergeant-at-Arms and at- 
 tend(Hl by said comnuttee, w hich shall have full power to carry 
 the res(jlution into efi'eet. 
 
6 /-/a niiii Cfiarac/rr of I'rcsto)i />. P/ii»ib. 
 
 ■■h'cxiilidl. Tliat the .Senate will. :it 1 :.">ii to das . aliriid in ils 
 ••liaml>er tlic I'xercises iiK'ideni tn liis fuiu'ial, ami iliat tlu-sc 
 resi)luliiiiis Ix- roimimiiicaicil to I In- 1 haisc ol' Kejireseiitatives." 
 
 Tlic resi)liitiniis were a^^reed to iiiiaiiiLuiiiisly, and tlir Vife- 
 I'lfsideur annoum-ed as the i-cmiiiiittec im tlii' jiarl nf tlie .Sen- 
 ate Messrs. I'l-tler. Diilpli. I'addm 1^, Kaii^diii, and I'alnier. 
 
 Till- Senate then, on motion ol Mr. Slieiniaii, took a reee.s.s 
 till 1 ]). m. 
 
 Shortly before I o'cloiU the Cabinet ollicers and as.si.stant see- 
 retariesol'tlie Kxeentive Depaitinentsbefian to arrive and were 
 shown to tlie I'resideiifs room. .\m<jnj; them were .Secretary 
 Blaine. Seeretary Kusk. .V-.sistant Secretary of War Grant, 
 Soli<-itoi-(Teneral Taft, and Assistant Secretaries of the Treas- 
 nry Spanldinji and Xettleton. The President, aceomiianii'cl 
 liy I'rivate Secretary IIalfo)d, arrived a few miinites jiast 1 
 and joined the others in the President's I'oom. Mrs. Harrison, 
 escorted by Lieut. Parker, of tlie Navy. oecn))ied a seat in tlie 
 reserved j;allery. 
 
 At 1 :!.'(> ('apt. liassett. the l)oorkce](er. aiuioimeed tlie 
 Sjieaker and membersof the House. The Speaker was escorted 
 by Serjieaiit-atAiins ^'alentine to the seat on the right of the 
 \'ice rresident and the members tiled in and took seats 
 assigned to them on the Denioeiatic sidi'of the eliaiiil)ei-. The 
 nuniber inchided many of the older members ot tlie House who 
 had known .Senator I'i.i'MH for years. Five iiiiuiites attei'- 
 wanls the members of the Diiilomatie Corjis — .some twenty-live 
 in number — not wearing their ollicial uniforms, arrived and 
 were sliown their seats in front of tlie niiinlieiN df ihe House. 
 They were followeil by the < 'liief .) nstice and .Inslices of the 
 Siii>remc ( 'oiirt. who took scats in front of the Diplomatic (J(Ui)s. 
 At exactly half-iiast 1 Capt. Hassett announced the presence of 
 Ilie I'residi'iit ot' the Cnited Slatesand his Cabinet. 
 
 The .Senators and spectators stood n|> to do them honor (as 
 
Funeral Ceremonies in Ihe Senate Chamber. 7 
 
 tlicy l.i.d (i.m.'also in tlic , .as,. „(tlu. Diplomatic. Corps jiiMl oftli.. 
 SupreHU. Court). l',c.si,l,.,.t Ilanisou an.l tl.c men.l...rs of the 
 Cabinet were sliowu to the arm ,i,aiis on the ri-ht ..f tlie 
 area, President Harrison jieaivsf tii.. .-..nlnil aislr ;,„.! Mr. 
 Blaine next to liini. 
 
 At 1:40 the official eomniittee. escortin- the body of the 
 d.'a.l .S,.nator, appeared at tl,.. main entraiiee, aiid while 
 all in tlie elianiber aro.se the procession movd up ( h.. aisle, 
 the Chaplain reciting the opening sentenc's of f he fiuuMal sei-v- 
 ice: "-lam the resurrection and the life,' saitli the Lord."' 
 The casket, borne by Capit-.l poHce, was deposited on the 
 catafalque in front of the Clerk's desk. 
 
 The floral decorations consisted of a sheaf of jmlnis and a 
 large bunch of orchids sent by Senator Quay, a wreath of white 
 carnations and roses from the Loyal Legion of Washington 
 City, a pill.nv of ivy leaves with the corners .lecorated with 
 violets and rcses, sent by the Senator's friends h.-re. Restin- 
 on the lid of the casket was a wreath of white immortelles 
 from Chief Clerk Fred A. Stocks, of tin- Trea-sury Department. 
 The Chaplain linished tr.mi th.^ Clerk's desk tlie leading of 
 the funeral service and appropriate selections from the Scrip- 
 tures, closing with the re.'itation of the poem: 
 
 oil. t.i ).,■ ivady whcu death shall vrnnv; 
 Oil. to hr r.-aay I,, ha.stri] h.iiiic. 
 
 Then he .lo.sed with a prayer, in which la- offered thanks for a 
 a ri.sen Saviour, for a reigning Lor.l, and for a Kingdom that 
 shall survive .leath. The strong and noble man had fallen, but 
 he had left the record of a useful life. 
 
 Wlien the prayer was concluded the Vic.'-Presideut rose and 
 said: '• The Sergeant-at- Anns, under the direction of the com- 
 mittee, will execute the order of the Senate and escort the 
 remains of the late Senator Pltoii! t.. his home in Kansas." 
 
8 Life and Character of Preston B. Plumb. 
 
 Then, with the whole assciiibl;i;;e standinji in re.si)ei-t for the 
 dei-easetl, the i)r()cessi()ii was icfoniieil and tlie body of the 
 dea<l Senator was l)orne out to l>e talcen to the raih'oad station. 
 
 rill- Imdy, incccded by the Congressional cuiiiinittee. was 
 then caiiieil tlinmnh the corridors to the east front of the 
 ("apitoi. and thence (lown the many steps of the marble stairway 
 to the hearse. 
 
 I'dlldwiiij;- the remains came the Senators and Uepresenta- 
 lives, who formed by twos, with \'ice-l'resident Morton at the 
 head, and accompanied the body on foot to the station. 
 
 The ['resident and his Oabinet and other distinjinished per- 
 sons were ushered td Ilicir carriages and joined the procession. 
 
 The march to the station oecui)ied a little less than half 
 an hour. The route was through tlie ('ai)itol grounds, renn- 
 sylvania aveinie, and Sixth street tothe Pennsylvania llailroad 
 station. Crowds of |ieoplc [lassinj; on the Avenue stop])ed to 
 view tlie proccssiiin. .\rriving at the station, the members of 
 the Senate and many other friends of the dead .Senator went 
 inside ami rangetl themselves in two lines along the side of the 
 car in which the body was to be placed. The casket, ])receded 
 by the Congressional ciiMniiittcc, was then ci>n\ eyed In the cai-. 
 The Congressional committee had a special lai- for their use 
 during the trip. The nanu's of the Senate Committee have 
 been given previonsiy. Tlii' House Committee consisted of 
 Messrs. Broderick ami l''nnston, of ivansas; Caie and I'ccl, ol' 
 .\rkan.sas; Voumans, of Michigan: Post, of Illinois, and Cogs- 
 well, of Massachusetts. The two cars wert' attached to the 
 ("olunibian e.vpress train, which left the city at 3:L'5 o'clock. 
 
Editorial Ao/ias. 
 
 KDITOKIAL NOTICES ON SKNATOR PLUM1!\S DKATU. 
 
 PKUTAININli TO TIIK SKNATOU'S DEATTl. 
 
 ; lOxtriM-la Irom thi- F.iii|.ciri;i ( Kaii.i ) ll^iily Kciiiil>lic'Mii. ] 
 
 Of ;ill tilt' nifii lidldiiig ;i toiciiiust i)l;ife in |ml)lic life iu 
 ISltl, few seemed less likidy tn simhi lease tliis life than Pres- 
 ton B. PlUMI?, the senidi- Senator friini Kansas. Gons(iicu- 
 oiisly poweifnl in appearauce and in all his methods of work 
 aud aetion he seemed certain to siu\ive all assaults save those 
 of the ultimate years of man's allotted time. The announee- 
 nient of his siiddt-n death, therefore, came to the conntry as a 
 terrible shock. The news seemed incredible, anil wonderment 
 f;ave way only after a fall explanation. The wonder then be- 
 came that he had so lon,n survi\ed. It developed that, as a direct 
 result of his extraordinary labors, liis uuetpialed api)lication 
 to public and ]iri\ate duties, he had suffered an impairment 
 of the nervous system to such au extent as to bring him direct 
 warniugs of the end. F(jr some time he had occasionally suf- 
 fered a partial or complete temporary ]>rostration of the gov- 
 erning forces of the body, and those nearest him had warned 
 liiiri freiiuently of his danger. The fall campaigu iu Kansas 
 in l.s'.il drew from the Senator a remarkable series of addresses 
 delivered at a great exjieuse of time and strength in all parts 
 of the State. Following the campaign he niade a liuiried trij) 
 to -Abmtana and then returned t(i Washington to resume his 
 legislative labms. What he did in the first weeks of the session 
 indicated clearly that he had outlined for himself an unusually 
 arduous year's work. Nearly all his former colleagues in Kan- 
 sas had failed of rei'lection and his duties were, therefore, many 
 
10 Life and Characlcr of Preston B. Plumb. 
 
 times iiiulti|>lie(l l»y reason of the iiii'xi)erii*iK'<' oC his new as- 
 sociates. With danntless couiaye he entered on the new leg- 
 ishitive striijr*(le. But hr eouhl not igfiiore the ihiTiger sijrnals 
 wliicli caiiic lii liini. Ilr cuiii-ludcil to t;iki- i-niinsi-l <i|' |i|i\si- 
 tiaiis in l'hihi(leli)hia and went to tliat <ity (or that puriiose. 
 Dr. Pepper ail vised iininediate and absohite rest and a<-centu- 
 ateil his advice in the stronjrest ])ossil)le inaTiner. The Sen 
 alor ri'tiniiecl to ^\ ashin^ton dctcrniiiu il to tdllow I )r. I'epjjer's 
 ilireetious. His mind was I'ldly nia(h' up to taiie rest, rejjard- 
 less of the counth'ss detnands on him. Ketmniii^- from I'hil- 
 adeli)liia he reached W:ishin.i;toii at about 7 o'clock in the even 
 in^' of Saturday, the l!itli da\ ol' December, 1 SOI . ITavinjr had 
 no dinner lie left his lodfjin<rs and went to Ohanilieijin",-. lioiel 
 for a lunch. There he met several ^eutlemen with whom he 
 chatted jtleasantly until al'ter midnight. His friends of the 
 eveninj^ remembered afterwards an unusual shade of repressed 
 midanrlioly in his rcniaiks and iiis demeanor. thou;nh his con 
 versatiou was as interesting; as ever. The Senator left his 
 friends, returned t^) his rooms, and, alter writinf;a few lines to 
 his i)rivate secretary, retired. At about 2 o'clock of Sunday 
 morniuf;- (Decendjcr L'd) the Senatoi- calleil M i . .leiiniii--. tlic 
 l)ropriet(jr rjf the house in which his rooms were, at No. (ill' 
 Fourteenth street, andaskeil him to summon a ](hysician, as he 
 was suHcriu'; from intense jtain in his head. Di-. Philip Wales 
 soon arrived and administered. l>y hypnijerniic injeciion. a 
 l)owerful sedative, fiom the elfecls of wiijch tin- snlleier fell 
 into a deej) slec]). He continued unconscious until hall'iiast 
 (i o'clock in the nu)rninj;-, when he s]u-an;Lt I'rom his l>ed with a 
 violent nausea. When this had ceased the Senator \i\\\ his 
 hands to his head, as if in excrnciat iiii; |iaiii. and cxrlaimi'd, 
 "Oh. my (lodi my head I my head I" These were his last words. 
 lie soon lost consciousness. slee]iin}i attain heavily. Latei 
 in the mornin;; .Air. J5. !■'. Flenniken, the Senator's secretary, 
 
Editorial Xoticcs. 11 
 
 arrived iuid lit oiH-c Iclf i^roat alniiii. lie s<'nt again for Dr. 
 Wales, who ijroiioniiced tlie case oin' (it apoplexy. At 10 min- 
 utes (if iL' (Tcldclv tlic Scnatdr (lie(l. 
 
 There were present iit the luonient nf death Mr. Flenuiken, 
 Dr. Wales, and .Air. .levinings. Instantly the sad news spread 
 (iver tile eit.v and alnidst as (juickly it went to all parts 
 (if the conntry as a telei;rapliic bulletin and by private mes- 
 sages. Tile modest a]iartnieuts where tlie dead Senator lay 
 were immediately \isited liy thousands of interested citizens. 
 Among the tirst to arrive was Mr. Secretary IJusli, wliose un- 
 restrained expi'essions of love and admiration for the dead 
 Senator and grief at his untimely death were most toueliingly 
 eloquent. Many Senators, ('al)inet oflicers, and other ofticials 
 and tinally the President called to express their sorrowful 
 surprise. 
 
 The immediate members of the bereaved family though 
 far apart were soon reached. Mrs. Phnnli and her eldest 
 daughter were at home in Emporia. Mr. Amos H. Plumb, the 
 eldest son, was in Philadelphia. Miss Ruth Plumb was in 
 Topeka and tlie young son and daughter, Preston Morrill 
 Plumb and Caroline Plumb, were at their respective schools 
 in Pennsylvania. jMrs. Plumb and ]\Ir. Amos Plumb were in 
 ])oor health, 3Irs. Plumb having that day attended church for 
 the tirst time in months. All absent meudiers of the famil.\" 
 were able to start for home at once and did so. 
 
 THE WORDS OF A STANCH FRIEND. 
 
 [finn, l-'raiik Hiitton, in the \\':isliiitgt..n Post ] 
 
 In the deatli of Preston B. Pumi! the country loses an emi- 
 nent and patriotic citizen, the Reiiuliiicau party one of its earli- 
 est, ablest, and most consistent leaders, tlie rnited States Sen- 
 
12 Life (UkJ Cltaractcr of JWstoii B. Plumb. 
 
 ati' an iMinest and courafieous statesman. To the State of Kau 
 sas the sudden close of his lioiioralih- and useful life, so eou- 
 sjiicuously marked by a faithful devotion to the interests of 
 his constituents, will he a calamity indeed. To the host of 
 friends whom the Senator had ;;athered about him his decease 
 will he an irreparable loss, for these best knew the inner depths 
 anil true nobility of his charactei-. lie was as true to his sense 
 of |iersonal honor as he was to his sense of public duty, and in 
 lioih resjiccts he was irreproachable. 
 
 Mr. Plimu took his seat in the Senate in 1877 and rapidly 
 rose to distinction ill legislation and debate. There he found 
 a tlieater worthy of his imwers, and no member of tliat auyu.st 
 body ever consecrated iiiniself to its duties with a more con- 
 scientious .spirit or ac(iuitted himself of their performance with 
 more constant and sterling- fidelity. 
 
 The decea.sed Senator was a man of prouonnced convictions 
 on all fii-eat questions, political or otherwise, and he was as 
 fearless in their utterance as he was sincere in their entertain 
 ment. If not a gifted orator in the ordinary sense of the term, 
 he was endowed wilii that greatest of all oratorical gifts, the 
 power of commanding the attention of his hearers whenever he 
 sjioke and imi)ressing his views clearly aiul durably uiion the 
 liiiiilic intelligence. Wlan he arose to address the Senate the 
 country listened. 
 
 It was the rugged honesty of Jlr. Plumb, coupled with his 
 admitted knowledge of affairs, that gave weight to liis judg- 
 ment and exacted the respect of his oi)i>onents. He was a 
 hater of cant in all its forms, lie had no use for shams of any 
 sort. In the lexicon of his true and manly nature there was 
 no such word as liypo<-ri.sy. As a Senator of the ridted States 
 he based his action ui)on the same ingenuous and upright 
 lirinciples as those liy u liiili he governed his rondint as an 
 untitled citizen, lie was not a man of [lolicies and expedients, 
 
luiili'rial Xotices. 13 
 
 (il'coriiinoiiiisfs or conccjilinciits, citlicrns Icyishitur or politi- 
 
 T'- ■;jfu:itiir will lir nMiiciiibcicd loiii; :iml i;r;itctiilly li.\- flif 
 ritizciis i)f the I )istri(t "f Ciiluiiihia lor Iris disiiiten'stcd iiiid 
 «'iierg'eti<- labors in hclialf of tlii' welfare and progress of tlie 
 National Capital. As a mendiei' of llie Ap]iro])riations (Joni- 
 jnittee and eliairnian of the suhconLHiittee on District ajipro- 
 priatious he had rendered efticieut service, and his recent ap- 
 pointment as a member of the new District comnuttee oj the 
 Senate was a subject of general conuratnlation. 
 
 Mr. Pli'MB was a hard worker in and ont of the Senate. 
 IS'o resp(msibility devolved n])on him to be neglected or unful- 
 filled. No demand upon his time or services which he knew to 
 he legitimate in itself was ever ignored. It is not too nnich to 
 say that his imblie life was a life of laborious self-sacritice in be- 
 half of others. It was this constant strain in the line of du- 
 tiful endeavor that gradually undermined his strength and at 
 last precipitated the crisis that sooner or later nnist overtake 
 all men who, in the jilenitude of a generous and andiitious 
 zeal, make similar drafts niton their mental and jihysical 
 jtowers. 
 
 Plain and unpretentious of manner, abounding in human 
 sympathies, a lo\-er of his kind and a lo\-ei-of Ins country, Mr. y 
 Plumb was essentially a man of the people. Yet the arts of/ 
 the demagogue he held in thorough contemi)t. He was a rep- 
 resentative American citizen, with exalted ideas of the obliga- 
 tions which citizcnshiji impo.ses; he was a statesman to be 
 trusted in any emergency; he was unfaltering in his loyalty 
 to Republican principles; he was firm to faultlessness in his \ 
 frieiulships; he stood s<iuarely upon his merits as a man in all 
 the relations of life, and he died lea\ing a worthy example, a 
 fadeless memory, and a name without a blemish. ; 
 
14 Li/c and Lhaiaclcr of Preston B. Plumb. 
 
 KA>iSAS AND IHK NATION STKK'KF.N. 
 
 It^liturial in tht- Kuunuh f'ity Joiiruul.j 
 
 Siiici- Lincoln fell no (h-atli lias evt-r broUifliT smli f^rief U) 
 Kansas as that of I'uKSTON ]>. I'Li'MB, her senior Senator. 
 
 Tlie death ot' James H. Lane was a shock to Ms many 
 ardent personal adlierents. Init liis countless hitter enemies 
 could not mourn. 
 
 The death of President (larlichi drew liea\ ily on the .sym- 
 patliie.s of every citizen, 1 lilt tlie lo.ss did not (piite come as a 
 ]iersonal one. 
 
 Tlie death of (leneral (Irant bowed tlie heads of thousands 
 of his fbrnier coin])anioiis of cani]> and field, but his work had 
 been rounded to a i)erfect close. 
 
 Others have ]>assed away who were lo\cd or esteemed by 
 Kansans for some near relation of a social, commercial, or polit- 
 ical nature, but the loss has touched the few rather than the 
 many. l>y the death of Senator I'l.l'MB scarcely a citizen 
 of the entire State will led oilierwise than as personally' be- 
 reaved. He has left no citizen untouched, singly or in classe.s. 
 He j;ave liis liaiid to every man and said to him: '• 1 am your 
 servatit ; tell me what I shall do; tell nie ])articularly what 1 
 sliall ilo fiii- you." 
 
 He liad strug<;led with jirivation anil poverty; therefore he 
 knew the hearts of his fellows. He had braved all the hard- 
 .ships of frontier life: therefore he knew how his State had 
 been made, and lie for;;ot no jiart ot' the recoid oi- no indi 
 \idiial of the many who were with liiiii in that iiiinioralile 
 makinj;. He had been a worker at the crat't of his <-hoice, a 
 printer, dependent on his toil tor a livinj,'; therefore he knew 
 tlie needs of all those of like situation. He had toiled at the 
 treadmill of the press: therefore he knew how the pi-ople learn 
 
liditorial Xoticcs. 16 
 
 arid liow Ilicy shmilil In- tiiii.ulit. He had tiiuiiipiicd in the 
 liractic-cdf tlic law ; tlicicloic lie knew (it' all the iiniiifasiiial)l(' 
 stresses wliieli are iml on iiirii wiio take the liazard «if eoin- 
 luercTal fortunes, lie had luen clcisc to the eiiebauted rralnis 
 of wealtli iir within them, and he kiirw how miieli and Ikiw 
 little toeall them yddd: and. tinally. h«- had borne the (aiishiui;- 
 burdens of the peojile in his work as their represcntatiNc in the 
 liijihest deliberative body of the woild. 
 
 Vear in and \ear out he had tlun.i;' himself into his work 
 with an energy almost uniiaralleled. lie tlinehetl from no un- 
 dertaking, ho\\e\er arduous, and never asked for rest or rec- 
 reation. It might have been better if he had. Heassaih^l all 
 public (piestions with an imiietuoiis jiower almost aniountiug 
 to fury. .V task undone to him was an irritation and a <-hal- 
 lenge. 
 
 Xo wish of a constituent was counted as a tritlc To grind 
 every grist aud grind it tine was bis habit. 
 
 This Avas the man in outline at all times. Who can fully 
 api>reciate what he became in the ])ast year, when all his asso- 
 ciates but one had been retired and their work had t'ome to 
 him? In him centered the hopes of hundreds of thousands, 
 and u|) to him led the lines of thought of all his active and 
 intelligeut constituents, and this not alone of the State. The 
 nation had cona^ to consider him its own, and uo comnuinity 
 in the whole laud will be without sadness at his demise. 
 
 Kansas will have the sympathy of her sister States. Her 
 chamiiiou is g<ine, and no other can tidly take his jilace. The 
 times that bred him will uever be rejieated. The founding of 
 the State will not be done twice. What has been has been, 
 and time has set its seal. 
 
 Preston B. Ph'jib has driven his name into the living 
 rock which underlies his beloved Kansas, and theic it will be 
 read so long as lier people kuow history. 
 
IG Life and Cliaractir of Preston B. Plumb. 
 
 WIIV ALL KANSAS IS IN SOKKOW. 
 
 I Kililtirial in Knnsas Slalf •luunml. T4i]>oka.| 
 
 Deatli liiis struck its most savage blow at Kansas, as if in 
 venjicance. Senator Plcmb is dead. At the very hour when 
 the needs of the State were sn])erlative and when his equi]! 
 iiient was most eoiniiiete. lie is strifkcn dnwn at liis post of 
 duty. The hflp that he was .so able and .so willing to give 
 can not come ti> us. The bounty he was so eager to add to 
 that alieady given his beloved ])C()|)lc can not now be ours. 
 His long years of usefulness, filled with every form of gener- 
 ous action, have conic to an fiid and there is uo consolation. 
 
 \\'c are bereaved indeed. He was the peoi)le's servant, 
 but he was a fatherly servant. He served because lie loved. 
 Kansas was close to Lis heart. From the poorest wild flowers 
 of the remotest prairi(> to the iliiuliin;; dome of tlieeapilol the 
 State he heliied to found was his prith- and his joy. Himself 
 a large part of tlu; Titanic struggle for the planting of free- 
 dom on this soil, he had come down the subsequent years of 
 our liist<ir\ hand in hand with (uii |ii()S]ierity. soundiiig our 
 virtues, concealing our lauHs. lighting our l)altles, and rejoicing 
 with our Joys. 
 
 His clear vision, aided by liie lamji uf exiierieiice, which 
 burned so brilliantly fur liim. saw far alicad tlie cdUise nf the 
 ship of state aud his stead.\ iiand set the rudder right. 
 
 He was a jilain man. a man of the ]>eoph'. N\"ithout arro 
 gance. he vaunted not himself. I'iie inon- \\'\> [lower giew tlie 
 more he seemed to feel that it wa-- nf tlie jif'oide and Ibi the 
 l)eople. He never jiosed as the autinn ot his (jwn greatness 
 and never demanded homage in return Ibr his gnod deeds. He 
 kejit no books with his fellow citizens. lie did not set down 
 either charges against others or credit- Ibi him.-ell. He fell the 
 
Edit IV ill I Notices. 17 
 
 swift rush of the ciuTent of life and knew there was no time ex- 
 cept for doing good. He did not suthcientlv know the limit set 
 on human strength and human endca\-or, so swift was he and so 
 jKiwerfnl in the race of life. There seemed to lie notliing he 
 eould not do and litth' that lie left undone, except to care for 
 his own health. His friends no doubt shared his own tiiouglit- 
 lessness as to his reserves of vitality and drew on him too 
 heavily. Though many of them s]iokc to liim at one tinu- or 
 another of his overwhelming burdens it was more to express 
 surprise at his ]iower than fear for his safety. 
 
 And so he went on to the end. Doing for all, caring for all, 
 his mind full of liis jteople — of both State and nation — lie w(ne 
 himself out and fell at is jiost. Kansas Avill not know his like 
 again and will not forget him while her historv lasts. 
 
 OUR GREAT LOSS. 
 
 [Hon. ('. V. Eakriili;.'. in Enipuria K.')iublican.] 
 
 The announcement of the sudden and totally unexpected 
 death of our senior United States Senator comes as a shock and 
 a blow to Kansas. The entire nation will be grieved as well 
 as startled at the sad intelligence, hut in Kansas the feeling 
 is one of ]iersonal liereavemcnt and inexpressible sorrow. 
 
 No other public official of the State hehl so high a place 
 in the affections of all the people. Xo other official was so 
 generally useful or so nearly indispensable. Years of patient, 
 faithful, selfsaeriflcing service had gained for him the confi- 
 dence and the gratitude of citizens 6f every county and town- 
 ship. Men who radically differed from him ]..ilitically esteemed 
 and admired him personally. In season and out of season he 
 labored for the good of the peojile he re])reseiited, and his great 
 public services were universally recognized and appreciated. 
 
 S. Mis. 228 -1 
 
18 Life and Character of Preslon B. Plumb. 
 
 His repiitatiou luul couie to be national, ami Lis iiaiiu' was 
 tmineiitly im-ntioiied in connection witli the liijcUest ofliee in 
 the tcift of the Aineriean people. The thoroufihgoiuK- business 
 liabits which he tuok \\ ilh liiin inloortii'ial lile ina(h' him a most 
 useful man in tlie Senate anil gave him a standing; amonj; his 
 roUeagues whiiih few occui)ied. It was generally conceded 
 that when Pli'MH had sifted any practical subject he had got 
 all then- was in it, and liis statements of fact were seldom 
 (juestioned. While others studied rhetoricals and attitudes, 
 he plodded thnmgh figures and departmental reports and got 
 at the groundwork and substance of national problems. His 
 reputation was that of a business Senator; and never was a 
 reputation more faitlifully won or better deser\ cd. 
 
 In his home town and county. Senator ri.iMi! was known 
 as a i)ublicspirit<'d citizen and kind neighbor. He always met 
 the most humbleof his fellow citizens with a genial familiarity 
 thai made them feel he was one among tlicm and could lie ap- 
 proached without ceremony or endtarrassmcnt. As midti- 
 tudinous as were the denmiuls made upon his time, lie never 
 ignored the request of any constituent or failed to do what he 
 rea.sonably could to liavc the reciuest grantc<l. Oilicial duties 
 took him from home most of the time, but he was always in- 
 terested in home alfairs and seldom if ever refused to contrib- 
 ute to home charities ami public enteri)rises. His afHicted 
 and stricken family will have all the heartfelt symjiatliy which 
 • a sorrowing peojde can bestow. The loss falls deeply ui)on the 
 ' nation, the State, the county, and the town, but to the family 
 it is crushing and irreparable. 
 
 lion. I'UESTo.x H. I'LV'MH was born in Delaware t'cmnty, 
 Ohio, October 12,1837. He resided in Ohio until 1.S50 and 
 received his early education in the common schools t)f that 
 State. He came to Kansas in June, ISofi, locating, in the fall 
 of that vear, in Saline County. The winter of is.'.d-".")? lie 
 
Editorial Notices. 19 
 
 8i)oiit ill Liiwreiicc and in .March, IS.")7, located in I';nij)()iia. 
 He was one of tiic original town company. He liad been hied 
 as a printer and educated as a Jonrnalist, and established The 
 News, the first imniber being issued June 6, 1857. His (-on- 
 nection with the paper continued until IStiL'. He was admit- 
 ted to the bar in 1801 and commenced the practice of law. 
 In 1S02 lie reiMuited two companies for the Eleventh Kansas 
 regiment and was mustered into service as second lieutenant 
 August 12, 18C2. He was successively ivromoted to captain, 
 to major, and to lieutenant-colonel, and was mustered out at 
 Fort Leavenworth September 30, ISOo. He returned to Em- 
 poria and resumed the practice of law. He was elected to the 
 State Legislature in 18G(« and rei^lected in 18(>7. In the fall 
 of 1867 he formed a law partnership with Judge Euggles, 
 under the (inn name of Euggles & Plumli, and continued the 
 practice of law irntil the dissolution of the partnershii) in 1872. 
 He subsequently engaged in manufacturing and coal-mining 
 at Osage. In January, I87;), he was elected jiresident of the 
 Emporia National liank. He was elected to the United States 
 Senate in February, 1877, and reelected in 188;{. In 188'.l he 
 was rei'lected for a third term, j)ractically without ojipositioii, 
 he being in Washington at the time. He had still four years 
 of unexyiired term to serve at the time of his di'ath. For the 
 houoraVile career of Senator PuniB as a citizen of Kansas, the 
 reader is referred to the history of the State with which his 
 life is interwoven. As a journalist, a public sijirited citizen, 
 and an ardent champion of his State, his name is inseparably 
 connected witli all tliat gives a Kansan pride. 
 
 Of the many eminent names enrolled upon the State's record 
 of great men, none stands higher, either from the standpr)int of 
 a citizen or public servant, than that of Preston B. Plumb of 
 Emporia. 
 
 But a few brief days ago Senator PLTmu bade adieu to his 
 
20 Life and Characti-r of Preston B. Plumb. 
 
 Kmporia triemls ami his family ami departi'tl Tor Washiiij^toii 
 t<) contiiHie his labors in hchall" of Kansas and the nation. 
 To-<lay En»i>oria is in the habiliments of nioiirnin<; to \v 
 ceivc back all that iiMiiains of the (in<-t' stionj; man and 
 einint-nt leader. To Kansas he was a most worthy eitizen 
 and repiesentative, a statesman of whose hi;;h abilities the 
 whole State was justly i)rond ; to Emporia he was more; he 
 was oar townsman, our friend, our l)enefaetor. and our eliief 
 pride. Other eommunities will lejjriet the State's loss; Eni- 
 l)oria will mourn for him with a irrief akin to personal bereave- 
 ment. He Ijelonged to Kansas, it is true, but he was fiorn 
 iMiiporia and nt' iMnjioiia, ami I^mporia's claim was a little 
 stronger and her aflection a little deeper than that of any 
 other comnmnity. When here he was among: his neighbors 
 and his jn-rsonal friends, among the ])eo])le with whom he had 
 associated as a ini\ate citi/en. who knew liim best and es- 
 teemed him most. Here was liis abiding ])laee, the oue spot 
 on earth — as he him.self expressed it — tiiat lie called home, 
 where he expected to spend the remainder of life when his 
 oflieial duties were ended and w here he intended that his bones 
 should be buried. Emporia has watched his ])nb]ic career 
 Irom its beginning with solicitude and with admiration. She 
 has rejoiced in his successes and h()i>e<l for him yet greater 
 honors to conu'. Now slie bows in deepest sorrow to a fate 
 no |)ower can alter anil shares tln' poignant grief tliat weighs 
 down a stricken family. 
 
 TIIK CAKEKK OV SKNATOI! I'LIMl!. 
 I Hon. .I;h-m1i Stutler, in lln? Sunint-r Cnnnly Ph-'hs.] 
 
 The writer lirst met the late Senator I'l.lMH in Mareii. l.S.JG. 
 He was one of the jMiblishers of tlie Xenia (Ohioi Xews. He 
 ativertised for a foreman and we rode across the country 18 
 
Edilorial Xoticcs. 21 
 
 miles IVdiii (lur old hoiuc and -ol a j,,!). Il,.|(. (•iimiiicnccd a- 
 wariii tiieiidsliip whirli lasted wirli little iniei-ni|. lion tiir thirty- 
 five years. He was then a slim, awkward Ixiy of m, hut with 
 the same liabits of industry that characterized his entire career. 
 We were told by his emi)loyes that we would not stay in tlie 
 office three weeks; that I'LfMB was hard to j^ct alon.i;- with, 
 etc. He was always exactinii, hut he was fair and just. He 
 hated a lazy man or a shirk all his life. We found no ddticulty 
 in -ettin- along- with him. In I8.JG the h.cal deiuirtment of 
 the country newsi.aper was little known. Pumb conducted 
 a column in his jiaper under the strikin- head. '-Our I'ine 
 Box."' The name was a nusuomer for Pujib. because we do 
 not believe he ever sat on a store box long- enough to catch an 
 iteiu. He rather caught them on the tly. We never knew 
 mudi of his younger days. He rarely made allusions to him- 
 self at any time. We learned he came from Tniou County, 
 Ohio, to Xenia; that he was born in Delaware I'ounty, same 
 State, October 12, 1837; that he had been at an Episcopalian 
 school there and learned his trade in the oliiee of a paperofthat 
 faith while securing- his schooling. We learned what we knew 
 of him from a yoiiuger brother, dosephus, who was with him 
 in the Xenia office. This boy was one of the most religious and 
 conscientious youths we ever met. He had great faith in 
 Preston, as he called him, but sometimes had to rebuke the 
 future Senator for slight deviations from the straight and nar- 
 row way. The editor had great love for the younger brother. 
 In the Xenia Xews office :\Ir. Pli-:»ib began his earnest life 
 work. He took to politics naturally. The old i.aper there was 
 published by liobert .AIcBratney, who afterwards came to Kan- 
 sas and died some years ago. The young editor had an ambi- 
 tion to beat his competitor on all occasions and generally did 
 so. We remend)er that in the summer of ISoO he went into 
 tlie i.arty convention and oveiturned the jilaus of .McHiatney 
 
22 IJl't- au'i Character of Picslou B. Plitmb. 
 
 ami the piilitii-iaus and won a substantial vit-toiy for his new 
 pai)er. While ho was lull of the iit'o ami tun of youth, his 
 assoi-iates in Xeiiia were mostly nicn considerably older than 
 himself. Kven then he was consnltcd by the leading men of 
 the town. His power to see the etleet of aetion was always 
 -wonderful. Among his schoolfellows and neighbors when a 
 boy he was the leader. An accident hapijeued to him when a 
 boy which nearly cost him his life and must have impressed 
 him with the importance of being more cautious. There was 
 some sort of a celebration, and among the attractions was a 
 tame bear chained in a barn. This was fun for the boys, and 
 young Plvmh entered fully into the sport of teasing the young 
 aninral. He ventured too close and was caught and nearly 
 torn to pieces. The great scars on his legs and body he carried 
 to his grave. 
 
 The i)olitical excitement in Ohio that year over the Kansas 
 struggle was at fever heat. The late Granville Moody was the 
 Methodist jireacher tor Xenia. He was an agitator and tighter. 
 He stirred the young men and old and he and Pli'MH wi're 
 friends. When the Fremont campaign was on. the \-oung 
 editor entered into the spirit of the struggle with all the 
 enthusiasm of his nature. He was literally working himself 
 to death even at that date to establish his paper and make it 
 the leader. We know of his working three nights in a week 
 all night. In broken health he canu' into the ollice one tlay 
 and anntmnced his intention of going to Kansas. •• AN hen 
 will you go?" "To-morrow.'' And he went. Ue traveled over 
 the territory mo.stly <m foot, going as far west as where Salina 
 now stands, where lie ami olliiis laid out a town. 1 think, 
 which they named .Mariposa, in hon(»r of Fremont. When he 
 went he was for noninterference with slavery. When he re- 
 turned he was a thorough abolitionist and for a tight if ueces- 
 f?ary. He had no patience with or respect loi the timeserving 
 
Editorial Solicrs. 23 
 
 and slav('i'y-\V()rslii])iiiL; administratidii w lii<-li was iisiiii;- all its 
 ])ii\V('r to torce slaver V 1)11 Kansas li\ fair iiieaiis or foul. Ills 
 healtli had so far iniiirovi'd in the six or seven weeks' trip and 
 he had become so robust and bronzed that his Xenia friends 
 hardly recognized him. From that time on his whole lite was 
 for Kansas. Sacritiein.ii- his interests in Xenia he raised a small 
 company for the Kansas service and was chosen its leader. 
 That company came through most of the way on foot. It had 
 charge of a cannon from Iowa City, which was delivered safely 
 at To]»eka. At one time they were pressed and liuried their 
 gun. At another time there was a mutiny in the company, 
 which was speedily suppressed by Mr. PiAurB and one of his 
 faithful friends. 
 
 During the winter Mr. I'lumb and his Mariposa friends had 
 to abandon their quarters in the far West and retreat to Law- 
 rence to keej) from starving. Here for a time he worked at 
 the printers' trade and fell in with a party who were about to 
 lay out the new town of Emporia. He agreed for his jtart to 
 start a paper to speak for the interests of the wondertiil new 
 city. Returning to Ohio in March. 18."i7, he induced a number 
 of young men, including the \\Titer, to go to the new town. 
 The first nnmbei' of the Emporia News was issued June 6, 
 1857. The new town was 75 miles from Lawrence, the leading 
 town in the Territory, and the embryo 8euat(u- not infrequently 
 made the trip on foot. 
 
 Jlr. Plumb was a l)orn leader. At the new town nothing 
 could be done without him. His guiding hand was in everv- 
 thing. He was poor and all were poor, but the interests of 
 Emporia were always kept in the front. Plumb had raih-oad 
 men, merchants, professional men, mechanics, and manufac- 
 turers tliere all the time looking at the new city. ISia railroad 
 meeting in any part of the Territory was allowed to pass with- 
 out an Emporia representative. So, with political movement.s. 
 
24 Life and Character of Preston B. Plitiiib. 
 
 Kiiiporia was in tv» r\ tliiiij:. His activity begat encmios, wbo 
 <jrcasi<>iially iiiadc sorties ajrainsi iiiiii. hut tliey retired always 
 IVoiii tlie citiitest worsted. The News was a surprisingly well- 
 edited pajier. IttiH>k raid< at onee with the best in the Terri- 
 ttiry, and never (Hcuiiieti a duubtfnl posiTiiin on any (jnestion. 
 I'LIMI! seeniccl lo know e\ (Tylliing at twenty, and what sur- 
 prised liis friends was where he learned so niueli, lieeause liis 
 educational advantages were limited, liis power as a writer 
 was recognized all over the Territory. At home he was the 
 centei- around which the scattered settlement hiigel.v levohi-d. 
 If the boys had a little fun on hand. I'l.f.MB was in it. If the 
 community was in any sort of tiouble, the tirst question wa.s, 
 ••Where is ruMl!?" If he was not at home he was sent for. 
 We rememb<r that in l^iil there were fiiiiuent incursions of 
 liii>liwiiackers in the soutlicasiern part of the State. Hum- 
 boldt, an out])Ost. was saekeil twice. The h-ader of this gang 
 was a desperado named Matthews. The settlers on the lower 
 Neosho appealed to their brethren farther up the rncr for 
 helji. Pi.i'Mis was ready in a few hours. With nineteen Em- 
 poria boys he was riding rajudly to the scene of trouble. l>y 
 the time they arrived the bushwhackers iiad retreated to 
 where Cherokee County now is. Quite a force of settlers had 
 gathered from dilferent quarters. It is prolialile tliat lieie 
 I'Ll'MU and the late (leueral lUnnt first met. They resolved 
 at once to pursue Matthews. The result was that Matthews 
 never again troubh-d the settlers or anyone else. Here Plumb 
 and Blunt smelt the (irst blood of the wai. 
 
 Mr. Pli'MB's father and his family foUowed the son to Kan- 
 sas. They settled on the Ne<islio, near Kmi)oria. Their allec- 
 tion for the son was very great and it was reci|)rocated. The 
 fatliei- was a quiet man of sterling i(U;ilitics. He is still living 
 at Emporia. Tlie mother died a few years ago. Siie was a 
 woman of superior intelligence and strong will power. These 
 
Editorial A'o/nc.s. 25 
 
 (ilil \»'i>\>U' sfc?iic.l to lie of the I'liiihin stock. Miss Ellen 
 IMuiiil) lias Ix'cii in tlic liouk liiisincss in Minporia tor tAvwity 
 years or iiioic. and is :i most excellent woman. The brother 
 spoken of in the beninnini; of tiiis article died soon after their 
 aiiival. and the loss was serion.sly fi'lt by all the fatnily. One 
 brother. William . I., has been in Nevada or Id ado for many 
 .years. (reori;e I'lnnd) is a farmer near Emiioria. Arthur is a. 
 merchant at IJeading. lie has been m the legishitnre. The 
 youngest child. Mary, is the wife of Perry Edwards, a farmer 
 near ICmjioria. 
 
 He soon determined to leave the newspaper and to study 
 law. He attended lectures two winters at OlevehiiHl. iieturn- 
 ing to Emporia in ISGl, he opened a law otifice. He told the 
 writer it was not much ol' a law olHce, with a rmb' table and 
 
 some store boxes for seats, but that the oftice was as g I as 
 
 the lawyer. During thi.s time his health was precarious. He 
 liad frequent and severe hemorrliages of the lungs, and it wa.s 
 feared he would notreeoyer. In 18(ii' tlie war feyer seized him. 
 He was a warm admirer of Gen. Tom Ewing, and when that 
 gentleman was authorized to raise the Eleyenth Kansas Infan- 
 try Plumb Joined him and raised two companies at Emporia 
 and surrounding country. lie threw all liis energy and zeal 
 into this movement and was very etticient in assisting (ien. 
 Ewing. He served until the close of the struggle and eame out 
 brevet eohinel. In the service he regained his health. In fact, 
 it seems to have saved his life for the honorable and useful 
 career before him. Coming out of the war he formed a i)artner- 
 shi]i with the late Judge IJuggles, and won distinction and suc- 
 cess at the bar. In this he woiked day and night. Xo task or 
 <liity ever staggered him. The firm had a business in the last 
 two or three years of its existence (mly surpassed by one in 
 the young State. His next undertaking was banking. He 
 had induced ()hio friends an<l others to invest in a bank, and, 
 
26 Life and Omractcr of Pres/oii B. Plumb. 
 
 tli<' returns not being satisfaftory, tliey finally di'iuandcil he 
 slioulil take the management of the concern. He did so. ami 
 tlie result wasanother success. The liaiik sixm took rank among 
 the best in the State. .Mr. Pumh had secured considerable 
 wealth by his habitsof industry and economy and by forttmate 
 sj)cculations. He was a moneymaker. He jiossessetl a fore- 
 sight in this respect which was wonderful. At the close of the 
 war he said to a frieud, '• There is going to be a cliauce to make 
 some money in the next live or ten years which neither of us 
 may ever hare again. 1 have determJTied to avail myself of it. 
 I shall devote all my energy and powers in .securing my share of 
 it. \Vi- have had a good time as boys togetlicr in Emporia; 
 now we are men. and it is time for us to do .something for 
 our.selves. I sliall i)ursue this course ami 1 adxisc you to do 
 the same." He carried out liis programme and won. He bad 
 not made anything out of liis town s])eeulation. He gave away 
 the most of his lots. At the close of the war he was not worth 
 over .S3,()0(». He had an intuitive knowledge of investments. 
 In twenty years he had an immense fortune. 
 
 Senator Plt'mh held the following ollicial positions: .Mem- 
 ber of the Leavenworth constitutional convention, 1S.">.S; re- 
 ])orterof the supreme court in 18(il. which he vacati'd by resig- 
 nation: representative in the legislature in isfii'; representative 
 anil speaker in ISlJT: rejjresentative in ISCiS; elected I'nitcd 
 States Senator in 1S77, and reelected in IHS.'} and 188!», ]U'ac- 
 tically without ojiposition in liis party. His candidacy in 1877 
 was ])urely the work of his friends, lie did not Itclievc he 
 could succeed, saying that his time ha<l imi come tn run for 
 so high an ollice. Just prece(ling this he had s]>eut ten or 
 twelve years in the law and banking business, had j)ai<I little 
 attention to ])olitics. and was not so well known as formerly. 
 He liuwcver yicldcil In ihe solicitations nf friends wlnt sin- 
 cereh desired to see him in the Senate and wiio maintained 
 
Editorial Notices. 27 
 
 that defeat, if it eame. woiilii not liiirt liiiii. Mr. I'M'MH liad 
 always lieeii an ardent a<lmirer ot Horace llreeley and had 
 voted for him for President in ISTi'. Ohltinie Rei)uhlieans 
 predicted tins act would hurt him in the race, and it did. Had 
 it not been for that vote he would iiave made a bettei' lace, if, 
 indeed, he liad not seiaired liis electi<Mi. He was recofini/.ed 
 by all as in many ies])ects the ablest and best man m the race 
 at the time. As it was, he aud his friends made a clean and 
 spirited light and retired in most excellent condition, leaving 
 all interests friendly and IMr. Tlt^mb in most excellent sha])e 
 for the next contest. In 1877, after a stubbornly fought con 
 test, he was elected on the sixteenth ballot. No man ever had 
 more ardent sujiporters than he. His course in the Senate is 
 so well known by the people of the State that it need hardly 
 be mentioned. No State ever had a inoi'c etticient, faithful, or 
 truer representati\e in that body. From the day he entered 
 the Senate he grew. He was better acquainted with people 
 personally than any Kansas politician has ever been. He lived 
 neai' them and he worked forthem. No man e\('r wrote to him 
 wlio did not get an answer, which stated frankly what could 
 or could iu)t be done for liim. He kept himself constantly in 
 accord with the public sentiment of the State. From this he 
 largely shaped his course. He was in constant C()rrespondeuce 
 with hundreds of his constituents, asking about the condition 
 of the crops or this or that interest. He had an interest in 
 everything that ]iertained to his State. He began to study it 
 in lcS57. He knew moie about it than anyone I'lse. He was 
 carelul and painstaking in everything, but in nothing more 
 than in gathering information about Kansas. He perceived it 
 to be his duty to be representative of Kansas interests. In 
 this regard he was the highest type of a Senator. While 
 taking a general interest in national atfairs and everything in 
 
28 Life and C/taractcr of Pre shut B. Plumb. 
 
 peiieial <U-b;itf. In- was pici-iiiiiu'iitly a rt'iPicsi'iitativt' nf his 
 own peiiple. 
 
 Tlie ix'opli' of IvaiisUs liavi- lost a valual)lf tViiiul. one w liose 
 ]ilaci' willi)rol)aV)ly never bi' tilled, and the sorrow is universal. 
 The wliole State is in niournint;-. He has more ])ersonal friends 
 in Kansas than any other man ever had. OntheSth of Mareli, 
 lS(i7. at Ashialmla. Ohio. -Mr. I'l.iMii married Miss Caroline 
 Suuthwick. The fruits of this marriajie were six ehildren, 
 who. -iiven in order, are as follows: Mary. Aiuos. Thomas, 
 Hiith, Caroline, and Pre.ston. Thomas died Fehrnary -I, 1872; 
 Preston is attending .selioolat Nazant h. 1 'a., amK aroliue atLit- 
 itz. I'a. Both, in comiiany with Amos, wlio was under medical 
 treatment in I'liiladelpbia when the news reaehed him. started 
 for li^mporia ai ome. to he at the funeral of their lather. 
 
 Senator 1'm'MU literally made hinisiH what he was. His 
 career .shows the jHissihilities of Ameiican citi/.i'Ushiii to him 
 who is willinn' lo seize his opportunities and use them for all 
 they are worth. He was a great student as well as a great 
 worker. He had a wonderfully retentive memory. The sen- 
 sible [iractieal part of everything was made useful by him. 
 He was little in society. He had not mucli time tor the ordi 
 nary forms of social life. Ibit peo])le were endeared to liim in 
 high degree for his worth a- a nuiii and his work for them. 
 Ilis work is linished. It was a life iiiasier\(ir everything t iiat 
 came before him for actioir. His career stands out iu the broad, 
 bright light of gi-nius. of energy, of devotion to duty. His 
 luime is wiittcM in colors that will last in the high jdaces of 
 the nation and on the hearts of the iieopk'. Hail he lived ten 
 years longer he would lia\e liecn President. 
 
Editorial Notices. 29 
 
 IKiW WK lU'RIED HIM. 
 
 [Hon. M. M. lliinl...k, in tlir Wichita Daily V.:v^V-, D.vcnil.rr ;;C., \m\.\ 
 
 In coiiipaiiy with many fellow citizens, we went up to Imry 
 the friend of the many. Ilaviui;for the last time looked upon 
 his great, kind, rugged face, which held oidy the gentle repose 
 of a natural, restful sleep, we left him, all alone, out in the sad 
 prairie, down foui- feet under the cold weight of the coarse 
 gravel of a bleak knoll, \vhose brown-gray summit overlooks 
 the scenes of his life's supreniest struggles and freshest hopes; 
 clustering along wliosi' lower slopes are the ties and interests 
 of the homes and institutions for which his loyalty never 
 •wavered, and for the rude foundations of whose commoni)lace 
 superstructures he held a more abiding love, a truer pride, 
 than for even those which in magnilicence inclose the crypt, 
 the marble floors, and sustain the mighty dome of the Nation's 
 Capitol. This friend of the many was thus left there, all 
 alone, in the gloom of the waning ilay, while the many who 
 had by him been befriended stood disturbed, vexed, and dis- 
 contented, to be whirled, full soon, homeward, away through 
 the night, to face again, with mayhaji a more sul>ducd ambition, 
 the i)roblems and duties of life. The day had been a perfect 
 one in its mocking glory of warm sunshine, but as the hard 
 clods fell heavily down over the (luict face and uniesisting 
 breast of him whom we all were so loath to leave to such loneli- 
 ness, the protecting arch of heaven's bhu' depths were sud- 
 denly veiled in troubled clouds like folds of moiuniug crape, 
 aiul as the dark came down the lamenting winds, in an increas- 
 ing chill, swept with regretful sighs that desolate spot, de 
 serted by the living for the dead. 
 
30 Life and Character of frcslon B. l'lu»ib. 
 
 THE STORY OF THK SKNATOR ANT) TlIF, ACTOR. 
 [Mr. AlcxiUitU-r Hiitt.^, in ttic Kansas Citv Star.J 
 
 riiarlcs I). Keack', the assistant sorjjoautatarms of tho 
 Uuitt'd States Seiiat<'. who had cliai'tje of the Coiifiiessioual 
 party that atteiuU'il the lum ral of the hite Senator PH'iiB, 
 was for a iiniiilxT of yi-ars the personal friend of the man whose 
 body he escorted to its last resting: plaei-. 
 
 I{ea<le introdueed Senator 1'hmb to "Billy" Crane, whose 
 eharaeterin "The Senator" is a study of the Kansas Senator. 
 
 •• 1 liave lieen wondering; for the last day or two." remarked 
 Keatle, last evening, on the train returning from l-anporia, 
 "whether 'Billy' Crane will ever play 'The Senator' again. 
 I introdueed Pijmh and ("rane. It was like this: Crane isan 
 old friend of mine, and one excning when he was jilayinu in 
 Washington I was sitting in his dressing room, lie had been 
 telling ine that he and Robson were to part company and that 
 lu- was to stage a play himself, but he ditl not tell nu' what the 
 play was to \w. Dniing the course of tlie e\ ening he rcnnirked 
 that he would like nnieh to meet some members of the United 
 States Senate. I told him that if he would do me the honor to 
 dine witli me I would introduce him to a nundier. He con- 
 sented at once, and I arranged a little liinnir [iHrty. 
 
 '•The repast was spread in tiie private rooms of the Senate 
 restaurant. I invited a littli' party. Hale was theic and 
 l!lackl)urn and half a dozen otiiers. I'l-fMH was in\ited. but 
 he was very busy that alhinoon and did not get tinrc until we 
 had readied crackers and colfee. When Pn'Mli arri\cd Crane 
 at onc(' devoted ids attention to I'Li Mli. The two got away 
 from the rest of the i)aity and sat for a long time at a little 
 side table. After that Crane eame into the Senate chand)er 
 
Hdiloiial Notices. 31 
 
 evt'iy <l;iy while lie rcmaiued in Wasliin^toii aud sat tlific with 
 his I'vcs tixed on I'UMis. I could not iiuagiiie why he was so 
 greatly inteiestcd in tin' jii'iitlciiiaii lidiii Kansas. 
 
 "A week or two after he had Hrst i)iesented his new play I 
 saw Crane at the Star theater, New York. I sat aud watched 
 the first act and tiicn went behind. 'IJilly,' I said, ' I see now 
 why you were studyini;- I'LUMB .so closely.' He laughed aud 
 pointe<l to his mirror. Just above it was uailed a large portrait 
 of Senator Pujii!. 
 
 "The first time Crane jiroduced 'The Senator' in Wash- 
 ington lie said that iie would nuich like to meet Plumi! again, 
 and 1 told him that I would see if I could arrange it. I did 
 not know how Plumb would feci about it. All the critics had 
 at once recognized Plumb in Crane's Senator, and there had 
 been a great deal of newspaper gossip aliout it. 1 went to 
 Plumb, however, and asked him if he would accept an invita- 
 tion to a dinner party to meet Crane again. He said that he 
 would be delighted to do so, and so I gave the party. The 
 dinner was served in the room of the Committee on Naval Af- 
 fairs and there was a pleasant crowd present. In its, way I 
 think that it was one of the most unicjue dinner parties ever 
 given. As host I, of course, sat at the head of the table. 
 Plumb was on my right and Crane ujion my left. It was one 
 of Plumb's playdays. He was in great spirits. He had to 
 leave the table once to nuike a motion on the floor, but it was 
 not a busy day with him and he gave up the whole afternoou 
 to the dinner. Crane, as every one knows, is one of the fine, 
 old-class, stage gentlemen, and a most entertaining entertainer. 
 He told his stories as no one else can tell them, and so much 
 had he entered into the spirit of his character of the Senator 
 that he punctuated all his stories w ith unmistakable Pli'mb 
 gestures. Everyone at the talile noticed it and enjoyed it 
 hugely, no one so much, however, as I'lumb. lie watched 
 
32 Life and Cliaractcr of Prrsloit />. P/u»il). 
 
 Craiu- witli roars (if laughter. Not a motion of tlie actor es- 
 called liirii. • (ioinl,' lie would exclaim, as Ciaiie did sumethiiig 
 characteristic of ri.iMK. Crane, {getting into the sjiirit of it, 
 acted the Senator at the tlimur tahle as iierfectly as he ever 
 acted it ui)on the hoards. 
 
 "Then 1'LUMH would tell a story. It was his story telling 
 day. When PuntB began to talk then Crane watched I'l.i mh 
 even more rlosejy tliaii ri,f\Ili watcheil Crane. ICveiy now 
 and then I*HM15 would notice it, and. jjausing in his story, 
 would exclaim: ' Here, Crane, sto]) studying me,' in a manner 
 that would semi the whole party ott' into roars of laughter. 
 
 ■•It was a merry jiarty. Poor Pl.tMl?. 
 
 '■ Seriously, Plximh said before we left the table that he 
 wi.shed it understood that he took no oiien.se at Crane's plac- 
 ing his characteristics upon the stage. The play, he said, 
 was a good one and one with a high moral, and the actor 
 was a man whom he was proud to call his friend. 
 
 " As ' The Senator ' (Jrane does not attem])t to make u]) as 
 PH'MB, although he wears the same style of beard Th'MH 
 always wore, but he tried to mold c\ i ly characteristic ol' his 
 Senator to correspond to those of the man from Kansas. At 
 tirst he ajipeared in the last act wearing a silk hat, but i re 
 marked once that I never saw Pi.I'MR wear a high hat in my 
 lite, and that niglit lii' put tlic high h;il aside. I spoke to liim 
 once of how I'l.fMi? used his handkeicliief while speaking, 
 and aftei- that Cram- mojiiied his face in the old way so famil- 
 iar to all of Pl.fMij's friends. 
 
 ''Crane and Plvmu afterward became great triends ;ind 
 never missed a chance to get together, and. now that I'i.tmh 
 i.s dead, I wonder wliat liillv is goiugtodowith • The ."scMator.''' 
 
Editorial Notices. 33 
 
 A OLOSK t)BSERVER'S DESCRIPTION. 
 
 [Mi-. W. l!.Sti.veiis, in llu- St, Luuia (Unlii-DtludCnit. | 
 
 Senator Plumb was the most accessible man in public life. 
 You rang- the hell at the house on Fourteenth street and asked : 
 "Is the Senator inf" The formula of reply was the same 
 every time. The maid who answered the bell s'Liuced at the 
 door of tlie Senator's ])arlor. If the key was in the lock, she 
 nodded. If the key was not in sight, she looked behind the 
 door to see if it was hanging on the accustomed nail. If it 
 was tlieie she knew the Senator was not in and shook her 
 head. If she nodded yon stci)i)ed t() the Senatoi-'s door and 
 knocked. A genuine Western "Com<^ in!" followed. And 
 that was the whole ceremony of admission to Senator Plumb's 
 presence. Nobody ever sent in a card a second time. If the 
 Senator was "in" he was in to everyliody. If he was "out" 
 he was out in fact. For business or begging, for social call or 
 curiosity, the latchstriug hung on tlie outside. 
 
 When you step|)cd within you faceil the rear elevation of 
 a de.sk. This desk stood in tiie center of the room. Above it 
 a rack of pigeonholes rose half way to the chandelier. On top 
 of the pigeoidioles were pai)ers. Somebody was behind the 
 desk and the pigeonholes. As the door closed behind you the 
 Senator raised his head just high enough to see over the top of 
 the rack, greeted yon by name, said "Sit down," and then 
 dro])i>ed his face to the pile of letters again. The picture of 
 tlnit face over the top of the desk will come back to many who 
 had the common experience of those who called at Seiuitor 
 Plimis's room. The Senator had a way of dropping the lower 
 jaw as he threw his head back, and there was a look of inquir- 
 ing expectancy on his face. 
 
 S. Mis. 22S ;! 
 
34 Life and Character of Preston H. Plumb. 
 
 AroiiiKl the I'lljies of the room were i)laiiily upholstered 
 ehairs and solas. They were always more or less oeciiiiied. 
 SomeV>ody was ever waiting to see tin- Senator. I'luiii oni- to 
 half a dozen people had business with him. A revolving book- 
 case in a corner was packed full of xoluines. There were letter 
 tiles on the mantelpiece, newspapers on the lloor, aud a large 
 print of Gladstoni' on the wall. 
 
 The Senator's niethotls of wuik rendered this accessibility 
 possible. He could not have made himself so utterly free to 
 all callers if he had been in the habit of doing one thing at a 
 time. He did two, three, aud four things at one time. Often 
 and often he sat dictating letters to his stenographer, glancing 
 over newspapers, and transacting business with callers. Was 
 it any wonder that the tissue of the cells of the brain gave way 
 under that kind of mental strain? There was no oidinary 
 stenographer who could kec]) iijt with him. so be would dictate 
 thiee or four sentences like a Hash, turn in conversation for ten 
 or lifteen seconds to his visitor aud at the same time keep on 
 opeiiuig and scanning newsi)ai>ers. And here was the remark- 
 able thing about his nund's ojieration. In the gajjs between 
 dictation be carried the thread of what he wanted to say in the 
 letter. He carried the thread of conversation at the same 
 time. rerhai)s the latest remark of the visitor was made alter 
 the Senator had resumed dictation. Tlic trained ear and bu.sy 
 mind caught it. When the dictation sto)i]i((l the Senatorweut 
 right on with the conversation. He did not repeat to his ste- 
 nographer. He did not ask his visitor what he had just said. 
 And the opening and reading of new.spapers continued. The 
 mind had triple capacity seemingly. This statement may be 
 called iucreditile. Those who knew the Senator will verily it. 
 Mr. I'Li'Mirs fellow Senators often remarked ui)on this ])eculiar 
 faculty or activity of mind. It was this which enabled him to 
 carry so long "as much work as six men could have done and 
 
Editorial Notices. .">5 
 
 prcsiTVc Ilicii- li\es,"t() iiudIc Ilii' words oI' Smulor Maiulcisoii. 
 Of N;ii)iil('(iii the liistoliaus any lie cdiilil read willi one fyfiiml 
 write witli the otlit'i-; tlial. is, lie ciiiilil cnii-v two trains df 
 tliduti'lit in Ills mind at the same time. This cxtiaordinar.N 
 faculty Seuator Plitmb possessed. Often he a^()S(^ to address 
 the Senate and as he did so woidd piek up from the desk in 
 front of him pajier after ])a])er. The easual oliserver tliouj^lif 
 these were notes of%vhat the Seuatoi- wanted to say. Tliey 
 were not. They were the letters of the morning's mail wliieh 
 he had gathered up and brought into the Senate chandjer with 
 him. lie was aetually addressing the .Senate and at the same, 
 time going through his correspondence. 
 
 He took a thousaud periodicals, and he bought more books 
 than any other member of the Semite. Most of the i^eriod- 
 icals were weekly pajiers. For the purchase of liooks hi' had a, 
 ])eculiar arrangement which he explained not long ago. One 
 of the largest book-dealing houses in Xew York sent him 
 monthly, or oftener, a descriptive list of everything recei\ed 
 in stock since the former rejiort. On this list the Senator 
 checked all tliat aroused his interest. The list was returned 
 to the dealer and the box of books came. It was seldom that 
 the Senator's room did not coutain one of these monthly or 
 fortnightly ■consignments of the latest volumes. He went 
 througli the boolcs in the same steam-enginelike way he did 
 everything. 
 
 Senator Plumb answered over .'!U,0()0 letters a year. Sen- 
 ator Manderson says : "A jury would probably And that Sena- 
 tor PLtniB was killed l)y his correspondents." While Congress 
 was in session :\Ir. Plumb's letter mail never droj)ped be- 
 low 100 a day and often it reached 200 a day. And all let- 
 ters were answered. There are public men who have litho- 
 graphed forms to meet ordinary demands of correspondents. 
 They receive a letter and rejjly with one of thesi- forms, ti-ll- 
 
.'56 Life and C/iarac/cr of Preston B. Pltivib. 
 
 iii^ the fonfs|Kiii(li'iit liis •>rc(|iu-sl will icci-ivf due attcutiou." 
 Tliis was not tliekiiid of tivatiiiciit Si-iiator I'l.UMli f^ave. He 
 was intensely and honestly ]iraetical. When anybody wrote 
 a>kin,t; liini tn do .^-onictliiiiu' ln' iiini to do il if it was within 
 the ran^ie of proliable ai-conii)li.sliinenI. 'I'lir Senator had let- 
 ters from |iension ajjiilieants, letters from homesteaders, letters 
 from farmers who wanted seeds, from jieojjle who had siiflered 
 from Indian raids, letters tVom those who wanted a|>])oint- 
 meiits. r>i>sidcs all of these elasses whom he tried to serve he 
 was in corresixnidenee with ]K'opIe all over the country who 
 wanted to exehanjic ideas. To this latter kiinl of eorres]K)nd- 
 ence he .i;a\e a ureat deal of time, for it was a cai'dinal ]>iiuci 
 jde with him to kee|> track of i)iiblic sentiment. That was one 
 reason why he leeeived and read every lJci)iil)lican pai)er aud 
 and most of the other pa]>ers imhlished in the State of Kan 
 sas. lie could j;i> throuuli these news|)a))ers with the ])racticed 
 hand and eye of an old newspajier man. lail In- saw all that hi' 
 wanted to see in e\ery one ol tliem. These news])a])ers were 
 not taken to his committee room to be run <pver by a juivate 
 secretary who nii;;ht call the Senator's attention to what he 
 thought interesting to liim. To the day of hisdeath tlic> went 
 to the Senator's rooms to be handled l)y him alone. 
 
 '• 1 am representinjj the peo])]e of Kansas. They want 
 these Iliin;;s, and they elected me to carry out theil' wishes.'' 
 Thisiswhai tlic Senator said one day to some of the Hastern 
 lvei)ul)licans when they siiui;lil to influence him during;' the 
 tariff and silver stru};i;Ic in the last ("onj-ress. lie made it 
 his business to be in liiu' with the sentiment of his Stale, lb- 
 had that purpose in mind when he said this u holesalc readin<r 
 of his State papers was the best political investment he ever 
 made. Kansas is a State where sentinu'iit chancres (piickly. 
 The rarelied attnosi)here swee](int; down from the Kocky 
 Mountains iiisiiires inlcllccliml aclivilv. Senator I'l.iMi! 
 
luiiloriai Notices. 37 
 
 might be away tor the best part of tlie year, but this .■..nstaiit 
 contact with Kansas sentiment thronsii tlie ne.wspa])ers kept 
 liiiu in toueh with his |„.,,plt.. He grew stronger in their es- 
 teem every year. Quay used to say, with e\ ident admiration : 
 '■He is the best politician of us all. He has got tlie local polit- 
 ical conditions of his State at his hngers' ends all of the time." 
 Does any one ask for more dehniteness about the load Sena- 
 tor Plumb was carrying for his constituents ? There are i)eii(l- 
 iiig to-day iu the Pension Ottice t)ver (!,0(I0 claims for Kansas 
 iu various stages of progress, all tiled and pushed by Senator 
 Plumi!. •■ Let me see; there was something I wanted to talk 
 to you about," he said one morning as he came out of the Sen- 
 ate restaurant ; it was less than a week before he died. As he 
 walked slowly toward the Senate barber shoj) he said: " We 
 have got to do something aI)out this pension business. It i.s 
 going too far. I think you could get up au interesting letter 
 on the subject. I can furnish you with a lot of material." Au 
 indehnite engagement was made for the near future, but death 
 came before it was fultilled. 
 
 There was a conversation of some length on Thursday, the 
 day the Seuator went to Philadelphia to consult the specialist, 
 Dr. Pepper. It related to the candidacy of Ex-Gov. George T. 
 Anthony for the Interstate Commerce conimissionership. The 
 scene was a ty])ical one for the Senator's icom. .Ah-. Plumb 
 .sat at his tall desk, without any vest and without a shirt collar. 
 A great gray dressing gown, without ornanuMitation, i)lain as 
 an army blanket and of not nuich finer texture, was thrown 
 around liini. lie had not had time to go to breakfast. The 
 hour was an early oue tbr Washiugtim. On tiie desk was a 
 heap of typewritten answers to correspondents. Two ladies 
 sat waiting in oue corner of the room. Private Secretary Flen- 
 nik.'n stoo.l behind the Senator, taking memoramla of various 
 Department matters to be attended to. Col. :\rannin.u sat at 
 
38 /,//(■ and Cliaraclcr ofPrcstou B. Plumb. 
 
 the winilow waiting for a conference on a matter of business. 
 A telej;rani was shown to the Senator. It proinjited him to 
 hiy aside all other matters and enter into a <'onlidential con- 
 versation. Only when he was <;reatly interested did he give 
 his miiid to a sinj;le line of thonj;ht. He talked for ten or lif- 
 tecn minutes, fioin^i' over the matter of l']x-(iov. Anthony's can- 
 didacy and the tipiiositiou of Congressman Kunston. There 
 was no trace of anger in his manner. But in most earnest lan- 
 guage the Senator fxi)rcss('(l his regret that such ])ersonal dif 
 ferences had occurred. He told how a State's intluence was 
 cri])i)led at Washington when lepresentative men of thei)arty 
 fell out. as in this case. He described the effect of Mr. Funs- 
 ton's hostility toward Anthony at the White House. Tlie c|ues- 
 tion was not as to the truth of what Funston had charged. 
 The fact that he had gone to the I'resident and had protested 
 showed the lack of Imrnuiny in Kansas and promiitcd the Pres- 
 ident to ignore the State in tin- matter of this aiiimintment. 
 The Seiuitor dei)lored the action of Mr. l^'unstoii on the hitter's 
 account. He said that it could not but hurt the Ueprcsentative 
 in his district. He could not see liowa man could soperniit his 
 personal resentment to injure himself. 
 
 This talk illustrated a phase of the Senator's character. 
 His intensely practical luiture enabled him to see the folly of 
 anger, and it was very seldom that his temper got tlu' better 
 of him. There are not numy people in \^■ashingtou who ever 
 saw Senator Pia'MB really angry. 
 
 ■Mention has been nuule of the Senator at work at his desk 
 before l)reakfast. That was a common custom with him. Less 
 than a week before he died he arose one morning and (li<laieil 
 the answers to 10.') letters before lireakfast. Tsually he dic- 
 tated his letters to the stenographer in the afternoon. But lie 
 never allowed the tyi)ewritten copies to go out until he had 
 read and revised everv line. This was the work he most fre 
 
Editorial Xolices. 39 
 
 (liioiitly did tlie first thing' after lie arose in the niornini;. lie 
 i-ead closely every letter before it went out and he signed his 
 name. Those who received letters mailed within the last three 
 or four days before he died will notice the difference in the 
 signature. The ou(w strong, bold liand worked irregularly and 
 tremblingly toward the last. The brain was failing. 
 
 Ex-Senator lugalls made this lather surprising icniark 
 about Mr. Plumb the other day: "There was no gush, no 
 pathos, no reveries, nor reminiscences, nor retros])ection ab(mt 
 him. He was not by nature or habit a sentimentalist.'' It 
 seems hardly possible that this is a correct quotation of ^Ir. 
 Ingalis. There was no man in the Senate who enjoyed reminis 
 cences more than did Senator Plumb. That was almost the 
 only relaxation he gave himself and his enjoyment of it was 
 infectious. He would at times throw everything aside and 
 talk of the war as lie had seen it, of the men he had known, 
 of the places he had visited. His narrations were most vivid. 
 A few nights ago he leaned l)ack in his chair and for the last 
 time told the story of Buck and Ball to Senator Paddock, of 
 Nebraska, and another caller. The anniversary of the first 
 and only issue of Buck and Ball was at hand. The Senator 
 said he was going to celebrate it with a little dinner. "Pad- 
 dock," he added, "you nuist be snre to be there. Don't make 
 any (itlier engagement for that night.'' 
 
 Plumb's regiment — he was then major — the Eleventh Kan- 
 sas, had gone down into Arkansas for its baptism of tire. It car- 
 ried a great 72-caliber weapon, which was loaded with a feartul 
 charge of " buck and ball." Tom Ewing, the colonel, nsed to in- 
 sist that his command ought to be classed as "light artillery." 
 I'LUMB said that when the Eleventh went out for target prac- 
 tice peojde moved over into the next county. At Cane Hill, 
 hidden away in a log cabin on the outskirts of the village, the 
 Eleventh found what was left of a country newspaper outfit. 
 
40 Life and Character oj Preston B. Plumb. 
 
 It lia<l bet-ii iiiovftl Irinii Talilct|iiali. the Cherokee raiutal. and 
 smiu' of till- k'ttcis were the Cherokee eharaeters. The type 
 was scattered in tlie dirt and the press was in fra{;meuts. 
 I'Li'MB, Ross, (who voted against the imjjeachuient of Andrew 
 .lohnsoii). and S. J. Crawford (afterwards governor of Kansas) 
 were among the iirinlers in the Eleventh. They gathered up 
 the type, sorted it. and in ilie rest which fo]h)wed the (iv<Mhiys' 
 rniining fight tliey ]>roceeded to get out a newsjjaper. 
 
 ••One of our lirst dilliculties," said the Senator, as lie told tlie 
 story to the two listeners, "was to get enough big letters for 
 the title. The boys who had been ahead of us had picked out 
 the. job type for initial letters and had carried them otf. We 
 chose the name of the paper to conform to our scanty stock of 
 big type. The exigency of the font rather than the appropri- 
 ateness .suggested Buck and I'.all. Short as it was we needed 
 a letter or two. Crawford or Koss or somebody else whittled 
 out the substitutes from a stick. We did not capitalize in all 
 cases where it was needed and we used italics in the middle of 
 words. It wasn't because we diiln't know better. Welinally 
 got together enough type of various kinds to set \\\) a six col- 
 umn form, r.y the time that was ready the old i)ress had been 
 tinkeretl into shape to run. The next thing was white jiajier. 
 Sonic of the boys in aiiotlier comimnici had got iiold of a lot of 
 i|uartcrmaster blanks. These we traded for, agreeing to give 
 one printed sheet for so many blank sheets. A few rolls of 
 wall papi'r helped out. .\.lltogcther we managed to get the 
 paper to jirint 1. .■>()(> copies on one side, .lust as we were run- 
 ning otl' the last sheets word canu' tlia' lliiidiiian was ajiproach- 
 ing. We dropjied everything right there and went into bat- 
 tle." 
 
 The Seiialoi' lulii <il' Ilie ligliling which ensued. In llie 
 movement <>f the troops ('anc Hill was tini|iorarily evacuated. 
 As his men Icll back Ihroiigh the village .MaJ. I'l.rM]! could 
 
Edilorial Xoliccs. 41 
 
 not resist tlic t('iii|it;itioii to lijiveonc luin'c loolc ;it liis tempo- 
 raiy printing ollici'. 'riicre lay the I'oriii and tlic picss and 
 hall-priuti'd edition oC Uuek ^id Hall. It seemed too bad to 
 lose all that trouble. 
 
 " I hastily rolled the paj)crs up in a i)nndle," said tlie 8en- 
 ator, "tied a eord around tliem, and carried flie Imndle to the 
 door. The last andjulance was Just beinj;- driven oil'. I iiailed 
 il, threw the bundle into the rear end of the wagon, and saw 
 the team dash up the hill and away. 1 joined my men and we 
 went in another direction. The next day we t'ou,ulit the liattle 
 of I'rairie GroNc, and two days afterwards we had our iiands 
 full with the wouuded. The third day 1 went in search of my 
 papers. The bundle was all right. Soon after we reoccui>ied 
 Cane llill. Once more we gathered up the type from the dirt, 
 where the C(mfederates had scattered it, put the old ram- 
 shackle press together, set u]i the other side of tlie pajter, 
 and i)riuted an account of the battle of Prairie Grove. The 
 pa])er was dated the (>tli. The battle of Piairie Grove didn't 
 come off until tlie 7th, and that is how the discrepancy oc- 
 curred. We got out and distributt'd the 1,.">()0 copies of Buck 
 and IJall. Our motto was: ' Kansas is Piseu to the Hull ou 
 'Em.' We got that sentiment from a long-legged fellow who 
 eidisted in the Eleventh as we passed through iioitliern Ar- 
 kansas, and who had an intense admiration for the way in 
 which we invaded his State."' 
 
 A man lay in a dazed condition in a Leadvillc boaiding- 
 house. It was during the rush for fortuues, when that city- 
 was only a mining camp. ^louiitain pneumouia caught its 
 victims aiul carried them over the divide like a whiff. This 
 mail's condition was tliat critical stage when a few liours' 
 (continuance at 1,1(10 leet altitude nu'ant jineumonia and dcatli. 
 Pn'Jiii, who was foitnne-seeking in the camp, heard of the 
 sick man. Twenty-ti\e vears before the two ha<l been friends 
 
42 Life and Cliaractcr of Preslou //. Plumb. 
 
 and business associates in Kansas. Twenty years before they 
 had ditVercd and i|iian'clt'd. Tlicy liad not sixikeu to eacli 
 other in all that interim, though their jiaths had (crossed and 
 roc-rosseil. Perhaps hard words had been spoken to nuitaal 
 friends. Into the sick man's room at early Tnoining; came 
 Plumi!, williout a wnnl 111' in'cvinus inliiiiation to ]iave the 
 way. •• Vim must get out of this," he said, after a look. A 
 coui>lc of hours later, the sick man, wrajipcil in blankets, was 
 lifted down stairs and intt> a four-horse auibnlance. which was 
 woi-th money in those days. Over and down the mountain 
 went the outfit to Park City, then the terminus of the rail 
 road. The sick man was lifted into a special car. I'Lt'MH 
 was still by his side. He did not leave him until he saw him 
 in a hotel in Denver and in the hands of jjeople who would 
 nuise him throiifih. Then, with a '-You'll be all ri<rlit now," 
 he was olf. The two did not meet again tor years. But the 
 story exi)lains why, on Sunday night, Richard .1. llinton 
 walked the streets of Washington weeping like a child. Tlie 
 news of Senator Plumh's death had Just reached him. 
 
 " A strong man was Plumu," said he who.se life had been 
 saved as described, and his voice shook with emotion, " in all 
 .senses and ways excejjt taking care of him.self. He gave gen- 
 erously of his vital forces and nf\cr lialanrcil the spending. 
 It was his ambition to serve \vell, and as he was conscious of 
 aliility to do so on a generous .scale lie was ambitious of a 
 large i)lace. I'nder a brnscpie, but never a rude exterior, he 
 veiled r)ne of the kindest of disi)ositions. lie was a man of 
 simple courage; he never could have known how to avoid or 
 evade a danger or duty, i)hysical oi- mental. No man despised 
 mere con\'cntionalism more than he tlid, and so he was at war 
 with tiie liction that the Tnited States Senate is Ww tinesi 
 of elubs. He made it a Ibrcefnl arena and always held il in 
 honor as a lofty forum. He was a man not aliaitl of his \alet, 
 
luiitorial Notices. 43 
 
 t(ir lie never dreuiiietl of lieiii^' :i lieid. lie only strove to he 
 ■A liilly eciuipped, lionest woiknuni. tlie noblest luinnin in oui 
 daily life. 1 had notieed in him of late a milder .jndj;nient; 
 k'SS of the Berserker, a more ;.;cnial halanein;.;- of will and 
 action." 
 
 Senator rLUMB had a creed, lie did not heliev*^ mncli in 
 saints and he fonnd some j;(iod in all sinii(>rs. One time, 
 when there was a wave of denuuciation aji'ainst the JNloinions 
 sweepinji' over the country and i>romptlng' the most severe 
 legislation, the Senator told a story. Afti'r the war closed, 
 I'LUMl? and the Eleventli Cavalry were .sent (mt to lii^ht 
 Indians on the jilains. They continued at this service until 
 tliey were almost the last volunteei- troops to be mustered out. 
 While thus ens'a.ued they camped one night not far from a 
 band of Mornmu converts on their way to Salt Lake. The 
 .soldieis learned that smallpox had broken c(ut iu the jMorniou 
 cara^•an; that the people had remained in camp some days. 
 There was a suspicion that the party might be in some dis- 
 tress. Plumb lett his soldiers ami went down to the Mor- 
 mons. He met an elder in charge of the converts. After 
 he had looked at the sick and had arranged to supply their 
 immediate necessities, Plumb entered into conversation with 
 the elder. 
 
 '•1 found him," he said, "a i)lain, simple man, and I drew 
 him out. 1 got him into conversation about his religion, about 
 the motives which ])rompted him to go on a mission to these 
 ])eople, to labor with them, and to start with them across the 
 l)lains for Salt Lake. \Ve sat theic talking well into the night. 
 1 linally left the elder, satisfied in my mind that his nH>ti\"es 
 were pure and good and that lu" was honestly trying, in his 
 own way and ac<'ording to his own light, to do the best he 
 could for humanity. That wasthetirst time I had ever had an 
 oi>i>ortnnity to study these ]iecnliar |)eople. T made tlie most 
 
44 /,//(' and Cliaractcr of Prcstoi B. J'ltuiib. 
 
 Ill' it; ;iiul fVfi- since ilicii, wliilc cDiKlciiiniiiji soini' of tlu'ir 
 inacticfs — as all of us must — 1 liav»' felt that tlicy were at least 
 entitled to be eredited with a certain honesty of purpose." 
 
 Mr. Ingalls inn.st be mistaken in another respeet. Nobody 
 who witnessed the evident ])leasnif with which Senator I'l.r.MU 
 frreeted a friend lie luul nut seen fur twenty years would say 
 he w as w irhdiit sentiment. .\nd tiie number of these old ac- 
 t|uaiutaiices who hunteil up the Senator was further jirodf tliat 
 he was not cold-bloodecl. In his l)usiest hours the Senator 
 welcomed the i)artners of his pioneer days. He would leave 
 the company n\' fellow Senators under almost any circiim 
 stances to -'have a talk wiili a man 1 haven't seen since 
 the war." He used to say to those old IViends that it felt real 
 good to "seethem and rub noses awhile.'" One morning he laid 
 down a letter with an ejacnlation of pleasure, and turning told 
 this story: '-In IS.")?, l)efore we hatl a postotlice at Emporia, 
 we used to leave messages in the cleft of a tree at the ford ot' 
 the Neosho above town. .\ letter iill there would in lime 
 reach the ]iersoii to wiiom it was addressed, for everybody 
 crossed at that ford and looked in the <-left of the tree. Oin- 
 day I found a note there for inc. It was from a man who had 
 left it to inform me he was tired <)f Kansas and was y:oing 
 back homi-. From lliat day to liiis I ha\e never heard I'liun 
 liiiii. I clidiTt Ivuow he was living until this morning 1 recei\-ed 
 this letter fr<pm him in Oregon."' Then the Senator sinih'd, re- 
 read the letter, and jait it away. 
 
 The world knows the story of how I he marks of the small- 
 l)o\ came upon the Senator's face, lie went, when no oin' else 
 woidd, to the rescue ol' a poor homesteader who was dying in 
 his claim shanty on the Kansas |)raiiie thirtytive years ago. 
 liiit the world does not know that this Senator who had no 
 '■pat lies'" in his nature spent every .\car in never-paraded char- 
 ity twice the amount of his senatorial salary. \\'hen the jieo- 
 
F.dilorial Xoliccs. 45 
 
 pic witli whom tlic SciKitor lixcil piil rliiiii;s in onlcr a coiiiilc. 
 f)t' (lays a.i;o, after tlu' I'uiifial. they foiiiid in a ilrawci- a Imii- 
 (lie of crochet work for the holidays. They were mystified at 
 first. Tlieii they remembered that they had seen an okl lady 
 at the door with a basket of these articles trying' to sell .some 
 of her handiwork, 'fliey remembered tliaton that same morn- 
 iug' the Senator had come to them and jiot a quantity of 
 change. Since then the old lady has come again, and she lias 
 told of her talk with the kind Senator and of his promise to 
 buy all the crochet work she could make up to ('Inistnias time. 
 
 There was another discovery whn'li brought moisture to 
 the eyes. In the Senator's room, after the removal of the re- 
 mains, was found a collecton of holiday pi'eseuts. The Sena- 
 tor had ))lanued to have bis son come down from school in 
 Pennsylvania to spend the holidays with him, and he had 
 found time in the midst of his public engagements to lay in a 
 stock of siirprises. Can a man who loved all children, as Sen- 
 ator Plimb did, be said to have no " pathos," no '^sentimeutal- 
 lism?" He did much of the work which came to him from the 
 pure enjoyment it gave him to be helitful to others and with 
 out selfishness of moti\e. It was particularly a pleasure to 
 him to see young men get along well. And he despised thor- 
 \ oughly anything which savored of cynicism. If there was one 
 i thing more than another which aroused the Senator's combat- 
 iveness, it was when somebody who had soured ou the world 
 began to talk in a fault-finding, scornful, contemptuous way. 
 He would let out on such a visitor with a vigor which was in- 
 teresting to hear. 
 
 The gentleness and tenderness toward the invalid wife 
 were beautiful. The Senator was of powerful mold. He had 
 bice]is like a blacksmith's. Sometimes when he went out in a 
 hurry he slammed the door so that it could be heard from base 
 ment to attic. But in the piesence of the frail wife and 
 
■4>) I jfc aud Character of Preston />. P/iiiii/>. 
 
 inotlier tlie j^reat stmuj; man wms aiHitluT chaiactiT. His 
 voice took on a tone unusual to those who only knew him in 
 jinblic life. His movenuMits were subdncd and his manner in- 
 describably delicate. His mental streujjtli was known ol' all 
 men. The gooduess of his character wa.s not worn upon his 
 sleeve. 
 
 MANIFESTATION,'^ OF SOlMtOW IN" TOl'EKA. 
 
 The funeral train ])asscd iVom Washington to Emporia by 
 way of the I'ennsylvania, !\Iissouri Pacific, and At<'hison, 
 Topeka and Santa Fc lines. Along the route everywhere were 
 manifestations of love and resjject for the dead. At Kansas 
 ("ity the governor of Kansas and a large number of State 
 otViccrs and other distinguished (utizens met the fnneral train, 
 which was at once attached to a s])ecial train on the Santa Fe 
 ])i<i\ i(ii(l \i\ I I(iM. George K. IV'ck. \\ Lawrence an iniiiiriis(! 
 throng had gathered at the station, a special demonstration 
 l)eing made by the (hand Army posts of the city. 
 
 Long before 10 o'clock a. m., December 2.j, the hour at 
 which the funeral train was expected to arrive in Topeka, the 
 .streets along the line <>f nianh nf Ilic fiunial cortege were 
 lined with men. women, and cliiidren. eager ti)ol)tain a view of 
 the solemn i)rocession. IJusiness houses on Kansas avenue 
 were di-aped in mourning and many of them were elosed in 
 resi)ect for the honored dead. The ])ublic schools were dis- 
 missed, and the children tlocked to the Statehouse and soon 
 crowded the steps and tilled the halls and corridors. Incoming 
 trains brought large numbers of people from snrroundingtowns, 
 who tilled the hotel lolibies and lieiped to swell the crowds on 
 the streets. A feeling of i)roluund grief seemed to i>er\ade 
 the community. 
 
Ccrc»i<uti(S ill 'fopika. 47 
 
 Wlii'ii it was IciuiH'd that the t'mieral train was late, tlie 
 crowd, rather than take any chanct' of inissinK' the ojipor- 
 tunity of witiu'ssinu' the proeession. held its position on the 
 street. The number steadily increased, until at noon it was 
 next to impossible to move alont; the <lensely packed walks. 
 It was 1 o'clock when the first }i'un was fired in the State- 
 house Square aunouncinj.; the arrival of the train, and at inter- 
 vals of every thirty seconds from that time until the procession 
 had made its slow journey from the depot to the Statehouse 
 the heavy detonation of the cannon was heard. 
 
 After the arrival of the train the procession was fornu'd with 
 little delay and the march to the capitol was taken up. 
 
 Col. J. W. F. Hughes, chief marshal, and Chief of Police 
 John Gardiner led the procession as it started from the station. 
 Following them was a platoon of twelve Topeka policemen, 
 commanded by Sergeant O'Eourke, and eighteen policemen 
 from Kansas City, Kans., led by Capt. Porter. Marshall's 
 military band, playing the "Dead "Maich in Saul,'' followed; 
 and next were the Kniglits Templar, sixty strong and in full 
 uniform. The next in line were eighteen veterans, the little 
 remnant of Col. Plumb's old regiment, the Eleventh Kansas. 
 Following them marched the Eoyal Arch ^lasous. Company 
 C, of the Kansas National Guard, followed, with arms reversed. 
 
 The honorary pallbearers, Hon. F. P. Baker, Judge F. G. 
 Adams, ExGov. T. A. Osborn. Col. C. K. HoUiday, lion. 
 George E. P<'ck, Judge J. P.. Johnsmi, Dr. S. E. Sheldon, and 
 Dr. M. O'Brien, were next in line. 
 
 The burial car, tlrawn by four black horses heavily draped, 
 followed. The active pallbearers, eight in number, marched 
 on either side. They were: Hon. J. K. Hudson, Maj. William 
 Sims, Col. -Toel lluntoon. Judge John Martin, Judge John 
 Guthrie, Capt. C. M. Foulks, Frank P. ^MacLennan. and S. P. 
 Wade. 
 
48 Life auii Character of Preston />'. Plumb. 
 
 Tlic fuiiunitti't' tr(»iii tlie Nalidual ('()iiy:ress followed in car- 
 riajri's. 
 
 Tlic four Ci. A. W. posts of Tojioka inarched in line, with 
 Liiicidn post No. 1 leailinji'. Tli(',\- wcic fidhiwcd by Ohl Abi> 
 raini>. Sons of Yoterans. 
 
 Till' pioiession was one ol' the lun^i'st ever scimi in 'i'lipciia. 
 and altlioujih the particii)ants niarche<l in close order the 
 head of tlie ])rocessi(m had readied Sixtli street before the 
 last carriage left the dejwt. 
 
 Thousands gatlu'red abont tlie Statehnuse as the procession 
 ueared the end of its journey and a deep silence fell over the 
 vast crowd as the ])allbearers with lieiitle liands bore the 
 casket up the steps of the eapitnl l)uildin}; into the senate 
 chamber. Topeka ciiiiiniaiidery Knights Templar had jire- 
 ceded them and as the jiallbearers appeared with their burden 
 the knights wi-re drawn ii]i in two columns on either side of 
 the catafahpie njioii which the cisket was deiiositcd. The 
 pallbearers took a parting \i<'w of I lie ilead and [lassed out the 
 near exit. The comniil tees ol" Senators and Representatives 
 ])assed through the chamber and after a short lest were con- 
 veyed to their hotel. The jjublic was then aduutted to tiie 
 senate chamber and it is estimati'd that fully ir),0(H» iteo]de 
 (•ast a jiarting glance at tln' dciid Senator's face during the 
 three lioirrs following. 
 
 When the time ai'rived to continue the mourului journey to 
 Ml. i'H'jm's old home many thousands more massed about 
 the entrauces to the senate chanibei- and in the grounds sur- 
 rounding the capitol. At ."> o'clock the casket was returned 
 to the sjiecial Santa Fe train, aicompanied by the jirocession. 
 which re-formed in its original order and iiiarihed soleninl.v 
 back to the railway station. The casket having been icplaicd 
 in the funeral car the train resume<l its jonriiey. 
 
Obscqitif^ at Eiiiporicx. ■!!> 
 
 OBSEQUIES AT EMPORIA. 
 
 Thesi)eeial train a rrivt-d in Emporia at 6:50 o'clock, Decem- 
 ber 2;3. The hearse was phiced at the northwest corner of the 
 depot and the members of the G. A. R. in Emporia formed 
 in double lines from the hearse to the car containing the re- 
 mains. Company E, Kansas National Guard, was also formed 
 on the platform. 
 
 The (i. A. R. members and old soldiers, under command of 
 r. S. Domm, numbered three hundred, which, with Company 
 E and the citizens and a committee from the Kniglits Templar, 
 made fully three thousand people at the depot. A detail of 
 the survivors of Col. Plumb's old regiment, the Eleventh Kan- 
 sas, in charjjse of Lieut. W. V. Phillips, was made up as fol- 
 lows : Messrs. John Logan, Noah Gibson, John Ferren, Thomas 
 Barber, B. F. Parker, Chris. Wise, J. G. Schoeck, N. Ryno, J. 
 A. Newliu, and Isaac Newall. These ten men were the only 
 members of Col. Plumb's regiment residing in Lyon County. 
 The remaining sirrvivors arrived later. 
 
 The procession was then formed, under the direction of Chief 
 Marshal Col. J. M. Steele„in the following ordei: 
 
 G. A. R. Department Commander T. McCarthy and staff, 
 constituted as follows: A. R. Greene, senior vice-commander; 
 J. L. Spencer, junior vice-commander; A. B. Campbell, ad- 
 jutant-general; Henry Booth, quartermaster-general: (i. F. 
 Little, judgeadvocate-geueral; N. E. Harmon, department 
 chaplain; T. B. Gerow, chief of staff; and also A. Reynolds 
 and R. H. Campbell, members of the council of administration. 
 J. P. Worrell, of Larued, was the color-bearer. Then came 
 S. Mis. 228 4 
 
50 Life and Character 0/ Preston B. Plumb. 
 
 « 
 tilt' licarsc. drawn by two wliit<' horses, with iiostillioiis at their 
 
 heads. The •ruard of honor and detail fruni the Eleventh 
 Kansas, as mentioned ahove, walked on either side of the 
 hearse, which was followed by Mayor Biddle, D. W. Eastman, 
 J. M. C.riffith, Dr. Jaeobs, .1. L. W. Hell, T. E. MeMillan, and 
 Samuel Emmons. Next came carriages containing the Sen- 
 atorial committee, the House eommittee, and other officials. 
 Following the carriages came the three hundred Grand Army 
 of the I{ei)ublic members and "Id soldiers. Then came Com- 
 pany E, Kansas National (hiard, under command of Capt. W. 
 r. ^Yilcox, followed by citizens in carriages and on foot. 
 
 On reaching the family residence the chief marshal and stall' 
 ami veterans formed lines on either side of the walk leading 
 to the south door of the house. The detail of survivors then 
 carried the remains of their comrade to the entrance and de- 
 posited the casket in the liall, where the face of tlie dead 
 Senator was uncovered to enable his sorrowing friends and 
 comrades to look upon the features now composed in death. 
 As the members of the Eleventh Kansas looked into the calm 
 and (piiet face, hot tears came unbidden from their eyes. 
 Slowly and reverently the friends departed, leaving the re 
 mains at the house under a guard detailed from the Grand 
 Army of the ReiJublic. This detail was eomitosed chietly of 
 the survivors of Col. I'HJMls's regiment, who, tliougli in many 
 cases advanced in years or broken in health, begged the privi- 
 lege of being assigned to this duty, and all night long did as 
 soldiers do, regardless of the bitter winter weather. One of 
 these brave old soldiers was asked late at night if he would 
 not like to be relieved, "No," hi» said, '-tlieie would be no 
 trouble about getting relieved. .Vllt lie boys want to come." 
 Another, Mr. Evan Davis, who had been ati immediate attache 
 of Col. Plumb through the war. led the Senator's horse in the 
 procession, and was jjciiiiitted, at liis urgent re(|uest, to do all 
 
Ol'st(/iiics at Emporia. 51 
 
 tlie masonry work in iiroparinji' tlie ,i;rave. Every old associ- 
 ate of the Senator's in the hard years of the war and before 
 seemed to mourn as for tlie loss of a brother. Samuel INIiddle- 
 ton, the Senator's valet in Washinj;tou, was inconsolable. In 
 short, those who knew him most closely uioumed him most 
 deeply. 
 
 The private funeral services at the family home began a few 
 moments after 10 o'clock December I'i. The casket was sur- 
 rounded by beautiful floral offerings. On one side of it was 
 an elaborate tloral ladder. The upfiermost round of the ladder 
 was surmounted by two white doves, their wings extended as 
 if hovering over the spirit of the departed. The father and 
 family of the decease<l, with the families of George and A. W. 
 Plumb, brothers of the late Senator, were seated in this par- 
 lor. The intimate friends and Senatorial commiutees were in 
 the parlor adjoining on the north. The hall was also occu- 
 pied by friends. The ministers were seated at the doors 
 separating the two parlors. The choir, consisting of Mes- 
 dames Charles Harris and .T. C. Penny and Messrs. T. H. 
 Lewis and Charles Fletcher, sang the opening hymn, which 
 was followed by the scriptui-e lesson read by Rev. S. A. Norton, 
 pastor of the First Congregational Church of Emporia. 
 
 Rev. Richard Cordley, of Lawrence, then made a short 
 address, in which he dwelt upon the loss sustained by the 
 nation, State, county, city, and particularly the family, in the 
 death of one who had so endeared himself to the people he 
 represented. Special reference was made to the sterling 
 worth, al)ility, and energy of the deceased. The one spot 
 dearest to him was his home, and to the family the blow comes 
 with redoubled force. Friends sympathize deeply, but can 
 not allay the grief. Dr. Coixlley closed his touching and elo- 
 ([uent remarks l)y commending the spirit of the deceased to 
 
52 Life and Characlcr of Preston />'. Pliintb. 
 
 the Fleavfiily FathiT ami the iiu-iuber.s i)f tlie family to the 
 providence of Ciod. The choir then sang -Jesus, Lover of My 
 Soul." Dr. Curilley followed in a l)rief hut heartfelt prayer. 
 The choir then .sang "Abide With Me," and the services were 
 over. The curtains were then drawn in the ]>arh)rs and tlu' 
 relatives were let't alone with the ileail. 
 
 Outside ihe house a \ast tlirong was congrc^i.itcd. l''ortj' 
 nuMidjers of the Knights Templar in uniform, under ct)mniand 
 of (". \V. Clea\ er. were fornuMl in line on either side of the walk 
 from the .south entrance to the curbing. The i)allbearers 
 conveyed the remains to the hearse, which was drawn liy four 
 black horses, all ilraped with heavy black nettings. The wheels 
 weie made solid in black crape and the body of the hear.se was 
 covered with drapings of black and white crape. The proces- 
 sion was formed under the direction of Chief Marshal Col. J. 
 M. Steele and Chief Aide E. F. Sprague. and reatdu'd to the 
 First Congregational Church, the liand ])laying a niagnili<'eiit 
 funeral number. 
 
 At the church the renmins were given a position near the 
 the altar. As the pallbearers and Congiessional committee 
 mai-ched into the (diurch with the remains the organist, Prof. 
 AVill Davi.s, |)layed a sidemn dirge. 
 
 The remains were deposited in front of the altar ami there 
 formally delivered to the Knights Tcni])lar. They at once took 
 charge and the sorrowing throng were permitted to take a limil 
 look at the face .so familiar to them, but now composed in the 
 sleej) of death. From 11 until '1 o'cdock the remains were 
 kept in state and tlnpusands nt jk-djiIc troiii the city. Lyon 
 County, and all parts t»f the State passed through the cliurch 
 ami viewed the remains of the citizen, .soldier, and statesman. 
 
 While the morning .services were going on sjiecial trains 
 from the various parts of the State brought many visitors to 
 the city who came to pay the last sad tributes of respect. 
 
Obsajitns at /uiipon'a. 53 
 
 Over Kill prominent citizens came from Wicliita. ir>() came 
 in on tlie Missonri, Kansas and Texas noon train from tlie 
 noitli, ami a greater number came in on a special over the 
 same road from tlie south. Governor Humphrey aud State 
 officers and friends, numbering over 200, came in at noon from 
 Topeka in a special train. Tlie Grand Army of the Kepublic 
 posts and the Sons of Veterans from Hartford, Reading, Strong 
 City, Americus, Admire, and ueigbboring cities, Mitli other 
 visitors, added to the already large number present, made at 
 the least calculation 10,000 visitors in the city. 
 
 Long before tlie hour appointed for the services the street 
 and sidewalks in the vicinity of the churcli were crowded with 
 Iieople. At l:-45 Department Commander (hand Army <if the 
 Keimblic T. McCarthy and staff marched to the church. 
 They were followed by the members of the Graud Army of the 
 llepublic and old soldiers, and later by Governor Humphrey 
 aud staff; also, by Chief Justice llorton. Judge Valentine, 
 Suiireme Court Commissioners Simpson, Green, and Strang, 
 Hon. (ieorge T. Authony, Hon. A. II. Greene, Hon. J. H. ^Ic- 
 Bride, superintendent of insurance, and jnembers of the sen- 
 ate and house of representatives. Upon airiving at the 
 church the various delegations remained standing wliile the 
 family and relatives were escorted to seats in front of the 
 casket. Then the general public was admitted, and in a, few 
 moments both the main room and lecture room were crowded 
 and an immense crowd was congregated about the church and 
 grounds. 
 
 The altar and platform were laden with a profusion of floral 
 offerings from various organizations and friends. On the left 
 stood an easel festooned with flowers surmounted by an Ameri- 
 can eagle. It is impossible to enumerate the various forms of 
 offerings and evidences of esteem, as seen in the floral tributes. 
 Promptly at li o'clock Eev. John Jones, Rev. Dr. Cordley, Rev. S. 
 
54 Life attd Cln^ractcr of Preston B. Pliinib. 
 
 A. Norton, ami \\v\. IkTuaril Kelly took seats on the rostrum 
 and the services openeil with an anthem sun;; by the same 
 choir thai rcuilt-rcil the niiisit at tlic mornini^ service. Dr. 
 Cordley read a scripture les.sou, followed by the sinyiufr of the 
 Lymn, '■ In the Cross of Christ I {jlory.'' 
 
 Kev. Mr. Norton led in a fervent prayer, after whicli the 
 hymn '"At Evening Time Let Tlurc be Liyiit "' wa- suuji. l>r. 
 Cordley, of Lawrence, then delivered the following; funeral 
 sermon : 
 
 '•Tlie life of Senator Pn'Mi? reads like a romance. With (inly 
 a common scliiiul education, he learned the printers" trade and 
 entered a printing otlice in Ohio. At the age of 18 he came to 
 Kansas, in 1M5G. Kan.sas was then in its beginnings and in 
 the throes of the great antislavery contest. The next year, 
 boy as he was, he helped to organize a town company, w hich 
 laid and fostered what is now one of our most enterprising 
 towns, this goodly city of Emporia. To his wonderful fore- 
 sight and energy Emporia largely owes her remarkable success. 
 Without ever having had a full law-school education he com- 
 menced the practice of law at the age of 21 and showed that 
 which would iiave made him shine in the legal profession. 
 Without any military training ho became a colonel in the Army 
 at the age of 2G and led his regiment with .skill and credit to 
 the end of the war. He tiien entered the political lield. and 
 at the age of 29 was speaker of the house of representatives 
 in the Kansas State legislature. In 1877, at the age of 38. he 
 was elected to the T'nited States Senate. Thus iu twenty 
 years a jjoor l)oy. without education or fortune or influential 
 friends, had risen to nu-mbership of the ablest, most cultured, 
 and intluential body in the United States. 
 
 "Tims far one might say tlu-re was notliing siieeially strange. 
 Kansas was a new Commonwealth, just planted on the open 
 
Obsequies at E»iporia. 55 
 
 prairies. All tlio p('()])li' were iicwcitmcrs, as a matter of 
 course, aud most of them were beuiiiiicrs in life and youini' in 
 years. Mr. Plttmb was ww with the icst. 
 
 " It was m-cessary that soiiif nl' these shouhl i;ii lo thr front 
 and occupy the positions whicli the cominj;- in of a new State 
 had created. In .n'oing to tlic Senate he simply came out fiom 
 among' his peers to take a position which souu^ of them must 
 take. But when he entered the Senate he became the associate 
 of men 'to the manner born;" men for whom the best schools 
 had done their best; meu whose entire life had been spent 
 amid cultureil surroundings aud stinmlatiug iuflueuces; meu 
 who liad traveled and seen the world; meu of large gifts and 
 long experience. The marvelous thing is that in such a body 
 this youug nuin from the wild x>i'nii'ies of the west should at 
 once step to the frcmt aud become oue of its most influential 
 and honored members. He was felt at ouce as a man offeree, 
 and every year's service has increased his power. Hewou the 
 respect aud esteem of all parties, and his judgment was sought 
 on all sides. Few men in the Senate had larger influence or 
 could accomplish uiore in the couucils of that body. So fully 
 had he satisfied all classes and so fair hail he been in all his 
 actions that at the last election to his third term every vote 
 cast in both houses of the State legislature was in his favor. 
 
 "We have not far to look for the secret of his marvelous 
 success. The first element of his power was his clear judicial 
 mind. He always comprehended the situation at a glance. 
 The moment a ipu'stion was stated his miiul grasped it and 
 leajM-d to the solution. Whether it were a question of business 
 or iiublic policy or of social life, he saw the vital point with the 
 immediateness of iustiuct. At a glance all mists disappeared 
 aud all entanglements were unraveled aud the solutiou was 
 instantly seized. It is no wonder such a man should be con- 
 stantly sought for by those who were puzzled in their afi'airs 
 
■56 Life and Character of Preston B. Plumb. 
 
 i>r wliK were striijjgliug willi emuplieated questions tliey could 
 imr solve. 
 
 ■• I liave watclieil him wlicii lie was at home for a thiy («• two 
 of rest, as he ealled it. I would liiid him in the oflicc at the 
 bank with a score or so of men waiting to see him. Every 
 one's case was difl'erent. Kirst it was a man who had some 
 business to transact with him; then it wuuld be a man who 
 wished to consult liim on the political situation; then it would 
 be an old soldier whose pension case had become tangled up 
 in some way in the departnuMit; then it would be a tale of 
 .sorrow calling for sympathy: tiicn it wniild l)e a case of want 
 calling for charity. So they <-aine to him one after another, 
 and when these were gone others were waiting their turn. 
 He received all witii the same patient cordiality and listened 
 to each with tile same interested attenliun. When the case 
 of each was stated he seemed to grasp it instantly and his 
 response always scciiumI exactly to meet tlie case. As I have 
 watched him thus listening i)aticiitly to one case after am)ther, 
 hunr alter liour. all day long, while he was at home "resting," 
 
 I wondered how long a man could endure a strain like that 
 or whether his mind was .so constituted that it was no strain. 
 
 ••There was another (juality in Senator I'li'.MH's character 
 whicji perhaps had nuire to di> with his success than his clear 
 and rapid judgment, lie always did the thing that came to 
 him ami always did it at (Mice. In a si)eech lu; made here 
 years ago, I heard him tell what lie considered the secret of 
 Emi)oria's success, ami it has oi curi-ed to me since that he was 
 unconsciously telling the secret of his own success, lie said: 
 •In our early growth here in Emporia we always took in what- 
 ever was ottered, whether it was just what we wanted or not. 
 
 II it was a small thing that ott'ei-ed, we took it, hoping it might 
 be liietiist iiistalliiicnt uf something larger, i'ln- lirst lail- 
 road that oll'ered itself did not seeuL to amount to much. But 
 
0^>st(/tt/fs al J-'ii/f)i>n'a. 57 
 
 we took it ill, and liicii tlic Santa Fc railway canu^ We never 
 let a small tliiiii; .^n. hoping for a larucr tliiiii;.' That, I think, 
 describes Senator Pl^rMi! in the nietliods of his own service. 
 Ht' never ue.niected what lay liefoie him, in anticipation of 
 something larger by and by. He was not all the while wait- 
 ing for some great o|ii(ortunity or saving himself for some 
 great occasion. We never read that Senator Pht:mb could 
 not be seen by his constituents because he was preparing a 
 great speech on some national theme. lie met each occasion 
 as it came, and it mattered not whether the occasion were 
 large or small. He did that which came to him and did it at 
 ouce. Anything that coucenied his constituents concerned 
 him and any man that had a case could always get a hearing. 
 He was working for his constituents all the while, for small and 
 great, of all classes and all localities. No old soldier with a 
 good case ever went to him and failed to enlist his sympathy, 
 and to enlist Lis synii)athy meant to win, for lie made eacli 
 case his own and jiressed it to a conclusion. The disi)atches 
 say he had over 0,000 i)eusiou cases before the De])artmeut. I 
 venture the assertion that he knew the nature of e^'ery case 
 and was personally pressing each one to an issue. 
 
 " I had a friend in Lawrence who went into the army. At 
 the close of the war he was broken in health. He applied for a 
 pension, but on aci'ount of missing links in the evidence it was 
 delayed for many years. A few years ago the missing evi- 
 dence was supplied and a pension was granted him. But 
 when granted it was a mere pittance. He was now totally 
 disabled. He could just walk about, but his limbs were so 
 shaken of palsy that he could not even feed himself. He was 
 the most complete jihysical wreck I ever saw. Some three 
 years ago he told me his tale and asked me if I could not help 
 him to get an increase of iieusion. He was certainly entitled 
 to a full pension if any man ever was entitled to one. His case 
 
•')> Lih and Character of Pnsloii />. Plumb. 
 
 was clear and his testimoiix adniittt'd. lint his attorneys at 
 Washington iiept making liini costs, Imt did not advance his 
 case. It did not seem as if they cared to help him. I heard 
 the iKjnr old soldier's story with mingled i)ity and indignation. 
 1 told him I thonght 1 knew a way to reach his case. 1 wrote 
 to Senator I'LUMii and laid the case before him. He wrote me 
 at once for some facts hj- which he conld identify the case 
 anionu the thipusauds on lilcat tlic dcpartnicni. In an incredi- 
 bly short time I met the old .soldier, and he told me he had 
 just received an increase to his pension making it ample for 
 bis need. This is but one of many cases I have myself i>er 
 sonally known. I n('\-tT wmtc him unless I had a good ca.se 
 and I never laid a case before him but betook it uji at once 
 ami pressed it to a successful issue. As Ex-Senator Ingalls 
 said: • He wanted results rather than dreams, and cared less 
 foi- distinction and fame than for success and power.' So 
 heartily did he espouse the soldier.s' cause and so successfully 
 did he contend for it that he well deserves to share with John 
 A. Logan the title of the .soldiers' friend. 
 
 '• It has been said that his marked characteristic wa> his 
 cai>acity for work. lint many people have a capacitj' for work 
 and unlimited endurance who yet accomplish little. Mr. 
 Plumb rather had a marvelous capacity to make his work tell. 
 He always did the effective thing. He could do more things 
 :inii make Iheni all cuine to tiuie than any man I e\'er knew. 
 He had the faculty of finding the .spring that moved the whole 
 affair. He would accomplish by the turn of a hand what 
 anotlier might worry ovei' for a ilay. This was his gi'eat 
 temjitation to overwork. A man who can effect so much every 
 time he moves is desperately tempted to keep moving. When 
 with so slight an effort he could do so much he could not albud 
 to stand still. And it doubtless was an inspiration to see 
 things dispatched by a touch so slight or a word so easily 
 uttered. 
 
Obsequies at E»ipoyia. 59 
 
 "Of bis personal it'li.iiious views I do not tliinlv lie often spoke. 
 But lie was a liiin believer in the (Jhristiau faith and all it 
 ini]ilied. He always spolce of religious thinf;s witli the utmost 
 respeet aud revei'euee. I never heard of liim sjieakinn li.i;litly 
 of sacred things in any eireunistaiices or eompany. He lie 
 lieved in ehurehes andrejoieed in their jirosperity aud j^rowth. 
 "When the elders of the Jews would coninieud the centurion to 
 Jesus they j^ave as evideuce of his worthiness that 'lie had 
 built them a synago.nue.'' Kansas is (hitted <iver with churches 
 which Senator I'luiub has helped to build. He was called 
 u]ion from all [larts of the St;ite, aud he never refused a call 
 from a needy church. It is said that one of the last acts of his 
 life was to answer an ajipeal from a church in western Kan- 
 sas. There is not a church in this city which has not received 
 largely from his bounty. He was the warm friend of Christian 
 education. When it was proposed to locate here a Christian 
 college he was among the first to advocate and urge the proj- 
 ect. He was one of the earliest friends of the College of 
 Emporia and aided it largely by both voice and purse. 
 
 "I have in mind two scenes which occurred in this house. 
 One was when the house itself was being dedicated. We 
 needed a certain amount of money to relieve us from embar- 
 rassment. It seemed as if we should fall short. But an in- 
 spiring word fri.ni him electrified the audience and changed 
 the -whole aspect of affairs and the thing was done. The other 
 scene was at our communion season one .Sunday afternoon. A 
 large number were to unite with the church, among them two 
 of his own children. He had planned to be at home that day 
 aud came with them and sat with them during the service. 
 The glow of interest which lighted up his face as the vows of 
 Christian consecration were uttered is a picture that still 
 abides in my memory aud plainly showed he was not a mere 
 spectator. 
 
60 Life and Character of Preston H. I'himb. 
 
 ••Only once was it my good fortune to meet him when the hmil 
 was oil'. Two or tliree years ago we eUaiicrd to luixe ap- 
 pointments the same night in one of our interior towns. The 
 next miu-ning, after his work was done, he had to wait for a 
 train to take liim to another place. We were together with a 
 few friends whih- we were waiting. For that hour lie had all 
 the fharuiing ease of a man that had not a care in the world. 
 and, in the free (day of his unliurdened nuud, thought and in- 
 (•i(h'nt and humor made the time pass rapidly and (Udightfully. 
 lie was many sided as well as intense and etVeetive. lie 
 could adajit himst-li' to occasions and suit the humor of tlie 
 time. He had a marvelous fund of iiiformatioa on all practical 
 themes ami could throw on any sulijeet the light of anecdote 
 and rare bits of knowledge he had gathered here and there as 
 he came along. 
 
 •So it is that his career reads like a romance. \Yithout 
 .schools he yet became educated; without stopping to learn, he 
 yet absorbed as he moveil a'ong a mass of infoiniaiion which 
 made him an authority on all practical topics; without training 
 in any line of service he yet becanu- one of the most effective of 
 men in law, in finance, iu politics, and iu statesmanship; with- 
 out early adv.iiitages he yet became the peer of men on whom 
 schools and cultured surroundings and travel had poured 
 their richest gifts. 
 
 -This is no ordinary mourning. All the pe ii)le mourn, for he 
 was emphatically the people's friend. lie was not only kindly 
 disposed towards the people, but he was one of them, and he 
 knew their burdens an<l their conllicts and their sorrows. 11.' 
 cmild symi)athi/ce, with an intelligent symiiathy which knew 
 its own meaning and understood its own grounds. It was no 
 ])olitical pretension when he manifested his love for the iieople. 
 lie believed in the iieople and he knew their si)irit and their 
 needs. The people are the mourners to day. There is all 
 
O/'st'ijiiifs at Emporia. 61 
 
 about tlie sense of a i;'i'e=^t sorrow and also tlie sense of a 
 <;reat loss. As was saiil of tlie lCgyi>tians as they were iiKuirn 
 iiig; for Jaeob, ' this is a grievous mourning' for the people of 
 Kansas. Not in the cities and eenters alone, but in the vil 
 lages and in the cabins, 'far out upon the prairie,' tliere is a 
 .sense of bereavement and loss. 
 
 " It is very sad to tliink how many of our greatest men have 
 fallen in the jirimc of life, when the best was yet to be hoped 
 of them. What a galaxy of bright names the record of the 
 last few years contains, and all stricken in their ])rinie. And 
 Kansas has had her full share of this c()mm()u sorrow. Even 
 after these years no true Kansan can tliink without iiain of 
 Dudley Haskell, at tlie age of 41, closing a career whose promise 
 no man could measure. And now the man whose ])ractical 
 ■wisdom and untiring energy had lifted liiin to greatness is cut 
 down in the very ripening of his powers. He had come to 
 stand for Kansas, the product and symbol of her history. 
 '■Ail (istra 2ier nspera'' could be written of him as of her. We 
 had come to look to him and rely upon him in a rare degree as 
 our representative and our hope. There is a sense of orphanage 
 today in all the hamlets and homes of Kansas and they will 
 remember him and mourn for him many days. 
 
 " 1 do not forget, however, that there are nearer circles into 
 the sacredness of whose sorrow I dare only glance. For there 
 is not only a bereaved people, but there is also a stricken home. 
 No man loved his home more than Mr. Plumb. Though he 
 constantly touched so large a circle of intense and living inter 
 ests, there was a center to his life where his intensest interest 
 and warmest alit'ections dwelt. His public duties did not allow 
 him often to be at home, but his home was his delight and his 
 children were his joy and jiride. 
 
 ''This great sorrow, so wide extended and so universal, has 
 its focus at the home. That home is no less stricken because 
 
62 Life and Character of Preston B. Plumb. 
 
 the State is also strii'kcn. and its sorrow is uo less keen and 
 over\vlieliniii{^ l)eeaiise the State also shares it aud bears it. 
 1 dare not iiuiltii)ly words on a theme so personal aud so saered. 
 No human words cau avail in a sorrow so deep. I ean only 
 commend this stricken hon.sehohl to -the (lod ot all comfort. 
 Who comfortetli us in all our tribulations.*" 
 
 The sermon concluded. IJev. Bernard Kelly offered a fervent 
 prayer. 
 
 The closinj; hymn. •• Lead. Kindly Light," was then sung, 
 which concluded the exercises at the church. 
 
 Mrs. Plum!) was not at the church services, but went with 
 the family to the cemeterj-. 
 
 Here the services were conducted by lion. T. McCarthy, com- 
 mander Department of Kansas, Grand Army of the Republic, 
 escorted by Posts .").! and 404 and accompanietl by Aisiting 
 comrades and old soldiers not members of the Grand Army of 
 the Itcpublic in tlic following or<ler: 
 
 Marshal aud staff, mounted. 
 
 Band. 
 
 Kansas National (ruard. 
 
 Department commander and staff'. 
 
 Posts of Grand Army <il I lie Republic and old soldiers. 
 
 Sons of Veterans. 
 
 Pallbearers in carriages. 
 
 Hearse, with Eleventh Kansas marching on each side. 
 
 Horse and e<iuipments of deceased. 
 
 Family, in carriages. 
 
 Knights Templar. 
 
 Senatorial and House committees. 
 
 Governor and staff, in carriages. 
 
 Visitors and citizens, in carriages. 
 
 As chief marshal. Col. J. M. Steele was assisted li.v tlie 
 following aids: 10. V. Sjirague, D. W. Eastman, J. L. W. 
 
RiSdiiilioiis of Respect. 63 
 
 Bell. J. G. Traylor, W. V. Phillips, W. II. Gilchrist, Charli's 
 Fletcher, B. P. lUiiner, Joseph Ilickabaugh, EI. W. Hufifinan. 
 Ill the above order tlic luiieral proeessioii took up the line 
 of inarch to the cfiiieterv, where the beautiful ritualistic service 
 of the Grand .Vriiiy of the Kei)ul)li<' was read by the Depart- 
 ment Coininauder and the Departineut Chaplain X. E. Harmon, 
 after which the earth received all that was mortal of the late 
 Senator, and slowly the sorrowing friends returned to their 
 respective homes. 
 
 KESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT. 
 
 THE STATE XOIOIAL SCHOOL. 
 
 At a regular meeting of the board of regents of the State 
 Normal School, December 22, 18'Jl, the following resolutions 
 were unanimously adopted: 
 
 ••Whereas we to-day mourn the loss of an esteemed friend 
 and a distinguished fellow-citizen, the Hon. Peeston B. 
 Plumb, wli(»se sudden death brings gloom and sorrow to our 
 whole Commonwealth; and whereas he has ever been the 
 stanch friend and liljeral supjiorter of every institution which 
 might conduce to the advancement, the enlightenment, and 
 the ha])piness of the people; and whereas the State Xormal 
 School has had many occasion.? to bless his bounty and to re- 
 joice in his interest and friendship: 
 
 "i>e (7 resolved, That as members of the board of regents of 
 the State Normal School we desire in this formal way to express 
 oiu' profound appreciation of his sterling character as a man, 
 of his iiol)le record as a citizen, and of his great services as a 
 representative of our State. 
 
 ''Resolved, That we shall ever cheri.sh bis name and career as 
 worthy the emulation of every citizen of the liepublic. The 
 
64 Life and Character of Preston />'. Plitmh. 
 
 I.urity of his i)ublic life, tin- tlevotimi witli wliicli he scrvt'd 
 the interests of the wliulc pciiik'. his uiiswerviiiu titlclity to 
 principle, the universal esteem in wliich he was lield l)y all 
 parties, the attainment of so exalted a positi«m in the eouncils 
 of the nation, mark him as a splendid example of the possi- 
 bilities of this privilep-*! land. 
 
 ''Resnh-iil. That the liajj lie idaced at Iialf mast and that the 
 buildinjr he a])propriately drai)ed. 
 
 ^- h'cxolrcd That a copy of these resolutions be furnished the 
 bereaved family, to whom we tender our heartfelt sympathy; 
 that a coi)y be furnished each of the city papers, and that 
 they lie spread in full iti)oii the niiiuites of this board." 
 
 THK SEfONl) PRKSmTKKIAN rniKCU. 
 
 On Sunday, December 20, 18<tl, at the close of the evening 
 services, the Second Presbyterian Church of Enqioria unani- 
 mously passed the followiufr resolutions: 
 
 ^^Rcsolred, That we acUnowlcdfic tin- hand of ilic Lord, who 
 giveth us all things and who taketh away, and in His wise 
 providence that it is He who hath taken from us (mr dear friend, 
 the Hon. Pkf.ston R. 1'hmb. 
 
 '^Resolred, That it seems to us iliat his (h^ath is a great loss 
 to the (Mmntry at large, to the State of Kansas, and in partic- 
 ular to Kniporia. but most especially to his beloved family. 
 
 '■hi'solriil. That we extend our most sincere and heartfelt 
 sympathy to Mr.s. Plumb, and her beloved children, and all 
 
 relatives. 
 
 ^'Resolred, That, in consideration of his always open, hcljiing 
 hand toward our church and our high esteem for our departed 
 friend, luir pulpit be drajied in mourning for thirty days. 
 
 '■'Rt:xolvcil, That tiie i)astor do iu)w at the close of this serv- 
 ice read aloud tlie 1 Kith Psalm, and th;il the congi c.uMtinn 
 
Resolutions of Respect. 65 
 
 join in tiiruiiiii' iiiilo the Lord ;iiiil oti'criiijj prayer iii behalf of 
 tlie l)eieaved family, tliat they may liavc grace and streiifjjth 
 to uphold them iu this the hour of tlieir great trial and deep 
 sorrow. 
 
 "(Signed for the church) 
 
 "John Jones, Pantor. 
 "L. W. Lewis, Sccntari/." 
 
 THE COLLEGE OF EMPORIA. 
 
 The faculty of the College of Emporia desire to uidte with 
 their fellow citizens of the Commonwealth of Kansas in ex- 
 pressing their sense of the grave loss that has befallen the 
 State in the death of our distinguished Senator, Hon. Peeston 
 
 B. PLU3IB. 
 
 We share in tlie general appreciation of his splendid talents, 
 his devotion to duty, his tireless zeal in meeting the responsi- 
 bilities of office, his ever enlarging ])atriotism, and his large- 
 hearted liberality. 
 
 We gratefully put on record the fact that he presided at the 
 first public meeting held in this city in behalf of this institu- 
 tion. His persuasive arguments decided others to adopt his 
 own views. His name was first on the roll of contributors 
 and his gift was the largest. He was a member of the first 
 board of trustees. His hand laid the corner stone of Stuart 
 hall. He gave generously every year to the Anderson library. 
 
 For these and other reasons we deem it timely to adopt the 
 following resolutions as expressing tlie sentiments of this 
 faculty : 
 
 (1) That in the death of Senator Plumb the State is called 
 10 mourn the loss of her foremost citizen. 
 
 (li) That his name and the memory of the invaluable services 
 he rendered the State and nation deserve to be tenderly en- 
 shrined by the entire Commonwealth of Kansas 
 
 S. Mis. lii's .5 
 
66 Life and Character of Preston />. Plumb. 
 
 (3) Tliat his f,feiicn>as ami ipioiiiipI suip|Kiit of tlie higher 
 liberal t'diuratioii as t'lubrai-ed in tin- lUiriculuin of tliis college 
 ihallciijrt's our lasting gratihidc. 
 
 (t) That tiio Hag of Stuart hall be suitably ilraiifd and the 
 eolk'gc bell tolled during the fuiu ral services. 
 
 {7i\ That our heartfelt synijiathybe tendered the sorely smit- 
 ten household, each of wlmni \\ e teliilci ly coimueiid to the (lod 
 of all grace and com tort. 
 
 College of Emporia, Devtmbir 2S, 1891. 
 
 TllK KAN.*<AS STATK SENATE. 
 
 Toi'i:ivA, 1\ \.\s., Drvvmlur 31. 
 
 A si)ecial train bearing the Kansas State .senate left this 
 city at in o'clock this niorning for lOiniJoria. 
 
 Resolutions were adopted last night at the < "opciand whicii 
 will be spread ui)on the senate journal. They follow: 
 
 " Retiolred, That in common with all the people of the State 
 of Kansas we deepl.v rnuiun the loss of our senior Senator, the 
 Hon. I'liESTON li. I'H'MB. whom the allwi.se Creator, in His 
 infinite wi.sdom, has seen tit to call from our midst. 
 
 •' Kenolrcd, That in his death the State of Kansas loses a citi- 
 zen whose life since tlic oigaiii/.ation of Kansas as a 'I'erritory 
 and during its exi.stence as a State has been closely ideiitilied 
 with its growth and development, and a man whom the State 
 has be(Mi ph-ased to honor, and who. in return, by his eminent 
 services in public and jirivate life, has conferncl lioiKir u|Hin 
 the State. 
 
 •'Resolved, That while the life of the .soldier, statesman, and 
 great commoner was so suddenly ilemanded at the very period 
 of his ino.st stalwart manhood ami acknowledged usefulness, 
 we can hut acci'pl tlic will nf the unseen power uliicli directs 
 all things to 111-- linal honor and glors and which we have an 
 
Resoliifi(yis of Krsprct. 67 
 
 abiding" laitli will work out this fjieat sorrow to the hlossiiig 
 of the )M'o|)l('. 
 
 ••Jic.solrcd, Tliatour most profound syinpatliy is extended to 
 tlu> gi'ief-strickeu wife iind ehilthTu of the dead .Senator; but, 
 trustiug that they may be sustained l)y the promise of hope, 
 wliieh begets peace, and that, aUhough the (h-ad husband and 
 father fell in the midst of life's most exacting activities, we 
 trust they may be comforted in the assiuauce that there must 
 be, there is, a final recompense. 
 
 '■^Resolved, That these resolutions be engrossed and a copy 
 sent to the bereaved family." 
 
 THE E5IPORIA CITY COTTNCIL PROCEEDINGS. 
 
 ( "OUNCIL Chamber, December 21, 1891. 
 
 ]\Ir. Fox moved that a committee on resolutions be appointed 
 on the death of Senator PLUMB to rexjort during this meeting. 
 The motion was adopted. 
 
 The nmyor appoiiited Messrs. Fox, Bootey, and Ireland as 
 such comnuttee and they at once reported the following reso- 
 lution, which on motion of Mr. Ewing was unanimously 
 adopted: 
 
 " Whereas we are called upon to share in the grief and deep 
 sense of loss which have come so suildenly and with such 
 terrible force into every home and heart in this city in the 
 death of Senator Preston B. Plumb: 
 
 " Resolveil, That in the going-out of this noble life Emporia 
 loses a stanch and firm friend, a citizen of unspotted char- 
 acter, who in public life has by his unflinching courage and 
 unfaltering devotion to right and truth commanded the lespect 
 and admiration of the nation. 
 
 ^•Benoleed, While we unite with the State and the nation iu 
 thus paying homage to the memory of our dead Senator we 
 
68 Life ami Character of Preston li. Plinub. 
 
 tVcl i-siieiially "iir own loss as we rcnii'iiibci him as m-i<jhl)or 
 and friend, devoted to the best interests of EiMiH)ria. his great, 
 nohle heart always ready to rcsiioiid to genuine need. 
 
 •' licxi'lriil, Tliat we extend to the stricken family onr most 
 sincere condolence, as with them we bow in trnst to a I'rovi- 
 dence we can not understand. 
 
 '■ h'cmlvcd, That these resolutions be spread upon the records 
 in the ollice of the city clerk and that a certihcd copy be for- 
 warded to Mrs. Plund). 
 
 "II. K. Fox, 
 
 ''K. .1. UOOTEY, 
 
 "C. F. Ikelani). 
 
 "U. S. Alexandeu. Citi/ Clerk." 
 
 TUE EXECUTIVE COINCIL OF THE STATE OF KANSAS. 
 
 At a meeting of the l-'.xcciitive Council of the State of Kan 
 sas tlir I'ollowiiiu resolutions were aclopti-d: 
 
 •• Dcatli loves a .shiiung mark," and its latest illustrious 
 victim was the most useful and conspicuous citizen of Kansas. 
 
 Senator Preston B. IM.fMH crowned his efforts in behalf 
 of the nation, his State, and the |ieople with the glory of mar- 
 tyrdom. He exhausted all his vital energies to meet his own 
 sublime conce])tion of the duties of exalted i)ublic position. 
 lie was the most devoted and laborious rei)reseutative that any 
 peojde ever .sent to the National Capital. 
 
 His love for his State, his pride in its liirtb, in its brilliant 
 youth, in its military achievements, in its wonderfid growth, 
 in its phenomenal deveIoi)nuMit. and in its marvelous produc- 
 tion, were constantl\ in his mind, and linally l)c(ann' tlic law 
 of his nature and t lie main inilini-iucni In liis own success aiul 
 advancement. 
 
 Any resident of Kansas could eonlidently .ippeal to and im 
 plicitly rely on the assurance that no detail was too >mall. no 
 
A'fso/n/ioiis 0/ Kt split. (>}) 
 
 (jiiestioii too hiri^c, no wrong so .s(ronj;ly intrciiclioa m jiower, 
 but th;it tlic very best efforts ol'tlic Senator would be exerted 
 in his heiialf. 
 
 A jiTcat statesman, iu the flower of ffh)rions nianliood, in tiie 
 enjoyment of a growing and widening fame tliat was reaciiing 
 to all parts of the nation, in the full possession of matured 
 powers, is suddenly strieken down, and a great State is bereft 
 of liis wise guidance in public affairs and its citizens of the aid 
 ot his helping liauds in all governmental de|)artments. 
 
 Tlie great heart of the Commonwealth is bunlened with sor- 
 row and all tlie good ])eoi)le mourn his death as a personal 
 loss, and extend their heartfelt sympathy to the grief-stricken 
 family of the man who loved the State as he loved them. 
 
 Rcsolrcd, That the; Stateh(mse be draped in mourning, the 
 iiatKmal flag be displayed at half mast, ami that the State 
 officers wear mourning for thirty days. 
 
 Lyman U. ITumpiirev, 
 
 (rorcnior. 
 William IIiggins, 
 
 iSrcretari/ of i^fate. 
 Chas. M. IlnvEY, 
 
 Auditor of State. 
 Solomon G. Stover, 
 
 Tnasurcv <f iState. 
 John N. Ives, 
 
 AitornijiGenerul. 
 
 (^EO. W. WiNANS, 
 
 Superintendent of Public Instruction. 
 
PROCRHDINGS IN THH SENATE. 
 
 ANNOUNCEMENT OF DEATH. 
 
 In the 8ENATE, Februarij 18, 1892. 
 
 Mi-. Peffeb. Mr. President, piusiuint to notice. \ offer the 
 resolutioii.s whieh I send to the desk. 
 
 The Vice-President. The resolutions will be lead. 
 
 The Secretary read the resolntion.s, as follows : 
 
 Resolnd, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow 
 of the death of Preston 15. Pli'MB, late a Senator from the 
 State of Kansas. 
 
 Resolved, That as a mark of respect to the memory of the 
 deceased the business of the Senate be now suspended to 
 enable his associates to pay i)roper tribute of regard to his 
 high character and distinguished i)nl)lic services. 
 
 Rcsolrcd, Tliat tlie Secretary of the Senate communicate 
 these resolutions to the House of Representatives. 
 
 The resolutions were unanimously asfreed to. 
 
 Address of Mr. Peffer, of Kansas. 
 
 Mr. Peffer. :\Ii-. President, Preston B. Plumb was born 
 in Delaware County, Ohio, Octolier ID, 1837. He had oidy a 
 common-school education. At the age of 12 years he entered 
 the office of the Western Episcopalian, at Gambier, Ohio, and 
 learned the priuter.s' trade. In 18.33 he estabUshed the Xenia 
 
 71 
 
72 Address of Mr. Pcffcr, of Kansas^ on the 
 
 News and coiHluitctl it witli vi}.'or and success. At that time 
 Rev. (iianville Moody, a distinfruishcd Methodist preachei and 
 n-t'oriiici. was located at Xciiia. Mostly tVoni him younj,' Mr. 
 I'HTMU iinbihed his hatred of huniau slavery. In lS5tJ, when 
 the Kansas struj:j,'le was at its heijiht, one day he went into 
 the News othce and said,'- I am jfoinj^to Kansas." •'When?'' 
 was asked. "To-morrow."' he answered; and •• tomorrow " he 
 started. The Kansas Tribune, printed at Topeka, on the 2L'd 
 day ofOctobi-r of that year, records the arrival of Mr. Pt.UMB 
 with a company of twenty-eijilit yoiin},' men. The winter fol- 
 lowing ho spent ill Lawrcm-c and was loicmaii in tlic lliiald 
 of l-"rcc(l(iiii inintiiifX oliice. 
 
 In the spring- of IS.IT he and four others organized the Em- 
 ]>oria Town Comi)any, on the banks of the Neosho River, in 
 the present county of Lyon. There he afterwards made lii.s 
 peinianenr home. He was the active man of the company 
 and soon established a newsi)aper, the Emporia News, which 
 for a loiijf time was amonfi' the leadinj,' papers of the State. 
 It was daring those early years when Mr. Tlumb was travel- 
 ing over the trackless prairie one day an<l came to a home- 
 steader's shanty. Tie went in and found a man down with 
 small|)o.\. The few neighbors had become panic stricken and 
 left the man alone to die. Pi.TJMH was so moved by the 
 pitialde siieetacle that he al>aii(l(iiiecl liis jnuiiiey and stayed 
 and nursed the poor man through his sickness. As a result 
 he contracted the disease himself. 
 
 lie took a iirofound interest in all the public aflfairs of the 
 Teriitory and lie was fre(|iiently intrusted with grave resi>on- 
 sibilities. He was a member of most of the conventions held 
 to discuss the .situation. Among the preserved relics of those 
 stirring times are several instruments of writing in which :\Ir. 
 Plumb was pers(tnally interested. Here are tiuee of tiiem. 
 No. 1 is a commission as superintendent of enrollment, issued 
 
Life and Clia racier »/ /'rcsfoi/ II. /'//niili. 7."? 
 
 by Gi'u. . lames II. Laue and fuuiiter.sij;iR'(l by .M. F. Oomvay 
 as aiijiitaiit-gcncial, dated .Inly LMI, 1857: 
 
 Headquabteus Ivansa.s Voluntekks 
 Fob tiik Protection of the Ballot-box, 
 
 Ldwrciicc, July jji), 1857. 
 
 Whereas Mie ix-ople df Kansas, in cimvention at Topeka, 
 Jnly 15, 1857, did adopt the followiiii; lesohitioii : 
 
 " Resolrcd, Tliat Gen. .lames H. Lane be appoiided by this 
 convention and aiitlioiized tooiffanize the people in the several 
 districts to protei^t the ballot-boxes at the approaching- elec;- 
 tions in Kansas :"' 
 
 Now, therefore, in pursuance of the antliority thus vested 
 in me by the people of Kansas, F do hereliy constitute and 
 appoint P. B. Plumb superintendent of enrollment, Fourth 
 Brigade, Second Division. 
 
 This appointment is conferred u])on P. B. Plttmb by virtue 
 of contidence entertained by n'le in his patriotism and intepity, 
 well knowinj;- that in his hands every duty appertaining to the 
 aforesaid position will be faithfully dischai-ged 
 
 Given at the office of the adjutant general this day. 
 
 .1. II. Lane, (>r(i<tHizin<i. 
 
 M. P. Conway, AdjuUint-Oincrdl. 
 
 No. 2 is an apjiointment as aide-de camp, Decendjer 17, 1857: 
 
 Headquartebs Kansas Militia, Dcctmhrr IT, isr,?. 
 SiB: You are hereby notitied of your a])i)ointment as aide- 
 de-camp to the uiajor-general, under the act entitled "An act 
 for tlie organization and regulation of the militia," passed De- 
 cember 16, 1857. 
 
 .J. II. Lane, Mujor-dviuruJ. 
 
 No. :? is a receipt peculiarly (•hara(;t(>ristic: 
 
 Topeka, t^epiemhn- 37, 1859. 
 Eeceived from Capt. Plumb, of the " Grizzlies," 7(] 5-inch 
 Colt's revolvers for the four companies of Kansas emigrants 
 under my command. 
 
 Jas. Ix'edpath. 
 
74 Address of Afr. Pcffcr, of Kansas, on the 
 
 Mi. I'LVMH be;;aii his n':il life wnrk on bloody f,'rouiiil. 
 "VVhittier ^1858} wrote: 
 
 From the hearths of their cahiuM. 
 
 The fields of their coru, 
 rnwarned ami mnvtaiioneil. 
 
 The vii-tims were turn. 
 • • • • • 
 
 Wind slow from the Swan's Marsh, 
 
 O dreary death-train, 
 With pressed lipa as bloodless 
 
 As lips of the slain. 
 
 On the lintels of Kansas 
 Tliat blood shall not dry. 
 
 Heneefoith to the sunset, 
 
 I'ucheckcd on her way, 
 Shall Liberty follow 
 
 The inarch of I lie ilay. 
 
 During tbe.se active year.s Mr. I'LUilu .studied law and 
 attended law lectures two terms in Clevelaud, Ohio. In 1861 
 he was admitted to the liai and o|icnc(l a law office in Kmiioria. 
 In 1862 he was elected to the lowci liou.se of the Legislature 
 and was appointed reporter of the Supreme Court. During 
 September of that year he raised two companies of volunteers 
 fortlif i:ievcnili Kansas rej;imi-iit and entered the .service as 
 second lieutenant. He was rapidly i)romoted to captain, major, 
 and lieutenant-colonel. 
 
 The regiment .saw some hard service before the end of the 
 flr.st year, having been engaged in the battles of Cane Hill, 
 I'rairie Grove, and others in simthwest Mis.souri and in Ar- 
 kansas. After the closer of the war Mr. Plimb returned to 
 Emporia and resumed the practice of law. He entered into 
 partnership with Judge H. W. Ku-.i:!.- under the tirni name 
 
Life and ( 'haractrr of Preston />'. Plioiih. 75 
 
 of Rug'jiles & I'liiml). The firm attrai'tcd wide attention at 
 once and soon secuiod a larjic |nactice, covcrin}' tlie, whole 
 State. In 186C \w was elected to the lower lionse of the Kan- 
 sas Lcgishiture and was chosen speaker. About tli:it tiiin' ho 
 began to lay the fonndatiou of his private tortnne. Tlie rai)i(l 
 development of the conntry and the consequent rai)id advance 
 in values created many opportunities for jirotitable investment 
 and he seemed to know when and where to invest. He rarely 
 made a mistake. At his suggestion some of his old Ohio 
 friends established a bank in Enii)oria, and >[r. Plumb was 
 chosen its president and manager in ISTli. In 1S77 lie was 
 elected a membc}' of this body, where his lialiits of industry, 
 his quickuess of perception, his breadth of view, and his per- 
 sistence in effort soon brought him into merited ])romineuce. 
 
 Mr. Plumb was married in 1867 to Miss ( 'arolino Southwick, 
 of Ashtabula, Ohio, llis home was a delightful one. He en- 
 joyed comfoit and eared nothing for display. While abun- 
 dantly able to build a splendid residence, he preferred rather 
 to live as his neighbors lived; and to-day there are many 
 dwellings in I'^mporia more costly and more showy than his. 
 He took great i)ri<le in the education and training of his 
 children. He was with them as much as his active life per- 
 mitted. Hi' availed himself of e\ery ojiportuuity to add to 
 the pleasure and enjoyment of his family. He leaves his wife 
 and hve children: Mary, Amos, Putli, ("arrie, and Preston. 
 
 From his early youth he had strong religious convictions, 
 but he never ct)nnected himself with any church. He was the 
 friend of everything good and fostered all elevating iutlneuees. 
 When at home he always worshiped at the Congregational 
 Church, where liTs family were meml)ers. and he took great 
 interest in its ])rosperity. He died in the city of Washington 
 on the 20th day of December. l.S'.U, having been a member of 
 this bod\' contiiiuousl\- since the Itli day ot' March, 1S77. 
 
7t; .iiMrtss (1/ Mr. lVff<)\ of A'a/isus, on the 
 
 Mr. Prusidfiit. tlic iii'djilc wlut look'oii while wr ((nuluct 
 those miMiKiiial scivici's often wonder anil snnietimcs openly 
 ask whether, after all. there is ennu^;h sin.erity and serious- 
 ness in our iiroceedin};s to justify the time and treasure de- 
 voted to them. Coneerniut;- the reason of this susjiieion we 
 need not now in(iuire: certain il is that when death eonies to 
 
 us i ir iiomes. within the ran.ue of our aeiinainiance. there 
 
 is sorrow because of our tronl)le. When one of tender years 
 is taken from us— our first-born it may be, the ^'em of the 
 househi>ld itr the pet ami juide of our later years— when the 
 wile and mother goes and tlie t'aniily is lirokeii. or the hnsliand 
 and lather, ami the home is left desolate, nei<;hbors and friends 
 come and wee]) with us and tender kindly otlices: they j^o with 
 us to the last restinfi-place of what we call the dead, and 
 there, at tlie open }n'ave. siufr with us and jnay and Join in the 
 liol.\ invocation in onr l.elialf. then revi-rently depart, leaving 
 blessinjis ou us. Ami this not so much because of their per- 
 sonal interest in the situation as liecause a family has been 
 stricken, friends are in trouble, ami they are jileased in this 
 way to make known tiieir sympathy. 
 
 These things come to us because we are brethren. The foun- 
 tains of the soul are full of kindred sympathies which minf,'le 
 and briufr fortii unocl, some thirty, some sixty, and some a 
 humlivd luld. If a wiiole neij;-hborhood be thus sorrow lul 
 over the death oldne member of a siut;ie family, and thai, too, 
 it may be, (»ne too young to have been known or even seen by 
 many persons outside of the little circle of home, is it strange 
 that when a strong man falls, a man in possession of all his 
 t'aculties, a man in action, one who ser\cd his country in war 
 and in peace, whose voice has been heard ii>the nation's <-oun 
 cils ami whose lbot|irints are traced in it.s statutes — when the 
 carei-r of such a one is suddenly cut short by death, niay we 
 not stop and devote an hour to thinking ationt it? 
 
Li/c- aim ClianuUr of Pratoii /!. riiiiuh. 77 
 
 TliiTt' is sdinclliinu ;ili(iiit tlic I'lict or cdiidil ion wliicli \vt; 
 tLTin de;itli tli;il i-!i;illcn.i;i's onr :it(('iitioii. Vi'I it is no! dcatli 
 that halts us ami sets new liioiiniits in motion. It is lil'c \vc, 
 are thin Icin.i;- about. It is life that tills us with emotion; life. 
 that wrings oui- hearts and heats our brains. Life is the 
 marvel of tin' a.^es, the perpetual i>roblem of men. It is the 
 life of (uir friend that we remember. We I'are notliiny about 
 that part of the transforniation whieli we know as death. We 
 hasten to forget it and all its ineiilents; liut tlie life is with us 
 forever. Its ]ilaee in the memory is kept <;'aruished and clean 
 eoutinually as the years eoiue and go. We would not, if we 
 could, let go the hope that some day, when the tinu^ is ripe, 
 soiilvS shall meet again. How eheerless the days and montlis 
 and years would be to this family were they dejirived of the 
 hope to .see again and to love the man whose presence to them 
 in their happy home in sunny Kansas was so dear, so helplid, 
 and elieering. No, no; it is not death that interests us. but 
 life; for life is real, eontinuing, eternal. 
 
 The life of a man as he lives it in the pre.senee of his fellows 
 is as properly a subject for observation and study as the water 
 we drink or the air that we breathe. To understand the motives 
 which impel men to action is ([uite as imjiortant as it is that 
 we understand the medical ]iroperties of the food we eat. Our 
 lives are affected by the lives of other men. Our thoughts are 
 intiueneed by their thoughts. Our opinions are largely made 
 up of what was formed in other minds befori' it h)dged in ours. 
 So surely are we moved by what is moving others that we often 
 find ourselves unconsciously following a leadership we did not 
 choose. Our physical movements, our social deportment, (uir 
 habits of thought, our manner of speech, our gestures, all that 
 we are and all that we do before our feUows, all that goes to 
 make up what we term our lives, is as much an assiuulation 
 ■of what was and is being said and done by persons around us 
 
78 Address of Mr. Piffcr, of Kansas, on the 
 
 as (im- Ixxlifs are made up of vital essences that ^.^'ow in the 
 grass and cm rlie trees. Those ;irand eharaeters that stand 
 out aninnt,' their fellows like peaks in mountain ranges, and 
 tliat we see afar off as we see elitVs and iinimontories on the 
 shore line of the sea. are the men that rnoxc the worhl. Their 
 thoughts take lodgment in other minds and reaiipear in the 
 literature of the time : tlieir style and their manner of speech are 
 copied wiierever language is written and deeds are proclaimed; 
 their suggestions take form in adornment of homes. inii)rove- 
 meiit of cities, in architecture and invention; their ideas live 
 in machines, and their conclusions are ])reserved in laws. 
 
 llow shall we study this man's life and how shall we measure 
 him? Shall we begin by ignoring those things which made 
 him what lie was and substitute another life iw his? Shall we 
 construct an ideal man and then describe and praise our own 
 creation? Or shall we rather do in his own case as he would 
 have done in ours: take up his life Just as he lived it ami look 
 at that? Beginning a poor boy, he was an editor at 10 years 
 of age, a captain of militia at 2t», member of a coustitntional 
 convention at 22, lawyer at 24, in the State legislature, and 
 lieutenant, captain, major, and colonel of volunt<'ers at 25, 
 United States Senator at 40 Surely there is a lesson in such 
 a life, viewed in its own robust iiersonalty. with no embellish- 
 ment beyond the simi)lc truth. 
 
 .Moved by a boy's ambition lo ilu and dare, looking lull in 
 tlie face an untried, unknown, unknowable fntiiie. his heart 
 fired by theidoqnenccof (iarrison, (iiddings, Phillips, Sumner, 
 and Hale, a gallant .soldier in the army of Fremont, what more 
 natural than that this brave, brainy, liberty-loving boy should 
 turn toward tlie battle -round in Kansas? With thi' tnmliles 
 there began the gicatesl war in history, a war in wiiicli a 
 nation of tlie liest and bravest ]ieoi)le on earth undertook to 
 settle among theni.selves and for them.selves a matter which it 
 
Life and Chaiuxctcr of Pra^loii /'. Piiiii/h. 7!) 
 
 liad licroiiic (■\iilciit to all (-(Piild not he (lis|)os('(l oC in any other 
 way. Ill that urea) war Mr. I'limu iicrt'ormcd a Union 
 soldier's part. r])on its conclusion lie, with otlicrs, bcf;an tlie 
 building of a State, and the uiarvchiiis growth of Kansas 
 testifies tluit their work was well doTie. It has no ](aralli'l in 
 the history of settlement. 
 
 It is liut thirty years since the State l)e.canie a member of the 
 American Union, and in those thirty years her popnlation in- 
 ei'eased more than a million and a (piartcr. She has builded 
 S,0(l() sciioolhonses; her railways measure nearly !),00(» miles of 
 main track; her farmers raised i;."')0,0(K),()(»0 bnshels of corn in 
 l.S8'.t and more than 5(),000,()0() bushels of wheat in 1891; .she 
 has a post-offlee within easy reach of every home and churches 
 enough to .seat onefonrth other people. Mr. Plumb was one 
 of the biLsy, restless, devoted band that aecoraplished this 
 wonderful work. They concpiered the wildeiness and ex- 
 punged the frontier line. Among all those tireless workers 
 none did more, none was more active and persistent, none 
 more respected, none more loyal than he in whose memory 
 these words are spoken. He jjossessed intuitive knowledge of 
 practical methods. He was not an inventor; not a])hilosopher; 
 not a dreamer nor a doctrinaire; not an enthusiast; but he 
 was a worker, a workman who uses to the best advantage the 
 tools he has to work with. He wasted nothing in exi)erimeuts; 
 he preferred to work along lines that had led to success. 
 
 He thought the farmer's smokehouse ought to be ou the 
 farm, and not in the packing houses at Kansas City or Chicago. 
 He thought the wool and cotton grown on Kansas soil ought 
 to be manufactured in Kansas towns. He was resourceful 
 rather than (uiginal. An economist, husbanding his means, 
 he was in all things practical, doing that which he knew could 
 be done rather than wasting eflbrt on doubtful ventures. He 
 believed the workman is worthy of his hire, and he had no use 
 
80 Address of Mr. Peffcr, of Kansas, on the 
 
 for a laz\ man. Ilr<li(l imt iinfiil scliciiies iiin- lU'visi' jjlaiis 
 tn set grreat eiiti'iprisi-s in uiotioii, but bi- iisi-d tlie means at 
 liand to (li'vclop what was in si<;tht. He caretl not to I'xiilori" 
 unknown rcji'ions. but hi- jrot out of the present all tliat was in 
 it. His ambition was to do. lallicr tliaii In lif. it was ;is 
 natiiial for liini to w(uk as it is for rivers to tiow. ("leaiin 
 view, tirni in ojiinion. direct in tlionsht, voluble in si)eeeh, and 
 eouraReous in expression, such a man could neither be muz 
 zled nordwarfeil. In the Iaii^uaj;e of a friend. '• lands, money, 
 cattle, mines, railroads, banks, all the great agencies of Imsi- 
 ness and politics, siive him the delifiht that a child feels in its 
 toys. He derived from the contemplation of these subjects 
 the pleasure that men, diliercntly organized, feel in society, 
 the table, books, art, and travel.'' 
 
 Hutering the Senate from an agricultural State, in a period 
 of commercial dei)ression, when the country was going down 
 to the low level of a gold-money basis, his views logically re- 
 tlected tliose of his peoide. He believed in enlarging the 
 volume of the circulating medium and he believed tiie Govern 
 ment alone should provide the money, lie was opposed to 
 intrusting this high function of sovereignty to corporations. 
 He advocated the substitution of (iovernment paper fur l)ank 
 notes; he favored free coinage of silver; he urged the revision 
 of taritV duties in the interest of labor; he opposed increasing 
 the Army, and insisted upon simplifying the costly and, as he 
 believed, unnecessarily cumbrous (lijilomalic system. His 
 ready grasp of situations, his (juick jjcrception of what needs 
 to be first done, his clear comjirehension of public needs, his 
 never-failing fuiiil of resources, and his ceaseless energy served 
 him in tliis liri)adei- lield iil'i-tfoi-t as they hail diini' in his local 
 work at home. As he had done there, .so he did here. He 
 ke|)t close to the people: he stu<lied their wants and he kept 
 his home among them. He maintained no costly establishment 
 
Lijf and Cliaracter of Pnsloii B. J'/inn/i. Si 
 
 !it tlic niitioii's ciipilal. lie liad no liveried seivaiits to wait 
 ii|M)ii him lieie. Wlicii a Kansas man eanu- to Wasbiiifjtoii, 
 I'LiT.AiB's hand, liis head, his heart, and hi.s pocket were ready 
 to serve him. lie always responded when the peojile called, 
 and lie did it willini;ly. 
 
 With tlie jiil'ted Inyalls at iiis side — I nivalis, pidmpt and 
 tearless ou the tloor, ready and impartial in the chair, l)rij;lit 
 and interesting- everywhere — Kansas had able champions in 
 debate and sagacions friends in connsel. 
 
 The worst that Senator Puniu's ])olitical enemies ever said 
 of him was that he exeused his party and defended it even 
 when he believed it to be wroni;. One who knew him well 
 says of him: 
 
 " lie voted against the McKinley bill, favored free silver, de- 
 nounced national banks and the tinaucial policy of his asso- 
 ciates, bnt he never parted comjiany with them in the end." 
 
 His loyalty to his party, strong as it was, was not stronger 
 than his own conviction.S npon nieasnres of jmblic ]iolicy: yet, 
 harshly as he often criticised his party in tiiis Chamber when 
 his political friends were in the iiuijoiity, he was never known 
 to oppose his party in the fornm of the peoi)le. If that was a 
 weakness in him, how shall we excnse onrselves, those of ns 
 who are no stronger than he? "Let him that is withont sin 
 cast the first stone." Although a blind devotion to party 
 warps the judgment of men, impairs our usefulness, and to 
 some extent necessarily blmits our moral sense, how many of 
 us are guiltless? 
 
 lint there is another anil still lietter phase of this man's life; 
 and that, after all, when it is what it ought to be, is tiie best 
 part of the best meiTs lives, that Mhieh is lived at home, where 
 sacred relations exist, where the tenderest ties are formed; 
 there where our children are born, wheie new lives come to 
 lis, and where we start men and women on thi- way to citizen 
 
 ship, thus doing our part in developing and perpetuating what 
 
 S. Mis. 2l.*S (I 
 
82 Address of Mr. Pcffer^ of Kansas, on the 
 
 is ;iiio(l ill society :iml {jovermiieiit. A well-ordered Iidum' is a 
 prosperous uiitiou in iiiiuiatme. In its arriingemeut ami maii- 
 afioiiieut are involved all tlie (Ihristiau jrraces and the highest 
 forms of imlilic control. 
 
 As to liis personal leli^'ious views, lie was a tirni believer iu 
 the Christian liiilh and all iliai it imiilic-. lie always spoke 
 of religions thinjis with the ntnio.st respect and reverence, tie 
 was never beard to sjieak lightly of sacred things under any 
 circumstances or iu any company, lie believed in churches 
 and rejoiced in their prosperity and growth. His name was 
 not enrolled in the membership of any denoniinalion. yet he 
 was a Cluistian. He was devoted to those of liis own house- 
 hold, he was kind to the needy around him. charitable alway.s, 
 generous to his neighbors, temperate and decorous himself, 
 and respectful to all. That is a Christian life. Nothing bet- 
 ter shows the virtue of the all-pervading intiiu'ncc of truths 
 which have come down to us through the centuries from Him 
 who sjiake as never nuui si)ake than the moral and intellectual 
 upbuilding of families like this. 
 
 Though the march of civilization has been over bloody 
 ground, the leaven of truth lias .spread until the nations believe 
 in (lod. And though men may be careless of in(U-al restraint, 
 though some of us may sit in costly temples and hire our 
 wor.shiping d(me, though the; poor may have not even a closet 
 to pray in, though many and tlagrant wrongs exist and many 
 of us are desix'iately wicked, .still the spirit that angels sang 
 
 when llie •• Kalie of liellileliem" was born— jieace and g 1 
 
 will— the doctrine taught by the "Carpenter's Son," and the 
 life lived by the •• lowly Nazarene" are more deeply embedded 
 in till' conscieiu'c of the masses today t lian e\ n hefure. flic 
 revolution now in progress will .set us one step nearer the time- 
 when men shall deal Justly, love mercy, and walk liumbly, 
 
 the choi<-est fruit of (Christian doctrine, tl full giown corn 
 
 in the ear." 
 
Life and Character of Preston B. riitinb. 83 
 
 Address of Mr. Cockrell, of Missouri. 
 
 Mr. CocKRKLL. Mr. President, aiiiiil tlie many i)re.ssinj;- and 
 onerous labors and dufies devolvini^' upon the .Senate of tlie 
 United States, it is eniinently rii^lit that we should pause for 
 one day to pay the last sad rites to the name and memory of 
 our deceased eolaborer. Pre.'^ton B. I'lumb, the honored and 
 illustri(tu.s Senator from the great State of Kansas. 
 
 He entered this Chamber on Mareh 4, 1S77, as a Seuatoi' 
 from the State of Kansas, and for over fourteen years and inne 
 montlis was an active, dilioent, laborious, useful, influential, 
 and honored member of this body. 
 
 How <imckly, how unexpectedly, the light of his earthly life 
 was bedarkened by the glotun of his death ! 
 
 Apparently in robust health, with clear, intellectnal vigor 
 and unceasing activity, the fell disease quickly overpowered 
 the vital forces of life and his immortal spirit passed from the 
 scenes of time to the realities of the eternal life, impressively 
 verifying the fact tliat in life we are in the niidsf of death. 
 
 It was my pleasure to form his ])ersonal ac([uaintance when 
 he entered npon his duties in this Chamber, in Jfarch, 1S77, 
 and our acquaintance ripened into a warm personal friendship, 
 which continued uninterruptedly to his death. 
 
 We served upon the same committees — on Military Affairs, 
 Public Lands, and Appropriations. The.se services greatly 
 strengthened (mr ft-iendship and intimate relations. 
 
 I can truthfully say — without any invidious reflections upon 
 others — that he was one of the most untiring, painstaking, 
 constantly laborious, useful, and intelligent members of this 
 great legislative body. 
 
 His whole life from boyhood to death, when faithfully por- 
 trayed in all its stages, reads like a romance, and is peculiarly 
 
8 t Address of Mr. Cocknil, of Missouri, on the 
 
 ililt'icsliiij; ;iiiil instructive. ;illil should he :i sunii-c of Just 
 luiilc !.• Iiis licrcl't iM>iu|i:iiiiiPU ;iimI i liildriii. ami of ciicouratre- 
 iiifiit and c-umliitioii lo tlic lliousaiids of striij;j,'lin^' and laiid- 
 ai.lv aiiihitioiis youths of our jiicat country. It portrays in 
 rt-alistic and inspirin;,' fi'lois the jiossildt- achieveinents of lift' 
 in iiur coiintr.N- under (Uir iineiiualed system of .uovernnuMit. 
 
 1 have neither the ihita nor tin' time to -o into the details of 
 bis life. Others more eompetent have iloue and will do .so. 
 
 Urielly stated, I'uicston 15. Pltmb was born in Delaware 
 County, Ohio, on October 12, l.S.'JT; received a common selu.ol 
 education: learned the art of printing, and aided in establish- 
 ing the Xenia New.s, removed to the then Territory of Kansas 
 in 1S5(;, then l)eing about 20 years of age; was a ])rinter in the 
 office of the Herald of Freedom, aud became foreman. 1 n 1 S.")7 
 he e.stablisbed the Emporia News, at Emporia, Ivans., and 
 thereafter nuule that place his home; was a member of the 
 Leavenworth constitutional convention of lS5it. having em 
 ployed his few leisure moments in studying law ; was admitted 
 to the bar in ISOl : was elected a member of the lower house 
 of the Legislature in 1862; was chairman of the Judiciary com- 
 mittee, and afterwards reporter of the suineme court. 
 
 In August, 1^<<>2. he entered the volunteer service of his 
 country as a second lieutenant in the l'.h'\entli Kansas b'egi 
 meiit. and became successively captain, major, and lieutenant 
 colonel, and was commissioned colonel of that legiment. In 
 1S(JC. he was a mendjcr and was elected s]>eakcr of the Kansas 
 house of rei)resentatives, and was also a meml)ei in I lie lollow 
 ing year. Itelimpiishing the practice of law, he was made 
 president of the Emporia Natioind Hank in IS".!, lie was 
 elected to the United States Senate for the term beginning on 
 the 4th of March, 1H77, and was successively elected his own 
 succes.sor ill 1883 and l.SS'.J, his third term expiring on March 
 3, 18!).-.. 
 
Li/i and i'liaraclcr of ricston /!. I'luinh. 85 
 
 It is iclal('(l iifliiiii t lial w lien aboiil I wclvc years oC a.uc lif Icit 
 liis lioiiic witli a liltlr liuiiillc (if |M>is(iiial cH'ccIs anil w alkcd 10 
 miles to the printing; ot'lice in wiiicli \\v was lo Icai ii iiis tiailc, 
 and that only a tew months bet'oie his death lie lel'ened to that 
 event and said, "That was the 1)ef>'innin.i;(ir the journey of my 
 life."' A wondeil'nl joniiiey it was, trodden withont pause or 
 rest, with constant and laborious api)lieation and unceasinj;' 
 toil to qualify and fit him to hold fast every sueeessi\e step 
 taken and to ris(> hi,i;her and higher in the esteem, eontidence, 
 
 ami love of tin' | pie of his State ami of the whole country. 
 
 Most truly can it be said, "he was the architect of his own 
 fortuiu'." 
 
 Selfedueatt'd, witiuiut the advanta.ues ot' a classical or uni 
 versify edncation, without fortune, ami without inrtuential ;'.nd 
 heljiful friemls. he liecame a jirintcr, an editor, a lawyer, a 
 colonel in our volunteer army, a State legislator, a bank j)resi- 
 dent, and a Tnited States Senator, electecl successively for 
 three terms, excr retaining a ciniscions memory of the sue 
 cessive steps he had taken ami never .urowini; iiaui;hty or 
 self-conceited, and faithfully and efliciently discharyini; the 
 duties of every ])osition to the satisfaction of the ])ersons inter- 
 ested and with credit ami honor to himself. 
 
 He possessed a broad, strong, active mind, and with juilicial 
 clearness comprehended the soluticni of questions jiresented, 
 and with clear, rapid Judgment executed his plans. 
 
 He was a true r<>presentative of the great masses of tiie 
 lieojile. fanuliar ami in warm symjiathy with their wants and 
 best interests as seen by him. 
 
 In every positi()n in his eventful career he achieved success 
 by his indomitable energy, perseverance, close, studious appli 
 cation, an<l determineil \\ ill power. As a friend, he was tine 
 and faithful; as a husband he was tender, loving, and devoti d 
 to his invalid companion; and as a father, kind and affec- 
 tionate. 
 
8(> .l(/t/riss of Mr. Morrill^ of Wrntont, on the 
 
 lli> was a tiriii believer in the Clnistiaii faitli ami all It iiii 
 plies. 
 
 Ill tills last sail inciiiDrial service in this Chainlier I tender 
 to his bereft wife and children heartfelt condolence and syni 
 jiatliy, and coiiimeiid tlieiii to our only jrreat Comforter in such 
 alliii-lloiis. 
 
 In bestowint; ii|miii Preston B. Phimd the lil>,'h and re- 
 sponsible position he so ably and conspicuously tilled for so 
 many years the irood people of Kansas honored themselves and 
 gave to the wliole country a faithful and useful Senator, who 
 discharged his laborious duties with credit and honor to them 
 and to himself. 
 
 ADDRESS OF Mr. Morrill, of Vermont. 
 
 Mr. MoKKTi.L. Air. President, the early inciilents in the life 
 of our deceased associate have been already faithfully por 
 trayed, but they are so remarkable that they will bear repeti- 
 tion. The late Senator I'l.rMiiwasa man nf in)sitive forces of 
 character, and forces which swiftly advanced his i)ro>;ress, 
 stej) after stej). in various spheres of life, no matter by what 
 conditions confronted or suriounded. He seeiued to know 
 how to make himself useful ami had tlu' couraj;e to jio straight 
 about it. With only a common .sclnxd education and .some 
 knowledfic iu the art of printinfi', he went from Ohio to Kan 
 Has in l.S5(!. at the age of lit, and of course became familiar 
 with the heroic history ol' that liliertyloving State. It was 
 not long Ijefore he Itecame an editor and proprietor of a news- 
 paper, and was admitt<'d to the bar in ISdl ; elected to the 
 Kansas Legislature in 1S02, where he was promptly made 
 chairman ol' t lie jiKliriary eoiiiiniltee. and was soon after maile 
 the recorder of the supreme court of Kausas. The sanu' year 
 
Life and Cliaracter of Predion /-'. Pliimh. 87 
 
 lie entered tli<' volunteer .seiviee iis seccinil lientenanl ot the 
 Eleventh Kansas Infantry, and was suecessively made (-aptain, 
 major, lieutenant colonel, and eolonel. Again he was eleett^d 
 to ihe Kansas house of re{)rt'sentMti\'es in ISdCt and chosen a.-, 
 speaker, and was also a Tueniher of tlie house the t'ollowiniLC 
 year. In 1877, before he was 40 years of age, lie w as ehn'ted 
 to the Senate of the United States, of which he remained a 
 prominent member until his decease. 
 
 It will be noticed that the deceased, while yet young, was 
 no idler, and so acquitted himself in all the civil and military 
 duties with which from time to time he was charged that liis 
 advance came rapidly and surely, lie had not been long in 
 the Senate when he informed me, at a time when I ha])|)ened 
 to be a memlier of the committee to arrange the membership 
 of the committees of the Senate, that he was extremely desir- 
 ous to be placed where he could do more work, and therefore 
 wanted some jilace on the Committee on Ap[)ropriations. This 
 he obtained without objections, and it is needless to mention 
 that he handled with fidelity and vigor such bills as were 
 alloted to his charge. As chairman of the Committee on Public 
 Lands his services were laborious and important, especially 
 in I'escuing unearned railroad land grants. 
 
 Upon his ajipearanee in the Stmate at the opening of the 
 present session, his rol)ust form and confident bearing gave no 
 visible indication of any infirmity or of any early termination 
 of his earthly career. Few of his Senatorial associates here 
 apparently had a fairer outlook ainl promise of health and life. 
 His sudden demise found us all unprepared and enforces the 
 oft repeated truth that the grim messenger, waiting to intro- 
 duce us all to the mysteries of another world, is no respecter 
 of persons, but comes in "siu/h an hour as ye think not." 
 
 Since my service begau in the Senate the death roll is long, 
 including live Presidents and also an ecjual number of Vice- 
 Presidents. 
 
88 Address of Mr. Morrill, of I'ermont, on the 
 
 Tilt' Senate itself is (•(niiiiuMily reckoned as a conservative 
 and preservative body, where '• few die and none resign," hut 
 that is ((infnted by the i)ast occurrence of rigorous facts. I 
 tind today but two lionored Senators here who were uiend)ers 
 of the Senate at the time of my entrance; and within twenty- 
 live years the number of fhose who liavc died while in ottice 
 or after the expiration of their terms of service is over ninety. 
 
 Some of these ninety Senators were counted in their day as 
 among the foremost public men of the Hepublic, and all of 
 them had some real exccllfiice or ability, some well-marked 
 personality, that peculiarly c<iminen(led them to the favor of 
 their respective States. There were a few silent members 
 whose judgment in committee work was reverenced as almost 
 infallible. Some had that -'resistless eloquence" which 
 wielded at will their hearers. Others were ready, brilliant, 
 and cogent on the spur of the moment in parliamentary debate. 
 Those who witnessed the intellectual resources, the wisdom 
 and wit oltcii iiere exhibited, felt sure the speakers would 
 ''leave something to after time" which the world ■■would not 
 willingly let die."' 
 
 It will still be remembered, 1 liojie, that the Senate has been 
 decorated, witliin the ]icriod mentioned, by the services of 
 siK-h distinguished mend)ers as Sumner and Wilson, Morton 
 and Hendricks. Fessenden and Hamlin. Ben Wade, Pendleton 
 and Matthews, Garrett Davis and lieck. Anthony, Foster, 
 Van Winkle, Ben. II. Hill. Kcverdy Johnson. Pomeroy. /ach. 
 Chandler, Windom, Conkling, Howe and .^latt Carpenter, Nye, 
 Casserly, Dixon, Grimes. Frelinghnysen. David Davis, and 
 Logan, as well as by others yet living, though no longer mem- 
 bers of the Senate; but brevity of Senatorial service hcnand 
 brevity of life after such service, with few exceptions, would 
 seem to have been the fate of a majority of our jiredecessors. 
 
 Senator Plumh delivered his .speeches without notes, in a 
 
/.//(■ and Clhiraitcr of /'rcs/,)ii /!. Plumb. 8!» 
 
 * 
 loud, clear voice, wit.li al)ouii(liii,t;- j^cstii'iihitioii, and with a 
 
 steam tiiiiliaimnci rapidity of iitlcraiicc. < )li\ iousl y, lie was 
 always luucli in earnest, ha\ini; no t liou.uht oT delcal or re- 
 treat and (Ireailini;- no assailant. His uiHiuestional)le aliilily, 
 his occasional aji.u-rossiveness in debate, his varied int'ornintion, 
 gathered tioni diligent oliservation, and his considerable i'und 
 ot inirtli-iirovokini; anec(h)tes when aiuonj; his t'ann'liar friends 
 will serve to perpetuate his name, his individuality, and Kibust 
 traits of character. 
 
 The deceased Senator was a hard and pnshin.u worker, largely 
 interested iu many tinaneial enterprises, such as bankin;.;, 
 miuiiig, and railroads, and for the latter years of his life it is 
 now evident that the multiiilied and onerous demands ma<le 
 upon his time anil constitution by his business affairs, oi)ening 
 wider aud wider by their general success, togethei' with otticial 
 duties here, and the annual strain of a political State cam- 
 paign, had overtasked and undermined his nervous system 
 and great natural strength. He had not recognizeil that there 
 everconld be any abatement <>f his normal \igor, nor contem- 
 ])lated rest until it was too late. 
 
 Some year.s ago 1 -was happy iu having made not only the 
 acquaintance of Senator l'Lr:\U!, but also that of his beloxed 
 wife and family, some of whom were long-time invalids; and 
 no husband or father could exhibit greater care w tenderer 
 devotion to whatever tended to promote their health or hap- 
 piness. However great the loss nniy be conqinted here, it will 
 be far greater at the home in Kansas, where the sad aftiietion 
 fixes an incurable grief. We can here only offer our brief 
 tril>ute to the deceased Senator and our deep sympathy with 
 his bereaved family. , 
 
90 
 
 Address of Mr. Daniel, of I 'irginia, on the 
 
 ADDRESS OF MR. DANIEL, OF VlRGINMA. 
 
 Mr. Daniel. Mr. Presidi'iit. life — it.s coiulitioii.s. lU'veloj) 
 nu'uts. ami iiiii)n)vciiu'nts — i.s the constant subject of progrcss- 
 ivf thouylit. W'l- h'arii iniicli of its laws. We succof its weak- 
 ness. We .sharpen its faculties. Wc diversify its usefulness. 
 We onricli it witli learning;-. We adorn it with trophies. We 
 regale it with sculpture and jiicture and song. .Science repairs 
 its intirmities and may e\cn prolong its days. I!ul what know 
 we of death.' No imiic I lian lie wlio first stood awe-struck and 
 niystilied and dnnd) before one dead. IMiilosophy tenders its 
 consolations. The uni\ersal instinct ot' man reaches tlirough 
 the darkness with yearning to livi- Ibrever. The dream of 
 imiiiortality floats througli ••life's litful fever" and < liristiauity 
 cheers the hope of a life beyond tiie grave. Our didl senses 
 fail us under the burden of tlimights too vast for coniprehen 
 sion or tr)0 .subtle to be put in words. The infinite toiu'hes us, 
 the Unite, with a jjoint of hope, and tlien time and space en- 
 velope us with mysteries inipenetrai)le. Vet whatever we 
 believe or fancy, one thing we know: We know we are in our 
 Maker's hands. We know that God is oi] the otlierside of the 
 river of life to wliicli we go, even as lie was on the side from 
 which we came. Where lie is it nuist be well. Let ns be 
 ciindbrted; we are in our .Maker's keeping. 
 
 !Such hours as these, spent in connnemoraiion of those who 
 have lived and laiiored with u.s, are not to i>e begrudged. Ithas 
 been remarked that over twenty days of the Fifty-lirst <'on- 
 gress were consumed in rites for the dead, and some have sug- 
 gested that we shoidd devote the Saiiliatli to them, that legis 
 lation max nidnlerruptedl\ proceed. 1 am suretliat this view 
 cannot spiing from indilference to the nnrnorics of ihi'de- 
 
Life a)td Clnxractrr of Preston IS. I'liDnh. !•! 
 
 |):irt('(l: it si)riiii;'s ratlicr IVoiii the strain ol |)iililic duty and 
 the l)ui(U'ii of public cMit'. Tliosc wiio liavc not cxpciicnci'd 
 what those duties and liiirdcus :nc have hut litlh' couccption 
 of tlieir iiuiltitudc or their Miajj,uitude. Tlie lej^ishiti ve attairs 
 of over sixty millions of people concentrate here in tlu^ hands 
 of little more than four hundred men: tlieii- labors be.yin with 
 the earliest movenmnts of business in the mornius'; they close 
 only iu the deep middle of the uight, when sleep is upon man. 
 For the legislative |)ublie servant there is no eight-hour law, 
 noi- twelve-hour law. 
 
 The correspondence of a Senator or Representative, liis com- 
 nuttee work, and his business with the Departments would 
 each consume the full time of a hard-working man. Yet when 
 these tasks are done there remains yet undone the main woik 
 of his mission here, the enactmeut of laws for a great nation, 
 compreluMidiug the complex concerns of forty-four Oommou- 
 wealths, unitied as a Ifepublic, iu whose immensity is ])retig- 
 ured the universal nation. The maiiydeaths amongst members 
 of Congress is probably due more to the strain upon their 
 mental and jdiysical faculties than to any other cause, and iu 
 the death of the distinguished Senator whom we mourn to-day 
 there is but little <loubt that this cause found its natural efl'ect 
 and gathered to the dust its latest victim. 
 
 Senator Tlumb was all aglow with his tasks. He loved his 
 work and liis work grew upon him. His restless, active, ear- 
 nest, aggressive nature kiu'w no sto|)or sta.v. He seized ui)on 
 his tasks with avidity, lie grappled with them as he would 
 assail a fortress; he clung to them with relentless diligence 
 and dispatcluMl them with fervid zeal. But as he curtailed iu 
 one direction they grew iu another. The water ran into the 
 ship faster than the sailor could liail it out. His work con- 
 sumed him even as he consumed it: he was rolling the stone 
 of Sisy|)hus, and as he i-olled it up tlie hill it rolled back and 
 over liim — and he is dcadl 
 
'.rj, .ItMress of Mr. Dauicl, of I 'i/oi/iia, on Ihe 
 
 Kiiiii ill Oliiii ill t^.17. Ill' (litil siuliiinly in Ilic lity of \V;ish- 
 iiijftoii on the -Otli day of Dt'cember last, in the very fullness 
 of his leiiiaikable career. A ••oimiioiischool (Mlucatioii and a 
 l)riiiter's appreutieeship eoiistituted his eciuipmeiit for tlie bat- 
 tles of life. Ere he was liO years of at,'e he mipated to Kan- 
 sas and there settled. In tlial fresh yoniig State, with its 
 teeming opportunities, he found a fitting theater for his indns 
 trioiis. aspn-iug- nature, ami his career was upward and onward 
 until he tillcil a great space and became an important factor 
 in the affairs of his State and country. 
 
 Coming to the bar in lS(il, his diligence ere long won for him 
 the position of reporter of tlic sni)reme court. Entering the 
 army as a second lieutenant, lie passed the successive grades 
 of caiJtain. niajm'. and lieutenant (•dlnnel. and at tin- close of 
 hostilities was the commander of his regiment. Entering 
 legislative service as a member of the constitutional convention 
 of IS.j'.t, he was elected to the lower house of the Legislature 
 ill 1S()2 and became cliairmaii of its judiciary comiiiittee. 
 A"ain a legislator in 1S(>7, he was chosen speaker. Ten years 
 later he was elected United States Seimtor and twice he was 
 reelected to .succeed him.self. He was the natural offs|)ring of 
 the boundless opportunities nf a free laiiil and a I rue type of 
 the progressive Western man (if this rushing age. Wjtii a 
 constitution of iron, he iilungcd into tlie seething currents of 
 political and business life. Vigor marked all his efforts, suc- 
 cess cn)wned his undertakings, and, as lawyer, .statesman, .sol- 
 dier, and Imsiness man, he reaped rewards and lionors. The 
 continued sui>port ami cmifidence bestowed upon him by his 
 people better besi)oke his caiiacities and the esteem in which 
 he was lu-ld than any eulogy of words. 
 
 His training as a pariiaiMciiIarian and lawyer anil legislator 
 lucpared him well for his duties here, and for many years he 
 toiik a I'onsjiicuous part in framing and discussing measures 
 
Life aud Character of Prrstou li. Plumb. !)3 
 
 before this Itody. A.s;i deliatn- he laiikeil hi-h. (^)iiickiii per- 
 eeptioii, ready and eai;cr lor acriun, ])o.sitive, direct, and aj,' 
 .Uressivc in liis nietlidds, he lost no time in sliikiim al (lie 
 main point and a,i;ainst it lie Imrlcd liis stores of taets and 
 ti;;iiics with decisive aim. Tiie li<;iit('r adjnncts of debate, tiie 
 play of humor and tlic tii-ht of fancy, he sehlom called into 
 iei|iiisition. Plain in manner, uuart'ected in style, strong in 
 imrpose, carin.i^ little for ornament and all for matter, ever 
 earnest and forcible and olteii imiiassioiied, he iliscussed no 
 subject that he did not illmniiie with contriimtioiis of thiui.uht 
 aud knowledge. 
 
 Seuator I'lumb was a man of affairs. The chaiacter of his 
 iniml was eminently ]uactical. His executive capacities were 
 great. At the head of any great enterprise ho would have 
 made his mark. From the beginning he looked toward the 
 end, subordinating theory to aeeomplishnieut, and result was 
 the goal on which his eyes were fastened and to which his steps 
 ever hastened. Well informed on ]>ul>Iic matters and keeping 
 pace with advanced thought on leading (pu-stions, he moved 
 with the pioneers of his \YA\Xy to their solution. As a rule he 
 never separated from his [Hilitical party liy going too far 
 ahead or lagging behind, and he was an intense, eariu'st 
 Eepublican. But he was independent aiul' self-reliant. He 
 kept in touch with his constituents. His symi)athies were 
 with jtopular interests, and time and again he voted his con- 
 victiousfor lighter taxation and for liberal tinam-ial legislation 
 regardless of the majority of his jiolitical associates against 
 him. 
 
 The eagerness of his disposition made Senator Ph'Mb a par- 
 tisan, aiul the struggles in his State, where ei>ntending ideas 
 came in tierce collision, doubtless tired his enthusiasm ami in 
 teusiticd his convictions. But as the years of peace rolled by 
 their ameliorating influences were exemplified in his conduct. 
 
ft4 Address of Mr. Daniel, of J 'iro-/j;ta, on the 
 
 1 recall this clay willi iileasure that in all the discussions here I 
 never once heard liini iitttT \viir<ls nf bitterness towards my 
 section or its i)eoi)le. In the restoration ol' the Soutli lie took 
 deep interest. He was loath to interfere with the <,'ood indu- 
 ences which were at work to liarnionize its elements and to re- 
 store its i)rosi)erity, and the partisan felt the impulses of the 
 jiatriot in dealing with questions that touched the structure of 
 society and the welfare of the jjcople. 
 
 When I came ttt tlie Senate in 1887 Senator I'l.iMH liad long 
 been one of its leading menihers. .My aciinaintance with liim 
 thenliegan. In his marked courtesy and kindness tome, which 
 \\v went out of his way to manifest, he impressed me with a 
 sense of his amiable and sociabU' disposition and excited grate- 
 ful regards, which I shall long cherish. Two instances, small 
 in themselves, gave me an iiisiglit into his character. Once in 
 debate he used words which grated very harshly ui)on me and 
 I thought them unprovoked. Stilling the impulse to respond 
 resent lulh. I went, as soon as he took his seat, to his side and 
 called his attention to them. With a beaming snule on his 
 face hestretched outhis liaiul to me,andwhat he said instantly 
 removed all unpleasantne.ss, and his act and words were so 
 frank and gracions that 1 felt strongly drawn to him. 
 
 Again, I went one day to sjieak to him at his desk: papers 
 and books were piled up before him and he seemed absorbed 
 in the maze of statistical facts ami ligures, but the book before 
 liini was not of tlie kind 1 expected to si'c. •• If you wish to 
 read sonu-thiug h)vely," he said, " read this," and he handed 
 me ArnoUVs Light of Asia, with a marked pa.ssage of ex- 
 quisite beauty; and he added, as I expressed surju-ise at .see- 
 ing him with such a 1 k at sncli a time, such wor<ls as these, 
 
 " Oh I am reading this to rest myself from tiiese weary tasks." 
 
 I know full well, from sotirces that I need not name, of acts 
 
 ot kindness done by Senator Plumh which could only come 
 
Fj/c and Cliaraclcr of Preston />'. PIniiih, 95 
 
 from ;i heart touclicd witli tlu- .i,'eiitl(' t'Larities ol' liuinaiiity. 
 Underiioatli his strong aiitl somctiiin's rough cxltirior there 
 were recesses of teii(h'r thought and feeling whicii sought ex- 
 pression in good (h'eds. 
 
 (lone from us to return no more; filleu in lu's ])rime; taken 
 iu tlie twinkling of an eye to his long iKUue, may liis good deeds 
 embalm liis memory and bear solace to those to whom he was 
 nearest and dearest; and may we not hope that he rests well 
 now from his weary tasks and that it is tiue, as the Asian 
 propliet says ? 
 
 Witli tlriith till' siinrist' ooiiies: 
 
 Till' ilcwdrop sli]is into the sliiniug sea. 
 
 Address of Mr. Dolph, of Oregon. 
 
 Mr. Dolph. Mr. Tresideut, we have laid aside for an hour 
 the business of the Senate, matters of state which demand at- 
 tention, questions of politics which array us against one another 
 and lead to acrimonious discussion and nuitual denunciation, 
 to unite, with saddened hearts and snl)dued utterances, in 
 paying our last tribute of respect to the memory of our de- 
 parted brother. 
 
 r should feel condemned if 1 failed to add my humble tribute 
 to the eulogies already pronounced and to be ])ronounced to 
 the memory of our colleague. He was one of the tirst of the 
 members of this body when 1 entered the Senate to welcome 
 me; and with his aid I was placed upon the Committee on 
 Public Lands, of Avhich he was chairman, and our intercourse 
 was thenceforth most pleasant and friendly. I was greatly 
 shocked by his death and felt that I had lost a personal friend. 
 
 We are again reminded of our mortality and that great use- 
 fulness, imblic honors, and exalted position furnish no exemp- 
 tion from the shafts of the insatiate archer. ■> Death meets 
 
9(i AiidiTSS of Mr. Dolpli, of Oregon, on the 
 
 us e\ery where and is jiniiinfil by cmtv iiistriiiiicnt."" It is 
 the law ..four beiiiy, tlu> uiialtt'iabk- dccTwof Heaven. In an 
 unexpected liour lie couu-s, and the laurel is eiianj;ed into 
 (•\ press, the e(pii]>aj;e of earthly power into the pall and the 
 iieaise. ^lau j;aliiers riclics. lie spends liis days lor tlie 
 thinjrs which ]ierish with their usinj;. He secures wealth and 
 ])ower and position and is snatched away and others enter into 
 his labors and enJo\' the tliiiii;s which cost him his lite. In the 
 pride of the streiii;tli of manliooil. in the lull possession ol'liis 
 natural jxiwers, in the zenitii of his usefulness, in the coiili- 
 dence and esteem of his colleaj;ues in this ("hamber and of his 
 countrymen, with and)itions for greater influence and bright 
 hopes for the future, unexpectedly and almost without luitice 
 the messenger came to liim we mourn. In tin- moriiiiig the 
 summons came, and betbre the morning's sun iiad reached its 
 meridian his s]»irit had left its earthly tenement and winged 
 its liight to give an account to the .Vuthor of its existence. 
 
 W'lieii we last saw him and iieard him upon tliis lioor lie was 
 the apparent embodiment of health and strength and seemed 
 to have the promise of many years of usefulness ami activity 
 before him. None would liavc^ iiuide the proiihecy that the 
 lirst seat to be \a<'ati'i| in the Senate wniilcj be that of 1 he 
 seidor Senator from Kausas. 
 
 I shall not attemjit to recount the incidents of the life aiul 
 the pui)lic .services of Senator I'n MH. Tiiat duty has already 
 been well ])erformed by those better i|naiilied for the tasl^. 
 During my service upon tin' < 'ommiiiee mi I'libjic Lands many 
 iini)ortant matters were brought betbre the committee for 
 consideration, and 1 had ami)le oi)i)ortiiiiity to Judge of the 
 cajiacity of our deceased brother. He >vas always (piick to 
 perceive a iioiiit and lia<l an aiua'/.ing abi it>- to iiroenl his 
 views forcibly and tersely, lie was a growing man. 11 is 
 mental powers were kept in constant tension. His wonderlid 
 
Life and Character of Preston /?. Plumb. 97 
 
 ability to ijrasi) :i ([lu'stion, to giitlier and retain iiifoi'iuatioii 
 concerning- it, and present liis views upon it, increased with 
 every year. The clearness and vigor of iiis intellect have been 
 too often shown in this Chamber to be ([uestioned. We were 
 all often surprised at the masterly manner with which he 
 absorbed information and presented measures i>cnding in the 
 Senate. 
 
 I think I do no man an injustice when I say that, for untir- 
 ing indu.stry, exhaustless energy, for ability to comprehend 
 a subject and present a proposition, and power to produce 
 results in legishition, no man in the Senate or who has been 
 a member since I entered it surpassed Senator Plumb. He 
 possessed in an unusual degree the rude elements so well suited 
 to successful contiicts in pioneer life. It is true that he lacked 
 the polish which is given by a college education, that he did 
 not possess the graces of oratory ; but he had been schooled in 
 the experiences of frontier life, in the great struggle between 
 freedom and slavery in Kansas, in the camp, on the march, 
 and in the shock of battle in defense of the Union, upon the 
 stumii in the great ])olitical contests since the war, by partici- 
 pation in tlie promotion and prosecution of great business 
 enterprises for the development of his State and the country at 
 large, in the sharp encounters of the debates of this Chamber, 
 and in the multifarious j)ublic duties of his long and successful 
 career. 
 
 What he lacked in polish and discipline imparted by schools 
 he more than made np by his native ability, his knowledge of 
 men and of practical affairs, his directness and mental force, 
 the abundance, simplicity, and clearness of his style. If the 
 masterly use of plain, terse, vigorous, and logical English, 
 which carries conviction and secures the sympathies of one's 
 auditors, is eloquence, he was eloquent. 
 
 lie detested shams, hj-jiocrisy, and display, and affected to 
 despise titles and distinctions of worldly honor. lie was too 
 S. .Mis. 22S 7 
 
98 Address of Mr. Do/p/t, of Oregon, on the 
 
 busy for the ilutics of social lil'c ami aiiparciitly iiidilfcrciit to 
 tlic laws of so-called society. Uc ueitlicr fcarcil (laiiger nor 
 sliiaiik from responsibility. He tliun^lit forhim.self ami formed 
 his own eouelusions. and by his utterances and his votes in 
 this body sometimes autajronized his party; but in an emer- 
 •jeucy, when his vote was needed to carry a jiarty measure, 
 uever failed it. 
 
 I lis conception of the mission of man upon this eartli ap- 
 peared to be similar to that of Cliajiin when he wrote, ■■ .Man 
 was sent into the world to be a growing and exhau.stless force. 
 The world was spread out arouuil him to be seized and con- 
 quered. Realmsof infinite truth burst ojjcn above him, inviting 
 him to tread those shining courts along which Newton di(tpped 
 his pluiuiiiet and llcrschel sailed, a Coluiidius uK the skies,'' 
 
 The history of the State he served .so faithfully cau not bo 
 fairly Avritten but his name will be found inscribed on almost 
 every page, and his labors will be chronicled in the account of 
 the years of her early struggles and of iicr later piiis]i(rity, 
 and in the history of Congress, since he occupied a seat in this 
 Hall, his work will form a conspicuous jiart. 
 
 Thousands of hearts have been made glad and thousands of 
 homes uuide brighter, not only in Kansas, but in other States 
 of the Union, by his ai<l, and tliousaiids felt a sense of personal 
 loss wlien he died. I was a nu'inher of the committee which 
 accompanied the remains of our lamented brother to his West- 
 ern liome and assisted in the la-st .sad rites over them. No 
 triluite we can hiing to the memory of our deceased friend can 
 eipial that of the people of his own State and of iiis fellow 
 townsmen, who, on our mournful jouriu-y through the State 
 and at his funeral, vied with one another to show their sorrow 
 and respect. \\'e Ibuml Ihi' State lilcialls in niouiiiiiii;. 'I'ln- 
 people who congregated at the cajiital of the Slate and at the 
 citv of ills residence were not drawn togetlu'r for a holiday or 
 
Life ivid Cltaractcy of I'ltstoii />'. PI it nib. !»!» 
 
 fniiii idle curidsity. Evcrywiictc were seen I lie liadji'cs of 
 iiiouniiiii;. ('poll every (•imntfiiancc iiiirei;;iu'(l soridw was 
 il('lU(tf(l. On every side were the expressions of Itotli public 
 loss and private sorrow. The general luanifestatioiis of sorrow 
 were not so much lor the loss of a pulilie servant as for a per- 
 sonal frieud. Few men in public lile luive managed to so 
 identify themselves with the people and to secure tlieir love and 
 contideuce. 
 
 After we entered the State of Kansas, at nearly every station 
 were the scarred veterans of the late war, with the flags of the 
 Grand Army ])osts draped in mourning. The universal mourn- 
 ing, the sense of sorrow and loss which pervaded the scene and 
 seemed to hang like a leaden pall over the entire State and to 
 dim the bright sunshine of the splendid December days, found 
 its center and culminating point in the home and family of the 
 deceased. Impressive indeed were the simple services in that 
 far Western home, in the presence of the stricken wife and 
 children, the mourning relatives aud intimate friends of the de- 
 ceased. The solemnity and sacredness of the occasion made 
 me almost feel as if my iJresence was an intrusion. In God's 
 acre, near the city he helped to found and whose prosperity 
 he ever labored to promote, in the State of his adoption, in the 
 glorious sunlight of a December day, under the auspices of 
 the Grand Army of the Republic, and with the touching aud 
 beautiful ceremonial of thefi' order, the mortal remains of our 
 lamented brother were committed to Mother Earth to await the 
 resurrection day. 
 
 His work is done. His restless activity, his tireless energy, 
 no longer have part or lot in the affairs of earth. The seasons 
 will come and go, spring flowers will grow about his grave, 
 winter storms will beat upon it, but his senseless ear will not 
 be reached with the voice of approbation or of censure. 
 
 As death invades our ranks and removes a colleague from 
 
10(1 .hMnss of Mr. Dolpli, of Oregon, on lln 
 
 our iiuiulx-r ami causi's a paiisc in tin- busy .scciu'S tif tin- 
 
 Senate, how arc we lemiiided of tin- sliortness aud niicer 
 
 taiiity <if liuinaii lit'cl Standing hy Ilie iicw-madf ^laves of 
 
 Hearst, of Wilson, and of 1'nMH. aud mentally askiufc our 
 
 selves who of (uir uumber will next he sinykMl out hy the grim 
 
 areher, can we fail to l)e imju'essed with the vanity of earthly 
 
 tliiiifis.' How insijjuilicani all I hose thiuj^fs for which we tuil 
 
 are when we retleet that the end of earthly thinj^s will surely 
 
 come to us as it came to them I Position, jiower, intlueuee, 
 
 how little ean they minister for consolation at such a time! In 
 
 such an houi- human sympathy is unavailing. There is hut 
 
 one consolation, that wliicdi comes to stricken hearts from the 
 
 hope that death is not the end of man. a belief that answers 
 
 in the affirmative the (piestiou •• If a man die. shall he live 
 
 again .'" aud enables its jtossessor to look forward to a n-iiniun 
 
 with tlic loved aud lost beyond the gra\ c. where sickness and 
 
 sorrow aud death can not enter. 
 
 When the minister who conducted the religious services at 
 
 his tuni ral suggested that although ills eventful and active 
 
 life was closed here our dejiarted colleague might be entering, 
 
 , in another world, upon the activitit-s of a nobler life whi<'h 
 / 
 / would be immortal, the remark seemed to bring to me the 
 
 thought of a tuture life with new meaning, that of activity. 
 
 usefulness, and tleveloi>mciit. Let us be consoled with tiic 
 
 hope that the energies of our dcpaitcd brother have fouiul on 
 
 wider fields and in more delightful employment o]>port unities 
 
 for renewed activity. 
 
 Socrates, when about to drink the hemlock, consuhil his 
 
 friends by saying: •' If the soul be immortal and i>erpetual re 
 
 wards be laid up for wise souls, then 1 lose nothing by my 
 
 death; but. if it be not. then I lose nothing by my opinion: 
 
 for it supports my sjjjrit in its jjassagi- aud the evil of being 
 
 deeeJNcd can not overtake me wlien I have no being." 
 
[Jfc and Character of Preston B. J'/ioiili. l<il 
 
 The Cliiistiiui does not, like Socrates, irn)[)e in darkness and 
 uncertainty to tiiid the evidence of immortality, but Ids hope, 
 built upon the proiriiscs coTitaincd in (lod's rexcalecl will to 
 man. looks forward In a brighter lilc otctcrnall)less<'<lncss and 
 
 j<»y- 
 
 Address of Mr, Allison, of Iowa, 
 
 ■Mr. Allison. Mi-. President, as has been said, it is titling 
 that we should from time to time occupy a brief period iu pay- 
 lug tribute to our departed brethren in this body. Jly knowl- 
 edge' of Senator Plt'JUS and ni\- relations to him during nearly 
 the entire time of his service here make it Utting that I should 
 say something on this occasion. His death was sudden and 
 wholly unexpected to his associates in this Ohamber. He had 
 jusr emergeil from active participation in the reorganization of 
 the committees of this body, always a dltticult task at the be- 
 ginning of a Congress. I remember that only a day oi- two 
 before his death he said to me that that reorganization had 
 taken much time and given him considerable anxiety, because 
 of the large number of new Senators entering the body, and 
 he was glad it had been so well and so satisfactorily arranged 
 and dlsiiosed of, little thinking tor the moment that the next 
 business of the committee of which he was an active member 
 would be to arrange to fill the places which he himself occu- 
 pied. 
 
 1 shall not enter Into the details ol' the life and services of 
 Senator Plumb prior to his entrance into this body. That has 
 already been done .i;rai)hically by his colleague [Mr. Pefpek] 
 and by others who have iireeeded me. It is a most interest- 
 ing aud instructive story to those who may study his life and 
 ]niblic servi(-e. It disclose.s his aggressive spirit and his coni 
 
10-2 AiMrtss of Mr. Allison, of Iowa, on the 
 
 l.alivc ii;itiiii', so well described l>y tin- Sinator tVoiu Virginia 
 [Ml. Danikls). These were not only natural to him. hut in a 
 hir;;i' (h"j;ri'f were thi- result of his early eduiatiou. training, 
 and association. When lie souj;ht a lu'w home be migratod tii 
 the new Territory nf Kansas, and douliiless the situation there 
 iiidu.fd him to leave ids native Stale to participate in the 
 struj;j:les there. No one knew better than he at that time the 
 nature of the contest waginjj there. He has described to me 
 many times the portion of that Journey whieh lay throuj;h my 
 own State. He and his little l)and of companions landed on 
 the west bank of the .Mississipjii, at l>aveni)ort, in Iowa, and 
 and with wa;;«)ns containin« small arms and a L'-pounder held 
 piece, in addition to their ordinary lugjjajre, they traversed the 
 
 State of Iowa fr the Mississipjii to tln' ^Missouri. 
 
 It was no holiday .journey to them. They were to take i)art 
 in that great lueliminary contiict in the State of Kansas which 
 shook this nation afterward and reverberated around the 
 world. -Mr. I'l.iMU took active part in that eonllict from 1S.")() 
 to 1S()1, and then in the larger contiict that followed, and, when 
 that had ended, he retunu'd to Kan.sas and took an active i)art 
 in the development and growth of the State. That growth 
 was remarkable not oidy as to the cliaracter of its beginning, 
 lint 111 all stages of its develoi)uient later on. His per.scniality 
 was .so conspicuous, his ability was so well recognized among 
 liis associates and .so commanding, as to make it fitting that 
 the Legislature of the State should designate him as one of its 
 Senators at the early age of 4(t. Hut few men, in the strug- 
 gles and activities that lead to this Chamber, icaeh if at this 
 e:'-ly age. I doubt if there are more than three or Ibui of 
 tiiose now in this body who reached it at the age of 40. 
 
 When I heard the distinguished Senator from Illinois [Mr. 
 Palmer), m his able .speech this morning on his proposed 
 amendment, reconiiting the dreams of the fathers of the ('on- 
 
Life and Cliaractcr of Preston />'. Pin))!!). 1()."3 
 
 stitutidii ;is f(i what the Sciialc was liUcl.\ lo he, tlial is, tliat it 
 would be cDUiposeil ol' tlic iimst ciiiiiicnl men nl' (lie se\-eral 
 States, my mind recurred at (iiicc td kScnaldr l'i,i;:\m as a dis- 
 tiiiiiuislied illustration ot tlie realization of thai dream, not 
 only as respects bis beiuy cue ot the strongest men in his 
 State, but also as au illustration ot the fact that duiinj;- all his 
 period ot service liere he largely and trnl.\- icpresented the 
 sentiment ot his State and its ]ieoi>le njion the public (|ues- 
 tions that from time to time have appeared here for public de- 
 bate and legislative action. 
 
 I first becanu^ personally ac(iuainteil witii Senator Plumh 
 on liis entrance here as a member ot this body. In March, 
 1881, by the accidents and chances of this Chamber, it so hap- 
 pened that three Senators from the Democratic side left the 
 Senate who were members of the Committ(^e on Api)ropria- 
 tions, leaving upon the committee as Democrats Senator Davis 
 of West Virginia and Senator Beck, the Democrats having a 
 nmjority of the committee during the Forty-sixth Congress. 
 It so happened also that at that time the term of one i;e]nib- 
 licaii Senator, also a nu'inber of the committee, ceased, and 
 two other Rei)ublicans, Senator Blaine and Senator Windom, 
 both members of the committee, were invited into the Cabinet 
 of President Gartield. So but three members of the committee 
 in the Forty-sixth Congress were left when the Forty-seventh 
 began. The liepublican i)aity was in the majority then, and 
 Senators Logan, Dawes, Hale, and Plumh were added to the 
 Committee on Appropriations frcmi the Kepublican side and 
 Senators Ransom and Cockrell from the Democratic side. 
 
 Thns a majority of the members of the committee were new 
 in its service, although Senators Logan, Dawes, and Hale had 
 had large exi)erienc,e on the committee in the House <if Repre- 
 sentatives. Thus newly organized the committee entered upon 
 its imi)ortaut work. 
 
104 . Icidrcss of Mr. Allison, of Iowa., on the 
 
 Senator Plimb entered upou the woi k with /cal and lMiiuj;ht 
 to the consideration of the subjects considered his great ability, 
 unlirin.i; industry, and active watchfulness, and soon became 
 familial- with the work, and continued until the time of his 
 death as one of its most etlicient, faithful, and devoted mem- 
 bers. No task assigned him was left undone or partially done. 
 
 lie patiently investijjati'il every detail, not only as to the 
 bills in his special charj;e, but in committee gave full atten- 
 tion to all the great approi)riation bills annually reported to 
 carry on the (roxiiniiuiu. ami always participated in the 
 debates that followed upon contested points in the Senate, 
 thus contributing largely and actively in the solution of ques- 
 tions coining from that committee. So in conference with the 
 other House, tenacious of the views of the Senate, he was 
 always willing to reach a conclusion by fair and just compro- 
 mise of conflicting opinions developed between the two Houses. 
 So that he was a most able, valuable, and useful meniber of the 
 committee for ten years. 
 
 During this time death has laid a heavy hand upon the mem- 
 bers of the committee. First Gen. Logan, then Senator Beck, 
 and last, but not least in any sense, Senator PiA'iin. 
 
 Although not early trained in the arts of the schools, I need 
 not say to nidi r members of this Chamber that he was one of 
 its ablest and most accom]ilished debaters, not in the orna- 
 nu'utations that characterized his speech, but in the persuasive- 
 ness and power of his arguments. Whilst he always hail a 
 purpose, anil a will to execute that purpose, he was patient in 
 its accomplishment. T could give many illustrations of this. 
 1 need give but one. For many years he desired, as did the 
 peoi)le of the Southwest, not only the far Southwest, in Texas, 
 but in the adjacent States of Missouri, Kansas, and Aikansas, 
 that the Indian Territory, which was held tiiere as in a sack, 
 slioidd lie oi)eneil up to settlement by the citizens of the United 
 
rjfe and Character of Prcsfoii />'. Pliinih. 105 
 
 States, in ui<ler that that reyimi niiglit be more rapidly devel- 
 oped. Indian treaties and oblijia lions to the five tribes were 
 in the waj'. There were those who songht to ()])eii this Tt'rri- 
 tory without re.iiard to our fri'aty oi)li;;ations with the Indians. 
 
 If the statutes relating to this subject aud the debates lead- 
 iufi' to their passage are examined, it will be seen that Senator 
 Plumb was the pioneer in this Chamber, as I believe his suc- 
 cessor, Mr. Perkins, was in tii(^ other, of a series of statutes 
 that have resulted in the establishment of the Territory of 
 Oklahoma, and which will result in the future in absorbing 
 into a. single civilized State of the Union all there is now left 
 of what was known for many years as the Indian Territory. 
 Senator Plumb, with his energy, his watchfuluess of opi>ortune 
 times, with his power of persuasion and liis patience, accom- 
 plished as much if not more in this Chamber and iu Congress 
 for the region that he more immediately represented than any 
 other Senator upon this lioor, and I do not wish to disparage 
 other Senators or their efforts. 
 
 When he went to the Territory of Kansas it was sparsely in- 
 liabited, aud only on the margin of its great river, and was 
 practically an Indian reseivatiou. Its jirairies were as wild as 
 the tiowers that grew ui)on them, and the streams of Kansas 
 Lad only recently reflected the face of the white man, if we 
 except the travelers that crossed it to tlie Pacific Ocean. 
 When the State of Kansas was admitted in IS(;i it had only a 
 fraction over one hundred thousand jieople. So even when 
 Senator Plumb came into this Chamber many of the questions 
 arising out of Indian reservations and homestead settlements 
 and the oc<'upation of the public lands were unsettled and 
 required legislation to make sure the titles to the lands of 
 those who had taken homesteads or made xnirchases for homes* 
 all of these difficult questions received his assiduous care. 
 
 He was representing a new State, so truly characterized by 
 
Ulii .IMrtss of Mr. .Ulison, of hnca^ on the 
 
 the Sciiatur fnnii Kansas, his colleagrm- [Mr. IVHcr]. as a State 
 abiii'iMial in its growth, which is without a paiallel in the liis- 
 tory ofauy State iu the Union. That growth canictl into the 
 State of Ivausas. dining his service of fourteen years in this 
 (.'iianiher, a i)o])uiali(in e(|nal to one-half of the present popn- 
 hitiou. So Senator I'UMI! liad not only tiie.se great interests 
 in iliis Chamber to .support and subserve, but he liad also the 
 l)rivate wishes and wants and needs of a new iind rajuilly 
 growing constituency in the various Executive Departments. 
 
 I have often thought thai Senators in this Chamlier repre- 
 seutinu more easterly States have but little knowledge of the 
 immense detail of business that a representative in this Cham- 
 ber of a Western State has as res])ects the i>ublic lands, as 
 re.spects ipiestions growing out of the Indian situation, and 
 above all as respects questions growing out of the i)ension 
 legi.slatioii and the needs of ai)i)licants for pensions. A recur- 
 rence to the statistics of pensioners will disclose the fact that 
 in proiiortion to the population the State of Kansas has a 
 larger number of pensioners than any other State in this I'nion. 
 The tendency of the men who .served in the war and who are 
 drawing ]tensions from our (lovernment was for many years to 
 migrate westward from the older States of the rnion. There- 
 fore it was that Senator I'l.iMi! had upon his shoulders during 
 the fourteen years of his juiblie .service not only the great (|ues 
 tioiis which always arise art'ectiug the whole country which he 
 participated in here so fully and .so ably in debate and other- 
 wise. 1 ml he also had other great questions of a special and 
 local character requiring legislation and careful attention in 
 the Departments. All the.se required con.stant and continuous 
 elVoit. So lie was. as stated by the Senator from Missouri 
 [.Mr. Cockrell|. a worker in season and out of season. 
 
 But with all this he had an ambition above and beyond, .so 
 well stated by his colleague, and that was an ambition to sue- 
 
Life am/ C/i<inni,T of Pirsfoii Ik Plumb. 
 
 107 
 
 <-C('d in ;i business way. U'liiist, in' \v;is cnpi.iicd iifir in liis 
 l)ul)lie wink ;ni(i l.'Mvini; notliinii' uinloiic Unit rc(|ninMl his at 
 tentiini, lio i'niiaf;c(l in fntcriniscs and activities not only in 
 his own State, hut in nuiiiy other States, lie had <aut;lit that 
 si)irit ot'siteeiilation and tiirift and euer.uy in<-identio tiie new 
 State, of Kansas, whieh inclined liini to make ventures in oth<T 
 fields of investment, where safe and protitable. 
 
 He often differed with his party friends in tliis Cluunber as 
 re.Spects public measures, and did not hesitate to ex])ress his 
 views with eourajie. T.ut he also believed that in a free gov- 
 ernment like ours we would in the future as heretofore have 
 government by party as respects iiublie policies and public 
 measures; so he always acted with the Itepublican party, and 
 was one of its leaders, because he believed that it more nearly 
 reflected his views upon great public (luestious than any other. 
 
 So, IMr. President, I i)ay this brief tribute to om- departed 
 friend, knowing how imperfect it is. 
 
 His career is one of the most rennirkable and unique in our 
 history. Without early opportuidty, such as is the fortune of 
 most of those who enter this Chamber, by his ability, his 
 energy, his force of charaeter, he forged his way to the highest 
 lilace of power and influence in this body and in the couutry. 
 His a.ssociates here, tin- people of his own State, and the 
 eouutrv at large mourn his loss and revere his memory. 
 
 ADDRESS OF Mr, TURPIE, OF INDIANA. 
 
 Mr. TuRriK. Mr. President. Preston B. Plumb, the late 
 Senator from Kansas, was an excellent type of the class of 
 statesmen belonging to the era which followed the civil war. 
 Ilis public or ofticial life c(jmmenced during the period of that 
 great confliict, and in its course was nearly equall.N divided l)e- 
 
l((^i Address of Mr. Ttirpii. of Iitdiaiia, on the 
 
 tweeu sfixice to liis Stat<' ami tin' iiatimi. Liviiij,' in a dcliat- 
 alili' and holder laiiil, wlicic siiioilificd war was the comlitioii 
 loiij;- bt't'orc liostilitips hccame llayraiit, .schooled l)y the roiiy:h 
 discipline incident thereto, he had heen a sol<lier even before 
 he joined Ihe army of the Union. His liearing was always 
 tliat of the soldier: not tin' trained rej,MUai-. hnl the \(ilnnteer 
 who liad laktMi up arms for a certain cause with_a certain pur- 
 pose. 
 
 Chosen to a .seat in the Senate of the United .States at the 
 aye of Kt. without i)re\ious ( "oii.uicssional experience, he from 
 the first took and always afterwards retained a conspicuous part 
 in the del)ates and i)roceedin<;s of this branch of the National 
 Lej^islature. Such a position, under these circumstances, could 
 only ha\e heen assumed by one of quick apprehension, of su- 
 perior address, stronj^ convictions, and jiowers of rapid {gen- 
 eralization, traits in his cliaractcM- well marked ami recof;ni/.ed. 
 Mis freiiuent participation in debate did not lessen his work 
 in private conference oi- in the committee room. 
 
 The cast of liis niiml was in all tliiii.iis practical. He was 
 thoroujihly devoted to the realities of life. To he of usi — of 
 present use — to those whom he immediately reiireseiitcd and 
 the larfier constituency of the whole country, this was the 
 aim of liis aiuhn ion. In the puisuit <ii' it lir cxiiihitcil a iios- 
 pitality of S]iirit, an expansive .symjjathy, and an enthusiasm 
 ever fresh; welcomed cheerfully all labor, all dilUculties. all 
 detiactions which niisht attend it. Thoujih ordinarily a zeal- 
 ous and steadfast jiartisan, he sonietiiiu's let't the cani]p of ids 
 political associates to slainl upon what lie dc4'med to lie the 
 .side of the ])eoi)le. 
 
 <'liar;red in conversation upon a rcceiil occasion ol'this sort, 
 half jocosely, with desertion, lie answered, "I am no deserter; 
 I have joined — 1 have oiiIn just now joined— .-the force to w liicli 
 I helonj,' in this lijilii." 
 
Life and C'/i(yrnrfrr of Pirs/oit /!. riiimb. I(i'.» 
 
 ThoUffh 111' tV('(|ii('iilly jiddicssccl tlic ScuMtc lie diil init coir 
 fiiit' liiinscir to ;i siii<il(' tlioiiic. lie s|>okc. niul sjiolic will, 
 upon ;i wide riliiji'c of subjects. 
 
 The style was like the iiiaii, idhiisl, eaincst, aliiiiiated. 
 
 The salient points of a (|Ucstioii he selected with inieirini; 
 diseeninieiit. (>ii these he dwelt — seldom made oi' sull'ered a 
 diversion. His manner of reasonini; was Incisive, direct, lie 
 often tra\'eled across lots to a conehision stated with clearness, 
 foice, and Inevity. lie dealt not much w itii the old ])ast oi' its 
 history, not even with that of his own country. The past for 
 him was tlu' period. just l)efore the war. It was not often that 
 he alluded to a date more ancient. Indeed, in a life crowded 
 with action he had not nuich opportunity, perhaps little taste, 
 for contemplative study or research. 
 
 To the questions of the day he gave the answeis of the "lay, 
 of the hour, as they were sugj;ested liy a mind self taught, 
 well furnished, and of singular \igor and originalit.\'. 
 
 From the multiplicity of his laboi's and manifold variety of 
 the public affairs in which he was employed and concerned, it 
 is not probable that he usually iiuide more than one examina- 
 tion of the sultject in argunu'nt. lie looked but once, but in 
 that one loolc he saw more than most of us. lie was too much 
 hurried to have derived his strength from prolonged deliber- 
 ation; it came rather from his swiftness of vision and his ca- 
 ])acity instantly to summon his intellectual faculties at their 
 best to his snpi)ort. Leisure he did not desire; he had not 
 reached that period of life when one of his mental character- 
 istics might have enjoyed it. 
 
 After a service of nearly fifteen years in this body, he died 
 at the age of 54. He had scarcely passed ihe midsummer of 
 his days. Autumn may have slightly tinged his views of men 
 and things in the world as he had at first seen them, but he 
 had taken no measured retrospect even of his own career; the 
 
IIU .IMrcss of Mr. Tiirph\ of Indiana^ on tJic 
 
 winter of ajre he had not It-It. ("oiilil lie liavc tairitMl with us 
 loiijliT, iciiiainiiii: as he wuiihl a iiii'iiihiT ol' tins Ixxly, what of 
 profit luijiht we not have t-xpccted aud received from tlie {gath- 
 ered wisihiin. the reasoned experience from the hirj^e {:ro\vth 
 in statesmanship wliicii most certainly awaited his maturer 
 years ? 
 
 Wliat can any account be of such a life, closiu}^ so prema- 
 turely, but a sketch? The life itself was merely an outline, a 
 design unfinished. 
 
 I recollect very well an e]o(|ui'iit dif^iession of this Senator, 
 which we heai'd with dclij^ht duriu}^ thesession of the last Con- 
 jjress. The immediate subject of discussion was irri<;ation. 
 Some measure relatinjr to this then pending, as he thouylit, 
 involved the exclusion from actual settlement of large areas of 
 the pulilic lands containiiij;' sources and stores of water, and 
 with this also much larger tracts adjacent, dependent upon 
 these sources for supply. He made a cursory review of the 
 general land policy of the Government, showing what a rich 
 inheritance had been once in possession of I lie jieojile; how 
 the preemi)tioii and the liomestead laws had made the jjoorest 
 man an heir thereof. 
 
 He deplored t lie methods in wliich iiiis iiiagniliceiit patri- 
 mony had lieeii wasted, the way in which homes had been 
 hindered, harmed, and destroyed by profiis(> and extravagant 
 grants and subventions to schemes of corporate s])eculation, 
 Ue said that in the home of the husbandman ufioii his small 
 subdivision of SO or ICO acres, dotting the long lines of double 
 frontier apiiroacliiii;^ each other tVoiii either seaboard — t1iat in 
 these lay the strength, the defense, and fortress of American 
 liberty, and that the residue of this estate, as far as his action 
 niiglit avail, should in the future be faithfully administered to 
 the end that these lioni(!s, the citadels of freedom, might be 
 multiplied and i c|ilenislicd. The close of his reniaiks was suf 
 
Life and ('haracler of rrc^^ton A', rinnib. HI 
 
 rase<l witli ;i piitlios rmrly licnnl in tliis prescMicc. Many Sena- 
 tors loft tlicir soats ti> t.'ii.lcr liiin tlifir coiifiiatulatioiis upon a 
 declaration so I'rank, so nianil'cstly sincere; which attracted as 
 much attention elsewhere as in this liouse. 
 
 Thou.u-h not tiiou.ulit ol' at the time, this proved to l>e his 
 final expression of opinion upon this sul)iect, a suhjeet t() 
 which he had devoted many years of uureniittiug toil and 
 solicitude. Oiu'conld hardly have wished for a noliler endin--. 
 As onr departed brother lived in haste, so he died. Thouf^h 
 well versed in and faithfully observant of the rules and usages 
 of the .Senate, it seems that up(t!! this occasion he neither asked 
 nor obtained leave of absence. He is absent without leave- 
 without our leave, not without the leave and order of the All- 
 wise Master of Assemblies presidiu.i; in the councils of the just. 
 He left us with little notice or warning, without ceremony, 
 without much ado. We may fancy his revisitiui;- shade enter- 
 ing to-day this Chamber, hushed in quiet, would ask. as his 
 manner was, brusquely, but kindly, "Why should there have 
 been any ceremony? Summoned by such a messenger, I must 
 needs go and go at once." Or, indeed, why should tlieie be 
 anything of ceremonial following the death of the heir jire- 
 sumptive of an ancient and mighty kingdom which should not 
 also attend the demise of this prince, not presumptive or ap- 
 paient, but reigning, crowned and throned in the hearts of the 
 people, sovereigns of a wide donuiin, who gave to him his title, 
 who claimed and received his homage and his most loyal 
 
 service ''. 
 
 The district and state of death form only a vast democracy 
 in which all are e(pmls; yet when one who has been ennobled 
 by the people dies the eventmay be well noted, that those who 
 live, are yet to live, may learn the worth, the way of this 
 advancement, wherein may be read the story of a life, in any 
 earthly sense too short, broken and interrupted, quite worthy 
 of renu-mbrance. 
 
Ill' .IM/Tss of Mr. Hali\ of Maine, on the 
 
 A cliild born far from the luirplc. rcari'd in povi-ity and oh- 
 sciirity, who in his ynnth walked Imoyantly enough alnnjj the 
 coniiuon path awhile, by his unaidt-dcliort and cajjacity strotle 
 from lieiglit to Iicij^bt. until bi- bad neithi-r faintly nor dimly 
 inscrihi'd bis name anion;;' tlie lawgivers and i-ulers of a great 
 nation. And iliere ilie curtain falls; a famous actor, busied 
 with the seeue, deeply engaged in bis part, suddenlj' (juits tlie 
 stage, nevi-r to be called back. 
 
 Not the thundering ])Iandits of encore from tbe listening 
 multitudes who but last snnimei' bung upon tbe accents of bis 
 stirring eloquence, not fie teuderest appeals of tbose nearer 
 voices, whose ligbtest whisper be bail been wont to regard, 
 none of tbese now reach or toucb bini. 
 
 Tbe curtain, fallen for a brief space, is rai.sed again. One 
 of the most notable characters therein has unconsciously made 
 his hist appearance. Tbe drama proceeds. 
 
 ADDRESS OF Mr. Hale, of Maine. 
 
 Mr. Hale. Mr. President, after all thai has lieeii so well 
 said I can only speak of tbe late Senator from Kansas as we 
 saw him iierc. When lie died this body lost one of its ablest 
 meinl)i-is. Wherever Mr. Pltmb was he made himself felt, 
 and Ibis tlooi a Horded a lining arena lor the display of bis gi'eat 
 aiiilities. Few imitortant measures in tlie i)ast tilteen years 
 liave liecome laws without the belj) (d' bis forming band. I-"ew 
 sclicmes of doubtful wisdom liave gone to their grave without 
 licing assisted thereto b\ liim. Ilis aiti\ity and energ.\ were 
 immense, and Ids investigation and reUection covered the widest 
 range of subjects. His service upon imjiortant committees was 
 so faithful that wbcnexer a meeting was called it found him 
 ])resent, prepared and ready for work, lb- niadi'this his busi- 
 ness, and if be had donlits to iaiseandobjectionstoiirgethe.se 
 
/,//('■ and Cliaractcr of Prcsloii /!. riitiiil). ll.'J 
 
 were liist bniiii;lil liirwai'd in (lir coliiiMil Ice idoiii. lie was in 
 this I'csjicct an example wlioin we will (In well ti> I'dIIiiw. 
 
 On this tkior he never clianiiiidnrd a measure witlmnl lirst 
 studying' it t'lMin all sides, and uo man lieie euuld maintain his 
 eanse better than .Mr. I'LUMB. lie was li\ nature at;j;ressi\-e, 
 and I think all ofus felt that we were undertaking adangerous 
 busines.s when we opposed hiui, and that we needed to bi; armed 
 and equipped most eoiui)letely, else our diseomtiture would be 
 certain, ine\itable. Jle scrutinized closely all important bills, 
 and whenevei-, as the result ot such scrutiny, he became the 
 a.'^sailant, the Senator who had charge of the bill s<i assailed 
 needed to have all his wits about him if he woulil save his 
 measure. 
 
 Not a few of us have felt keenly w,tuiids received in en- 
 counter \vith ]\Ir. Plumb ; but however sharply we may have 
 differed with him I think we have all felt that tht^ warfare 
 was lionorable, and that in the thrust and ])arry of debate the 
 deceased Seuatiir was a fair and oftentimes generous antago 
 nist. He coiUd not help being positive; his whole lite from 
 boyhood had been active, earnest, and, whenever the need 
 arose, belligerent. 
 
 His colleague, in a eulogy wliich I have never seen surjjassed 
 liere and which s(>emed to me to l)e a model for such an occa- 
 sion as this, has told us the most intere.sting story of that life, 
 built up as it was by never-ceasing activity and effort. None of 
 his successes were accidental; his great triumphs were hardly 
 eai-ned. The ix'ople of a great State loved and honored him 
 and placed uu<|ualiiicd trust in him. The people of a greater 
 nation were conung to know him and to properly estimate him, 
 and he was at his best when death knocked at his door and 
 would have entrance. Longer service here would have made 
 his public life of still greater value, for he was growing every 
 
 (lay; but this was not to be. 
 S. Mis. 228 8 
 
114 ^Iddrcss of Mr. }IaU\ ojMaini, on the 
 
 Ui.s souial .side was of the kiml that makes it pk-asaiit to 
 ivcall it. His attachments were stroiifr and lie loved to be 
 wiili Ills friends, and in every company where he was found he 
 added to tlie sum of cnjoyiiiiiil . lie was a lilieral yiver. and 
 in the many drafts which I ha\'e known made ui>on his gener- 
 osity I do not recall one wiiich he did not honor, and those 
 wlio knew him i)est will long remember the unproclaimed 
 charities wliicli lietiowered Ins jiathway all through life. 
 
 Our deceased colleague, Mr. I'resident, wore himself out 
 before his time. He hardly knew the meaning of the word 
 rest. No man here i>nt as many working hours into each day 
 as he, and his work was always done at highest pressure. He 
 had Mo idle moments. He was constantlj' investigating, read- 
 ing, and thinking, and so it came about that at an age wln^n 
 the best i)art of his life ought to ha\e been before him all 
 the niachin<'iy of his being suddenly siojiix-cl; it conhl run \\<i 
 longer. His work was done, although much is left to do in 
 which he, as we look at it, ought to have a part. 
 
 This great body has never loo much of the earnestness, the 
 assiduity, the experience which Mr. Plumb furnished to its 
 service. 
 
 The Senate, though it is beyond tlie constant fluetiiations 
 which are a feature of the other branch of the National Legis- 
 lature, is yet a greatly shifting a^ssembly. Mr. Tlumb, at the 
 time of his death, had been a Senator lor almost lifteen years. 
 There arc liere but seven who have .seen longer continuous 
 service. They are Senators Morrill, Sherman, Ransom, Alli- 
 son, Jones of Nevada, Dawes, and Coekrell. Six others took 
 seats in this Chamber at the same tinu-witli Mr. Pn ■:mi!. Ail 
 the rest of us, .seventy-five in all, are, (•omi)aratively speaking, 
 new Senators. 
 
 Mr. Presid(!nt, the old landmarks here ai'c disappearing. 
 Death, withdrawal, the mutation of |ioliii<-s, eat them away. 
 
Lift- and Character of J'ns/oii B. J'lituil). 115 
 
 Now an oalv iii lln' forest lias fallen. W'liich of us. as we look 
 at tliat seat wliieh lie held so loiii^. does not, throU.i;li liieliioiy's 
 visia, behold that lun-yed front, that aggressi\c i)reseiiee, tiiat 
 intrepid, ruthless eonibatant? And which of us, seoiiif; that he 
 is not there, does not feel that in his ec'lijjse there has passed 
 from sight a most couspieuous tij^ure of the United States 
 Senate! 
 
 Mr. I'EFFEK. Mr. President, the .senior Senator from New 
 Jersey [Mr. McPhersonJ desired to take part in these memorial 
 exercises, and he expected to do so until yesterday, Avhen he 
 was suddenly called away froni the city; so that, very much 
 to his regret and to our disappointment, it is not ])ossible for 
 him to be with us to-day. 
 
 ADDRESS OF Mr. Chandler, of New Hampshire. 
 
 Mr. CnANDLEK. Mr. President, the nt>table incidents in the 
 life and career of the lamented Preston B. Plumb, as citizen, 
 soldier of the Union, and Senator of the United States, have 
 been recited by the senior Senator from Kansas and other Sen- 
 ators with minuteness, accuracy, and Justice. Mr. Plumb's 
 words and deeds have impressed themselves ui)on the minds 
 of his ])eople, and their influence for good has been felt far 
 beyond the contines of his own Commonwealth. His public 
 record will continue to stand a proud memory to Kansas, to 
 the great West, and to the nation, each of which he served 
 with untiring industry and with unsurpassable zeal and tidel- 
 ity, inspired by a spirit of the broadest and truest patriotism. 
 
 It is permitted to me to give voic(^ to my impressions of the 
 characteristics of Senator Plumb, derived from an acquaint- 
 ance of years, disturbed by no cfuitroversies or discords. 
 Phvsically he was a typical American, strong, erect, athletic, 
 
116 Address of Mr. C/iaiid/tr, of Xcw Haiiipsftirc, on llic 
 
 and aii'it. Wliercver In- wi-iit his beaiiiif; t'lialleiij;c'd attcii- 
 tioii, siijijiesti'il nowiT, and commanded admiration. It sci-ms 
 that he had soiiu' jiivmonitions of i)Lysical weakness, but tliis 
 was iiidvUinvn to mc. 1 discovered none and he mentioned 
 none in two h)nj;' eouversatious which I hehl with liim at tlie 
 lieji'innint; of the present session of Conjiress. lie was the 
 last jiiTson in the Senati' whom I wouUl liave expected to see 
 suddenly and fatally strn<k down, and to me till the last he 
 was a splendid .sj)ecinien of American maidmod. 
 
 Senator Pli'MB's intellectual traits wcri' not obscure even 
 to a limited observe!'. .Vcuteiiess of peree])tion, directness in 
 his mental processes, camlor and fairness in reasoninj:f, fullness 
 of information, ami a vi\id imaginati(ni. all manifesteil throiij;li 
 nuiisnal tliiency of s))eech, made him formidable in e.Ktempo 
 raneiius deliate. His was a rare and ,i;ifted mind: not a rouj^h 
 diamond, altlumjih not polished by literary cnltiire in the halls 
 of learning; a mind exiianded, matured, and made symmetrical 
 ami brilliant by lonji years of contact and lionoral)le contiict 
 with intellects developetl by experiences like his own. 
 
 His attainments were by no means provincial. After coming; 
 into |iiil)lir life his restless mind w andereil ihron^h many fields 
 of iiKiuiry, and his general knowledge was ample. Our friend 
 was wont to s])eak slightingly, half in jest and half in earnest, 
 of the needs of onr diplomatic service abroad. Yet he wotild 
 li:i\ e made a most credit aide foreign minister, would have easily 
 ada|)ted himself to the surroundings of a di])lomatic lite, aiul 
 would have been a favorite with all whom he met. Like soiiu' 
 other re])reseiitati\es wliom we ha\(' sent abroad, notably the 
 (list inf^nisiied (nii. Kulieri ('. Selienek. by liis plain, straight 
 forward American ways he wnnld have commanded resi)ect and 
 would have done honor to the great Ke](ublic. 
 
 The use wliicii Seiiatol Pl.l'MB made of his great pliNsical 
 and mental gilts was wholly commendable, lie labored tor 
 
Life and Cliaractcr of Pycslon /-'. I'luuih. 117 
 
 liiriiscir ;inil liis r.iiiiily and aft|iiiicil a liandsoiuc tuitunr. 
 "Scest tlioii a mail (lilifiLMit ill his Imsiiicss; he shall slain! lic- 
 I'oic Iciii-s; he shall not stand before mean lurn." \\\\\ in- w\s, 
 li'ctfd no public duly. He was uiircniil I in.i;- in his altcntion to 
 Sciiarorial (lurstioiis. I*'c\v Senators maintained so lai'};e ;l 
 eorrespolidenee as lie did willi his eoiist itnents. The settle- 
 ment of vexed i|Ueslioiis eoiieeriiinn' the (mlilic lands, of the 
 eoininittee on which he was the head, received his best tlioiiuht. 
 and his most eariP'st woilc. Tlu' allairs of the District of 
 <'oliiiubia he knew by heart; and as ehairiuaii of the siibeoiii- 
 tiiittee of the (J(niiraittee on Apjuopriatioiis, in chari;'e of the 
 District appropriation bill, he was a eonstaiit and faithful 
 guardian of the prosperity of the Nation's Capital. 
 
 He studied ecoiioinic unestioiis with avidity and discussed 
 them with iutelligeiice and ariiteness. On no mooted subject 
 of legislation ilid lie intend to be without information and au 
 opiniim; and no predictions could safely be made as to the 
 result of any important debate witlnuit taking into a-ccount 
 the etfect of his participation. ITe spared him.self no labor of 
 investigation, was piiiietual in his atteiulaiie.e, shrunk from no 
 responsibility, was fearless in his speeches and his votes, and 
 his career will unquestionably be recordeil in the history of his 
 own State as that of an indomitable, cai»ahle, thoroughly in 
 formed, eloquent, and patriotic American Senator. 
 
 Yet to this man, ajipareiitly in robust and perfect health 
 and destined to many years of life and labor, a sudden end 
 came through overwork. It is a common remark that the in- 
 valids live the longest. They are careful and prudent, while 
 the stalwart men tax tlieir energies to the utmost and otteii go 
 down incmaturely like the friend we mourn. In tin- prime of 
 life, at the age of tifty-four, smhlenly, and with little warning, 
 absent from his wife and his children, this great, powerful man 
 passed away from life, and we shall hear his voice ami see his 
 face no more. 
 
lis Aihiriss of Mr. Chandler, of New Hawpshirc, on tin- 
 
 <)|' Ilic iiiiiiiy Ifssuus to l>i' taken tn litMit by tlic associates 
 of till' ilcail Sciialiir. tau;rlil by liis startling il>|iainin' anil by 
 till' ri'i-eut ileatlis of othiT conspicuous personages. I will sug- 
 gest but two, the oue most evident being the trite waruing of 
 the ihity of constant reailiness to surrender the possessions of 
 this life and to lueel the mysteries of tiie next. -Aniong all 
 things that arc done under the sun," the Psalmist says there is 
 one event which cometh alike to all, " for man also knoweth not 
 his time." Yet strangely does it ai>i)ear, says a i>hiloso|)hical 
 writer, Ilial Ihe very la|)se of lime wliiili brings death neam 
 to us makes us less mindful of its approach. Apparently, 
 the longer we live the surer we are that ileath will not come. 
 The habit of living excludes the idea of dying. We think it 
 natural that others should go, but igiuire our own dangi-r. 
 This is unwisdom. With no tre])idation or slavish fear, liut 
 oonstantly mindful tiiat the eiul is not far otf, we slnmld per 
 form our daily duties and reverently walk the i)ath which is 
 nightly bringing us oiu' tlay's luarcii nearer the eternal lioine. 
 
 liut while keeping ourselves always reasonably mindful of 
 the certainty of death, we should also cultivate tlii^ iiu>st fer 
 vent faith in the .soul's immortality. We can not know, but 
 M-ecan feel ami believe, that death opens to us the jiortals of a 
 new and higher life. Indeed, we all resolutely refuse to believe 
 that annihilation is possible. The thoughtful writer of the 
 Kidgmas of Life calls attention to what he says is a uni 
 versal experiem-e, that when we enter the apartment of the 
 dead and looli upon the I'aceof the tVieml t'oi- whom \\ e mourn 
 we never have the feeling that the departed one is there. 
 Reverently and ti'iiderly we treat the renuiins. But the mind 
 we knew we do not coiu-eive is pre.sent with us. We i'eel that 
 llic soul, if it exists, has gone elsewhere. Why should It not 
 t'xist? It is true we have noju-oof. It is a part of the Divine 
 order that we shall not have proof, but that by faith alone 
 
Life and Character of Prrshni A', riiimb. H'.t 
 
 whilo iM'iv wr si, Mil t:ik.' li.il.l -I' ct-Tnily. I'.nl xvilli on.' iiiii 
 versil a.'n.nl inaiikin<l utters tlir .■(.n.-lnsion ..f I 1h' -real i-o.'!, 
 -It nnistl.rs,.;" not nl..iu" lu'cnusr ot \\^v plrasin- l,..]..'. Hh" 
 f.m.l drsirc, the Ion-ill- alter iiiunortality. l.nt l.eeause irre 
 sistible intuition •■onvinecs us that the sculs ..f men xvlios.- 
 existenee we have, felt ami known, that our own s,.uls,..f whose 
 present bein- we are conscious ami sure. .lo not -.. forwanl lo 
 annihilation. How an.l where the soul .'xists here in eonn.'e 
 tion with our mortal bodies, whether wakin- or sleeping, w.- 
 ,1„ not have the faintest conception. But we know it does 
 exist, and both sentiment and instinct tell us that it will exist 
 
 forever. 
 
 Whether we consider the bright and innocent child with his 
 rapidlv developing brain, or the strong man in his pride of 
 manhood, or the aged sage, with apparently failiT.g powers, we 
 are impresseil with the conviction that while what we see is 
 mortal and destructible the souls which we do m)t see are 
 imperishable and eternal. " Though our outward man perish, 
 yet the inward man is renewed day by day." 
 
 Therevelationsof astr.momy are ni..st marvelous; myriads 
 of suns and planets roll through illimitable space millions upon 
 millions of miles distant fr.mi the globe which we inhabit, in the' 
 contemplaticm and comprehension of which ^Ye bow onr heads, 
 oppressed 1)V the sense of our own insignificance. Yet is it 
 u.,t even more w.M.derful that the nund of man can define the" 
 orbits of these heavenly bodies and measure the paths through 
 ^yhich thev are destined to keep their lu^ver .'nding course? 
 Shall the mind of hin. wim without the sight of th.^ planet 
 Neptune disc.vered his existen.'c by ealculations from the per- 
 turbations of Uranus and dinM^ted all telescopes to the point 
 in the skies where he appeared at the time predicted; shall 
 the mind of him who can fix the dimensions and describe the 
 quabtiesof the most brilliant and bla/ing Hirius. a n.illion a.,.l 
 
120 A<Mnsso/Mi. Il',j///uj//, o/' .U/ss/ssip/>i\ on the 
 
 :i half limes I'artlicr IVnm tliis cartli lliaii (lur sun, lie extiii- 
 ;;iiisli('(l Ijwaiisc the mortal tVaiiie lias jierished ? No such 
 li(i|iclcs.s iiiihclicr (Iocs astronomy pciinit. 
 
 I'hi' iicart at once it liiiiiibles and rxalts, 
 Lays it in ilnst ami calls it to theskios. 
 
 Tlius inspired, liunian natnre revolts at the iilea ol' annihila- 
 tion and imbues mankind witli the universal faith that life here 
 is Iiut a passing experience, wliosc^ end is the hcfjinuing of a 
 iiol>lcr existence in another sphere. 
 
 Our little life 
 Is interwoven willi tin' uuiviTM' 
 Of God's eternal coun.sels. Wi- are part 
 Of till' whole lainily in lit-aviMi anil earth — 
 The many are in heaven, the few on earth — 
 Part of the inif;lity host who.se foremost ranks 
 Lonj; sinee have irosseil the river ami have ]>itched 
 Their tents upon the everla.-ting hills. 
 
 Address of Mr. Walthall, of Mississippi. 
 
 ^Ir, W.M.TIIAI.I.. Mr. I'rcsidcnt, wlicii I cnti-rcd the Senate, 
 a .stranger to most ol its meinhers and w ithont experience in 
 the business of legislation, 1 was attracteil to liic late Scnaioi- 
 l'j>rJlB by his cordial gieetingand his generous offers of assist- 
 ance in the new duties which were before lue. 1 was assigned 
 to the Committee mi Public Lands, ami served there, with him 
 as eiiaii'tnaii. until ids death. Tiicre and lieie and elsiw lieic 
 1 had sucli [(root's of his sincerity and good will and witncs.sed 
 sucii exhibitions of his uneommoii jiowers that 1 desire to avail 
 myself of tiie privilege which this occasion affords to say a 
 word in ie<-ognilion of his \irtnes as a man and a friend and 
 to ex])ress my appreciation of his \;duc as a pnlilie servant. 
 
Life and CharacUr of /Vcs/oii />'. Pliinili. I'Jl 
 
 Tliosc wild liiicu liiin liiiijitT ;iii' ;iIp1c In |ircscii( his ilistiiK^li vc 
 (•li:ii:HifiisIics and liis life wiiik \\i(li inure coinplctcncss llian 
 1 run, hut piobalil v ihiiinj; tlir last six years (if his lite none 
 heic were nicnc ohservanl of liis earnest and loieclul eonise in 
 Iliis liddy iir inoie ini]iiessed liy tin' ellecl i\ cness of his \if;(tr 
 ons elforts aTid intense apiilicat i»iii. 
 
 Ills intclh'c.tiial |iii\ver, his rare eapaeily fur wurk, his self- 
 reliance and tireless assiduity, were recognized alike hy those 
 who contVonled him and those w ho c()i">|ierated with him. His 
 vifi'or of mind and body, his will power, and liis coui'aiic made 
 him a jireiit factor lieic^ and a iirouiinent tigme in piihlic atten- 
 tion. 
 
 In the various hraiiehes of his k>.i;'islativ(^ duty iiis labors were 
 incessant and productive, and throiinii them he toiudied tlie 
 jiuhlic at more different points than most of his associates here, 
 and left his impress u])on a i^'reater variety <d' interests and 
 subjects. 
 
 His useful and distiiiguisheil services to his constituents and 
 his country are a part of the history of the times in wiiich lie 
 fij^nred. His public iccord is before his conn fry men as he maiU- 
 it for himself, and that jiresents him as the bii^ brained, busy 
 man of work and power and intlnenee that he was. lint, sir, 
 that record does not and can not tell of some phases of his char- 
 acter and disposition which were well known to us, and I may 
 be pardoned if I sii]iplement it by a brief reference to these, 
 which, if )iortrayc(l. would make a lit complement to the Iiistory 
 of his public work. 
 
 Senator Plitjiu's native force bad never siillered impairmeiil 
 from any unsubstantial and merel>' formal, conx'entioiial re- 
 straints. The element of i)racticality in him was inborn, esseii 
 tial, and (himinaiit, and In^ soiioht for and dealt with the sub- 
 stance and not the form of things. In the |nnsuit of a ])urpose 
 he was earnest and sanguine and sometimes impiilsixcly re- 
 
122 .ItMrrss of Mi. Jl'a/tfiall, of Mississippi, on the 
 
 sc'iitt'iil III' u])i)(i,sitiiiii. liiii 111- Imrc III! iiiMlii'f ;iuil liarlmrcil no 
 spiiit 1(1' retaliation; and, althinifih his inojiiiliti's, likt' all else 
 ill liini. were stroiijr, tliey were never beyond the reach of rea- 
 son. Of mere eini)I> observances he was but little rejjardful. 
 rnnicaninj^ formalities he neiiher ina<-ticed nor resjjected, and 
 had MO taste uor toleration foi tin' mere linselwork and <'m- 
 bellishnients of ceremonious disjiiaN. Tiie pretenses of hyjioc 
 risy and all atfeclation and iin|Mistiires he readily detected and 
 cordially despised. ( )\' nieic lip service and liattei-y he was im- 
 patient even to abruptness. In his intercourse with men he 
 disdained all counterfeit j;races, insincerity, and mannerism. 
 
 r.nt. sir. thoujili brnsipie and stuidy and in all things essen- 
 tially practical, our de|»arted associate was a j^enuin<'ly uracious 
 man. lull of that real, uniirelentious ]ioliteness which can only 
 come from a .just, innate (•once])tion of the consideration due 
 the rights and sensibilities of others. Ilis heart was warm 
 and generous and responsive. It ma^le him faithful and fear- 
 less, hopeful anil strong. It made him inimll'nl oftlie wrongs 
 and atllictions of others and ]tnt him in symjial liy with tlie 
 toiling masses and the m-glected classes of his t'elh^w men. It 
 made him true to his country and his frio^nds, and .supported 
 him in his earnest and successful career in life. 
 
 If he had been a man of colder blood and had steered his 
 course by policy alone, if his manner had been gentler, if the 
 angularities of his character had been reduced and his tendency 
 at times toward aggression had been smIiiIuciI. if lie had been 
 more considerate of himself and less .so of his duties and of his 
 fellow men, his path had |)robably been smootheraiid his life, 
 it may be, much iirolonged. Ibit. sir, he would m)t have been 
 what lie was and ei mid not ha\ e accoiiipli-lied what he did. and 
 one of till' most noticeable figures of his time would have been 
 lost to the age we live in. In this imperfect tribute his in- 
 dividmditv has been but faintlv marked, but I have sought in 
 
Life and Character of Preston B. Plitnilj. Vl\\ 
 
 some measure to present it and ]ii(^ser\ e it. It is worthy to 
 be reiueiiihered as it was, without ornaiiieiit or eoiicealiTieiit. 
 It beloiig'eil ti) a nifi'u'ed, restless, earnest, and eoma.i;eoiis man 
 ot woith and work and power, wiio l'oLii;ht his own way to sne- 
 cess and hi.uli distinetion. Tiie lesson of his life is instru.'ti\e 
 to us all and full of encouiayemejit to the asj)ii'ing- youth of 
 the laud who may be beset by sueh difticulties as he eucouu- 
 tered but to overcome. I would not dislii^iiie it or impair it 
 by any empty words of indiscriminate praise. 
 
 ADDRESS OF Mr. Perkins, of Kansas. 
 
 Mr. Perkins. Mr. President, aj^aiu the Seuate has paused 
 in its labors and suspended its imjiortant service to the i)eople 
 of tlie country, that we may ]iay onr tribute of respect to a late 
 disting-ui.shed Senator and lay upon his ,i;rave our rhetorical 
 offerings of aijpreciation and love. 
 
 On the 12th day of October, ls;j7, in the county of Delaware 
 and State of Ohio, Preston 1>. Plumb was born, !>ut before 
 lie readied the years of his majority he left the beautiful liills 
 of his native State and became an active, earnest, and en 
 thusiastie aiitislavery man upon the i)lains of the then Terri- 
 tory of Kansas. In June, lS5t>, he located upon a claim near 
 ■where the city of Salina now is, but sul>sequently found em- 
 ployment in a i)rintinj;- othce at Topeka, and during the winter 
 of lS.">0-'.")7 was foreman of the Herald of Freedom oftice at 
 Lawrence. Ivans. He had learned the i>riuting business in 
 Ohio, serving an apprenticeship in the ollice of the Western 
 Episeoi)alian at (Taml)ier and estaltlisliing when but 10 years 
 of age the News at Xenia, Ohio, in connection with one J. W. 
 Dumble. 
 
 lam ill receipt ofa letter from a gentleman living in Chicago, 
 
121 .Iddrfss of Mr. I'likiiis, nj Kansas, on the 
 
 liy I lit' name ol' Str<iii!;,\vh«) says that lii' was finiilnyi'il in 1855 
 as a <'(iiiii)Osit()r by Mr. Pli'MB to assist in tin- jinblication oC 
 the News, and he. says that Mr. Pi.lMH was a good j)rintfr 
 and as fast a typesetter as any man lie ever worked with. 
 IjIiI the piihlieation of a eountry ni'ws|ia|)er in Ohio did not 
 in full measure satisfy the vifjorous ambition and restless eu- 
 erj^y of this stroiif^. athletie youn;;' man, and, disposinjf of liis 
 paper, he removed to Kansas, where he continued to reside 
 until lie died in this eity on the L'dili day of December last. 
 
 Mr. President, this is not an unmeaning ceremonial. A ^reat 
 statesman, a wise and useful legislator, a devoted frieud. an 
 eminent and patriotic citizen, is dead and now slee|)s in ])eace 
 anil liiiiiiii- in the liosiiiii of the Stale he lii\eil so well and serveil 
 with such faithful and laborious devotion. Strong, rugged, 
 active, and indomitable, .Seimtor I'l, r:\iB seemed th»' iiuarna- 
 tion of physical force and of intellectual ai-tivity. and his serv- 
 ice in this Chamber was so long and his i)articipatiou in its 
 proceedings so active and untiring that it docs not seem pos- 
 sible that its portals ha\c lieeii closeil to him lore\er. In 1855 
 and lS5t; Kansas was a wonderfully at tract i\e Territory to a 
 yoiin;; man of the convictions, ability, strength, and coui-age 
 of our late distiiiguishe<l <-olleague, and from the day he re- 
 moved thereto until the liour of his untimely death in this 
 city he was one of its consi)icuous figures and certainly one 
 of its most potential characters. 
 
 Kansas had begun to be .settled in 1854, directly after the 
 l)assage of the Nebraska bill, aiul iuid inevitably become an 
 arena of strife and violence. ( 'oloiues weri' sent tliither from 
 tlie free States expressly to mold lii-r to the uses of free labor 
 and to dedicate her beautiful prairies to the cause ol' Irecdom. 
 while weaker colonies were sent thither from tiie South to bind 
 her to the car of slavery. These colonies Inun the South were 
 supplemented and strengthened by ini-ursions of .Missourians, 
 
Life and Cliaradcr of Preston //. riunib. VIX^ 
 
 tliorou.ulilyninicil and rrady lor aii\ work llial would aid tlicad- 
 luiiiistiatioii and assist in rastcnin.u upon I he plains of tlif UfW 
 Territory tlic liiiiiiili;ilini;' conditions ot slave laboi. Thi' con 
 ti'ntious of that (icriod are historical and arc only adverted to 
 to siisijic^t that in tliat early stru.u'.de tlie sympathies, activi -, 
 tics, anil iahors of :Mr. I'LUMB were witli tlie free-State men. 
 lie was a member of a compauy of five persons who hiid out 
 the city of Kmporia. in February. 1857. and it is the home of 
 his family at this time. His love for newspaper work liad not 
 abated, and earl\- in IS57 he, with others, established the Em 
 poria S'ews. and he .uave to the enterprise his personal and 
 laborious attention. 
 
 Almost at once the paper look rank as ammii; the most ably 
 edited in the Territory, ami it became a jjoteiit factor for good 
 in the liiowth of the youn- city and in the settlement of the 
 new Territory. The pai)er is still published under the old 
 name, although Mr. Plumb had n<> connection with it for 
 many years. Mr. Plumb was a, delegate to a nundiei- of Ter 
 ritorial free-State conventions, always advocating the most 
 radical measures of the antislavery i)arty. In 1858 he was 
 elected a delegate to the Leavenworth <'onstitutional conven 
 tion, anil although among its most youthful membeis he exer- 
 cised great influence and became one of its most active and 
 conspicuous representatives. In 1859 he returned to Ohio for 
 the i)uriM)se of attending the law school at Cleveland. Here 
 he pursued his studies for two terms, when he retuined to 
 Kansas and was admitted to the bar in 18(;i and o])cned a law 
 'oftice at Emiioria. lie at once took high rank as a lawyer and 
 secured a profitable practice. 
 
 In 18<iL' he was elected a member ot the Kansas house of 
 representatives and served as chairman of the judiciary com- 
 mittee. Shortly after this he was appointed repoiter for the 
 supreme court of the State, bat soon resigned that he might 
 
r2t) Address of Mr. Perkins, of Kansas, on the 
 
 serve ill tlif tifld willi A cuniiiaiiv ol' iiicii he liad reeruitetl for 
 the Kleveiirli Kansas ^'(>]ullteeI■s. He was umstt'reii iiitntlie 
 seivice as seeDlitl liciltelialit of ('oiii|iaiiy C of siicli rej;iiiieiit. 
 anil served successively as second lieutenant, captain, major, 
 • anil lieutciiantcolonc], and duiii;; luncb of the service of tlie 
 rejiiiiuMit lie was its coniniandinfi oftieer. As a soldier he was 
 |iroini>t. untiiinji. and iniiietuuus. At times it was ditlicult for 
 liini to conform to military rejiulations and to observe the con- 
 ventionalities of military life, but lie shared with his men the 
 hardships of the campaij;n and jiossessed their coiilideiiee and 
 good will, and he never eoiumaiided them to go where he was 
 not willing to lead. 
 
 Subseciuently in jirivate and public lite lie esteemed it a per- 
 sonal favor to be able to serve a memlier of his old regiment, 
 and when the intelligence was Hashed along the electric wires 
 that Senator Pn mh was dead every comrade of the Eleventh 
 Kansas found his eyes filling with tears and his heart aching 
 with sorniw at tlie sad intelligence as he recognized that the 
 loss was not only a great one to the State and nation, but to 
 him it was a jiersonal bereavement. At the close of the war 
 .Mr. Plimb resumed his law practice, and was again elected 
 to tile Kansas house of repre.sentatives in 18(56 and again in 
 18(i7. During his service in the legislature in 18(iii he w as 
 elected speaker and made a vigorous and capable iiresidiiig 
 orticer. In conseqnence of illness and business interests Mr. 
 Plxdib gave uji the practice of the law in 1872, and until his 
 election to this body in \s~~ he gave his time and energies to 
 his jnivate interests, I he most of the time serving as ])resideiit 
 of the lOmporia National Hank. 
 
 On the 3l8t day of .lannaiy, 1S77. he was elected to succeed 
 Senator James M. Ilaixeyas a memlier of this body, and his 
 brilliant ami distinguished services in this great legislative 
 Chamber are a jiart of the imperishable history of our great Ke 
 
/.//(' and L'Inxracli-r of freslnii A'. I'lnmh. I 27 
 
 pulilir. To you wlio ,scr\<Ml witii liiiii and Icariu'd IVoiii iirrsoiial 
 contact Ills woiidcifiil powci's it is not nri'fssary to snji'ji'csl liis 
 poctiliaiitios or to rcraii his rcniiukahlc aciiicveinoids. Ilo 
 entered this Chamber a coMiparutive straiifjer to all and with- 
 out experience or niiich laniiliarit.\- witli national concerns, yet 
 in a brief period he became the friend of ail. o\ ercaun' the em 
 barrassmeuts resulting from inexperience, familiarized himself 
 with the rules and methods of doiiii; business, and became one 
 of the most fori'eful Senators upon the floor. During- the last 
 eiglit or ten years of bis serviee as a Senator from Kansas his 
 work was marvelous, and I do not think that any Senator who 
 sit* upon this tioor will take exception to my statement when 
 I suggest that HI my Judgment Pbeston B. Plumb did more 
 good work than any man in the f'ongress of the United States. 
 
 Possessing a magnificent jdiysical organization, with strong 
 mental endowments, he seenu'd e.xempt from the infirmities 
 common to our humanity and capable of constant, exhaustive, 
 and endless work. Rest did not seem necessary with him 
 and recreation and relief from the cares and responsibilities of 
 Senatorial service were only suggested to l)e put aside as 
 having no place or part in the public life and daily service of 
 this representative and servant of the people. His ambition 
 was to work, to accomplish results, and to leave to his lo\ed 
 ones as a heritage a record of kindly deeds and of almost 
 matchless achievements. To his State he was fondly devoted, 
 to her people he was ever loyal, and to her interests, growth, 
 and development he had consecrated his energies as a religious 
 duty, and whatever in his jinlgment would ("ontribute to her 
 glory and to the hai)piness and coutentment of her firesides, 
 that would he champion and defend, whether it was orthodox 
 in politics for him to do so or otherwise. 
 
 I do not suggest that he was always right; such a strong, 
 impetuous, and jiersonal nature as his is likely to evoke mis- 
 
12s ^ItMrcss of Mr. Perkins, of Kansas, on llic 
 
 takes: but that In- was true to lii> coiivictiiins, loyal tohiscoii- 
 stitiiciits, aiul i-ariR'st in his (h-sire to servi- the iicoph- that hail 
 hoiioietl hiiu and the country of which he was so proud as an 
 American citizen, can not lie (luestioned by any. 
 
 I lirst became aei|uaiiit<Ml with .Mr. I'l.rMii in ilic winter of 
 ISCO-'TO. 1 had located at Oswcfjo, in the .southeast corner 
 of the State, the .siuiu},' before, and in the practice of our pro- 
 fessiou we were thrown toj;ether in some imix'rtant Iiti;:'atii>M 
 at the time sug<j;ested, and tVoni tlicn until the day of his 
 death I knew him well, and we were friends. 
 
 When 1 was lirst nominated for Coiifrress from the State at 
 larjje the delegation from his county gave me its earnest and 
 loyal support, and during my Congres-sional service in- aided 
 me greatly with his suggestions, experience, and support. My 
 friends were generally his friends and we found our ollicial re- 
 lat ions nu)st eordial and ]>leasant. We, of the House, depended 
 upon him almost entirely to look after our measures in this body. 
 Senator Ingalls was luaih of the time engaged with his duties 
 as presiding olHcer. and hence to Senator Plumu we carried 
 our labors as well as our jiersoual endiarassmcnts and diflicul- 
 ties. Ilow well he refpiited our confidence and res])onded to 
 our demands upon him is shown liy the record thai in almost 
 every instance and in full measure our interests were consulted, 
 our demands responded to. ami our local measures looked after 
 and cared for. 
 
 The career of Preston B. Plumb wasaromaiu'c in real life. 
 Without school, he became i-ducated: without training in any 
 s])ecial line oi' business or public service, he becanu'One of the 
 most etlective men in law, in linancc, in jiiditics, and in states 
 manship; without earlv advantages, he became the peer of 
 nu'n on whom schools, wealth, travel, and cultnrecl surround 
 ings had poured their richest gitts: without susjiendiiig his 
 busy activities that he might sit down and learn, he a<(|uired 
 
[jfe and Character of Preston /I. Pliinil). 12!) 
 
 by obs('i'\';iti(iii anil altsorpt inn, as lie inislicil alunt;, a riind of 
 iafoi'iuation wliirli made liiiii an aiitlioril y on all practical snli- 
 jccts. He was a rapid and constant reader, anil would gather 
 flic I'ontcnts of tlic daily ]ircss and store tlieru away in his 
 vii^orous intellect in less time I liaii aiix man I ever knew, lie 
 was a lover of hooks, as well as of art, and at his home at 
 iMnporia is found oue of the finest private libraries west of the 
 Mississippi River, all personally selected and arranged with 
 caic, with reference to the sulyect or matter of which tliey 
 treat. 
 
 In ]\Iay last we were together in New York City, and we 
 visited a bookstore, and he spent an hour or more in looking 
 over their new publications, and left his order for over a hun- 
 dred volumes. Knowing his busy life, L asked him when he 
 found time to read books, and he answered that he read them 
 when traveling and nights when not otherwise engaged, for 
 recreation. And thus every moment of this great man's life 
 was utilized, and all his- wakeful moments were busily cm- 
 ployed. He was an early riser, no matter what the demands 
 upon him the previous night, and the eai-ly hours of the da.y 
 were given to his correspondence, which was wonderfully 
 voluminous. After dictating letters to his stenographer for 
 two hours or more he would go to breakfast, if he had time; 
 but, if friends were in waiting and his errand and Department 
 work were pressing, he would defer his breakfast until later in 
 the day and give his time and energies to the deniands of a 
 constituency that had no conception of the work it imposed 
 upon him. 
 
 In this way his hours for eating became very irregular, and 
 1 have known many instances when late in the afternoon he 
 took his first morsel of food tor the day. P.ut this did not 
 seem to impair his capacity for work, and in his rapid, vigor- 
 ous, and irresistible way he pushed along, defying the inex- 
 
 S. :\ris. L'L'S 9 
 
130 Address of Mr. Pcrkiiis, of Kansas., oit llie 
 
 i>ralili- laws nl' iiatiut'. until the cud caiiif in that sndilen, start- 
 linji uianin-r on the L'Utli day of Dcci'mht-i- last. Many whu 
 knew him well had aiiticipatiMl that when the linal snnmmu.s 
 came it would eome without warnin;; or notiie, a.s a flash of 
 lifrhtninjr in a eloudless sky, l)ui all had hoped that the jrrim 
 messeuj^er, which {-onu's but om-c lo man, would dit'i r his 
 summons until this strong, synipalhetic. roljust, (•ai)ai)le. and 
 uselul mau eoidd give to his ]ieople and to his country many 
 more years of his splendid service. 
 
 Mr. I'rcsidcnl, 1 lia\c known many Imsincss anil |iulilic men, 
 but in my entire circle of acipiaintances 1 have never known 
 one who could look after as many interests, assume so many 
 responsibilities, and give his attention to as many cares at tlie 
 same time, without neglecting any, as l'i;i;sT(iN 15. PuMU. 
 
 Like an oak in the forest, he has fallen: a strong man has 
 been called heiu'c: but there is naught left for us to moiu-n, but 
 his unfortunate departure. His life had been a useful and a 
 iiolilc I mi-. Ili.^ fame, fairly earned, is secure and his name will 
 be honored by those who follow us. 
 
 lie died with his mental facidties unimpaired, his genial 
 nature unchilled, and his love of friends and country as .stal- 
 wart as in the hajipy days of Imyliood. 
 
 The love that his jjcople bore him was illustrated by the 
 scenes that were witnessed by thos(> who acccmipanied his 
 remains to their final resting i)lace. When the confines of the 
 State were reached, that he had loved so fondly and seived so 
 faithfully, the manly .sons and appreciative daughters gath- 
 oi-ed in crowds at every station to pay with uncovered heads 
 and .sympathetic hearts their silent triliute of resjiect to tin- 
 dead statesman and friend. All liir people moiiincd. for he 
 was emphatically the people's friend, lie was not only kindly 
 dispo.sed toward them, but he was one of them, and he knew 
 their burdens, their .sorrow.s, and their conflicts. He could 
 
Life and CJiaractrr of Prcs/on /I. I'litiiil>. 1-51 
 
 sympiiiliizc with :iii intelligent syniiMitli.v, ;is liis early yeais 
 had been years of saeriliee and privation, wliile all his life had 
 been filled with labors and ies]»onsil)ilities. 
 
 There was no sham oi' nioek pretense in his manifestations 
 of sympathy and htve for the people, lie believed in the peo- 
 ple and had eontidence in their patriotism and intelligenee. 
 He said they might be estranged and in eonse.(iiieuee of uu- 
 fortunate eonditions led into error for a little time, but that 
 eventually the sober second Judgment of tlit^ people was almost, 
 certain to be honest, patriotic, and right. At his death the 
 country lost a wise and untiring h^gislator and statesman, but 
 in Kansas we lost a, benefactor and friend. To us his loss is 
 irreparable and the mourning of our people is grievous and 
 universal. Not in the towns and villages alone, not in the 
 centers of trade and commerce only, but upon the farm, in the 
 cabins, and far out upon the prairie with the pioiu-er, the grief 
 was intense, and all sutt'ered as from a personal sorrow. 
 
 Mr. President, for his future I (h) not fear. He was not a sec- 
 tarian in religion, though he believed in the Christian faith. 
 He was not attached to any creed, but believed that the truest, 
 broadest, and most-to-be-commeuded faith was that which 
 teaches us to give cmr best endeavors toward aiding, elevating, 
 and benefiting our fellow men. His was the religion of human- 
 ity, and in all his private and public life be was consistent 
 with his convictions. 
 
 I have spoken of the business and public life of our late dis- 
 tinguished Senator, but I do not forget that there was an inner 
 and nearer circle, into the sacredness of whose sorrow we can 
 only glance. 
 
 On the 25th day of March, 1S67, at Ashtabula, Ohio, Pres- 
 ton B. PLirMB was married to Miss Carrie South wick, of that 
 place, who survives him and who in broken health presides at 
 
132 AMifss of Mr. Perkins, of Kansas. 
 
 tilt' sti'ickeii liuiiic. anil who in weeds of inonrniiij^ and dcsola 
 tion has tin- ri'siu'et and syinjiatliN ul' all. 
 
 No one liivcd his hdinc more than .Mi-. 1M,1"MI5. and while his 
 piililii- iliities were such that he emild he at Imnie hut little, 
 and whih- the health of Mis. IMiuiih was siieh that she eould 
 share hut little in his ]iublie life, yet they were fondly and 
 <levotedly attached to each other, and in the later ycarsof their 
 doniestie life it was a jiathetic scene to see this }rreat, strong, 
 nrtive. Imsy man ministering; to and looking atler the necessi- 
 ties and comfort of this invalid wife. 
 
 Five children as well as this stricken wife survive him. and 
 his home was his delight, and the joys ami Iiai)i)iiiess of the 
 children and the household were his comfort and consolation. 
 
 No hetrer father, no kinder, teinlerer liushaii<l. iiu more loyal 
 friend, no mor(> generous and synipathizing man attracted love 
 auil affection, and we can rest in the helief that after a life so 
 well spent, with its every duty and obligation faithfully ob- 
 served, the soul of the great Senator is at rest and peace in 
 the presence of the eternal Ood. 
 
 Mr. I'resident. I ofler the resolution which 1 send to the desk. 
 
 The VlCE-ri{i;sii)ENT. The resolution will be read. 
 
 The Secretary read as follows: 
 
 '■'Resolved, That, as an additional mark of resjiect to the 
 memory of the deceased, the Senate do now adjourn." 
 
 The Vick-Pkesidknt. The (piestion is on agreeing to t In- 
 resolution offered by the Senator from Kan.sas. 
 
 The resolution was agreed to; and (at 4 o'clock and 40 min- 
 utes ]). III.) the Senate adjourned. 
 
^R0CI'E1)IN(;S IN Till- HOUSH OV RI-J'Rl'SRNTATIVliS. 
 
 ANNOUNCEMENT OF DEATH. 
 
 l.N THK IIot'SK, Morrh 1!>, /W;?. 
 
 Tlie Speaker. Tlie lioiir liiis now arrived tor the special 
 order. \\hie]i the Clerk will report. 
 
 The ( 'lerk read as follows: 
 
 '■ 7»c,s'(>/(vy/. That Saturday, ^lareh 11>, ISitU, heoiimiiig iin- 
 inediately alter the reading of the Journal, be set a])art tor 
 tributes to the memory of Hon. PRESTON B. I'LUMU, late a 
 Senator from Kansas." 
 
 Mr. FuiN'STON. 1 ask for tlie reading of the Senate resolutions. 
 
 The Clerk read as follows: 
 
 " Rcsiilred, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow 
 of the death of PRESTON B. Plumb, late a Senator from the 
 State of Kansas. 
 
 ^•Besolrcd, That, as a Jiiark of respect to the memory of the 
 deceased, the business of the Senate be now suspended to 
 enable his associate.s to ]>ay ])roper tribute of regard to liis 
 liiah character and distinguislied jmblic serviees. 
 
 "i?('.v()/('f(?. That the Secretary of the Senate communicate 
 these I'esolutions to the House of Eejiresentatives. 
 
 " RcKolred, That, as a further mark of respect to the deceased, 
 the Senate do now adjourn." 
 
 Mr. FUNSTON. ^Ir. Si)eaker, I ask the Clerk to read tli(> 
 resolution which I send to the desk. 
 
 The Clerk read as follows: 
 
 ••/(*(. v<(/(V(/, That the House of Rein-esentatives has heard 
 with ])rofound sorrow of the deatii of Pkkston B. Pex'MH, 
 late a Senator from the State of Kansas. 
 
13 J .ItMnss <>/ Mr. /'/ins/oii, of A'aiisas, on /lir 
 
 •• lienolral. Tli;it tlic Imsiiicss nf tliis House be suspcmU'd, 
 tlial aijpnipriatc honors may be paid to the inciuory of the 
 (Icci'aM'd. 
 
 ■■ Rcftilvcd, That the Ch-ik of the ITouse of IJeinesentatives 
 b<- (lireeted to tiaiisniit to the family of the deceased a eopy of 
 this ri'solutioii. 
 
 ^'' Rcsolr<(l, Tliat, as an M(blitional mark of respect ti> the 
 memory of the deceased, at the conclusion of these ceremonies 
 the House do adjourn.'' 
 
 ADDRESS OF Mr. FUNSTON, OF KANSAS. 
 
 Mr. FUNSTON. Mr. .Speaker, it is tittinj;- that the House of 
 Ju-preseutatives should pause in the midst of its daily duties 
 and witli beeondu;; remarks pay a tribute of respect to the 
 memory of one of the mo.st illustrious of the other branch of 
 this body. 
 
 I'UKSTON 15. Plumb, a Senator of the I'nited States from 
 the State of Jvausas. died at his resilience in this city f)n the 
 niorninf,' of the 1201 li of I)erenil>ir. IS'.H. His illness was of 
 but a few hour.s" duiation. when it was hurriedly announced 
 in all parts of the city and dispatched to all parts of tlie coun- 
 try that he was dead. In no instance has it been more com 
 ]detely exemplified that in life we are in the midst of death, 
 nor have ever l)een more .seriously impres.sed on our minds the 
 uncertainty of life and the certainty of death. 
 
 Senator Plu-MB was to all ap])earance a .strong man piiys- 
 ically. Nature had blessed him with a body which .seemed 
 capable of almost any endurance. His steii was (piick and 
 elastic, anil every motion indicated a ])hysical power and activ 
 ity far l)eyond the gifts of men. The tone of his voice, the 
 rai)idity of his s])eecii, and every gesture indicated, as it were, 
 a linman engine, uhicli could neither tire nor wear out. It was 
 •so the people of his Stall', aiid in fact all who met him, regarded 
 
Life and Character of Preston />. I'luml). 1;!') 
 
 Iiim. Tiicy could not do olhciwisc, lor \\iiatc\cr lie iiiinlit he 
 doing or wheiever he was going lie .seemed to l.c hunting lor 
 more work to add to the great burden which he was already 
 hearing. That the burden became too heavy for any mortal 
 man to bear there can be no (juestion. lie sank beneath it. 
 The great center which constitutes the propelling power of life 
 was crushed, and this tine specimen of health and sticnj;th 
 lay dying. 
 
 Never did a i)eoi»lc feci more keenly the loss of one of their 
 own than did the people of Kansas feel the loss of Senator 
 Plumb. They loved him with all the affections ol' their hearts. 
 He was to them a brother, a tatlier, a benefactiu-. They had 
 tound in him a wise counselor, a true friend, and a heart over- 
 tlowiug with generosity. 
 
 The poorest and the weakest could always catch his atten- 
 tion and pour into his ear a recital of their sorrows and mis- 
 fortunes with a certainty of relief, were it possible for him to 
 give it, though in thousands of cases it re(|uired the sacrifice 
 of his own jiersonal means. 
 
 In him the businessman found a model. When a farmer he 
 was familiar with all its duties, ready anil willing if necessary 
 to take hold of the most disagreeable and arduous duties, 
 allowing no one to do more than he, and, as his brother, who 
 was at one time his partner u]K)n the farm, remarked to me. 
 lie was always found doing that which was the hardest to do. 
 Behind the countei- of his bank he was exact, but fair, desi)is- 
 ing to take advantage of any man's misfortune; loan.ng in 
 many instances to men whose only security was their good 
 names, and, as I have been told, seldom losing on such loans. 
 He was a success as an editor, as a lawyer, and as a miner. 
 Railroads were built under the inspiring touch of his genius. 
 And, in fiict, there was luit little within his leacli to be done 
 of a business character that he did not in some way assist, 
 
1:16 .Iddrcss o/'Mi. riiiis/oii, p/ Kansas^ on tlic 
 
 (liierily or iiidin-ttlv. His iniiiil was imi of tin- <iiic idea kin 
 it was not as a oiifstriiifxt'il iiisirunu'iit, but it was likr a 
 ^'laml pianoforte with t-vciy rlionl in liarniony with tho bal- 
 aiicj', and at its best only when respoiuliufi' to tlic most delicate 
 imiili. 
 
 Of his suecess as a legishitor but littU- need be said here. 
 In the Chambei of the Senate he has niaih' for himself a name 
 that needs no eulogy to i>eri)etuate. 
 
 The statutes bear witness to tiic many laws jilarcd there 
 throuyih liis ettbrts in the interest of the jmblie or worthy in 
 dividuals. 
 
 Many are tlie elaims he has secured lor tliose wlui were too 
 poor to proseeute them in the courts. Man\ an- tiie nld sol- 
 diers who have been made hajjpy thron;;h his instrumental'ty. 
 
 .Vs a debater he made but little pretension to oratory, 
 though he was always elo(|nent with facts and sound reasoninfr. 
 dealt in such a way that they eaiiie with the corners on and 
 played havoc witli his o]ip(iiients. Open the Record at almost 
 any date during;- his ion;;- ( 'onj;ressional service in the Senate 
 and you will there iind an expression of his sentiments c(uuhed 
 in strong ind vigorous English. lie called a spade a spade, 
 and there was no niislakinu what he mi-aiit. After all. that is 
 oratory of the higliest order, tor it persuades and convinces 
 and charms us with results. 
 
 His addres.ses m political campaigns were modei> in political 
 economy. Noin' understood better than he the great principles 
 upon which the government of a free i)eoide must rest, and he 
 was (piick to detect an erroneous idea of what those jirinciples 
 were and to show the damaging results of such ideas. 
 
 None were better able t<i ilraw I lie line between the states- 
 man and the demagogue, whether in his own party or some 
 other. 
 
 lie believed that everv man. in a measure at Ica.st, is the 
 
Life and Characlcr of I'rcsloii />. PIiduI). V-M 
 
 architect of liis dwn toitimc, mikI thcrctoic llial lie should 
 attempt to liew it out. Never iiaxiiiy tasled the bread ofidh' 
 71CSS hiuiself, he had no patience with anyone w Iio had not tlie 
 courage and dispositiou to move on. Work, work I was liis 
 motto. He seemed to liave absoibcd tlie spiritottlie motto of 
 his State: Ad astra 2>i'i' (ii^pcrd. 
 
 To liim thiMe was noway ujibut to work up. Horn on a farm, 
 witliout fortune, i-eared undei- the tutehige of parents who 
 believed that manual lal)or is lumorable and that an honest 
 man is the noblest work of God, he started at the toot of the 
 hill, never shirking a responsibility, nor breaking an engage- 
 ment, nor forsaking a friend; gathering strength and courage 
 and frieuds as lie advanced, he reached the summit, and in a 
 halo of glory, amid the i)]auditsof admirers and loving friends, 
 he passed to the stars. 
 
 What a glorious model for the youths of America! Where 
 is the boy, howevei- poor he may be, who would not receive 
 inspiration from this character? 
 
 Where is the father \yho would sit down under the statue of 
 Senator Plttmb and repine because his sons are poor? 
 
 Where is the man who would in the light of his life attempt 
 to array class against class in this country ? 
 
 For here was a man of all classes and yet of none. 1 le passed 
 through all and belonged to mme. He knew but little and 
 eared but little for tlie boundary lines of class. He broke 
 through all without knowing himself, and when standing by 
 the side of the President of the United States he felt as |)cr- 
 fectly at ease as if in the ])reseiice of the iworest man in Kan- 
 sas, and when in the presence of the jjoorest man in Kansas 
 he was as respectful and kindly as if in the iiresencc of ihe 
 President of the United States. 
 
 Ml-. Speaker, I will not tresjjass upon tiie time of this House 
 to attempt a Itiography of Senator Plumu. I will leave that 
 
138 Ac/drcss of Mr. Fiiitston, of Kansas, on the 
 
 biMiicli of ilir siilp|('c't ti> my collcajiues. who art- sn imicli bet- 
 tt'i- i|iialiliccl than I tu ileal witli it. 
 
 1 will (nily -say that 1 have kiinwii him intimately foraquar 
 tt'i- (if a ccntuiy, and that ho was in Kansas many years hcfore 
 1 knew him. lie <-am<' there when al>()\', and cast his loitnni's 
 on her bleak ]naiiies with searcely enough to shelter him Irom 
 the blasts of winter. 
 
 lie not only g^icw np with the State, bnt he made the State 
 {jrow. He infnsed his enerjry into all her public enterprises. 
 He not only hel])ed himself, Imt he helped others. He bnilt 
 colleges, anci chmches. and railroads, ami ojieiied faiuis and 
 made laws and fought battles for Kansas and the Union. 
 
 His whole life has been inseparably woven into the life of his 
 State, and no man can think of her green pastures, her splen- 
 did schools, her hai)i)y an<l ])rosperous i)eople without thinking 
 
 of I'UMH. 
 
 We, in the presence of thousands ot' uncovered heads and 
 under the aus])ices of the Grand Army of the Kepnblic, laid 
 him to rest among the ])eo])le he loved so well. 
 
 We can not and ought not to say he is dead, excci)t in body. 
 There is no death for such men. The frail tenements which 
 they iidiabit may retui-n to earth, bnt their spirits, like the 
 bnttertly. are oid.\- disenthralled and seek the s])ace of eter- 
 nity, as the buttertly does the morning air. Or, in the beau 
 tiful idea of the minister at the dead Senator's home, "The 
 <-urlains are only drawn aside." 
 
 Our State will miss him. 'I'lu' nation will miss him. I'.ut 
 his spirit, like the spirits of Socrates and Cicero, will ever be 
 )ircsent, in intlnence at least, with an intelligent and justice- 
 loving peoide 
 
Life and Character of Preston B. Plumb. V-V.) 
 
 ADDRESS OF Mr. BRODERICK, OF KANSAS. 
 Mr. Bboderick. Mr. Speaker — 
 
 Death mak<'s im couciuest of this conqueror; 
 Fornow lie lives in fame, thon!;li not in life. 
 
 This can be truly said of I'ueston B. I'LL' jib. A strong- 
 inau has fallen. We pause here to reeall his virtues aud i)ay 
 tribute to his memory. The life was an earnest, active one, 
 fnll of patiiotisni and replete with good works. 
 
 1 am not fully informed of his opportunities and environ- 
 ments in early life. I can only follow him from the time he left 
 his Ohio home for the new West, through an honorable and 
 eventful career. 
 
 In 18.j(i man_\- strong young men from all over the country 
 emigrated to the Territory of Kansas. Prior to this date the 
 country from the Missouri Eiver to the Rocky Mouutains was 
 looked upon as a desert with only a. possibility of reclamation. 
 The savages aud the buffah) had undisputed dominion. Two 
 or three military posts, garrisoned by a few* soldiers; two oi- 
 three Indian missions, in charge of a few missionaries, and 
 here aiul there an advennirer were all there were on tins great 
 Western plain to i)roclaim the probable advance and conijuest 
 of our civilization. These few missionaries and frontiersmen, 
 "Whether there of theii- own volition or by direction of the Di- 
 vine Intelligence, witnessed events and changes more startling 
 aud momentous than had occurred in this (uiuntry during the 
 l)reseut century. 
 
 In .lune, I.S.3."), the Congress had given to Kansas and Ne- 
 braska a Territorial form of goverumeut, and that vast region, 
 now so populous aud prosperous, was o|)ened to settlement. 
 Emigration followed, and settlements si)rang up all along the 
 
1 40 .ItMrtss of Mr. Byodiiick, of Kansas^ on the 
 
 castcni liiiidcr. Uiii i\civ iifw coiitiliy must pass tliiuu;^li its 
 crisis. Tlif allabsorbiuy (lucstiou of the time was whether 
 shivery should bf planted aud lostered in the Territtu-ies, aud 
 upon this ([uestiuii \W iji-njik' w4Te divided. The diflerences 
 at onee became sharjilx delined and larj;ely sectional. A;;ita 
 tion was kept alive: liin^atenin;; denmnstrations were made; 
 bitterness was enj;;enderetl. which fast ripened into open ami 
 deadly hostility. Fierce strife ensued and soon the Territory 
 was in the throes of a mighty contest, which had assumed 
 from the bejiiniiin;,' a national idiaraeter, and the whole nation 
 turned from the ordinars iliauuels of tliou^ilit td view anil 
 study the situation. 
 
 A year later the turhuh'iii elements yii-ldnl in |icaceful meth- 
 ods, interest in the stru<;j;le diminished, and the tew actual 
 settlers were greatly augmenteil in number. 
 
 Mr. Plumh was born aud spent his boylmod days in Dela- 
 ware County, in the State of Ohio. In October, 1856. after 
 (inly a lew days" rellectioii. he deieiiiiined to j^o to Kansas, aud 
 at once Joined the great westward-moving throng that was 
 hastening forward to link their fortunes with tho.se who had 
 gone before. They started to liud an abiding place and take 
 up homes on the wide prairies of thai region aud to dedicate 
 it to (rod and liberty. 
 
 Not long after becoming a resident of the Territory Mr. 
 rn'Mli secured employment in a printing oUice at Lawrem-e, 
 ami for a tinu' worked at the case. Soon thereafter he began 
 thestudy of law, and in 1S,"»!I was a member of the Leavenworth 
 const it utiomil con \ cut ion. 
 
 !-'rom the time he ciuumenced reading law he eneigelieally 
 iniisecuted his studies, and in IStil was adndtted to the bar. 
 I'.arly in ISfiJ he was elected a member ol' the Stale legisla- 
 ture and snbsei|uently was ajipoinlcil reporter ol' the supreme 
 <'ourt. 
 
/,//('■ a)td Characlcr of J'rcstoii /I. I'lit»ib. Ill 
 
 111 August 111' IIkiI yrwx lie ciilfri'd tlic \<iliintccr iiiililary 
 Sfi'vicc ;is scciinil liciilciiaiit in the l''.li'\ cnl li Kansas Kegiiiiclit, 
 and was a(l\aiicr(l. stcii hy sicp. miiil ilic close of tlu' war, 
 when lie was coininissioncil i-oloiifl, and, in a lew days there- 
 after, with his icuiiiient. was innstered oiif of (lie service. 
 Thr iiii|ih'iiieiits of war lieiiiu laid aside lie returned to his 
 home at lMii|)oria and resumed the ])raetiee of his ]irot'essioii, 
 eoiitinuuiy to take a dee|) interest in exery ino\-eineiit iinuij;u- 
 rated to (levelo|i and Iniiid up the <_'ommon\vealth. I'nwaver 
 I ni; tail h in the resoiirees and ixissibilities <il' the State, untii'inj;' 
 efforts tor what he lielieved to he for her advaneemeiit, ready 
 pereeptiou, whieii eiihbled hiin to deeide what should be done, 
 soon uave him leadership and determined his future. 
 
 In the tall of 1S6(> he was eleete(l a inembei of the Kansas 
 house of representatives, and when that liody assembled was 
 ehoseu as its iiresiding' oftiecr. As sjieaker he won the eon 
 tideneeand uooil will of the assembly and presided oxer it with 
 distin.unished aliiliry. He was returned as a member of the 
 house the followiiii; year. In 1877 the people further <'\ ideneed 
 their appreciation of his services and worth by an election to 
 the Fnited States Senate. Tie was twice rei'leeted and death 
 found him at his jiost of duty December lid, 1S!M. 
 
 This brief bion'iaiihy tells its own story, Smdi a record can 
 not be found in any other country. It is wholly du(^ to the iii- 
 tluence <if .Vmerican ideas and American institutions. With a 
 limited scholastic e(lucation. a poor boy advances from one 
 position of trust to another, until he is seateil as a member 
 of this highest lejiislati\e body iu the world, and all this is 
 aecomiilished at the age of 40. The record is not chised here. 
 Tlic xoiuig Senator was a close observer and a student, 
 althouuh his methods of study were said by his nearest 
 friends to have been peculiar. His open, genial manner, his 
 constant industry and force of character, soon gained for him 
 
142 Address of Mr. Jlrodcrick, of A'ansas, on the 
 
 reiofiiiitioii in the Senate and endeared him more firmly to the 
 ]ieo)>le of his State. After a few sessions he was found par- 
 tiiipatiuji' in the discussion of great ((uestions, and always 
 ar(|iiiited liimself with credit. 
 
 I)urin{f the last years he was one of the best intormed men 
 on iinMic iiuestimis in the country. Many times he amazed 
 tiic Senate l)y his readiness and foice in debate upon qnestinns 
 suddenly sprunji in that body. Senator Llali-. lon-i associated 
 witii liini. in iiis eulogy in ihi' .Senate, saiil: 
 
 "On this tioor lie never fham|iioned a measure without first 
 studying it from all sides, and no man here could maintain his 
 cause better than Mr. ruMH." 
 
 His work in tlie Seuate for bis State and the nation can not 
 receive more tliaTi mere mention at this honi'. The (lart he 
 bore in the deliberations is part of the history of that body 
 and retlects great honor upon his memory. His fame was not 
 limited to his State, but extended to the remotest (lartsof the 
 I'nion. Everywhere his mime was regarded as a tower of 
 strength, and his advocacy of a measure was evidence that it 
 would receive respectful consideration. 
 
 In daily life he was unassnminu and earnest, but always 
 considerate of the opinions and .sensibilities of others. Strong 
 j)ersonal attachments drew to and about him hosts of ardent 
 ailmirers. He was devoted to his family, kind and obliging 
 til his friends, and generous to all. Much of liis on ii |ii(is])erity 
 was employed in kindly nduistrations and for the substantial 
 pros])erity of others. 
 
 The willingness to assist those wlio lookcil to liini was one of 
 his strong characteristics, and lir lj;nl innmiiii able rails Ibi- a 
 Word (ir line of (roniiin iKJat inn. There are few men who ever 
 hel|>ed carry the lio])es and aMd)ilions of more ]ieo])le. Kaidc 
 oi- station was not considered. Ue was of the peojile and with 
 the people. One of the last acts of his life wa.s to assist in se- 
 
Il 
 
 Life and Character of Prexton li. Pliiuib. I CI 
 
 cnrin,y tlic ;ii)|ii)iiitiiu'iit, of a | r (upliaii Iki.v as mcssciinci- in 
 
 oiieoftlK- Dcpaitiiieiitsoftlic (lovcniiiK'iit. Flo liad woiidfifi 
 energy, strong will ji.iwcr. and a deterininafidii to do tlii 
 that he Ix'licved sh.MiM W done. All was doM<' without osten- 
 tation, show, or inctcnsc. 
 
 Those are in brief some of the traits of eharucter that brought 
 him into puhlie notice and secured to him the conlidtuce and 
 respect of iiis fellow men. 
 
 The years of experience in public life had fitted him fbr still 
 greater usefulness to his country. He appeared in the very 
 zenith of his intellectual i)owers, and his ft-iends had abun- 
 dant reason to believe that he yet had a long and useful career 
 betV)re him. There was no Kansan whom the people of the 
 State delighted more to honor. They were proud of the record 
 he had made, a n-cord that adorns the brightest pages of our 
 history. Xo wonder, when, on that Sabbath in Decendjer, the 
 sorrowful news was Hashed over the wires that Senator I'lumb 
 was dead, there was deep and sincere m(.urning. Xo wonder, 
 when the funeral car moved out. and all along the line, from 
 the cajntal city to his Kansas home, the people stood with nn- 
 covcred heads. No wonder the multitudes in his beloved State 
 gathered to look for the last time upon the face of the dead 
 statesman. 
 
 Becoming a resident of the Territory when tiiere were a ia^ 
 isolated settlements, he had seen that earnest, struggling com- 
 munity grow into a great, prosperous Commonwealth, contain- 
 ing nearly a- million and a half souls. During these years he 
 had witnessed the establishing and l)uilding up of institutions 
 that would do credit to a much older State. He had the con- 
 sciousness of having contributed in no small way to this won- 
 derful transformation. He was proud of his State, had un- 
 bounded faith in her future, and expressed the hope to see the 
 unfolding aiid development of all her resoiu-ces. 
 
114 .hM/rss of Mr. Brodcnck, of Kansas, on the 
 
 I low straii;;*' it seems. A tew slicnt weeks afjo this <;reat 
 mail was one of the reeognized leaders in the I'liited States 
 Senate, '• A living force anion^;- livinj; men, heli)iii^ to mold 
 l)ul)lic opinion and shape national jtoliey." 1 have a vivid 
 lecidleetiomifni.v last conversation with him. It wasonly two 
 oi' three days before his death. Wliile he spoke of the neces- 
 sity of takinu' a few days' rest, he seemed hojieful anil of jrood 
 cheer. I had no thonj;ht that he was standiiij; on the river's 
 bank, and within liailinj; distance of tlie Boatman; tint the 
 hours of his appointed time were nnnd)ered. 
 
 The loss of this life is felt here at the national cajiital: it is 
 felt in eveiy hamlet in his State: hnt the great bereavement 
 lias fallen most lieavil> ii|iiin t lie home, upon the faithful, loving 
 wife and the trustful children. Tlionsands of sorrowing hearts 
 turn with sineerest .sympathy toward that stricken household. 
 
 In the weakness of humanity, but with becoming reverenci-, 
 «'e are prone to incjuire why the carth!\ career of such a life 
 closed so soon: why the light was so early extinguished. 
 
 O Death, what art them f a l,aw.:iviT that iievrr alti'ieth. 
 
 Fixing t lie t'"'>isuiuinatiiiK seal wlieicby the<Ic«'<l«<il'lil't' tu'ODiiic f.-itablisheu ; 
 
 <) |)i-ath, what art thou ? a sti;rii aii<l .silent usher, 
 
 l.iadiuj^ t(i the ,jiiil"j;iiieut for Elcniit.v, after the trial scene iif'rinie; 
 
 O Death, wliat art thou? an husliaudinan that reapeth always. 
 
 Out of season, as in season, with the sickle in his hand. 
 
 I!ul on such all occasion as this we can not pliilosophize. 
 The mystery of ileath can not Ije solved. When the mes.senger 
 »'omcs with the dread summons the hand can not be sta.ved. 
 
 .\.ll that was mortal of PltKsidX 1'., I'LUMlf has jjassed away 
 forever, but tlie leconl of work well done is imperishable. In 
 sorrow we must submit to tlie decice of Heaven: the lio)ie is 
 in immortality. The life that was so active and useful here 
 has not gone out, but has been transferred to the home beyond 
 the stars. 
 
Life and Character of Preslon li. PI u tub. 115 
 
 Address of Mr. Joseph D. Taylor, of Ohio. 
 
 Mr. Joseph I). Taylok. Mr. Speaker, fifteeu years ago. on 
 the 4tli day of the present month, Pues-ston B. I'lumu stood 
 up in tlie Hall of the United States Senate and took the oath 
 ofolMi'e. Coiuinj; from a State upon whose soil had been fought 
 the tirst great battle between freedom and slavery, his opinions 
 upon most of the questions which were then agitating the 
 country were well understootl, but beyond this very little was 
 known here in Washington of the new Senator. Tall in stat- 
 ure, strong in i)hysique, commanding in appearance, courteous 
 in manner, outspoken in oi)ini()n, <puck in thought, deliberate 
 in Judgment, he was not long in gaining the confidence of Ijoth 
 sides of the Chamber. It was soon seen that he had a way of 
 his own. and, if this way crossed the i)ath of Senatorial dignity 
 or trampled under foot the time-honored customs of the Sen- 
 ate, it made no ditt'erence to him; he went on undisturbed, re- 
 garding results more than metliods. 
 
 His suri)rising fanuliarity with (piestions which came befori' 
 the Senate so(jn attracted attention, and the older members of 
 the Senate often gave marked attention to what he said. In 
 all that he did he was eminently ])ractical. lie never wasted 
 time or words in reaching the turning point of a discussion. 
 His strong individuality cropped out at every point, and his 
 heaviest blows were always aimed at the weakest point of the 
 opjiosition. Having been accustomed from boyhood to depend 
 u])on himself, he mapped out his own pathway, solved his own 
 proldems, fought his own battles, and won Ids own victories. 
 
 Senator Plumb was a natural leader, and yet he had the 
 sagacity to lead without seeming to do so. In consultations he 
 was a patient listener, always willing to consider every side of 
 
 S. Mis. 2i;8 1(1 
 
i-IG Address of Joscpli D. Taylor^ of Ohio^ on tJic 
 
 af|Ut'Stion; Imt when he caiiic to a concliisioii and cxiufsscd 
 ail ()])iiiion lit- supimrled if witli siiuli strong, terse argiuiii'iits 
 that it was ai>t t<t be tlicjudjiiiient ol'all. 
 
 His s|)eeclies were always arguiiieiitativi- and wliat lie said 
 was always aimed right at the iioiiil. Blunt in rejdy. iiuick in 
 repartee, patient in explanation, vigonms in denuneiation, log- 
 ical and furcihle in his reasoning, he always niaintailied his 
 giiiiind in puiilic diseussions to the satisl'aetioii of his friends 
 and often to the discoiiitiirt of his enemies. 
 
 The amount of work be did was a marvel; the way in which 
 he did it was a greater marvel. His indomitable will, hi.s 
 active brain, his sleei)less vigilance, his natural aml)ition to 
 do every thing well, knew no limit and was circumvented by 
 no obstacle. Although born in 1837 and although lie s]»eiit 
 his early life on the frontier, amid the hardships and sacrifices 
 ot' i>ioneer life, and went out in resjionse to his country's call 
 when the storm clouds of war hung thickly over the southern 
 horizon, he seemed as young and \igoioiis as most men do at 
 40 years of age. 
 
 In view of the fact that Senator I'l.rMB was born in Ohio, I 
 ha\e been asked to say something on this occasion, and 
 allliHiigh I was spoken to only a lew days since I am glad to 
 have an opportunity of expressing my admiration for a man 
 who has honored alike his native and adojif cd States. He was 
 born in Delaware t'ounty, Ohio, only a short di.stanee north 
 of the capital of flie State, in a county whieii is Icimwii l hrongh- 
 out the country as the location of the Ohio Wesleyan I'ni ver- 
 sify, one of the lai-gest universities in the country. He learned 
 his trade as iirinfer at Gambier, Ohio, and established his lirst 
 business entcr])rise at Xenia, Ohio, as editor, part owner, and 
 manager of a newsi)ai)er. 
 
 This was his lirst business enterprise and the field of his 
 lirst ambition; but the thrilling news from the jdaius of Kan- 
 
Life and Characlcr of Preston B. PIudiIk \\1 
 
 sas tiiiiclii'd li is heart iuid stii'red liis brain, and lie was soon 
 on his way to that tlien far-otl' Territory. Thce\-eiits of those 
 historic years seem unreal now, w hen tliose dreary i)lains liave 
 
 been transfoir 1 into a hind of ]ironiise. when I he 'I'eiritory 
 
 is now a yreat and prosjx'roiis State; lint there was a time 
 w lieu life or death meant little and w hen freedom or shivery 
 meant everythiiii;- in Kansas, and this was the time when 
 Preston B. Plimh, as a, boy, .stepped upon the threshold of 
 the struggle and took part in all the eontliets whnh were 
 waged from that hour until the freedom of the State from 
 slavery was secured and seeured forever. 
 
 We are ]iroud of our young men in Ohio, and while we ajtpre- 
 ciate how much Ohio lo.st by the transfer of Senator Pltijib 
 to Kansas we are no less proud of his great career beeause it 
 was achieved in a sister State, and we Join haud.s and heart.s 
 with Kansas in doing honor to an OlIo boy who has not only 
 honored two great States, but has honored a great country 
 and left ns all a legacy of which we can be justly proud. Tw 
 his widow and children, who sit in sorrow lieneath this great 
 shadow, we send our .sympathies and our tears and ask for 
 Ohio the privilege of sharing in the sorrows as well as the 
 Inniors that crowd upon us in an hour like this. 
 
 On the first day of the present .session of this Congress I 
 came with Senator Plumb to this city. He was m one sleeping 
 car, I was in another, on the same train. He invited me to go 
 m his car and I did so, and later on he canieinto mine and we 
 talked a great while and on many subjects. lie handed me a 
 card on which he wrote the name of an individual whom he 
 recommended as a .suitable person to be consulted in a matter 
 of business in which .some of my friends are interested. Only 
 once did he refer to his health, which he said was not very 
 good, and he attributed it in iiart to too much hard work and 
 in part to sickness in his family, which he said had cau.sed him 
 a great deal of anxiety. 
 
148 .ldt/rtS6 of Jostpli D. Taylor, of 0/iio, on the 
 
 \\"i' talki-il politics as wull as biisiiioss miuI disciisseil tlie 
 liiospt-rts and prnlmblf candidates ol" the coniiiijj eaiupaijru. 
 Ill all that was saiil. with this siiiale exception, theie was only 
 the sj)arkle and cliccr of heallh and happiness. His lil'e si-cnied 
 radiant with liopc and snnslnni- and liis heart was I'nll of kind 
 ness for all. NVe sei>arated al tlie dejiot and did not meet 
 aj;ain. When tiie news of Ids death came it seemed as if some 
 friend had fallen by my side. Itsci'med imi)ossil)lc I I took out 
 <if my ](ocket the diary in which was ilie card he had handed 
 mc. Tliere was hi> hand writ inj;. and around tliat card gath- 
 ered tlie words he imil spoken, and between tlie lines tliere 
 seemed to be written. •• Hi' ye therefore ready also; (or the 
 Son of Man cometh at an hour when ye think not." 
 
 There was a link of friendship between Senator I'UMI! and 
 myself which was always mentioned when we met: that was 
 bis friendship for Col. T. II. Anderson, who is now the minister 
 l)leiiii)otentiary to Bolivia. South America, who studied law in 
 my ollice and was for many years my hi\\ iiartuei-. 1 liaveofien 
 beard Col. Andersou express hi.s admiration for Senator Plu MU, 
 and I ha\e a letter in m.v possession now in which Senator 
 Plimh refers \ erv kindly to Cid. Anderson. 
 
 Tliere are many lliin^^s that can be said of a man's jirixate 
 eharacter, his r<-Iatious to fandly and home, to wife and <liil- 
 (Iren. friends and neighbors, more beautiful than those which 
 relate to public life or honored careers: but Ihey will bcsjioken 
 by those who were better ac(|iiainteil with Ihe deceased than 
 1 was and who can speak of iliese sacred relations nioii' appro- 
 jiriately than I can. 
 
 lint I know enouj;h of Senator I'li'MU's private life to honor 
 him for his love of liome and family, lor his interest in his 
 fiieiids ;iiid neighbors, for I lie love he hart tor his native State, 
 to which he always turned with a kindly heart: for the inter 
 est he took in the town of l^m[)oria, that beautiful and attra<'- 
 
/,//(' and Character of /'nsfon />. I'lnnih. 149 
 
 tlve city of till' \\'csr, (if which he was (incur llic roiiiKh'is. 
 When I w;ill<cil nloni;' Ilic sticcts of I'jniiorin. liiicil \\ithsli:idc 
 trees 071 every side, and lndkcd at tlic hidcl^s of l)iiihlin,i;s, so 
 well and so jxTinanently linilt. I conld not realize tlial I'"mi|io- 
 lia had urowii to what it is within I lie litetiMic of any man ; and 
 yet it has urown since Senator Pi>T'Mr. planted tlie llist foun- 
 dation stone, and Kansas in the nicantinie has ^rown to lie a. 
 great State, and is destined in thi- \ears in cuinc to he one of 
 the .ureatest States in this Union. 
 
 When I said that Senator I'i.ttmh was a h'adei I did not 
 mean that he had not been influenced by others. When he 
 went to Xenia. Ohio, to become a youny editor he met there 
 that grand old Methodist preaeher. (iianville Moody, who was 
 full of patriotism and abolitionism and always ready to lueach 
 or tight for the frceilom of the slaxc or the overthrow of intem 
 l)erance. I have understood that Senator 1'litmb was a- great 
 admirer of (iranville bloody, and 1 do not know who could help 
 admiring that noble man who has e\-er heard him speak, or 
 l)reacli, or talk, as 1 ha\'e often done, and I do not tloubt that 
 Senator 1'lt':mb carried into Kansas the same tire and enthu- 
 siasm which (iranville Moody enkindled wherever he went. 
 Xo man is entirely original. The thoughts which crash through 
 the brain, the woi'ds which burn and blister on tln^ lip, the 
 gentle sunshine which tills the heart, come rolling down througii 
 the cenTuries and are as immortal as the ndud itself. 
 
 ^Ve think the tliougbts of others: we speak the wdmIs of 
 others: we ilo tlie acts of others: we go through life stejiping 
 in the footprints of those whom we adnn'ie and honor, whetiiei- 
 we know it or not; bnt there is a difference aftei- all between 
 men in their individuality. Two men may be equally great in 
 certain characteristics which the world admires and yet om- 
 may be a hero and the other a coward: one may insist on as- 
 serting his manhood and conscience at all times ami nndei- all 
 
15U Address of Joseph D. Taylor, of Ohio, on the 
 
 firciiiiistnm-fs. wliilc tin- ntlu-r cowim-.s in (lie pioseiiii' ol'imlilio 
 sciitiiiR'iit and dofs not dare to Ix' liimself. Senator l'i.f:«i!, 
 however, always dared to lie liimself, and. whetlier lie stood 
 alone or was supported by olliers. lie li;id the eonraye of Ids 
 <;onscienee and tlie dijinity of Ids nianlnpod as Ids roi-k of de 
 leuse. 
 
 There is no State, y\.\. Speaker, in tlie I'nion so much like 
 Ohio in its lej^islalion and laws as Kansas, llavinjj some in- 
 terests in that State, 1 have had occasion to he tliere very often, 
 and have always noticed this reinarkahle unifornnty. The 
 niana,i;enient of public affairs In Kansas diflers very little, if 
 any. from tlu' mana;;emeMl of public alVairs in Ohio. I have 
 often wondered at this resendjlance and ha\<- heard it sjjokeii 
 of by others, and I think I can now aci'ount for it largely by 
 noting the connect inji link between these two States, which is 
 found in the life of Senator I'l.rMii. lie was l)orn in Ohio, 
 learned the printers' trade in Ohio, editetl and i)ublished his 
 first iiewspai>er in Ohio, studied law in Ohio, atti-nded two 
 courses of law lectures in Cleveland, Ohio, was adnutted to the 
 l)ar ill Ohio, and was subsecjuently married in Ohio. 
 
 Going to Kansas, as he did, as ])rinter, editor, lawyer, soldier, 
 jiolitician, when the Territory of ICaiusas was a trackl(>ss prairie, 
 ami participatiiif;, as he did, in framing the constitution and 
 in making the laws of Kansas when tiie Tcrritoiy became a 
 Slate, it was natural enough that he should, as far as possible, 
 <'opy into the constitution and laws of Kansas the constitution 
 and laws of Ohio, and 1 am peisuaded that no other one iudi- 
 \idual iiad so much to do in making Kansas so much lil;e Ohio 
 as oui lamented and hmioicd Senator. 
 
 Mr. Speaker, the one thing that has astoidshed me more than 
 all else besides, since 1 have been in Congress, is the freiiuency 
 with which death crosses the threshold of this Hall. Seat 
 after seal has been xacated. funeral alter fiiiu'ial lias taken 
 
Life and Character of Prcslou /I. riitnib. 151 
 
 lilacc, :uul scurccly ;i siujile inontli piisscs Inun the oiicniiiff to 
 till' closf of a session of Cougress without tlic startling appear- 
 auee of this great shadow. 
 
 "In the midst of life we are in deatli " is true everywhere, 
 Imt it seems to have a. donble meaning to the members of 
 this House, and its warning voice needs to be written upon 
 the walls of this Chamber and kept fresh in the memories of 
 those who sit beneath the Dome of this Capitol. 
 
 ADDRESS OF Mr, Otis of Kansas, 
 
 Mr. Otis. Mr. Speaker, Senator Plumb was a man of deeds, 
 and not of long speeches. Action, bold, energetic, and persist- 
 ent, was characteristic of the man. He had the courage to 
 dare, and also the ability to do. Educated in the school of 
 adversity in early youth, he was equal to prosperity in mature 
 manhood. Political honors did not elate liim. He was always 
 in touch with tlie comuKm i)eople. He was great in his sim- 
 plicity. Elected Senator from a State born in the throes of 
 political revolution, bajitized in the blood of freedom, and 
 whose early history is written in the crimson letters of an irre- 
 pressible contlict, called upon to represent a constituency pre- 
 eminently industrious and enterprising, intelligent and pro- 
 gressive, his tasli in the legislative councils of the nation was 
 one fraught with Herculean labor and great responsibility. 
 
 And now beside the freshly sodded grave all partisan feeling 
 vanishes and the mantle of charity is kindly thrown over all 
 human frailties. But Preston B. Plumb was by nature a 
 patriot, and not a partisan, in any offensive sense, as the term 
 is usually ap])li('d. Mr. Speaker, I have no desii-e to engage 
 in fulsonu' eulogy; liut could tliat inanimate canvas hanging 
 from the wall upon your right by some magic process become 
 iml)ued with life, ami (ieorge Washington speak to the as- 
 
152 Address of Mr. c)//s, of Kansas, on tlic 
 
 seiublt'il Hi'presi-ntatives in this Hall, uruiuji iiinni iht'iii to 
 " r.cwarc oftlic spirit of party" and to place •• Tatriotisni be- 
 tbrf partisanisiii," lie would but voici' tlu- honest eonvietions 
 of him whose memory we seek to honor here today. 
 
 Could the "jaUant Lafayette, there ui)ou tlie left, be heard in 
 accents l)old and free, ln'could unt a.> a lilieity loving French- 
 man utter words in i)ehalf of suil'erinj; humanity and free insti- 
 tutions more potent than many of the words and deeds of our 
 Kansas Senator. He risked his own life to save the life of a 
 disabled wayfarinj; traveler. .V native of Ohio, he early emi- 
 grated to Kansas and liecauu' thoron>;hly identified with her 
 early history and lur material interests. If 1 am permitted 
 to notice any sectional distinction, lie was preennnently what 
 might be called -'a western man:" bul ••western" in the sense 
 of being brave and broad, even world-wide. Every instinct 
 of his nature drew him toward the toiling masses and away 
 from the sjioliatiug classes. Whilst national in the truest 
 sense, he could not sit idly by and see one .section dominate 
 over another. Krom our standpoint no higher tribute could 
 be ])aiil to the dcceaseil than to (pu)te from his remarks of 
 August 1 and June G, ISlUt, in the Senate of the United States. 
 The highest eulogy of the dead should be measured by their 
 deeds and words while living. 
 
 On August 1, IS'.tO, in sjieakinu upon the tariff (|Uestion. lie 
 u.sed this truthful language: 
 
 '• Let us seek for .some means for rai.sing the revenue lor the 
 f lovernment besides imjiosing these great and enormims duties 
 upon the articles in common use by the people. Let us invoke 
 some of the intelligence and ability which are po.s.sessed by 
 American statesmen to discover means and articles upon which 
 taxes can be imposed without distressing tlie )ioor."' 
 
 On Jiineli. 18!)l». speaking upon the money question, he said: 
 
 "Any legislation which 1 consent to must iierinanently widen 
 
Liji- and Cha racier of Pn-slon B. Pliiuib. 153 
 
 llif base, iiHisI citlicr rt'Cdyiii/.c hdtli metals :is iiioncy (ir niiisl 
 discard both and put in their jilaec pa])er irioiiey, tlie vuliiiiic 
 lit' whieh can be e\])aiided so as to meet the ineieasinj; needs 
 (pfiiieieasiimbusinoss. Aiciiiiiiedes said tliatiflie liad a plaee 
 to put liis tnicium he <'ou]d lift tlie world. Gi\e the Ameiieaii 
 lieopie the base on which to plant their feet, with iiicreasiii';- 
 breadth to meet iiicreasiiiji needs: yive them the financial 
 iiistrnmentalities which they need tor th<' develoinneiit ottiieir 
 resonn-es, room for the exercise e>^ their intelligence, their en 
 terprise, their I'oura.-c. they will not only move the world, but 
 they will lead it.'" 
 
 After all that his distinj^uisheil colleagues iu the Senate 
 liave spoken in lii.s praise it is useless for me to further extend 
 remarks in this directicm. His services are missed. IJut whilst 
 his death is looked npou as a public loss, alas! what shall we 
 say of the loss to wife and children? Here speech becomes 
 powerless and words lose their signitieance! Upon such an 
 occasion he speaks most feelingly who uses fewest woids. 
 Sometimes sympathy is most keenly expressed in profound 
 silence. In closing I will simply (piote the language used by 
 himself upon a similar occasion iu honor of Senator Beck of 
 Keutircky : 
 
 "Thus once more we pay farewell honors to one who was a. 
 leader among us, whose talents challenged our admiration, and 
 whose candor and amiability of nature and tenacious fidelity 
 to duty will continue an example w orthy of imitation through 
 all coming time." 
 
154 Address of Mr. Toioiisend, of Colorado, ott the 
 
 Address of Mr. Townsend, of Colorado. 
 
 Mr. TowNSKM). Mr. Speaker, tlic dcatli dF Senator PurMB 
 was a shock to liis friends anil tn tlic conntry. To those who 
 knew him personally he was the embodiment of i)hy.sical endur- 
 anee, eom-age, and manliood. >'o one, unless it were his most 
 intimate friends, was aware that lie was tniiihhil witli any ail- 
 ment, much less that he was so suddenly to be stricken tatally. 
 Ko event could more forcibly teach the lesson that in the "midst 
 of life we are in death." It is therefore most ])roi)er that we 
 .should stopfer a brief hour and cuiisider this reiiiarUalilc \\y.\\\. 
 whose career has been so illustrious. Nothing: that words can 
 convey will relieve tlie deej) ^rii'f i»"<l sadness and sorrow tliat 
 enshrouds tlu' honic and family of this dei)arted husband and 
 father, whose (h)iiicstic virtues were unexcelled by his fame 
 and worili and aliility as a statesman. Hut we may be able 
 tosay sonu-thinu- of this nnin'slife that shall i>rove of value to 
 others who are animated by an Inuiorable ambition. For — 
 
 Lives of great men all reiiiiiiil us 
 
 We can make nur lives suMime. 
 AikI, (li']iaitiiij;, leave 1)eliiii(l us 
 
 l'oiil|iriiils on tlie s;inils ciC tiiiii'. 
 
 Koiitpiiiils wliieli ]>erliaiis aniillier 
 
 Sailing o'er life's dieaiv main, 
 A t'lirloin anil sliipwreiUed limtlier, 
 
 Seeing, may take heart again. 
 
 Preston I>, I'ltmi! lias (innislieil anotiuT ilbistrious ex- 
 ample of wiiat iionorable anibiiion, si erliny- manhood, and dili 
 •rent industry 7nay accomplish uniU-r tlie beuelicent intluences 
 of our free institution.s. Fn-e republican j,'overument can oiler 
 no lii^jher testimonial 1o the Iminan race than that, under its 
 liberal opportunities, its eMhir;.;cd fieedimi. its wise rcfjard lor 
 the i-i^hts and pri\ih-t;es of tin- individual cili/en. il has been 
 
Life and Character of Preston B. I'linnl). U^^^ 
 
 so prolilic in its .U'vclopniciit of uicii wiio in the iirts and 
 sciences, in icli-ion and politics, in war and in statesinansliip, 
 liavc added t,.lmuian -icatiiess. as well as to tlie honor, glory, 
 and lame of their country. The record and history of the life 
 of Senator l'n-:\iB will he more eflieiently .stated Ijy others 
 who are more familiar with the details than I am. Yet a 
 fjlance at his life is necessary to fully comprehend his achieve- 
 ments and the more prominent features of his character. 
 
 Born in is;57, he was electc.l to the United State Senate in 
 1S77, at the age of 40 years, and at the time of his death, 
 after three elections an<l over fourteen years' service in that 
 honorable body, it would be unjust to say that his Influence 
 and usefulness were not e(pml to that of any other member. 
 Learning the print.-rs' trade at 12 years of ai-e, establishing 
 a newspaper wlicn only Hi at Xenia, Ohio, he remove<l to 
 Kansas in I8;3(i at the age of 111 years and began the career 
 that made him conspicuous in his State and throughout the 
 
 nation. 
 
 The political c(mditi(ms existing in Kansas in 1850 are 
 matters of public history, but at this time no one will contro- 
 vert the statement that the establishment on the plains of 
 Kansas of a Territory and a State d.^voted to free soil and free 
 men precipitate.l the war of the rebellion. The environment 
 of his early manhood made him love liberty and hate slavery; 
 taught him that freedom was one of the inalienable rights of 
 man and respect for those rights the duty of every good cirizen. 
 At LT) he was a mend..M- of the legislature of his State and 
 rep(n-ter for the supreme court. In 1802 he enliste.l in the 
 Union Army and rose rapidly to the rank of lieutenant-colonel 
 of his regiment. In ISCr, we find him again in the legislature 
 of his State and speakei- of the house of repivsentatives, and 
 in 1872 he «as made i)resident and manager of a bank at Em- 
 ])oria, Kans.. where he resided. 
 
1-"j6 Address of Mr. ToiL'nscnd., of Colorado^ on the 
 
 I'fihaii.-- tin- must i-ous]>icuous cliaracteristic ul tliis actixe 
 man was his .siijufiiic (IcvuIiiJii tn liis iliitics. lie never spared 
 liimself. Ilis rapacity nl' labor was tlie wonder of liis IViemis. 
 Me j;ave to his otlieial duties the enerj^y. zeal, and i)aiiistak- 
 inj; investigation that ina«le him master of every subject upon 
 whieli he was ealled to act. In debate he was tlueiit of si)eeeb 
 and frequently eIo(pieiit, always elear and logical, and with 
 the utmost candor and ab.solute fearlessness, lie liad an 
 acute an<l analytical mind, (piick perception, and souiul judg- 
 ment. His imnien.se industry, eomhined with a wide acipiaint- 
 ance and knowledge of business alfairs, enabled him to engage 
 with great success and protit in large business undertakings. 
 His presence was like a breeze from the plains and his energy 
 gav(! life to his occupations. He was an ins]iiration to <ithers. 
 His vigorous and rugged manhood, combined with a genial 
 tem]ier. made him a pleasant companion and as.sociate. He 
 liad hosts of personal friends, and his popularity was great 
 wherever he was personally known. This was esi)ecially true 
 in the West, w heie he was widely known. His sympathies 
 were keen and were readily touched. 
 
 He was a man of the ix'oiile, and care lor their interest was 
 the law of his otlieial lite. He stood among his fellow men 
 like one of the loftier peaks in a mountain range. Tlie eyes 
 of thousainls were turned in his direction. It is liclieved by 
 many that, had his life been s[)ared, higher and greater honors 
 awaited him. His death seems untinu'ly; it was so sudden, so 
 unexpected: but sad and ]>aiiiful as it may be it is the law of 
 our being and is inexorable. We should be pre]iared to meet 
 it at any time and api)roacli the grave like one who — 
 
 wraps Ilu* (Irapcry (if liis rotirli 
 Alioiit liim ami lict. iliiwn to pleasant droaiiis. 
 
Life and Character of Preston />. I'/iiuib. \'u 
 
 ADDRESS OF Mr. Davis, of Kansas. 
 
 Mr. Davls. Air. Sjioakcr. we are liere to pay flic last, tribute 
 ot respect ofrlic liviu.i;- to tlic dead. Nothiiiji' that we can .say 
 or do can chaiiyc the condition of liiin whusc memory \\c here 
 coHiniemoratc. Uiit, on the other hand, we may both comfort 
 and benetit theliviun'. We may hold up examples to be either 
 imitated or shunned. The suliject of our remarks to-day i,s au 
 examph' of what may be acconiplished by an American youth 
 of energy and industry under favorable conditions, lie came 
 to Kansas when that State was full of rich uatural and polit- 
 ical opportunities. He knew how to grasp them and u.se them 
 and his life was a financial and ]>olitical success. 
 
 I'KESTON B. I'lumb. of Emporia, Kans.. was born in Dela- 
 ware County, Ohio, October 12, 1837: he received a cominon- 
 sehool education and learned the art of printiog: he removed 
 to Jvausas m ls.")(i; was a member of the Leavenworth consti- 
 tutional convention in l.S5!>; was admitted to the bar in 1801; 
 served in tlie lower house of the legislature in 18(i2, and was 
 chairman of the Judiciary committee, and sul)sequeiitly re- 
 porter of the supreme court. In August of the same year he 
 entered the Army as second lieutenant in the Eleventh Kan 
 sas Infantry, and served successively as captain, major, and 
 lieutenant-colonel of that regiment: and was commissioned as 
 colonel of the same regiment in August, 18(!2. He was a mem- 
 ber and si)eaker of the Kansas house of representatives in 
 1800. and also a member in the following year: he was elected 
 to the United States Senate to .succeed James M. Harvey, and 
 took his seat Marcli 4, 1877, and was reelected in ]88;^ and 1888. 
 Col. Plumb did good service in his country's cause, and was 
 duly honored by his countrymen, in recognition of Lis ability 
 and i)atriotism. In politics Senator Plumb was a Republican; 
 
158 .Iddress of Mr. Dazis, of Kansas^ on the 
 
 Vft on till' (|iiestit)iis (if riiiaiu't' :iu(l tarill' lie often testified and 
 bravely (•(niteiideil on the side of the people. Many of his 
 ablest speeehes are models of lofiie, truth, and patriotism. I 
 once wrote him a letter of tliaiiks tor uulili' words spoken in 
 the United States Senate. He replied liilly and fianlcly: 
 
 *• What you commend me for is what I have been doing ever 
 since 1 have been in Congress. That is to say, I have opjwsed 
 the contraction of the 4urrency. I have advocated the enlarge- 
 ment of the volume of the currency, and I proposed the amend 
 tiient, which you so highly commend, to a bill jiending in tlie 
 Senate four years ago. It was not adopted, but 1 did all 1 
 <'ould to have it adopted. Generally speaking, 1 have no doubt 
 you and I would agree about matters concerning the currency. 
 At all events 1 can say that the views that 1 had when 1 came 
 to the Senate, and which 1 have often expressed, have under- 
 gone no change, unless it lie that they are more lixed than 
 ever. I do not believe in a currency to be provided by the 
 banks, because I can not conceive that the volume of such a 
 currency woidd be inevitably adapted to the needs of the 
 countrj'."' 
 
 My acquaintance with Prestos B. Plumb commenced in 
 187.'5, when, on his invitation, 1 was calletl to address the peo- 
 ple of his county at the Lyon County fair. I thus became a 
 guest in his family. From that time to the day of his death 
 our acquaintance and friendship continued. Although we 
 sometimes crossed political swords in the news]iapers, and 
 met each other in public and joint debate, yet these incidents 
 worked no personal alienation. Through all these years the 
 chain of friendshiji and iiersonal regard and apjireciation re- 
 mained unbroken. His was a practical mind of large com 
 prehension. His was a power which molded men. Mis third 
 election to the United States Senate was uiiaiiiinoiis by tlie 
 legislature, in a State charged to the explosive point with 
 
Life and Character of Prcsloii B. PIniiib. 159 
 
 living- tlioiiulit and ]>olilical revolution. I Ic was eminently a 
 man (if deeds. He spoke freely and boldly, hut he was most 
 noted tor aetioii. It was a eoiiniioii expression in Kansas on 
 sudden enuT.uencies: ■• \\'liat w ill In.i^alls say ?" And, •• What 
 will J'LUJIB doT' 
 
 But T am not here for detailecl liistor\- noi- alone tor eulogy. 
 The living nuist he henefited or our words here are tor naught. 
 
 The sinldeii death of Senator Plu:mi! should reniind us that 
 at all times we are snhject to call hy the Great Leveler of 
 Humanity. Tbi-rc is no moment of life when "the tall, the 
 ■wise, the reverend head" may not be called to lie as low as 
 the humhlest. There is no time when our loxed ones may not 
 be called to taste the same anguish and to sutVer the same 
 bearthreak which aiHict the stricken family in Emporia. All 
 that breathe must share the same fate. The joyous nniy laugh 
 till the summons comes. The sad may ]>lod on in theii- melan- 
 choly, the ambitious may chase their jihantoms, and the work- 
 ers may not cease their labors. Yet mirth and melancholy, 
 work and ambition, must have an end. All of man that is 
 mortal will tind its bed in dust '-as the long train of the ages 
 glides away." Youth and manhood, the matron and the maid, 
 and soft breathing infancy will tind the same level in their 
 last narrow bed of rest. Yet there is an immortal soul which 
 sleeps not in lifeless day. A spark of life from the eternal 
 altar which never ceases to glow, destined to endless life and 
 growth. With this, hoi)e, Oh man ! 
 
 So live, that wlu-n thy sumuiDiis comes to join 
 Tlie innumerable caravan which moves 
 To that mysterious realm wliere each shall take 
 His chamber in the silent halls of death. 
 Thou go not. like the ([uarry-slave at night, 
 Scourged to his dungeon, but sustaine<l and soothed 
 By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave 
 Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch 
 About him and lies down to jdeasant dreams. 
 
 — liryunt. 
 
160 .IMnss of Mr. Bar tine, of Nevada, on the 
 
 ( )m occMsioiis like this the tlKni^litfiil iiiiinl looks with eosiiiie 
 view ami iufliiite humility from this sliort life into the eterni- 
 ties of the past auil the future, and the spirit of the favorite 
 verses of the great liineolu spontaneously arises to aid in 
 '•celebrating our grief:'" 
 
 oh, wLy sliiiiilil till' sjiiril ol' mortal br jnoml? 
 I^iko a Cast-llittiiij; inrtfor, a fast-tiyin;; floud, 
 A Hash of the li^htiiin;;. a l)rL'ak ol" tlie wave, 
 He pa^seth I'roui life to his rest in the gravt. 
 
 The leaves ot' the oak ami the willow shall fade, 
 Be scattered around, aud to-^ether In- laid; 
 And till' youn;; and the old. and the low and the high 
 Shall uiolder to dnst and tofjether shall die. 
 
 So the niultifnde i^oes, like the flower or the weed, 
 That withers away to let others sncceed; 
 So the multitndu comes, even those we heboid. 
 To rejieat every tale that has often heen told. 
 
 'Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draft of a Ineatb, 
 From the lilossoni of health to the paleness of death, 
 Krom the gilded saloon to the liier and the shrond; 
 Oh, why should the spirit of mortal he prond? 
 
 ADDRESS OF MR. BARTINE, OF NEVADA. 
 
 Mr. liAKTTNE. Mr. Speaker, 1 was iievei more painfully iiii- 
 l)resscil with the nneertainty of human life than when, on the 
 20th day of Decemher last, I learned that the senior Senator 
 from Kansas was dead. When 1 came here a.s a new member 
 of the rifty-fir.st Congress, one of the earliest friendships I 
 formed at the other end of tlie <'a])itol was with PliKSToN H. 
 1*1.1 MI!. There was tViiiii I lie lirsl a liiind iirsyiiipatli y lict ween 
 us in the eireumstanoe that one of his lirothers isa friend and 
 (•onstituent (if mine in the State of Nevada. 
 
 I already knew the Senator, in a general way. b.\ his public 
 
Life aiK^ Chaiadrr of I'rcsl,>}i /I. riniiih. 1(11 
 
 career anil national icpnlatidn, and ii|>(in inert uiu liiiii I wasat 
 once attraetcil ))yhis strong personality and -enial nature. 
 During- the first U-w weeks of the present session I was snller 
 ing IVoni illness and was not able to be in my seat. Wlien par 
 tially recovered. Imt still very weak. ! came to IlieCapiiol one 
 day and entered tlie Senate C-liamber. Ahuost tlie linst Sena- 
 tor to sreet me was Vly. Plumb. Well do 1 remember the cor 
 diality of his welcome and the kindly solicitude with which lie 
 spoke of my illness. In less than a week he was -one. Little 
 would anyone who saw us then have supi)osed that the stal 
 wart Senator, with his robust, almost giant physiqui-, would 
 so so(m lie beneath the sod and I be spared to take part in the 
 memorial service of this day. 
 
 Truly has it been said that " in the midst of life we are in 
 death." 
 
 The distinguished Senator fiiim Kansas was stricken down 
 in the full prime of vigDrous manhood. .Tndging from appear- 
 ances, we would have said that he had a, (piarter of a century 
 of strong and useful life before him. We can not do otherwise 
 than lament the death of such a iimn at such ati age. In the 
 great ocean of time the utmost sjian of a human life is but as 
 the '-twinkliug of an eye." It begins, it is gone, and the cter 
 nity of the future is as measureless as before. 
 
 To the individual possessor of that mysterious thing which we 
 call life it makes but little diiterence whether it clo.se at 25 years 
 or 1 .e extended to a century. Whether his sjiirit wing its flight 
 to the Christian's "Home of the soul" or sink into Nirvana's 
 dreamless calm, the length of his earthly existence is to him a 
 matter of trivial concern. But it is freighted with importance 
 to others. 
 
 Man comes and man goes, but men, like the brook, "go on 
 forever." Generation follows generation as the seasons follow 
 each other, and every generation aims at a higher ideal than 
 the one which went before. 
 S. Mis. 228 11 
 
ir 
 
 1G2 .Iddrtss of Mr. /iarti>n\ of Xcvmia, on the 
 
 Tlu'rcl'inp, 111 tlie^n-cat iiro<;ri'ssive uuuch of maiikiiiil if doi-s 
 make a ililVereiici' whrtlicr the life i>f siiili a man Ih- knitrtli- 
 iMicd lint or bf broiifilit to a lui'iiiaruii' cinl. Wlieii we con 
 sidfi' liis iiitellei-tiial strciif,'tli, liis tapacitv fur lalior. tlii- 
 hreadtli and generosity of liis natnif. and liis warm love f< 
 his fellow man. who can measnre the amoniit of good that 
 might haveeume from twenty years more of sueli a life? One 
 little tlionglit germinating in the seeret ehambers of a single 
 hraiii may impress itself npon the niiiuls of untold millions, 
 eliange the fortunes of mighty nations, and shape the des- 
 tinies of a world. 
 
 Senator Plumh was a tireless wonccr. His mind was ever 
 active and full of plans for the improvement of society. His 
 ideas were broad, national, ami thoroughly American. He 
 made uo claim to perfection; his frieuds make no such claim 
 for him. Had he been i)erfect he w.udd not have been human. 
 He would have been at once above our appreciation and be- 
 yond uur comprehension, lie was simply a manly man. in wliom 
 the. iiialities which inspire love and admiration largely pre- 
 dominated. 
 
 His life was a lesson that should never be lost upon the 
 youth of our land, r.oni with the love of liberty in his heart, 
 that sentiment grew ami Idossonicd and ripened upon the 
 plains of Kansas. In the midst of stormy and tnrbnlcnt scenes, 
 frcipu-ntly ending in .strife and bloodshed, as a mere boy he 
 helped lay the tbnndations of one of the greatest and grandest 
 Statesof the American I'liion. That same love ofliberty.com 
 billed with iiatriotism, made him a .soldier of the Union, and 
 npon the battle field he displayed the same resolution and dc 
 termined courage that distinguished him in civil life. 
 
 His career in the Senate was in the highest degree honorable 
 both to him.self and the people whom he represented. He wa.s 
 not what could fairly be called an orator. He thought more of 
 
Life and Cluiiactcr of /'rcstoii />'. litiuib. \W, 
 
 tlic kleatliaii of tlic Iaii^iiai;f in wliicli it was (dotlu'd. Tline 
 was a lack of those };iacefal movoiiKUits. the clciiant roiiiidiiij;- 
 of jxTiods, the beautiful imaj;ery and word i)aiiitiug- that ujark 
 the iiolished orator. 
 
 r.ut he was uevertlieh'Ss a strikin,i;ly cousiiicuous li.i;iire in 
 that body. A (-hise student, a thorough investigator, fauiihar 
 with nearly every detail of g(nernmeutal administration, a 
 elear, incisive, and ready debater, he shrank from no eneouiiter. 
 His lauce was ever couched, and it seldom faileil to reach the 
 object at which it was aimed. But he always struck iu a sj)irit 
 of kinilness and never inteutioually gave pain. Associated with 
 some of the strongest intellects of the age, he grew aud strength- 
 ened by the association. Ills tremendous i)hysical energy and 
 mental activity enabled him to transact au amount of work 
 that is almost incredible; and the impress of his sturdy and 
 practical mind has beeu left upon many a page of the statute- 
 books of the country. 
 
 :Mr. Plumb was a Republican and deeply imbued with the 
 fundamental principles of that party. He realized, however, 
 that no political organization can be uniformly right, and upon 
 matters of detail, not going to the principles upon which 
 the party was foundi'd, he was l)oldly and sometimes ag- 
 gressively independent. INIore than once he drew upon himself 
 the censure of his party associates. But it was political cen- 
 sure only. He was a brave and Iwrnorable oi»pouent, never 
 lurking in darkness, never tiring from ambush, but always in 
 the clear light of day, lighting upon open gnmnd, and he held 
 the respect and esteem of his brother Senators to the last. As 
 a member of a body in which it is generally believed that 
 patrician ideas have to some extent found a lodgment, Jlr. 
 Plumb was essentially and distinctly a tribune of the peo])le. 
 Although possessing an ample fortune, his tastes were plain 
 aud simple, and no icy barrier separated him from the toiling 
 
164 Address of Mr. Barlhu\ of Xcvada, on the 
 
 inillious of his (•(nuitrymcii. llf leiufiiilifrcd the liiiiiil)li' 
 i-iailli' ill whitli lie was loclct'tl; he leiiii'mlH'red the i)i>veity 
 of his early yoiitli; he leiiiemhered the road by whieh he had 
 traveled to fortune, lie irali/.ed that, while he liad been .sue 
 eessfiil in aeiiiiiriii^ wi alili. favoriii^ ciiciiiustaiiee.sliad guided 
 and iliircted his cflbrts. lie knew full well that a man's siie- 
 eess ill l)usiiiess is not l>y any iiu'aus a fair test of either his 
 moral or iiitelleetual worth. To him it made no ditlerenee 
 whether a man were a millionaire or a day laborer. lie Judged 
 both by the same standard: tin- (|nalities of manhood which he 
 found them to possess. Cosmopolitan enough to love the wholi- 
 human family and rejoiee in the ju-osperity of every nation, 
 he yet loved his own i-ouiitry better than he loved an\ other 
 (■ouiilr\ : he loved till- A incrirau pcopli' bcttrr than he loved 
 any other people, and he loved the [leople of Kansas a little 
 better than he loved the people of any other .State. 
 
 And no people ever had a more faithful publie servant than 
 tho.se for whom he spoke and aeted in the Senate of the United 
 States. 
 
 From morn till eve, and away into the small hours of the 
 night, he toiled on and on. And when the bu.sy brain ceased 
 its working, when the .strong heart was suddenly stilled, the 
 great ehauge found him in the conscieutions discharge of his 
 duty. When he died. Kansas was robed in mourning. It 
 seemed as if a shadow had entered every liouseholil. l']ver\ 
 Kansan felt that he iiad lost a friend, and the heart of the 
 wholi- nation throbbed in sym|)alhetie accord. His work has 
 been done, and well done; the journey of his life has ended; 
 beneath the .soil of the State he loved .so well he is sleeping his 
 last slee]i: his .soul is mingling with the infinite and the un 
 kiinu n. 
 
 To the family so near and dear to liim in life we ean only 
 sneak words of < solation. Their loss has l»een irreparable. 
 
Life and L'haraclir of Preston />'. P/iiiii/k HiT) 
 
 One lias liccii taken fnnii tliciii wlidcaii iit'scr Ix' rcplacfd. luit 
 1 tnisl tlicy may liiid siiiiic (•(Hiilort in kniiwinf;- that tlui 
 uatiiiii shaifs llicir ,t;iicl' May tlic load of their sorrow ho 
 lijiliteiKMl hy the failli lliat, lai- fmni tiie scenes of earthly care, 
 the spirit (if tlieir loved one is iioveriiii; o"ei- tiii'ni and eheerin.!;' 
 them with the sweetest words of liope. l-'rom the silen<'e so 
 profoiiiKl may there come the dear familiar voice, saying unto 
 
 tliem: 
 
 The liviiij;' are the. only (Uiiul : 
 
 Tlie (lead live, nevermore to die; 
 And often when we iiiouru them lle(l, 
 
 Thev never were so nigh. 
 
 The joys we h^^e .\vr Imt forecast. 
 
 And we shall find them all ouee more; 
 
 We look hehiud us for the past, 
 But hi! "tis all hefore. 
 
 ADDRESS OF Mr, Gate, of Arkansas. 
 
 Mr. (Jatk. Mr. Speal<er. my aci[uaintance with the late Sen- 
 ator from Kansas, of whom it is my jnixileye to sjieak at this 
 time, was so limited as to preclude me from making any ex- 
 tended -omment on his personal characteristics and virtnes. 
 
 What I may snltmit will he the views and impressions that 
 have come to me in an otticial or "cneral way. 
 
 Others more favored in beinji' permitted to know liini more 
 intimately have spoken, and will speak, of his oreat personal 
 worth and his noble iirivate character. 
 
 It is my iirovince to regard him almost entirely from tlie 
 record lie has made, from Ilie impress that he has left uiion 
 the thonghts and feidini^s of his people, the ■•footprints" he has 
 left "U])on thi^ sands of time." 
 
 Of commiindin.i; ability and tinendino- industry, with a fac- 
 
1*>() Adiircss of Mr. Catc, of Arkansas, on tin- 
 
 \\\\\ Inr wdik and a dispositinii tn <lii it railhl'ully, yot appar 
 ciiily ImiiiiuHcss ill tlic ^^rasp of liis (•<iiiipit'lieiisii(ii, faultlessly 
 acriuatf in details. (|uick to ]icrcci\c his ojiportuiiitii's and 
 fvtT ready to utilize them, he forniiilated his plans with iiii 
 eniiifi Judgment and executed them with unfaltering boldness. 
 
 Pos.sessingf tlius within himself all the elements of sueeess. 
 he sueeeeded. 
 
 He was at once the prod net ami the exponent ol' that [le.'uliur 
 civili/ation and iiitellijrPiit development which has made re- 
 maikahle the history of our laee in the last half of the nine- 
 teenth century anil recorded its grandest achievements in the 
 jirogress of our great Uepublic. Il<' wasiirei'iniiiently "a man 
 of atfairs.'* and withal a i)atriot and a statesman. 
 
 In tile iifeand in the dcatli of Senator PLr:MB we are taught 
 two lessons. 
 
 In his busy, earnest lite and its achievement.s we learn that 
 under our free institutions no bounds are set to the jiossibilities 
 of intellectual inilcaxor dincted by a clear Judgment and sup- 
 jilemented by industry: in his death we learn that there is a 
 jihysical limit to human endurance. 
 
 So far as the first can be considered, he was only within the 
 threshold of his accomplishments: what he might have done 
 had lie been given the allotfeil sjian. no one can conjecture. 
 
 .Vs to the last, he had reached the end. The bow too often 
 and too severely bent had broken while many arrows were yet 
 uiis]ied and in the ipiixcr. 
 
 Ueiiig one of those who accompanieil his remains to their 
 last resting-iilace, :iii o|)i)ortuiiity was atfoided me' to ascer- 
 tiiin and observe the liohl he had iijion his countiymen. the 
 esteem in which lie was held bythosi' among whom he had 
 lived and for whom he had labored. 
 
 Tliose foinial manifestations ol sorrow which mark the loss 
 of :in eminent citi/.eii were not wanting. 
 
/,//('■ and Character of Preston />'. /'imiif/. Ii!7 
 
 They were clnboiMtc. in iinod taste, and in every way ciini 
 iiiensurate witli the suh-ninity anil niaunitndf of the occasion. 
 
 The i)a,u('aiit represented a i^reat State in niimrnin^' for a 
 great man. 
 
 But wliat iini)ressed ine. niort^ forcibly was that behind these 
 public demonstrations there was a deiqi and abiding i)oi)nhir 
 sorrow. In the crowds that tiiron.i;ed the capital city of his 
 State, and his own city of l<]mi)oria. to do honor to their dis 
 tinfiuished dead, there were all classes of ]ieoi)le. There were 
 the sturdy nieeluiuie, the intelligent aud thoughtful merchant, 
 the studious divine, the cautious banker, the farmer Ijroiized 
 ill the sun and wind in his prairie home, and there also was 
 the ever-bright face of l)uoyant childhood. 
 
 People there were in thousands, but there was no busiuess; 
 the farmer exclianged no product of the soil for the wares of 
 tht^ merchant ; the banker's oftice was closed and the mechanic's 
 shop was not open; there was no sound of the hammer in the 
 city, aud even the gladsome shout of the schoolboy was not 
 heard on this sad holiday. 
 
 Each one seemed as if he had suffered a personal affliction. 
 
 The Commonwealth was mourning the loss of a statesman; 
 the peo]ile were sorrowing at the death of a friend. 
 
 The bright and i)rogressive city where he had lived makes a 
 part of the record of his life and his labors. His restless en 
 ergy is seen and felt in its growth and industries, and no doubt 
 in watching its ])rogress and its prosperity he luid often real 
 ized the fruition of tlie hopes aud toils of his early manhood. 
 His home was such as those who knew him would picture it to 
 be; about it there was no elaborate effort at architecture, no 
 affectation of the feudal castle or baronial mansion. Oomplete 
 in its appointments, comfortable and convenient, within there 
 was that air that ever pervades the abode of intelligent worth 
 and pros])erous effort. The books evinced a cultivated taste 
 for literature: the pictureson the wall stood f"r his patriotism. 
 
168 .IMnss of Mi: Ca/i\ of .Irkaiisas, on lite 
 
 C<iiitc-mi>latinfr tlicsi- evidences of eomtnrt and eiilture. I 
 tlionjxlit liow often in tlic Inifjht, l)iisy years that were f^oiu' 
 had In- wlio now lay s.> piai-eliilly Ix-neath Mie rooftree he ha<l 
 erected to shelter tliox- he luM-d: how ottcn. wearied witli tlie 
 Imnh-ns ofinililic hie, wouiKhd and sickened and saddened in 
 the strife incident to his career; in>\v often had he son<,dit I his 
 home and witiiin its walls liad his hrnises honnd nji. liis armor 
 buriilslied, his conra^cstren.iitln-ned.and hi> iiope renewed. and 
 then jionc forth aj^ain stron;^ in tlie inspiration of honu'. love, 
 and sym|>athy to other contints and to otln-r tnnin|ilis. 
 
 r.nt he had uone out for the last time. Herolike, he had 
 falliMi in the path of duty with his armor on. lie had foiijjlit 
 his last battle and was now come losle";; his la.st sleej) anion-;- 
 tho.se he loved .so well and who loved hiin. 
 
 One other thou-jht and my remarks will he ended. As we 
 joiiiiicy(-(l through the land and looked uiioii its homes and its 
 industries, as I watched the faces of the peojih- who had uath- 
 ered in throngs, it seemed to me that in all things there was a 
 strong similarity Ix-tween that country ami its jieople and my 
 own (-ountry and its [leople. In the two coniinunities there 
 .seems to be a homogeneous impiilat ion ; men and wonii-n with 
 like fortunes and misfortuues; the .same struggles, the same 
 hopes and fears; a comiiKm country, one tlag. a like destiny. 
 In all these interests there is no eimtlict; then why should 
 there be strife Ijetween us.' 
 
 As we stood by the open grave there was on my right a war 
 worn veteran who had worn the blue, and in his eyes were 
 tears; in front of me stood my colleague, who. in tho.se dark 
 days of eisil war. I'ollowed the lortniies of the lost <-anse an<l 
 w'hose saddened face rellected the sorrow that was in his heart. 
 
 Here, then, in the shadow of death tliose who had confronted 
 each other in the hour of battle had foMiid a common ground 
 on which to meet in (;ommon symjiathy. 
 
Life and Cltaractcr of f'rrs/on />. Plumb. 109 
 
 Will not the time soon coiiie wlicii, in tlic itrescncf ami in I lie 
 interest of the livini;', we <Mn all make a common cansc of I lie 
 coninion j;uo(l .' 
 
 And when the bn.yler l)le\v ■'li.^hts unt" and tuined away, 
 our fdinial dutit's ended, a ln)iie sprang up in oni- hearts that 
 in the et>niiiij;- years, not liir away, we cnuld blow out the lights 
 wliieh party passion and seetional prejudice iiave lighted to 
 lead our jx-ople in di\ ergent paths. 
 
 !\Iay we not believe that in the near future there will ema- 
 uate from the graves of the great and good men in every sec- 
 tion of our broad land a sjjirit of fraternal love and affection, 
 proclaiming to all the people, from our Northern borders to our 
 Soutliern shores, "on earth peace, good will to men!" 
 
 ADDRESS OF Mr. Baker, of Kansas. 
 
 Mr. Baker. .Mr. Speaker, I shall not attempt to give a 
 historical sketch of the life of Preston B. I'lumb. but shall 
 content myself to speak of him as he was seen by those who 
 knew his active life. 
 
 He whom we were le<l to believe was the incarnation of 
 physical force and intellectual energy has fought his great 
 fight, has finished his course, and we are here to-day to pay 
 due respect to his memory. 
 
 As one of the Representatives from th(^ State of his adoption 
 I feel that it is a privilege to bring my meed of praise to place 
 npon the tablet of his memory. 
 
 The couplet — 
 
 Dospnir of iiotliiug tliiit you wouM attain, 
 T^iiwi'ariiMl (lilijii-ncc your point will .yain — 
 
 seemed to be the insjjiration of his life. He was fully imbued 
 with that manilate. '• Subdue the earth." He was energetic 
 
170 .hMnss of Mr. Baker, of fCaiisas, on the 
 
 and assiiliidus. dili.Ufiit in all tlic \aiious luirsiiits of lifo. His 
 oarni'Stiiess, wliolf-lii-arteilncss, anil stoadines.s in lal)i>r onablcd 
 liini to overeonu- all obstacles to his success. Lal>or that would 
 utterly have exhausted others seemed but to streufitheu hiui; 
 he scfincd I<i Iniui-I wlial \\as lichin<l and was cNcr rcachiug 
 forth to that which w:is bet'oie; and in doiny this he was but 
 jiiessiDjj toward the j;oal for the great prize of his ambition. 
 
 To deliberate, with him, was to act. He was thereby enabled 
 to obtain po.ssessiou of much wliiiii he had not contemjilatcd. 
 He believed that everything was progressive in its nature and 
 that by industry all obstacles in life might be overcome. With 
 him it jiromotefl sell'-res])cct and reliance and drove away a 
 de]>enden<(' updU circumstaiu'es. 
 
 lie believed that in working we reign, and soon learned the 
 lesson that by industry man lifts himself to a seat among the 
 great of earth. The i)oet has well described him as he was 
 .seen by his constituent.s at home: 
 
 .\iitl the sovil, fr<l and fattciirtl on the tlioughts aud tilings around it, 
 
 Oroweth to perfection, full of fruit, the fruit of foreign seed. 
 
 For wo Icara n])on a hint, we (ind upon a clew, 
 
 We yield a liuudredfold; hut the j^reat sower is analogy. 
 
 There must he an acriit sloe hefore a luscious peach, 
 
 A hall of rotting llax liefori' tlie liridal veil. 
 
 An egg hefore an eagle, a thought hefore a thing, 
 
 .\ spark striiik into tiniler to light the lamp of knowledge, 
 
 A slight suggestive word to guidi' tile watching mind, 
 
 A balf-seeu haiul upon the wall, pointing to the halaiice of comiiarison. 
 
 These seemed to be his moving forces. We (iml him toiling 
 with the hand as well as the hea<l. He believed that all labor 
 that tends to sujijjly man's wants, to iiu'reaseinan's happiness, 
 to ele\ate man's nature — in laet, that all labor, iihysical and 
 mental, were alike honorable. To him rest was ruin. He felt 
 that the structure of his bodj- as a whole and every organ 
 .showed that he w as designed tor activity . 
 
 J'.nt a slrong man lias fallen, strong ]ihysically and intcd- 
 
Lift' and i'JiaracU-y of l'rcslo)i /!. riuiiib. 171 
 
 k'ctiiidly. Tlic void (rt';itc(J li> liis dcatli iM\ not he easily 
 tilk'd. To tlioso who knew liiiii his very pii'seiicc was ti tower 
 of slreii^tli. Whatevi'i- he undertook with his j;reat iiitelleet 
 marked liiiii as the peer of the ^reat men of his day. lie was 
 always to lie I'ouikI in thefrontol'a contest, lie faltered at 
 no odds. 1 >efeat uever dismayed him. Believing in the justi(;(^ 
 of his cause, iH)thiug could deter him. As he came iu contact 
 with the best minds, the greatest intellects of his day, \Ye found 
 him tlieir equal, ntn'er shrinking from the contest. His record 
 was that of a truly courageous man. IJe lived a life of fidelity 
 to home and fannlv and of sincere devotion to his country. 
 
 ADDRESS OF Mr. Henderson, of Illinois. 
 
 Mr. Henderson. Mr. Si)ea-ker, \ can not ])ernut this memo- 
 rial service to i)ass without offering some tribute to the mem- 
 ory of one whom 1 so much lionored and respected as 1 did the 
 late Seuator from Kansas, Hon. Preston B. Plumb. 
 
 For the past fifteen years 1 have been associated with him 
 in the i)nbli<', service in these legislative halls, lu^ at the other 
 end of the, Capitol and 1 as a Uepresentative iu this body, ami 
 during all tiiese years our acquaintance has been to me so 
 pleasant tliat while otlieis are speaking to-day of his high 
 character and distinguished services as a citiz(^n, soldier, and 
 statesman, I could not forgive myself if 1 did not add my testi- 
 mony, however feeble it may be, to his long, able, and faithful 
 sersiceas w Si^uator and to his many noble and maidy qualities 
 as a man. 
 
 It was indeed a gratification to know such a man as Senator 
 Plumb, for he was kind and genial Iti his inteicourse with his 
 fellow men, and especially with his friends, and always ex- 
 tended to them such a warm and cordial greeting as to nuike 
 them feel better foi' his jdcsem'e. 
 
172 .hMrcss oj Mr. I [nuitison^ of Illinois^ on llw 
 
 I met Senator IM.iMi! Cur the last time hut a tew ilays liefore 
 Ills death, and apparently he was the same stiorij,', vifjormis 
 man he had ever been since my first ac(iuaiiilaiiee with him. 
 lie was flieertul and s<-eiiied to lie in jrood sjurits. and. s<i far 
 as I observed, in yuod heallli. And when I lit;iiil dl' his sud- 
 den, miexpeeted decease — that tins stroiiy man, tliis jjieatSen 
 ator had been stricken down in the midst ol' liis usefulness and 
 III' his remarkable career. I was severely shocked and could 
 iiardly realize that the sail aniiouiiceinent was true. 
 
 But. alas I it was true, and his uni'\|)eitcd decease <;ave to 
 us. liis associates in public lite and friends who iiad known him 
 so well, another strikiiiii lesson of the ^reat uncertainty of this 
 life: a lesson which should rcmiiid us to do our work well, and 
 to be ready. I'm- in such an hour as wi- kiinu not of we, too, 
 may be called hence, and then it will be well for us if so j^oud 
 an account can be given of our life work as can truly be of this 
 great Senator whose death we so deeply lainenl. 
 
 Sriiator ri.u:vilt always, U-k ny lirsl arqnainlancc with him. 
 
 impressed me as being a man of great strength and vigor, 
 both idiy.sically and intellect nally. lie seemed to jiossess all 
 the elements of greatness. lie was strong in his ])hysical as 
 he was 111 his mental orgaiii/.atioii. and was a man of wondciini 
 industry and energy of character. He was bold and fearless 
 in the assertion and maintenance of his o])iiiioiis. and what- 
 ever cause lu; espoused found in him an earnest and powerful 
 advocate. 
 
 Observing his course in the public service, as I did. for 1 ad 
 mired his high character. I can say with sincerity that I have 
 seldom, if ever, known a man in public life u ho brought to the 
 discharge of his duties greater ability and lidiliiy than did 
 Senator I'I.UMI!. lie was ever watclifnl and dlligcni in guard- 
 ing tilt! interests of the people of Kansas, and we may say of 
 the whole country, for he was a patriot ill the broadest sense 
 
/.//?■ and CJutracter nf Preston />'. riiiinlt. 17:*. 
 
 of the I('|-iii ;iii(l took :i dci'it interest in tlie iiatidiinl wcH'are 
 ;is well ;is that iif liis iiw n State. 
 
 Im)!- nearly fifteen years I'ui'.SToN I'.. Pl.fMl? re|)resenle(l 
 the State of ICansas in the Senate (iT the I'nited States, and 
 diii-ili!,;' all the time of his illiistriuus sei'viee he was a, eonspic- 
 UDiis and distiuiiuished nieiiilier of tiiat h(m(iral)le body; and 
 it can lie truthfull\- said tliat no State iiad a more deNoted, 
 t'aithfiil pnlilie servant than the State of Kansas had in Sen 
 a tor PiA'Mli. 
 
 Kansas honored herself in hoiiorini;' liiiu and in eleA'atint;' 
 liim to the hiijli ottiee which hi' so ably tille<l: and in retuin 
 for the honor eonferred npon him lie, by his eminent i>nl)lie 
 serviee, shed luster upon tlie State of his adoption. 
 
 But, Mr. Speaker, this reniarkablt^ man, this yreat Senator, 
 who rendered sneli illustrious service to his State and countiy 
 both in war and in peace, has passed away, and we shall see 
 his familiar form and face in the Senate Cliainhcr and in this 
 ('apitol no mure foiever I After giviiii;' to hi.s State and to liis 
 country the very best service of his strong and noble manhood, 
 he has been stricken down \\hile robed in the honors of his 
 high otliee. I!iit he lea \'es behind him an honorable name aud 
 a record of which his State and the nation, his family and 
 frieuds, may be justly proud. 
 
 Let us who honor his nieinory to-(hiy strive toiiuitate his 
 nol)le virtues and to give to our country that full measure of 
 devotion to duty which constituted the highest distinction of 
 this faithful Senator. 
 
174 Address of Mr. Post, of lUiuois, on the 
 
 ADDRESS OF Mr. Post, of Illinois. 
 
 Mr. Post. Mr. Spciikcr. tliedecaili? wliich prccetleil the civil 
 war was iiiarkfd by a fervent discnssion ofliumau riy:lits ami 
 was a tittiiifj prcliulf to heroic action. Trilics were IVirtJotteu; 
 parties jtaused in their contests, disintegrated, and reorgan- 
 ized; .systi-nis of revenue and other economic (piestions were 
 laid aside, and imblic attention was absorbed l)y tlie one great 
 issue. 
 
 Our lievolutionary ancestors had asserted with eloquence 
 and logic never snri)assed a jjcople's right to liberty and free 
 government, and in 17".'> repuiliated their king, declared their 
 independence, and submitted their api)eal to arm.s, always the 
 final court of arbitration. 
 
 Among the institutions which royal rulers had thrust upon 
 the American colonies was that of African slavery, l^ngland 
 boasted of her frecflom, but encouraged the slave trade, and 
 even extiuted from S[)ain in ITl'! liie sole right of selling Af- 
 rican slaves to the Spanish-American colonies. When Eng- 
 land's king was forced to reliminisli authority on our soil, 
 England's curse remaineil. 
 
 The political convulsion which gave biriii to t lie Territory 
 of Kansas again arou.sed tlie latent fires which had been sup- 
 pressed by com])romi8e, and when I'HESTON 15. Pn'MH was 
 18 years of age the country was aglow with the heat of a con- 
 test destineil never to grow less until England's curse had been 
 utterly wipeil out and tlie Keimblic rei'stablisinil cm the basis 
 of universal freedom.. 
 
 Born in Ohio in 1S.57 ami naturally loyal to Northern .senti- 
 ment, the intiuence which this revival of the .s])irit of our Revo- 
 lutionary ancestors had ujion Pkeston B. PLtDii! can now 
 
Life and Character of Preston /?. Pluiiib. 1 75 
 
 hardly \w tfalizcd. Tiiucs liavc cliaiiniMl ; I lie scIkhiIs now 
 claim the (U'snltory attention of j;ro\vii men tiirounh a course 
 of study wliicli may tit tlieiu to coiupete Cor a life jmsitiou as a 
 (lo\'ernmenl clcrli:. pRKS'l'dN 11. I'i,u:mis at IS was nol a s<-li(>ol- 
 hoy, lint a. man ea.yerly grajipliiiL;' wit li tiie husiuessof life. 
 At 12 years of age he liad begun to learu the jiriuters' tra(h', 
 and at K! he liad established the Xenia News, and conducted 
 it witli \igdr and success. 
 
 He needed neitlier Latin diploma nor certificates from a com 
 mission. lie had ac(jnired the trade which teaches ac( uracy 
 iind attention to details; he had succeeded in that prufessiou 
 in which humbugs and pretenders expose themselves. ' 
 
 At IS PrestoX I!. I'h-:mb was a printer and a journalist. 
 He was familiar with the tbuiulation principles of government 
 as expounded by Hamilton, Jefferson, and by all the found(>rs 
 of rei>iiblican liberty on this continent. He understood the 
 constitutional limitatiiuis and the doctrine of 8tate rights as 
 enunciated by those giants in intellectual controversy, Daniel 
 Webster and John (J. Calhoun. He was equipped by informa- 
 tion anil Judgnu'iit to grapple with public (piestions, and was 
 conceded tlie rights and intiuencc in council of a jiatriotic citi- 
 zen several years before the statute laws i)ermitted him to 
 vote. 
 
 The history of tlie settlement of Kansas is a romam-e and a 
 tragedy. \Vithin the Territory was the geograi)hical center of 
 the United States, for Alaska had not yet been ac(iuired. This 
 arena was formally dedicated by act of Congress to be a battle 
 field in which to inaugurate the physk^al contest between the 
 hosts of freedom and of slavery. 
 
 The Misscuiri compromise had reseived Kansas for freedom, 
 but on opening it tor settlement Congress declared that reser- 
 vation "inoperative and void," and defined its intent and 
 meaning to be " not to legislate slavery into any State or Terri- 
 
176 AiMrcss of Mr. Posf, of Illinois^ on iJic 
 
 toiy I'l- cxcluilc it lliiTcridiii. lull Id liM\c tlic people tlH'recpl' 
 pi'lfectly free to loriii ;inil l(";iiilatc llicir ildincstif iiistiniliniis 
 ill tlii'ir own \v;iy." 
 
 Tlic Constitution liad riM-ii;;iii/cil the iiefiiliar iiistitiitiun, 
 not (ill- jireserv aiiiin. Imt Inr (lis<,'ouriij;:ement. Its extension 
 had been limited by law, but tin- Kansas-Xebraska bill arrested 
 tlie onward nian-li of civilixation, took a step baekwai'd. and 
 antliorized slavery to be cai ried into a Territory wliere it bad 
 never been. To this William II. Seward responded: 
 
 '• Come ou, then, gentlemen of the slave States! Siuee there 
 is no eseajiinj;' your ehallenuc I aeeejit on behalf ol' freedom. 
 We will eiifia^u'e in eomiictition for the \ii<4iii soil of Kansas, 
 and (IikI ^ive the victmy to tlii' si<lc that is stronger in num- 
 bers as it is ill rij^ht. 
 
 The eager skirmishers hastened to the designated arena. 
 The land was fair to look upon. Its wide stretehes of undula- 
 ting prairie were annually covered with tiowers masse<l in 
 profiisidii and licaiil il'ii! in Ilieir \aiiegated disorder, wliile the 
 eourse of the streams might be traeed by tlu; fringe of timber 
 which had escaped the autumn lires. Its salubrious climate 
 attracted many who sought relief from northern rigor, and its 
 A'aiied agnculimal resources were heralded far and wide. 
 
 Among its resources, destined to he dissijiated uselessly and 
 cruelly, were the immense herds of buffaloes accustomed to 
 make their aninml northern pilgriniag(> across KaiLSas during 
 the smiiiiier. retiirning late in the anliiinn to the South. In 
 the midst of the territcu'y thrown open to white settlement 
 were larg<' tracts held l)y various Indian tribes undi'r solemn 
 treaty obligations that their occupation should be protected 
 and iie\er distill bed. Some ot' the tribes had been loiiiid there 
 in I7I!(. when Dnlisiie, the discoxerer of Kansas, was courte- 
 ously received in their villages and wigwams. 
 
 \Vlien the Americans began to pour into Kansas it did not 
 
/,//(• auti Chararlcr of Preston />'. Plumb. 177 
 
 rcqiiiic tlir ^ilt (pf iinipliccy to know tliiil the Iiiiliiiiis as well 
 iis the hiitl'aloes must disa])iicar. Tlicy bad no nowspaiicTs to 
 liciald their wrongs, and any attcnijit to protect their own 
 rijilits would proclaim tliein enemies totlie wliite man— liosf lie, 
 <^'ruel sava.ufs. When a thousand s(iiiatters sei/e.d ujpon land 
 .solemnly guaranteed as indjan land, the cliiefs entered a dig 
 nified protest, the AttorueyCeueral decided in favor of tlie 
 Indians, but neitJier tlie President nor the Army were power- 
 ful enough to redeem the plighted faith of the TTuited States. 
 With hereditary stoicism and pathetic calmness the red man 
 saw the buftaloes killed, his land overrun l)y ties])assers, his 
 rights destroyed. 
 
 The national breach of faith with the Indians was little 
 thought of by the restless and energetic jpioueers who carried 
 civilization beyond the Missouri River. They came to stay 
 they came to make homes, to build up a new State; they came 
 from the South, to avail themselves of the privilege secured 
 to them by the rejteal of the Missouri comproiidse, and from 
 the Xorth to proclaim freedom on the rostrum an<l to secure it 
 at the ballot box. The contest did not stop there. Foi- twelve 
 years, until the very end of the civil war, Kansas was "Bleed 
 ing Kansas," the theater of turmoil and bloody strife, of pvivate 
 and i)ublic war. 
 
 Conspicuous among the young men from the North who took 
 part in the settlement of Kansas was Pkestiin B. Pltmi!. 
 He arrived at Toi>eka in October, IS.5r., and spent the winter 
 at Lawrence. In March, 1857, his name stands first am( .ng the 
 little baud who essayed to build a city on the l)anks of the 
 Neosho. He e.stablished the i:mporia News, and its first 
 number was issued June (1, 1857. He had not yet been eight 
 months in the Territory and was not yet 20 years old. 
 
 It was at this period that I first became acquainted with 
 Preston B. Plfmb, a tall, earnest, energetic young man, full 
 of enterprising jilans for Emporia and for Kansas. 
 S. Mis. L'l's 12 
 
178 Address of Mr. Post, of Illinois^ on the 
 
 Kansas was tlu'ii a limail txpaiisc df waviiifj; {;rass, dotted 
 here and tluMi- with an cnibiyu villaj^e. No railroad ap- 
 iniiaclifd its hoidi'is; tin- Missonri IJivcr I'uinishi'd tlie only 
 I'ac'ilitios lor t'reiglit transinutatiuii witli the Stati's, while ox 
 teams were emidoyed lor the interior. 
 
 I".iii|iiiria was a strag';;Iin.ir tVunfier settlement; norlli and 
 south of it for a thousand miles Indians and buti'aloes oi inijied 
 the eoiuitry, while to the west, nearly SOU miles distant, was 
 the ancient Spanish <ivilization at Santa Fe. 
 
 Nevertheless, at Emporia the clear eye of youth and hope 
 saw a future citj', and thirty four years thereafter, toward the 
 tlourishing city of Emporia, with its radiating raikoads and all 
 the accompaniments of prosperity, toward that city which he 
 had t'linnded, nourished, and IdVid, we bore the lifeless body 
 of Senator PLtrMB, while uidted in sympathy and lamentutioii 
 were fifteen hundred thousand people, citizens of Kansas. 
 
 Ad antra pvr asprra — to the stars throuj;h ditliculties — tells 
 tiie st<iry of liis life. It is tlie motto of his State. It should be 
 inserilicd upon his tomb. 
 
 Tiie early life of Senator Pi.t'MH, his precocious eonnection 
 with ])ublic aflairs, the intensity of popular feeling then exist- 
 ing \vith reference to those aflfairs, the years of frontier danger, 
 of incessant vigilaiKc dI' niHlaunlnl rllnrt. were the discipline 
 which made him a luoadiiiiiided, well-balanced, aggressive 
 leader of men, lie sought the ai)probati()n of his own mind 
 and conscience and commanded the respect even of those who 
 did not agree Mith him. 
 
 To bring into clear relief his early training 1 have reviewed 
 but four years of his active life, years while he was yet a minor. 
 Others have sketched his biogra]ihy after attaining his ma- 
 jority, how he studi(<l law, was adiuiittd Id tlie bar, served lu 
 the State legislature, entered the Inited States military serv- 
 ice as second lieutenant, was promoted to captain, major, and 
 
Lift' and Character of I'rcsli)ii A". /'Iiii)//>. \1\\ 
 
 lieutenant coldncl, a.^aiii sei\ciliii the State lei^islat lire, ami 
 at tlie a.ue iit K) was elected a Seiiatiir cit the ('iiited »States. 
 From that time til liis (loath his acts svei-e ()|it^ii to th(^ iiis])ee- 
 tioii oftlie iiatiim and are indelibly emblazoued on the history 
 of our country. 
 
 Senator Tn IMI! liel[)ed to create the State ol' Kansas. He 
 gave zealous clibrt to her devehipmeut; in time of war as a 
 soldier he coutributed to her martial glory, and in time of 
 peace as a statesman he supported and i)rotected her intere.sts 
 and those of the whole nation. He was the untiring servant 
 of the State he represented. 
 
 Senator Plumb was a partisan in its best sense, not a hanger- 
 on. and blind follower of a party, but one who dared advocate 
 ])rinei]iles without hesitation or equivocation, trusting that his 
 party would sometime be convinced and adopt them. He has 
 been criticised because he always gave his x'arty an eariu'st 
 and unwavering supjiort in the forum of the people, even 
 though he had failed to secure the sup]iorf of that party to the 
 measures he advocated. 
 
 The enterprising soldier who discovers in his defensive line 
 a weak position and suggests that it be strengthened, or who 
 sees an opponent's mistake and vainly urges an assault, does 
 not desert to the enemy because his comrades are shortsighted. 
 So in political strife time will demonstrati^ who is right; the 
 main body may progress slowly; a leadi'r may be in advance, 
 but he is never there in the character of a traitor. A ])artisan 
 may sincerely believe in a jirineiple ami yet be loyal to a party 
 which has not yet adopted it. 
 
 The real party leaders are not those wiio wait for the i)lat- 
 form in order to know their own ojiinions. These nuxy be suc- 
 cessful iioliticians, " safe men to follow," for they travel a road 
 already marked out and fenced in. Some one nuist advance, 
 discover pitfalls, clear away obstacles, and blaze the unknown 
 way. 
 
ISO .Iddress of Mr. Voiiiiinns, of Michigan, on the 
 
 111 a progressive ])arty simie iiiiisi ImiMIv state tlieii- comic- 
 tiixis ami submit foi- pojmlai' jiulyiiu-ut tin- ineasiires in which 
 tliey believe. 
 
 Senatiir I'H'MI! was true to iiis coiaietions and hilmied witli 
 tireless energy tbi' iiis iieii]ilf ami his eoiintiA . Tliose wlio 
 aieoinjiaiiied the I'lineial train witnessed scout's the,\ will ne\ei- 
 fiirgel. The people irowded the lailway stations along the 
 route, tiiey thi'onged to the eapital, where for a time his liody 
 lay in state, and colleeted at Emporia with every maiiit'esta- 
 tion of regard. 
 
 The religions services at the residence of the stricken fatnily 
 and at the church, and the beautiful cereiiM>iiial at the ceme- 
 tery, conducted by his comrades of the Grand Army of the 
 Kcpiiblic. were made doubly iiiii)r(ssi\ c l)y the syini)athetic 
 sorrow of the multitude. 
 
 A people bowed down with grief at a great and sudden 
 <-alaniity, a State in mourning for a loved Senator, was a tribute 
 which recalled these pathetic words nf Motley, referring to the 
 death of William of ( )range : •' As long as he lived he was the 
 guiding star of a whole brave nation, and when he died little 
 children cried in the streets." 
 
 ADDRESS OF MR. YOUMANS, OF MICHIGAN. 
 
 -Mr. YoiTMANS. y\\-. Speaker, it is oidy of the public life and 
 character of Senator I'li'Mij I can speak. I had not the honor 
 of his acipiaintance. The Fifty-second Congress had hardly 
 convened before the shadow of deal li ilarkciicd these halls. It 
 was my privilege, however, as a member of the select com- 
 mittee of the House, to follow his remains to their tiiial resting 
 ]>lace. 
 
 It is not my object, Mr. Speaker, to speak any panegyric on 
 his life; his life is his ]ianegyrie — is on a sure t'oundation and 
 
Life aiiii Cliaracter of Presloit li. J'/iiii/h. 181 
 
 is a i);irl (il' tlic liisloix of tlie l.'^imlilii-. Always a st iirdy ilc- 
 feiidt'i- of coiistitiitioual ii.i;lits; an iHiiKnablf tlioiiuli iHit a 
 lilinil partisan; at times assuininj;- iii(lcpt'ii(iciit jtolitical aclimi, 
 then (lefeiidinu- siudi action with vigor and almost^ luateh- 
 k'ss ehi(iuence. 
 
 Faults, (h)nl>th-ss, he had: mistakes he mi-ht have made; 
 hut always relyinj;- on his honesty, lirniness, a>nd eaiitions 
 judiiineiit, always i>ieseiving his sineerit> of purjiose and in- 
 teiivity of (diaraeter. nisresolutedetermmation gave him that 
 force we denominate cliaracter. Like all who have olitained 
 j)rominent stations and assumed the responsibilities of puhlic. 
 life, it was liis lot at tim(«s, however pure his purpose, however 
 good the cause he followt'd, to he misunderstood and his motives 
 <iuesti()ned. The storm might rage and the night be dark, yet 
 he followed the straight path unerringly; his sure judgment 
 and persuasive oratory turned aside the obstacles besetting 
 his path. Others have outlined the incidents of his career, 
 lait perhaps it is worth our while to dwell for a moment on the 
 lesson it teaches. Very much of the best portions of our 
 country's history is the record of th<' achievements of men who, 
 in their youth, withcmt the advantage of fortune, have written 
 their names high on the obelisk of fame. 
 
 The list, though long, is familiar to every schoolboy; so, too, 
 are their persuasiv(^elo(luence and 111 ightyachievenu'iits. These, 
 pages of history speak silver-toned encoiiiagemeiit to young 
 men, saying to them, " Onward, my young and strong brothers, 
 to the great batth' Held of life. Let not disaii|ioiiitnient and 
 trials damp your ar(h)r; let no temi>tations divert you from 
 truth and right. On every side great hearts will be in sympa- 
 thy, and strong hands linked in with yours, and the god of 
 battles will not suffer you to fail." 
 
 Mr. Speaker, another voice — 
 
 Is sill-lit in till' rmmcil liall 
 Fort'ver. 
 
1S2 At/i/nss of Mr. Cant tit, of K'cutitck\\ on the 
 
 Aiioilici- ■• link' j;lc:iiii ol' time hciwccii two eternities" Las 
 been extingiuslu'il. Ilow loiiy will it be ere we — 
 
 ShuU lea\ (^ our 
 Mirlli auil our niiiiloynu'iits. :iuil shall oouie 
 Anil niaki' our licil with him ? 
 
 And when time shall ])eni> iimre tm- us. may we depart "like 
 one eoiit inning a jmirni'y from an inn, imt as one leaving home." 
 
 The t'rei|neney of these sad sessions brinjxs the admonitions 
 of mortality home to lis, and when we '-shall take our eham- 
 her.s — 
 
 In the silent halls of death,'' 
 
 may it be said <>f us, >' He has foiio-lit the jrood tifjht. he has 
 kept the faith." 
 
 Address of Mr. Caruth, of Kentucky. 
 
 Mr. Carutii. Mr. Speaker, I rise to speak the la.st words 
 whieh will be said in this lenfislative Hall in commemoration 
 of the life and i)ul)li(; serviees of this distiuKuislied Senator, 
 whose memory we thistlay lament; and I .sjjeak with i)rofoiind 
 .sorrow of the loss our eonntry has su.staiued. 
 
 It was not my jmrpose Mr. Speaker, to lift my voice on this 
 occasion, althont;li there were ties of friendship which boiuid 
 tlie distinjiiiished dead and myself tojrethi-r. N\V' lived at the 
 same home in Wasliinjjton; we ate our meals atthe same table; 
 our wives were friends and associates, and I s'I'P^^' t" b>ve and 
 t-o lioiior the distinf,'nished I'kkston B. IMami!. 
 
 I believe thai his careei- has (bine as much as that of any 
 man in Amciiea to sliow the i;ieat streii.utii of onr institntions 
 and the possibility foi' lire haml)lest t<) {jjrow lo greatness. It 
 has been said of us with |)ride, in this broad land of ours, 
 '•eviTV man is by liirth a princte of the blood and a peer of the 
 realm:" and from the liumble beginning ofa printer's boy. 
 
Life and Charadcr of Prcstoii B. Phinib. 1S.1 
 
 st('i> by slc|>, ill tlic ranks of joiirnalisiii, in I lie ranlvs (if I lie 
 
 Ainiy, and in flic Icjiislative hall. I'lM'.S'ldN I'.. IM,r-\ii! woikiil 
 
 his way until lie stood second in (illicc lo llic I'lcsidcnl of llic 
 
 T^nitcd States. So l(i\e<l, so disi inj;iiislied, and so lidnnred 
 
 was he that the yreat people of the State of Kansas, by a nnan- 
 
 inioiis voice, for the third time elected him Tainted States Sen 
 
 ator. In thatoftice, how well and how faithfnlly he dischaiyed 
 
 his duties tlie reccu'ds of his life's story will tell. Bold, free, 
 
 and inde])endent in his position and opinion, nexcr did he — 
 
 CriKik the jirt-'Suaut liiiini'S of tin; kiici' 
 Where thrift may follow fawning. 
 
 None loved truth more than he. Wherever error lilted its 
 head, from whatever side, the stalwart arm of Preston B. 
 Plt'mb was first to strike It down. A lover of his country's 
 institutions, he was always faithful. For the sanctity of the 
 Constitution of the Eepublic, his voice would ever be lifted 
 against any effort to ignore the pi'ovisions of that sacred in- 
 strument or to abridge the rights of the American iieojile; and 
 when he died there died a patriot. 
 
 He was a nuxn who cotild rise above party whenever occasion 
 recpiired; a man who could be true to party when his party 
 was true to itself. 
 
 Mr. Speaker, if you will go with me to yonder lil)rary and 
 examiiie the record of the Congresses in which he held mem- 
 bership you will find that there was no more zealous, no more 
 indefatigable, no more laborious member of the Federal Con- 
 grcssthan Preston B. Petimb. Well may thepeopleof Kansas 
 regret his loss. 1 have sometimes thought that there were two 
 men who stood side by side in the Senate of the United 
 States: one was the Senator from my own State, Mr. Beck, 
 stricken down by the sudden and relentless hand of death, the 
 other was Preston B. Plumb, twin workers in the cause of 
 their country, with a zeal that was untiring and an industry 
 that never flagged. 
 
184 Address of Mr. Cariit/i, of Koitticky. 
 
 When I first caiiic ti> Wiisliiiiutnii and talked with the dis- 
 tiii^uislird Senator t'roni Kentucky about his eolh-agues ujion 
 tluit th)or he tohl nu- that one of the yreatest-braiued men in 
 that Chamber, one of the greatest statesmen in Ameriea. was 
 PkkstoN B. Pltmb: and from tliat remark of his to me I was 
 U'd to wateh the career of Senator I'UMB, and learned to ad- 
 mire his zeal, his ability, and his integrity, as 1 did his ])atriotic 
 love of our eountry and its institutions. 
 
 I can nut add any word to what has been .said here to-day 
 to his memory; but deeply euj^raveu in the hearts of the Amer- 
 ican i)eople will ever remain the niemorj- of the claim to fame, 
 of the service of Kansas's jrreat dead, killed by relentless 
 death in the hour and in the very heifilit and strength of his 
 noble manhood. 
 
 Mr. FiNSTON. Mr. Speaker, 1 move the adoption of the res- 
 olutions. 
 
 The Speakek i>ro tempore (Mr. Fayuter iu the chaii). Tiie 
 question is on the adoption of the resolutions. 
 
 The resolutions were unanimously agreed to. 
 
 Accordingly (at 3 o'clock and U minutes) the House adjourned. 
 

 
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