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 MEMORIAL ADDRESSES 
 
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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE 
 
 OF THE UNITED STATES 
 
 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS 
 SECOND SESSION 
 
 Proceedings in the House 
 February 4, 1917 
 
 Proceedings in the Senate 
 February 25, 1917 
 
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 TABLE OF CONTENTS 
 
 Page 
 
 Proceedings in the House 5 
 
 Prayer by Rev. Henry N. Couden, D. D 5,8 
 
 Memorial addresses by — 
 
 Mr. Charles G. Edwards, of Georgia 11 
 
 Mr. Thomas M. Bell, of Georgia 18 
 
 Mr. Richard W. Austin, of Tennessee 21 
 
 Mr. Dudley M. Hughes, of Georgia 22 
 
 Mr. Edmund Piatt, of New York 2.") 
 
 Mr. William S. Howard, of Georgia 27 
 
 Mr. John R. Farr, of Pennsylvania 29 
 
 Mr. James H. Davis, of Texas 31 
 
 Mr. Gordon Lee, of Georgia 33 
 
 Mr. Charles R. Crisp, of Georgia 38 
 
 Mr. Lemuel P. Padgett, of Tennessee 46 
 
 Mr. William C. Adamson, of Georgia 49 
 
 Mr. Frank Park, of Georgia 53 
 
 Mr. James W. Wise, of Georgia 57 
 
 Mr. Carl Vinson, of Georgia 61 
 
 Mr. J. Thomas Heflin, of Alabama 65 
 
 Mr. Tinsley W. Rucker, of Georgia 66 
 
 Proceedings in the Senate 73 
 
 Memorial addresses by — 
 
 Mr. Thomas W. Hardwick, of Georgia 77 
 
 Mr. Hoke Smith, of Georgia 79 
 
 Funeral addresses by — 
 
 Rev. James William Lynch, D. D., pastor of the First 
 
 Baptist Church, Athens, Ga 39 
 
 Rev. E. L. Hill, D. D., pastor of the Presbjierian 
 
 Church, Athens, Ga 44 
 
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HON- SAMUEL a.TRIBBLE 
 
DEATH OF HON. SAMUEL J. TRIBBLE 
 
 Proceedings in the House of Representatives 
 
 Saturday, December 9, 1916. 
 The House met at 12 o'clock noon. 
 
 The Chaplain, Rev. Henry N. Couden, D. D., offered the 
 following prayer: 
 
 Grant us, O most merciful Father, a keener insight into 
 and a broader conception of the things eternal, that we 
 may be inspired to do the work Thou hast given us to do 
 now with patience, endurance, and efficiency, and be pre- 
 pared to meet the changes in the things temporal with 
 perfect faith and confidence in the overruling of Thy prov- 
 idence for the good of mankind. Our hearts are pro- 
 foundly touched by the sudden and unexpected death of a 
 Member of this body. Comfort his colleagues and friends, 
 especially tlie bereaved wife and children, with the 
 precious promises of the immortality of the soul, that they 
 may look forward with bright anticipations to a reunion 
 in the realm where sorrows never enter and where the 
 continuitj' of life is not broken, but flows on to larger and 
 nobler existence. And all praise shall be Tliine, in the 
 spirit of Him who said, " I am the resurrection and the 
 life. He that believeth on me shall never die." Amen. 
 
 Mr. Adamson. Mr. Speaker, it becomes my sad duty to 
 announce to the House the death of our colleague, the 
 Hon. Samuel J. Tribble, a Representative from the State 
 of Georgia, which occurred yesterday morning in this 
 city at 7 o'clock. 
 
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 It is not my purpose at this time to indulge in any 
 extended remarks touching the services and life and char- 
 acter of our deceased comrade, but at some future time 
 I shall request the House to set apart a day on which an 
 appropriate tribute can be paid to the memory of the 
 deceased. At present I offer the resolutions which I send 
 to the Clerk's desk. 
 
 The Speaker. The Clerk will report the resolutions. 
 
 The Clerk read as follows : 
 
 Resolved, That the House has heard with profound sorrow of 
 the death of Hon. Samuel J. Tribble, a Representative from the 
 State of Georgia. 
 
 Resolved, That a committee of 17 Members of the House, with 
 such Members of the Senate as maj' be joined, be appointed to 
 attend the funeral. 
 
 Resolved, That the Sergeant at Arms of the House be authorized 
 and directed to take such steps as may be necessary for carrying 
 out the provisions of these resolutions, and that the necessary 
 expenses in connection therewith be paid out of the contingent 
 fund of the House. 
 
 Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the 
 Senate and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased. 
 
 The Speaker. The question is on agreeing to the reso- 
 lutions. 
 
 The resolutions were agreed to. 
 
 The Speaker. The Clerk will announce the members 
 of the committee appointed on behalf of the House to 
 attend the funeral. 
 
 The Clerk read as follows: 
 
 Mr. Edwards, Mr. Crisp, Mr. Wise, Mr. Bell, Mr. Vinson, Mr. 
 Lobeck, Mr. Godwin of North Carolina, Mr. CuUop, Mr. Austin, 
 Mr. Mudd, Mr. Kelley, Mr. Farr, Mr. Adamson, Mr. Howard, Mr. 
 Lee, Mr. Walker, Mr. Hughes, and Mr. Park. 
 
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Proceedings in the House 
 
 A message from the Senate, by Mr. Waldorf, one of 
 its clerks, announced that the Senate had passed the fol- 
 lowing resolutions: 
 
 Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow the 
 announcement of the death of Hon. Samuel J. Tribble, late a 
 Representative from the State of Georgia. 
 
 Resolved, That a committee of nine Senators be appointed by 
 the Vice President to join a committee appointed on the part of 
 the House of Representatives to take order for superintending the 
 funeral of the deceased. 
 
 Resolved, That the Secretarj' communicate these resolutions to 
 the House of Representatives and transmit a copy thereof to the 
 family of the deceased. 
 
 Resolved, That as a further mark of respect to the memory of 
 the deceased the Senate do now adjourn. 
 
 And in compliance with the foregoing resolutions the 
 Presiding OfTicer had appointed as the committee under 
 the second resolution Mr. Smith of Georgia, Mr. Hard- 
 wick, Mr. Biyan, Mr. Johnson of Maine, Mr. Ashurst, Mr. 
 Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. Norris, Mr. Sterling, and 
 Mr. Fernald. 
 
 The Speaker. The Clerk will report the concluding reso- 
 lution. 
 
 The Clerk read as follows : 
 
 Resolved, That as a further mark of respect, the House do now 
 adjourn. 
 
 The Speaker. The question is on agreeing to the reso- 
 lution. 
 
 The resolution was unanimously agreed to. 
 
 Accordingly (at 12 o'clock and 15 minutes p. m.) the 
 House adjourned until Monday, December 11, 1916, at 
 12 o'clock noon. 
 
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Memorial Addresses: Representative Tribble 
 
 Friday, January 19, 1917. 
 
 Mr. RucKER, of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous 
 consent that Sunday, February 4, 1917, be set apart for 
 addresses upon the life, character, and public services of 
 Hon. Samuel J. Tribble, late a Representative from the 
 State of Georgia. 
 
 The Speaker. Without objection, the order will be 
 agreed to. 
 
 There was no objection. 
 
 Sunday, February 4, 1917. 
 
 The House met at 12 o'clock noon and was called to 
 order by Mr. Adamson as Speaker pro tempore. 
 
 The Chaplain, Rev. Henry N. Couden, D. D., offered the 
 following prayer: 
 
 O Lord, our God, whose name evokes awe, reverence, 
 gratitude, trust, which men hallow upon their lips in 
 worship, be with us, we beseech Thee, as we assemble on 
 this holy Sabbath day to pay our tribute in sacred memory 
 to a Member of this House who has been called to the 
 higher life, and who was chosen by his constituents year 
 after year to represent their interests, an earnest of the 
 trust reposed in his ability, sincerity, and nobility of pur- 
 pose. His heart went out not only to the interests of his 
 people but to his State and Nation with patriotic zeal and 
 fervor, a consistent member of the church of his choice, 
 an earnest and faithful worker in the Sunday school, be- 
 loved by all. Peace be to his ashes and repose to his soul. 
 Be Thou with his colleagues, friends, his bereaved wife 
 and children, that they may cherish his memory', copy his 
 virtues, and look forward with faith to a happy reunion 
 beyond the confines of this world, where peace, joy, and 
 happiness shall reign forever. Through Him who lived 
 and died that we might know Thee and dwell with Thee 
 evermore. Amen. 
 
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Proceedings in the House 
 
 The Clerk read as follows: 
 
 On motion of Mr. Rucker, of Georgia, by unanimous consent, 
 Ordered, That Sunday, February 4, 1917, be set apart for ad- 
 dresses upon the life, character, and public services of Hon. 
 Samuel J. Tbibble, late a Representative from the State of Georgia. 
 
 Mr. Bell. Mr. Speaker, I offer the following resolutions 
 which I send to the Clerk's desk. 
 
 The Speaker pro tempore. The Clerk will report the 
 resolutions. 
 
 The Clerk read as follows: 
 
 Resolved, That the business of the House be now suspended in 
 order that opportunity may be given for tribute to the memory of 
 Hon. Samuel J. Tribble, late a Member of this House from the 
 State of Georgia. 
 
 Resolved, That as a particular mark of respect to the memory 
 of the deceased, and in recognition of his distinguished public 
 career, the House, at the conclusion of these exercises, shall stand 
 adjourned. 
 
 Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the 
 Senate. 
 
 Resolved, That the Clerk send a copy of these resolutions to the 
 family of the deceased. 
 
 The Speaker pro tempore. The question is on agreeing 
 to the resolutions. 
 
 The question was taken, and the resolutions were 
 unanimously agreed to. 
 
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MEMORIAL ADDRESSES 
 
 Address of Mr. Edwards, of Georgia 
 
 Mr. Speaker: These are always sad occasions, and out 
 of them should come lessons to the living as well as 
 tributes to the dead. I earnestly hope the tributes to-day 
 will at least give a measure of comfort and consolation 
 to the bereaved family and to the thousands of friends 
 who loved the late Congressman Samuel J. Tribble, to 
 whose tender memoiy these eulogies are paid as our last 
 tribute of respect and affection. 
 
 It is called death, but there is no death for those who 
 believe in God and live true to that belief. The body 
 passes awa}% and goes to its last long sleep to awaken no 
 more until the dawn of the morning on that great day 
 when " we shall know each other as we are known," 
 in that beautiful realm beyond this vale of tears. We 
 miss our friend Mr. Tribble from the places where we 
 used to see him — he has gone to that long sleep — but 
 there is no death for such a soul as was a part of the 
 Christian-hearted Samuel J. Tribble. His body is dead, 
 but for the soul of the Christlike there is no death, and 
 his spirit, tender and courageous, has winged its flight to 
 mansions in the sky to claim its sweet reward in that 
 "Temple not made with hands, eternal in the heavens," 
 where it was bidden with the glad greetings of " Well 
 done, thou good and faithful servant " — enter thou in the 
 joys of My heavenly kingdom. 
 
 " Sam," as he was affectionately called by his friends, 
 has left testimony of a noble character among men; and 
 
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Memorial Addresses: Representative Tribble 
 
 he has left a record, pure and spotless, worthy of our emu- 
 lation. The memory of him is so sweet and full of ten- 
 der thoughts, and there is so much to commend his life 
 to us, in the blameless way in which he lived and moved 
 among us, that this should be an hour of rejoicing rather 
 than one of sorrow and grief. Trj^ as we may, sorrow 
 and grief can hardly be taken from death; there is that 
 something about it that strikes awe to the human heart, 
 and but for the hope of eternity and the salvation of the 
 soul I can not see how anyone could meet the awful 
 ordeal. The promises of salvation and of eternal life, 
 the hope of resurrection, with which God's word is so 
 abounding, take the sting away fi'om death and rob the 
 grave of its victory; and to those who keep His command- 
 ments and walk in the path of uprightness, as did our 
 friend Tribble, death and the grave are but gateways to 
 a more delightful realm and death has no terrors. 
 
 It was while I was a student at the University of 
 Georgia in 1897 that I first had the pleasure of meeting 
 Mr. Tribble. I only knew him casually, and did not have 
 an intimate friendship with him until after he came to 
 Congress. He had not been long a Member of the House 
 before he impressed himself upon his colleagues, both 
 Democrats and Republicans, as an able and fearless legis- 
 lator, guided by but one light, and that light was his 
 conscience. He soon won the friendship and esteem of 
 all his fellows, and all respected him for his determina- 
 tion at all times to stand for what he thought was right. 
 
 Since I became a Member of Congress, 10 years ago, 
 I have seen many occasions of this kind, and many good 
 men with whom we have served here have been called 
 " from labor to rest " and have answered death's unavoid- 
 able summons, and their fellows have felt a keen loss and 
 deep grief; but I have not known of a death of any Con- 
 gressman that caused deeper grief and over which there 
 
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Address of Mr. Edwards, of Georgia 
 
 was more genuine regret than was expressed by his col- 
 leagues in the House and the Senate when the sad news 
 of Mr. Tribble's death reached them. He made warm 
 friends and his friends loved him, because he loved his 
 friends and was true to them. He was fearless and tire- 
 less in the performance of his duties, yet he was one of 
 the most tender-hearted men I have ever known and one 
 of the most obliging. 
 
 I can hardly think of the late Congressman Anderson 
 Roddenbery, of Georgia, who served here so ably, with- 
 out thinking also of the late Congressman Tribble. They 
 were strong friends and worked together like brothers, 
 and thej' were almost as devoted as brothers. I recall, 
 soon after Mr. Roddenberry died, Mr. Tribble said to me 
 one day: "Roddenberry hastened his death by hard 
 work," and it was true; but it was true also in his own 
 case. He was a slave to duty and took but little thought 
 of his physical weakness. We are all frail and realize 
 often when it is too late that we have taken too little 
 thought of the frailty of the body. His only thought was 
 to serve, and to do something worth while for his people 
 and his country. 
 
 Mr. Tribble was a la\vyer; and a good one, too; he was 
 solicitor of the city court in his home city of Athens, Ga., 
 and later was elected solicitor general of the western cir- 
 cuit of Georgia. It is known that he filled these positions 
 of honor and responsibility with that splendid ability 
 which later marked liim in Congress as a faithful public 
 servant. He was elected to the Sixty-second Congress, 
 and reelected to the Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth, and Sixty- 
 fifth Congresses. In looking over his biographical sketch 
 in the Congressional Directory, I was impressed with the 
 statement made therein: 
 
 Elected to the Sixty-second Congress, and reelected to the 
 Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth Congresses without opposition. 
 
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Memorial Addresses : Representative Tribble 
 
 He meant, and we all understand it, that he had no op- 
 position in the general elections. He had opposition in the 
 primary elections, and always won with splendid majori- 
 ties, attesting his great popularitj' with his constituents; 
 but he was too considerate and too inodest, afraid he 
 would wound some one, if he made reference to his battles 
 in the primary elections, so he merely refers to the general 
 elections and makes no reference whatever to the primary 
 elections, in which he proved liimself one of the best cam- 
 paigners ever known to Georgians. This is so like the 
 man — a brave fighter when fighting had to be done, but 
 modest, considerate, and forgiving as a victor — never 
 boastful, rather meek, until he was stirred to action, and 
 then he was as brave as a lion and fought with the fuiy 
 of a storm, but was always fair and honorable, regardless 
 of who his antagonist was or what the cause of battle. 
 
 Mr. Tribble was a self-made man, and did his task well 
 in the making, for I have never heard anyone say other 
 of him than that " he was a good man." The fact that the 
 people, early in his young manhood, elevated liim to im- 
 portant positions and promoted him to higher honors, in- 
 dicated that he merited and held their confidence and 
 esteem. As a Member of Congress, he was able, diligent, 
 and faithful. He was a true American and as patriotic a 
 man as I have ever known. He was tireless in his services 
 for his country and carried, at all times, the welfare of his 
 country on his heart and his mind, and never missed an 
 opportunity to advance, as he saw it, the best interest of 
 the whole country. He was an apostle of genuine Ameri- 
 canism. 
 
 I fear many public men are not appreciative of the 
 suffrage of their fellow men. Sam Tribble was. He loved 
 the people of the eighth district of Georgia and they loved 
 him, too, as was evidenced by the thousands who came 
 from cities, villages, and farms, far and near, to pay a 
 
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Address of Mr. Edwards, of Georgia 
 
 last tribute of respect to their dead Congressman and 
 friend when the remains were carried home for burial. 
 It was particularly noticeable and sad to me to see in the 
 large crowd gathered to attend the funeral men from 
 every walk of life, a great number of farmers, to whom 
 he was always so faithful, who had come great distances 
 to say a last farewell and to get a last sight of his 
 honest face, who, with tear-dimmed eyes and bowed 
 heads, had the appearance of soldiers who had lost their 
 chieftain after many battles. 1 knew the love deep down 
 in those noble hearts — 1 had been through political battles 
 just about like those Mr. Tribble had gone through with, 
 and 1 knew that human hearts, in order to love a man as 
 his constituents loved him, were necessarily reflecting a 
 deep and true affection which he had for them. 
 
 In political campaigns the strongest ties are formed be- 
 tween men, and that Congressman who does not love a 
 constituency which has time and time again stood by and 
 honored him with their votes and support is void of all 
 the real tender human sensibilities and is unworthy of a 
 place in the great National Congress. I did not know how 
 deeply and truly I loved my friends and constituents, who 
 have kept me here for 10 years, until I announced that I 
 would not again be a candidate for the House; and my 
 friends from all over the first Georgia district began to 
 write me and express regret. It brought to my mind and 
 my heart a more tender thought and affection for my con- 
 stituency than I had ever had, for the trials in which they 
 had proven true friendships came over me in a flood of 
 memories, and I hope the fragrance of those sweet 
 memories will abide with me until the end. When I saw 
 men of all callings at Mr. Tribble's funeral, weeping, in 
 many cases, like little children, I knew why he had been 
 invincible as a campaigner in the eighth, for it brought 
 home to me the memory of friends who have stood so 
 
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 loyally by me in my battles, and I said in my own heart, 
 here is the secret of his political successes — his hold on 
 the people. 
 
 When the train upon which the remains were car- 
 ried, and on which was the funeral party, neared the 
 boundary line of the eighth Georgia district on its sad mis- 
 sion, friends would board it to express sympathy and re- 
 gret; and as we reached the eighth district large crowds, 
 with sad faces, would stand about the depots and in their 
 appearance could be read the unmistakable evidence of 
 deep grief and great sorrow. His people, as 1 have said, 
 were devoted to him and properly so, for he was a true 
 friend, a good man, and a splendid Congressman, and they 
 hated to give him up. The grief of his constituents was 
 so pronounced that along with the great sympathy I felt 
 for his bereaved family and his close personal friends I 
 found myself keenly sympathizing with the whole people 
 of the district who seemed to realize what the loss meant 
 to them. The people who congregated at the depots knew 
 he was on that train, and they seemed to long for a sight 
 of him, for a warm clasp of his liand, and for the sound 
 of his earnest voice, his usual friendly greetings, as on 
 his former returns from Washington to the " red old liills 
 of Georgia," but alas! his manly form was lifeless, his 
 strong hand was cold, his voice which he had so often 
 raised in defense of his people was forever silent; and 
 thousands of friends were broken-hearted and sad as it 
 dawned upon them that he was returning for the last 
 time to be buried in the dear " red old hills of Georgia," 
 which had always been close to his heart and over which 
 he had romped and played as a boy, where he had lived 
 as a man, and where he wished to be buried. 
 
 In his death Georgia lost a noble and beloved son of 
 whom the State was justly proud, and the Nation lost a 
 true citizen and one of its ablest statesmen. His wife lost 
 
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Address of Mr. Edwards, of Georgia 
 
 a devoted and splendid husband and his children a 'onder 
 and affectionate father. His wife, one of the most cha." 
 ing and able ladies in Georgia, had been a great help to 
 Mr. Tribble in his career, and no tribute to his achieve- 
 ments can be paid this great man without carrying coupled 
 with it also a deserved tribute to her. 
 
 From the activities at the National Capitol, where he 
 did his last and best work for his district, his State, and liis 
 country, his remains were taken back to Athens, the beau- 
 tiful and classic city, where he had made his home for 
 many years, and there, in the heart of liis district, laid to 
 rest. 
 
 If no marble shaft is ever erected to tliis distinguished 
 Georgian to proclaim for all time his splendid qualities 
 of heart and mind, there is builded to him a monument, 
 larger, taller, and far more sublime than any piece of 
 marble that will perpetuate and keep his memory ever 
 fresh and green, a lasting monument of genuine love and 
 admiration in the hearts and affections of noble and ap- 
 preciative friends. 
 
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Address of Mr. Bell, of Georgia 
 
 Mr. Speaker: It is with sorrowful hearts that we are 
 on this occasion reminded of the passing away of one 
 of our colleagues to whom we were all so closely attached, 
 and one who had, during his active service here as a 
 Member of the Sixty-second, Sixty-third, and Sixty-fourth 
 Congresses, made many loyal and admiring friends. He 
 was elected to the Sixty-tifth Congress by the people of 
 his district by an overwhelming majority. 
 
 I was personally acquainted with Mr. Tribble for more 
 than 20 years, during which time he always convinced 
 me of his earnestness and enthusiasm in matters of inter- 
 est to those whom he represented. When I first knew 
 our departed friend he was in the active practice of law, 
 and afterwards was elected and served four years as so- 
 licitor general of his judicial circuit, which position he 
 filled with credit and distinction. He received Iiis fii-st 
 nomination to Congress over one of the ablest men our 
 country has known for many years, and for this reason 
 the public watched his career with interest. He was a 
 hard worker, a very enthusiastic, wide-awake Represent- 
 ative, and did much good for the district and the people 
 he represented and for the country generally. He was a 
 member of the Committee on Naval Affairs, which is one 
 of the great committees of Congress. He was always at 
 his post of duty, and could be found at his seat at the 
 opening of each session of Congress and was one of the 
 last to remain upon the floor at the hour of adjournment. 
 Truly he performed his duty well, and we and the coun- 
 try may truthfully say that the Congress has lost one of 
 its most valuable Members. One of the most inspiring 
 
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Address of Mr. Bell, of Georgia 
 
 characteristics of this man was his willingness to aid his 
 friends and tliose worthy of recognition. He would go 
 his full length for his colleagues and for any meritorious 
 matter in which any of them were directly interested. 
 He was positive in his declarations and ready at all times 
 to defend any position he might take, and always stood 
 firm in his convictions. He had a resolute will, a deter- 
 mination undaunted by fear, and was never satisfied un- 
 less he had accomplished that which in his heart he be- 
 lieved just and proper. Courage was the mainspring 
 of his make-up, and nothing but positive proof of error 
 would turn him from his course. 
 
 He was thoroughly convinced that to serve a constitu- 
 ency meant something to him, and no idle moments can 
 be charged to him in the performance of his duty. A 
 confidential statement made to him was absolutely safe 
 and lingered in the deep recesses of his heart. He was 
 proud of his wife and children and had the fullest meas- 
 ure of their love and esteem. 
 
 His sudden demise was a great shock to us all and 
 his passing from among us is an irreparable loss to our 
 body. We shall never forget his sojourn with us. We 
 will oft remember the brightness of his face and the 
 pleasant communications with him. He was indeed kind 
 and generous, and the courtesy with which he responded 
 to all his colleagues was commendatory, and his desire 
 for the success of his coworkers was unselfish. He has 
 gone from among us, but we shall not forget him. We 
 shall not forget his labors. We shall not forget the many 
 hours he unrelentingly worked for his people and his 
 country. He is now at rest. 
 
 Brother, thou art gone before us; and thy saintly soul is flown 
 Where tears are wiped from every eye and sorrow is unknown, 
 From the burden of the flesh and from care and fear released, 
 Where the wicked cease from troubling and the weary are at rest. 
 
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Memorial Addresses: Representative Tribble 
 
 Sin can never taunt thee now, no doubt thy faith assail, 
 
 Nor thy meek trust in Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit fail; 
 
 And there thou'rt sure to meet the good, whom on earth thou 
 
 lovedst best. 
 Where the wicked cease from troubling and the weary are at rest. 
 
 And when the Lord shall summon us, whom thou has left behind. 
 May we, untainted by the world, as sure a welcome find, 
 May each like thee, depart in peace, to be a glorious guest, 
 Wher'e the wicked cease from troubling and the weary are at rest. 
 
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Address of Mr. Austin, of Tennessee 
 
 Mr. Speaker: I wish to add my tribute of respect, 
 friendship, and admiration for our late colleague, the 
 Hon. Samuel J. Tribble, who served the people of the 
 eighth congressional district of the State of Georgia with 
 zeal, industry', and ability for six years as a Member of this 
 House. He was a useful, faithful Member, always at his 
 post of duty, and ever watchful of the interests of his con- 
 stituents. He enjoyed the confidence and good will not 
 only of every Member of the Democratic side of this 
 House but every Republican who enjoyed his acquaint- 
 ance or had knowledge of his many worthy qualities. We 
 did not always agree with his position on public questions, 
 which constantly divide the membership of this body, but 
 it can be truthfully said that at all times he had the cour- 
 age of his convictions. He was open, honest, and con- 
 scientious in the discharge of his duties. He was not a 
 trimmer, not a dodger, not a demagogue. He was an 
 honest, fearless, manly man. He fairly earned and de- 
 served the love and admiration of his loyal constituents 
 and the friendship and respect of his colleagues here in 
 Congress. 
 
 I met Mr. Tribble soon after his election to the Sixty- 
 second Congress, and our friendship continued up to the 
 time of his untimely death. In the passing of our col- 
 league Georgia lost one of its true and devoted sons and 
 his district a faithful, efficient, untiring public servant 
 
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Address of Mr. Hughes, of Georgia 
 
 Mr. Speaker : One of the most delightful conversations I 
 ever had with the distinguished gentleman whose death 
 we mourn to-day was here in this Chamber the day he 
 was stricken. Apparently in the best of health, he was in 
 a reflective mood, and those ties which bind true friends 
 together, those tender feelings which ennoble friendly 
 intercourse, seemed stronger that day between us than 
 ever before, though we had always been the best of friends 
 since our acquaintance began. 
 
 We talked of our pleasant and happy relations 
 during our service in this House, and I am glad that I 
 then had the opportunity to tell him how deeply I appre- 
 ciated his friendship. It was one of those quiet hours 
 when men are drawn close to each other and speak their 
 feelings. Late that afternoon I learned of his sudden ill- 
 ness and hastened to the hospital, where were gathered 
 many of his friends and colleagues, shocked, grieved, 
 awaiting the fateful words they were so soon to hear. 
 The call which we all must answer had come to liim sud- 
 denly, almost in the twinkling of an eye, and he was soon 
 to answer. Before his sun had reached its zenith and the 
 shadows were- falling to the east his day was ended. 
 Always ready to meet the great emergencies of life, he 
 was ready to answer the last call, for he had led a Chris- 
 tian life and heeded the mandate : " Be ye ready; the sum- 
 mons Cometh quickly." 
 
 In the full glory of a brilliant young manhood, when 
 success was crowning his efforts and the fine promise of 
 goals yet untouched held their lure and hope, as he looked 
 
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Address of Mr. Hughes, of Georgia 
 
 up the mountain whose paths he was climbing so surely 
 and fast, his untimely death at least carried the blessing 
 that goes to those whose ship goes down " when eager 
 winds are kissing every sail." 
 
 Always enjoying the confidence and trust of those with 
 whom he came in contact, he was early chosen a leader of 
 his fellows. A lawyer by profession, he was made the 
 prosecuting attorney for lais county and for his judicial 
 circuit before he came to Congress. His work in the dis- 
 charge of his duties was always characterized by a fine 
 sense of fairness, intelligent effort, and the utmost zeal. 
 
 I never knew a public man who labored more indus- 
 triously for those whose commission he held than did 
 Samuel J. Tribble. No wish of constituents was too 
 small to .receive his considerate personal attention, no 
 task too great for him to undertake for them. He died 
 in the service of his people, giving the very best that was 
 in him to their cause. An incessant worker, he overtaxed 
 his strength in the performance of his duties. He fell in 
 battle. He was inspired in his fight for his people by the 
 same intrepid feeling that moved Washington at the head 
 of the noble Army of the Revolution from White Plains 
 to Yorktown. Tingling in Ms blood when the Great Com- 
 mander called him from the service of liis people was the 
 same patriotism which coursed through the veins of Jack- 
 son as he fell at Chancellorsville. 
 
 His service to his country was great. His life is worthy 
 of emulation. He made an impress on the time in which 
 he lived. But it is as Sam Tribble, my friend, that I shall 
 always think of him and mourn his loss. The Nation has 
 lost a patriot, but I have lost a friend. 
 
 In his home he was happy, for his good wife always 
 shared the fortunes of his life with a generous encourage- 
 ment whether the days were dark or bright. She was ever 
 willing to share his trials along with Ms successes, and 
 
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 there was a perfect sympathy between them. With his 
 family the State and Nation share his loss. 
 
 Mr. Tribble left to his family and his people a heritage 
 far more priceless than gold — a life well lived and filled 
 with service, and we are reminded that — 
 
 A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and 
 loving favor rather than silver or gold. 
 
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Address of Mr. Platt, of New York 
 
 Mr. Speaker: There is not a great deal that I can say 
 that has not already been said in the way of tribute to my 
 late friend, the Hon. Samuel J. Tribble, of Georgia, but 
 what little I can say I want to say. In the matter of 
 friendships among Members of this House there is no 
 North, no South, no East, and no West. I suppose that 
 Democrats perhaps more naturally form their friendships 
 among Democrats than among Republicans, and Republic- 
 ans more naturally form their friendships among Repub- 
 licans than among Democrats, but the strongest friend- 
 ships in this House often cross partj' lines, and there is, 
 of course, no partisanship in friendships. 
 
 My friendship for Mr. Tribble came from the fact that 
 he had been my neighbor in the House Office Building and 
 I have seen a great deal of him in a casual way as we 
 passed each other in the corridors and went up and down 
 on the same elevator and occasionally visited each other 
 and did for each other the usual small favors, as Members 
 of Congress, in the way of exchange of documents and in- 
 formation, and other little helps back and forth from one 
 to the other. So I came to know him soon after my first 
 service began in the Sixty-third Congress and it is a sin- 
 gular fact that when I came down here in December for 
 the opening of this session Mr. Tribble was the first Mem- 
 ber of Congress whom I met. I took a car from some- 
 where up near the Treasury Building and came down to 
 the farther entrance of the House Office Building, and as I 
 started to get out I saw Mr. Tribble in front of me. We 
 got off the car together, walked up the corridors and took 
 the elevator together for our respective offices, and talked 
 
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 over the coming events of the session. He looked well and 
 told me that he was very well — yet only a day later he was 
 stricken with his fatal illness. I was very much shocked. 
 I felt I had lost a personal friend, and I can hardly say 
 how much it affected me as I at once recalled the fact 
 that he had been the first Member of Congress whom I had 
 seen after my arrival here for the session and the fact that 
 he had been my neighbor over in the House OfTice Build- 
 ing for so long a time. Of course, I had not enjoyed the 
 pleasure of the long friendship with Mr. Tribble that his 
 colleagues from the State of Georgia have enjoyed, but the 
 friendship 1 have had with him is a very precious memory 
 to me. This House has lost a most worthy Member and 
 our country an able, valued Representative. 
 
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Address of Mr. Howard, of Georgia 
 
 Mr. Speaker: One of the strange things about life is 
 that we never fully appreciate our friends and our loved 
 ones until they are called to the other world. 
 
 We see this man and that man occupying places of 
 trust and honor, and those who have not attained such 
 places of distinction never stop to consider the struggle, 
 the deprivation, and the toil that made his goal possible. 
 
 Of all the men it has been my pleasure to know who 
 now hold and have heretofore held a public office, none 
 deserved the confidence and affection of his constituents 
 more than did our dear, departed fi-iend, Samuel J. Trib- 
 ble. a more faithful, solicitous, or conscientious man 
 never filled a public office. His paramount thought was 
 of the betterment and happiness of his people. To lighten 
 their burden, to be helpful to those who had the least 
 of this world's blessing, controlled his voice and vote. 
 
 He was the most indefatigable worker I have ever 
 known. No task was too burdensome for his undertak- 
 ing if it was for his people. He literally worked himself 
 to death in serving those people he loved and who so 
 sincerely loved him. 
 
 He loved the South. He was proud of his State. When- 
 ever his section or his State was directly or indirectly in 
 the balance, his voice was always heard in forceful and 
 eloquent defense of his people. 
 
 He was a true friend — brave, courageous, honest, and 
 humble. He said to me one day : " The longer I serve my 
 people the more humble I am. To have the confidence 
 of nearly 300,000 Georgians should make any man 
 humble." 
 
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 He was a most affectionate and thoughtful husband 
 and father. I never knew a more miserable man when 
 separated from his family. His last rational thought was 
 of them. 
 
 He was held in the highest esteem by the membership 
 of the House. No matter what difference of opinion may 
 have existed about his position on public questions, all 
 men knew he possessed an honest heart and intellect. 
 
 Mr. Speaker, as his friend I was a constant watcher at 
 his bedside. I, with thousands of friends, hoped against 
 hope. God in His infinite wisdom had laid the hand of 
 death upon his brow. As I looked into his honest face 
 for tlie last time, I could not but think of how well it 
 was with his soul. What childlike faith he had in God! 
 How he had striven to serve Him ! How clean and noble 
 his life was! How charitable he was! How ready his 
 hand to help the poor! What an example his life had 
 been to his manly and devoted son just stepping into man- 
 hood! 
 
 As I clasped his palsied hand for the last time I thanked 
 God that I had known him and loved him, and as I 
 stepped into the chill of a winter's night I felt that I 
 should return to his side and whisper one word to cheer 
 him on his flight to God. I would have said: 
 
 O just and faithful knight of God: 
 Ride on, the prize is near. 
 
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Address of Mr. Farr, of Pennsylvania 
 
 Mr. Speaker: It was a tremendous shock to me to hear 
 of the death of Samuel J. Tribble. My heart went out to 
 his devoted, helpful wife and children in their sad afflic- 
 tion. I realized, too, the Congress had suffered a great 
 loss. 
 
 It was my good fortune and pleasure at the beginning 
 of his congressional career to have become acquainted 
 with Mr. Tribble. We both came to this great body in the 
 Sixty-second Congress. We occupied near-by offices and 
 came in almost daily contact. Later we were associates 
 on the Committee on Naval Affairs during the period of 
 deepest interest in the great arm of the sea, when policies 
 of tremendous importance were being inaugurated. 
 Many differences prevailed and feeling and tension at 
 times were sharp and intense. With this association with 
 Samuel J. Tribble I had opportunities to know much 
 about him. Happily, we here learn to know each other as 
 men — not as partisans — and set our value on the qualities 
 of mind and heart each other possesses. That which first 
 impressed me was his close, happy family relations, an 
 index so expressive of that which is best in life and man. 
 Always did his great sincerity impress me, and his high 
 sense of right and nobility of character stamped them- 
 selves at every turn. 
 
 He was devoted to his official duties, industrious, 
 studious; indeed, so strenuous in his earnestness and 
 activity that he seemed loath to lose a minute in his love 
 of service. The outpouring of people at the funeral serv- 
 ices at his home fully attested the great love of his neigh- 
 
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 bors. It was so sincere, so marked, so general, that in 
 itself proved that a kind, strong, highminded, thoroughly 
 serviceable man had passed to his reward, and their grief 
 and expressions showed how fully they appreciated the 
 great loss they suffered. Samuel J. Tribble earned this 
 tribute by his deeds of love and service to mankind. After 
 all, he profits most who serves best. 
 
 There is a lesson in the sudden death of our dear de- 
 parted colleague. The last day comes to all of us. We 
 know not what moment the summons may come. Let 
 duty be our constant watchword and faithful service our 
 guide, ever remembering, no matter what the station in 
 life, that " the charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, 
 lie scattered at the feet of men like flowers." 
 
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Address of Mr. Davis, of Texas 
 
 Mr. Speaker : I came to add my presence in commemo- 
 rating this occasion. 
 
 The death of the Hon. Samuel J. Tribble gives remark- 
 able accent to that sacred proverb which says, " In the 
 midst of life we are in death." In the heydey of a useful, 
 intellectual, and vigorous life, the shadows of death were 
 thrown athwart his path, and he lay down to rest in 
 eternity and sweet communion with those who serve and 
 obey God. 
 
 His life and example ought to be assimilated into the 
 life of the young American everywhere. He stands in 
 just fulfillment of that proposition that Christ gave to the 
 twelve when He had just returned from the Mount of 
 Transfiguration and found in the valley the twelve con- 
 tending among themselves as to who should be the great- 
 est in Heaven. He turned to them stating that " He who 
 would be greatest of all must be servant of all." Mr. 
 Tribble's life fulfilled that proposition. His life was a 
 life of service to his country, to humanity, and to God. 
 And we ought to profit by his life and example, for we 
 find: 
 
 There will be a place we know not where. 
 
 And time we know not when, 
 
 When God Divine in justice there. 
 
 Will judge the deeds of men. 
 
 And to be prepared for that judgment and get a decree 
 of " well done, tliou good and faithful servant," ought 
 to be the full hope and fruition of all human existence. 
 
 Mr. Tribble in the very midst of life met death. He met 
 death in the service of his country', and that sers'ice began 
 
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 in the vigor of his young manhood in the call of his Stale 
 and his country, and in the midst of that service he was 
 called to the Great Beyond. 
 
 I simply rose to add my presence and these few remarks 
 in honor of a distinguished son of Geoi'gia, and a splendid, 
 typical American citizen. 
 
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Address of Mr. Lee, of Georgia 
 
 Mr. Speaker: As a boy in north Georgia I looked with 
 admiration upon the foothills that bordered my father's 
 farm. When I first traveled the then seeming great dis- 
 tance of some 20 miles to the famous Lookout Mountain, 
 from whose summit visitors looked over seven States, 
 three battle fields, and numberless mountain peaks, I 
 thought that here in the " heaven-kissed hills " is repre- 
 sented God's best illustration of the eternal, the everlast- 
 ing. When some years later my mind became absorbed 
 in the history of nations and the growth of governments 
 I felt that in the development of men, made in the image 
 of their Maker, the purpose of the Almighty was shown — 
 the continuing problem of the universe was outlined. 
 
 I now believe that the most everlasting thing in the con- 
 templation of the human mind — the most fixed thing in 
 men and in governments — is character. The soul, the 
 spirit, the immortal part of him whom we memorialize to- 
 day found its keynote, its essence, and its strength in Ms 
 pure and splendid character. 
 
 No truer man ever breathed the breath of life than 
 Samuel Joel Tribble. He died in the very flush of man- 
 hood — 47 years of age when the summons came. He was 
 a native of Franklin County, one of the so-called country 
 counties of Georgia, on the northern tier, near the South 
 Carolina border, where the mountain air is bracing, where 
 thought is pure, where contamination by evil influences is 
 unknown. As a boy he was an easy favorite in the county 
 schools; as a student in the State University at Athens he 
 soon ranked with the highest; choosing the law as a spe- 
 
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 cial course he was speedily recognized as one of the lead- 
 ers in the legal department. 
 
 His university and law courses completed, he " hung out 
 his shingle " in this classical educational center of the 
 South and began the practice of law. His adaptability to 
 public service soon became evident, and he was elected 
 solicitor of the city court, serving iive years in that office, 
 and was then called to a further four years' service as 
 solicitor general of the western circuit. The constituency 
 of the eighth congressional district of Georgia were not 
 slow to recognize the value of representation in Congress 
 by such a man and elected him to serve in the Sixty-second 
 Congress. So fully did he meet all their expectations that 
 they elected him to the Sixty-third and again to the Sixty- 
 fourth Congresses. 
 
 From the very moment of his admission to the member- 
 ship of this House, Mr. Tribble applied himself with sin- 
 gleness of purpose and unflagging assiduity to the work 
 of legislation. Never losing sight of the interests of the 
 people of his district, he never failed to keep before his 
 mind's eye the larger interest of the country. The most 
 important committee assignment given liim when he took 
 his seat here was to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and 
 he continued there until the end. The chairman of that 
 committee and his associates testify to the faithfulness, 
 the industry, the high intelligence, and the intense patriot- 
 ism with which Mr. Tribble applied himself to the difficult 
 work before that committee at every session, and which 
 was particularly onerous when the momentous events of 
 contemporaneous history enlarged its activities. He was 
 unfailing in his attendance upon all sessions; any amount 
 of labor assigned to him was borne cheerfully. Whatever 
 the subject which he was called upon to investigate was 
 exhausted by the minutest research. 
 
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Address of Mb. Lee, of Georgia 
 
 With almost unerring instinct he knew how to separate 
 the wheat from the chaff. With the acumen of the trained 
 lawyer he distinguished between the true and the false; 
 nothing that bore the faintest resemblance to wrong could 
 escape his notice, and with like discernment he saw the 
 good points of a proposition. In the great work accom- 
 plished by the Committee on Naval Affairs during the 
 past few sessions of Congress Mr. Tribble bore a share 
 which will entitle him to honorable remembrance 
 throughout the coming years. 
 
 The chief of the Confederate forces during the Civil 
 War, Gen. Robert E. Lee, was fond of saying that " duty 
 is the sublimest word in the English language." This 
 thought found an echo in the heart of Mr. Tribble and 
 guided his course at all times and in all circumstances. 
 His devotion to duty, his courage, his strong adherence 
 to his convictions were salient characteristics, distinguish- 
 ing him both in his public and private life. 
 
 With Mr. Tribble, conviction, the sense of dutj% never 
 yielded to expediency. Because a thing was popular, 
 this did not commend it to his consideration or influ- 
 ence his action whenever his conviction ran counter. Tliis 
 policy of his was most strikingly illustrated in his course 
 on private pensions. He was a consistent and persistent 
 opponent of private pension legislation. He was firm in 
 his belief that the general pension laws were liberal 
 enough, both in their original frame and in the interpre- 
 tation given them by the officials charged with their exe- 
 cution, to obviate the necessity of supplementing them 
 with private pensions for persons who happened to be 
 fortunate enough to have friends and advocates in Con- 
 gress. 
 
 No doubt Mr. Tribble at times aroused resentment 
 among his colleagues by his opposition in this regard, 
 but he never allowed this to deter him from the course 
 
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 which he had marked out for himself and of the cor- 
 rectness of which liis conception of duty did not leave 
 him in doubt. I am quite sure that the kindly feelings 
 which he cultivated in his intercoui'se with his fellow 
 Members must frequently have suffered a severe pang 
 when they came in conflict with the stern dictates of con- 
 ceived duty, but I am equally sure tha^ his colleagues 
 finally bore him no ill will because of his opposition, 
 for they could not fail to recognize and appreciate the 
 high sense of moral obligation which determined his 
 action. 
 
 In a Republic like ours the conscientious man is the 
 greatest asset of the State. The citizenry of a democracy 
 must be animated by high ideals to be fruitful of the 
 best service. Such a citizen was Mr. Tribble. He had 
 set his ideals high before him, and they were his guiding 
 stars through life. Mr. Tribble carried his idealism into 
 every action of his life. It was not enough for him to 
 do the thing which it was obviously his duty to do, but 
 he constantly strove for something better and higher. If 
 he ever has chosen a motto for himself it must have been 
 "Excelsior." His thoughts were always lifted above the 
 common; they were aimed at the best in life; they reached 
 up to those higher realms where truth reigns supreme. 
 
 Those who live are those who struggle. 
 
 Measured by this, Mr. Tribble may well be said to have 
 lived a splendid life, for he never ceased to struggle for 
 that which is good, that which is noble, that which ele- 
 vates character. In his nature Mr. Tribble partook of 
 much of the mountains in whose vicinity he was born 
 and had been reared. Firmness, rugged honesty, un- 
 yielding determination in the face of adverse influences, 
 perseverance under difTiculties, self-reliance were distin- 
 guishing traits in his moral make-up. Yet withal his was 
 a kindly spirit. He was lovable to a degree, but not a 
 
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Address of Mr. Lee, of Georgia 
 
 spendthrift in his friendships. Wlien he once had made 
 a friend, however, he did " grapple him to his soul with 
 hooks of steel," and was then as self-sacrificing as such 
 a nature could prompt a man to be. No man was ever 
 loved and respected more fully by his neighbors than 
 was he. They knew that they could always rely upon 
 him for friendly aid whenever aid was needed. They 
 knew that if they came to him for advice it would come 
 from the heart and would be given after patient consid- 
 eration. He was a man whom children loved, and that 
 is the best test of the kindliness of a man's nature. 
 
 Mr. Tribble was a model husband and father. In his 
 home life he was governed by the same lofty ideals which 
 aniinated his public career. To his wife he was the ever 
 loving, considerate companion; to his children the ever 
 faithful counselor and close friend. They received from 
 him the best that his mind and heart could offer them. 
 Praise was ever given in lavish measure and reproach 
 was softened by gentle words. 
 
 Disraeli in his speech on the death of the Duke of 
 Wellington, in the House of Commons, said: 
 
 The Duke of Wellington has left to this country a great legacy, 
 greater even than his fame — he has left to us the contemplation of 
 his character. 
 
 No one will gainsay the declaration that the contempla- 
 tion of a fine character is something whereby every man 
 may profit. And thus we may to-day gather new inspira- 
 tion for the work which we are appointed to do by pon- 
 dering the character and the life of our departed col- 
 league and friend. Surely, we can profit by the contem- 
 plation of his high sense of duty; by the consideration 
 of his eai-nestness in his application to his work, of his 
 conscientiousness in the discharge of every task that came 
 to his hands. From such a study we may well gather 
 new inspiration. 
 
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Address of Mr. Crisp, of Georgia 
 
 Mr. Speaker: We have assembled to-day to pay tribute 
 to one of Nature's noblemen, to one who loved God and 
 his fellow man, for such a man was Hon. S. J. Tribble, our 
 late colleague in this august Assembly. 
 
 Mr. Tribble, in the very prime of life, vigorous, ener- 
 getic, full of hope, and desirous of being of service to the 
 people who had honored him, was suddenly called from 
 his sphere of usefulness by the Great Architect of the 
 Universe. Surely " God moves in a mysterious way. His 
 wonders to perform." 
 
 On the opening day of this session of Congress, I sat in 
 the House with Mr. Tribble, and we discussed pending 
 legislation, and he was full of ambition and determination 
 to render splendid service to his district. State, and Na- 
 tion. I never saw him in better spirits or seemingly in 
 better health. On the following morning, my heart was 
 inexpressibly grieved and shocked to learn that my friend 
 had had a stroke of apoplexy, and was at death's door, in 
 a hospital. I hastened to his bedside, but human love and 
 friendship and the best of medical skill availed not, and 
 on the 8th day of December the soul of our friend re- 
 turned to the God who gave it. 
 
 Mr. Tribble held many positions of trust and honor and 
 fully measured up to the requirements of each of them. 
 He was a devoted husband, a loving father, a sincere and 
 loyal friend, and the world is brighter and better for his 
 having lived in it. He was my friend, true and tried. I 
 loved him in life, and shall ever cherish liis memory. 
 
 With a number of his colleagues, I accompanied his re- 
 mains to the beautiful, classic city of Athens, Ga., his for- 
 
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 mer home. On the following day, in the Presbyterian 
 Church, his funeral was held. The church was filled with 
 beautiful floral offerings, evidencing the love and esteem 
 in which he was held, and a great concourse of sorrowing 
 friends assembled to do him honor. The large edifice was 
 inadequate to accommodate his many friends, and thou- 
 sands could not gain admittance to the church. The fu- 
 neral services were conducted by Dr. Lynch, of the Bap- 
 tist, and Dr. Hill, of the Presbyterian Church, each deliv- 
 ering able and impressive orations which I incorporate in 
 this, my simple tribute to my friend. 
 
 We believe in the immortality of the soul; therefore, let 
 us hope, in the bright and better world, once again we 
 shall know Mr. Tribble and be with him forevermore. 
 
 There is no death, the stars go down 
 
 To rise upon a fairer shore, 
 And bright in heaven's jeweled crown, 
 
 They shine forevermore. 
 
 And ever near us tho' unseen 
 
 The near immortal spirits tread. 
 For all the boundless universe is life. 
 
 There are no dead. 
 
 Discourse at the funeral service of Congressman S. J. 
 Tribble by Rev. James William Lynch, D. D., pastor of 
 the First Baptist Church, Athens, Ga. : 
 
 ETERNITY IN THE HEART 
 
 God has surprised us. We are shocked, pained, and grieved. 
 For the moment the nightmare of oppressive mystery parafyzes 
 us. We are as those who have frightful dreams in the night and 
 wish for the light of the coming day. 
 
 THE TIMELINESS OF GOD 
 
 In the dark and fell hour, so seemingly rude and ruthless, I 
 come to lay upon your gashed hearts the comfort and hope of a 
 beautiful scripture, " He hath made everything beautiful in its 
 time; also He hath set eternity in their heart." In the eyes of 
 
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Memorial Addresses: Representative Triuble 
 
 God everything is beautiful in its time and place, for He sees it in 
 the light of His all-revealing eternity. Though our hearts are 
 stunned and paralyzed, God has put in them the ballast of a 
 deathless hope. 
 
 THE DEATHLESS HOPE 
 
 By the deathless hope I mean to designate the hope of immor- 
 tality. The thirst for a future, personal, and conscious existence 
 is the supreme passion of the soul. The moaning hunger of 
 life is life — continued, personal, family-related, and consciously 
 happy. 
 
 AGE AND EXPRESSION OF THE HOPE 
 
 This hope is old as the soul and a part of it. The writer of 
 Ecclesiastes — a book Voltaire read and Ingersoll praised — declares 
 that God has set eternity in the heart. This eternal hope the He- 
 brews embalmed in their holy writings, the Egyptians builded in 
 their pyramids, prehistoric man symbolized on his rude imple- 
 ments of toil and weapons of war, and in all ages sculpture has 
 given to its expression the finest stroke, painting the softest touch, 
 poetry the gladdest note, and devotion the most sacred utterance. 
 
 THE nETICENCE OF MOSES 
 
 The reticence of Moses on the question may be explained — the 
 matter had been overdone in Egypt. In that land of pyramids, 
 tombs, and mummies, immortality was only another word for 
 superstitious idolatry. The nations' literature was called the 
 " Book of the Dead." The enslaved Israelites needed to be organ- 
 ized and taught, not the masonry of sepulture and art of embalm- 
 ing, but the laws of hygiene and jurisprudence, not how to die 
 and be buried, but how to be healthy and strong and long-lived. 
 The great prophet succeeded — the Jews are the healthiest people 
 and most persistent race in the world. 
 
 NO LIE IN NATURE 
 
 Though we may not affirm that the universality of the deathless 
 hope proves the reality of an endless life, yet we do conclude that 
 it constitutes a strong presumption in its favor. In the realm of 
 nature there is no unsatisfied want — no emptiness without a cor- 
 responding fullness. The eye wants vision, and there is light; 
 the ear wants sound, and there is music; the nose wants smell, 
 and there is fragrance; the mouth wants taste, and there is food; 
 
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Address of Mr. Crisp, or Georc.ia 
 
 the nerves want thrill, and there is touch; the mind wants thought, 
 and there is truth, revealed and axiomatic; the heart wants love, 
 and there is friendship; the soul wants life, and there is God. 
 " My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God." If there be no 
 future existence, this eternity in the heart is the only lie in nature. 
 
 THOUGHTS BEFORE THINGS 
 
 Our faith in the doctrine will largely depend upon whether we 
 assume the primacy and preeminence of mind or matter. For my 
 part I find it easier to believe in the eternity of mind than to 
 believe in the eternity of matter. Thoughts are greater than 
 things. I believe they are older. All things were first thoughts. 
 The modern loom is Arkwright's thought dressed up in iron; the 
 locomotive is Stephenson's thought harnessed to steel; the ocean 
 liner is Fulton's thought under steam; the stars are God's thoughts 
 on fire; the Lord Christ was the Word made flesh. Our bodies 
 decay and fall, but we pass away thinking. 
 
 THE great assumption 
 
 Much of our practical knowledge is based upon assumptions. 
 We can not prove anything in its genesis. Mathematics rests upon 
 the assumption that one is one and twice one is two. We can not 
 prove it. The great truths are axiomatic. God has put them in 
 the mind as He has put eternity in the heart. They admit of no 
 demonstration. Our use of them is an act of faith. God is the 
 great Assumption. 
 
 THE LAW OF CORRESPONDENCE 
 
 To everything in the universe there has been given a sphere of 
 existence corresponding to its nature. The planet Jupiter has an 
 orbit of a thousand million miles. Some trees live a thousand 
 years and more. The white elephant of India does service for a 
 century. Now, man is greater than trees and elephants and 
 planets. It is unreasonable to believe that they have larger 
 spheres and longer lives. We are all greater than our dreams. 
 " They that turn many to righteousness shall shine as the stars 
 forever." 
 
 AN ETERNAL NECESSITY 
 
 Moreover, the hope is an eternal necessity. Without it society 
 would not hold together or civilization advance. The great 
 apostle truly says, " If we have only hoped in Christ in this 
 
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 life, we are of all men most pitiable." Once let materialistic 
 philosophy filter down into the common mind and selfishness 
 would become dominant and regnant. Wheels would reverse 
 and take us back to mere animalism. Epicures do not make mis- 
 sionaries or martyrs or soldiers. The world must have men who 
 endure as seeing Him who is invisible. " We are saved by hope." 
 God has put this telescope in our hearts and we look not upon 
 things seen but unseen, for these are eternal. With John Fiske 
 I believe in the " sweet reasonableness of God." This infinitude 
 of space and these multitudinous worlds mean something. Noth- 
 ing is wasted in God's hands. With Him there is a thing for every 
 place and a place for everything. " In My Father's house are 
 many mansions. I go to prepare a place for you." 
 
 THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNIVERSE 
 
 The inequalities of condition and miscarriages of justice in the 
 social world at least hint a final settlement and adjudication of 
 human affairs. Not many lawyers are infidels. They believe in 
 laws and laws are made; they do not make themselves. Old 
 Abraham asked, "Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?" 
 It is the first moral question raised in the Bible and the question 
 can only finally and satisfactorily be answered in the Supreme 
 Court of the Universe. Nothing is settled until it is settled right, 
 but many decisions here will have to be appealed to the Great 
 Assize. I have found the deathless hope weakest in physicists 
 and surgeons, men who work in matter; and I have found it 
 strongest in teachers, jurists, and statesmen, men who work in 
 mind. 
 
 THE world's greatest reasoner 
 
 The world's greatest intellect, for pure and unaided reason, 
 reached the conviction of a life beyond. I refer to Plato of the 
 Greeks. The words of his classic interpreter, Addison, have 
 almost the immortality of their theme: 
 
 " It must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well ! — 
 Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, 
 This longing after immortality? 
 Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, 
 Of falling into naught? Why shrinks the soul 
 Back on herself, and startles at destruction? 
 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 
 
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 'Tis heaven itself that points out an hereafter, 
 
 And intimates eternity to man. 
 
 Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought. 
 
 The stars shall fade away, the Sun himself 
 
 Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, 
 
 But thou shall flourish in immortal youth. 
 
 Unhurt amidst the war of elements, 
 
 The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds." 
 
 THE BEST AND FINAL WORD 
 
 But after all has been said that can be said from the standpoint 
 of science, philosophy, poetry, and reason, it remains, as revela- 
 tion declares, that Christ brought life and immortality into light. 
 The universal hope blossomed on His lips. He spoke words of 
 familiarity, candor, and assurance. He called spirits back from 
 the silence, and talked with heavenly visitants. He turned loose 
 resurgent forces that still work upward. Out of His empty tomb 
 came the great White Day, our Sabbath, witnessing every week 
 and forever to His resurrection. 
 
 THE KEYS OF DEATH AND HADES 
 
 John of Patmos saw Him in glory and heard Him say, " I am He 
 that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive foreverraore. 
 Amen; and have the keys of hades and death." The "keys" are 
 doubtless the symbols of experience and authority. Our Lord has 
 tasted death for every man, and He has power to unlock all doors. 
 He has the key to every experience in our life, every pain in our 
 flesh, every wound in our heart, every perplexity in our mind — 
 every condition, situation, state, and place through which the 
 soul must pass. He will meet us in death with the keys; at the 
 grave with the keys; at the gates of heaven with the keys. The 
 compressed eternity in our hearts will expand into the eternity 
 of ageless time, boundless space, endless life, infinite beauty, and 
 all-perfect knowledge. We shall be with Him and like Him, and 
 we shall know Him and ours and all, even as we are known. The 
 deathless seed in the heart will flower forever in a deathless 
 world. 
 
 " God does not send us strange flowers every year; 
 When the spring winds blow o'er pleasant places. 
 The same dear things lift up the same fair faces, 
 The violet is here. 
 
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 It all comes back — the odor, grace, and hue, 
 
 Each sweet relation of its life repeated; 
 
 It is the thing we knew. 
 
 So after the death winter it will be; 
 
 God will not put strange sights in heavenly places; 
 
 The old love will look out from the old faces; 
 
 Veilchen, I shall have thee! " 
 
 Remarks at the funeral of Congressman S. J. Tribble 
 by his friend, Dr. E. L. Hill: 
 
 " FRIENDSHIP " 
 
 The gifted and brilliant Goldsmith put in the mouth of one of 
 his characters, who occupied the sacred office and lived the holy 
 life, the disparaging words, 
 
 " And what is friendship but a name, 
 
 A charm to lull to sleep; 
 A shade to follow wealth and fame, 
 
 And leave the wretch to weep." 
 If this is a true conception of friendship, then better by far 
 eliminate the thought from the human mind, and eradicate the 
 sentiment from the human heart, and erase the word from the 
 human language: but this is not a true interpretation of friend- 
 ship. Friendship is the richest gift of one soul to another, and 
 more precious than gold and silver. When Cyrus gave Artabazus, 
 one of his courtiers, a gold cup, he gave Crysanlhus, his favorite 
 friend, a kiss. And Artabazus said to Cyrus, his great general, 
 " The gold in my cup is not so precious as the sweetness in the 
 kiss of friendship, which you have given Crysanthus." This was 
 the ancient way of expressing the priceless value of friendship. 
 
 The life which has not been blessed with friendship's fragrant 
 love is not worth living; and impoverished indeed is that life 
 which has not been graced with true friends. We Americans can 
 almost feel our hearts move with forgiveness and certainly with 
 pity when we see that military genius, Benedict Arnold, who 
 trifled with his honor and betrayed his country, lying upon his 
 deathbed in a garret in the metropolis of the world; and hear 
 his physician ask him if there is anything he would have, and 
 hear him reply, " Yes, only a friend." The essential worth of 
 
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Address of Mr. Crisp, of Georgia 
 
 friendship was duly appreciated by the great Master Teacher who 
 had nothing more valuable to give his disciples and nothing they 
 coveted more, and hence he said to them, " Henceforth I call you 
 not servants. I have called you friends." 
 
 Hon. S. J. Tribble gave expression in life to no other virtue 
 more strikingly than that of loyalty to his friends. Standing on 
 yonder street corner engaged in conversation with him one day, 
 he pointed to a man who passed by and said, "That man is my 
 friend, and I am waiting for an opportunity to show my appre- 
 ciation of his friendship." Those of us who knew him well 
 could appreciate fully the sincerity and solidity of his friendship. 
 This large gathering, representing his entire district, bears full 
 and rich witness to the esteem in which he was held by his 
 friends. 
 
 I am honored to have been numbered among those who claimed 
 him as a friend. Ten years ago I came to this city, a stranger in 
 a strange land, and the third home into which I was invited was 
 that of Mr. Tribble. I well remember that ideal little cottage 
 home on Prince Avenue, with the charms of a warm hospitality 
 and the delights of magnetic personalities. From that evening 
 my friend constantly expressed his genial interest in me and 
 mine. His every effort was put forth to make me comfortable in 
 that same little cottage the few months that I occupied it as my 
 home. When he was called into a larger sphere of usefulness I 
 thought perhaps his mind would be so engulfed in the larger 
 interests of life he would drift away from local interests and 
 persons, but from time to time he wrote me of his service and 
 plans in Congress, and never failed to give me the warm hand 
 grasp when I met him on our streets here. 
 
 But this friendship, like yonder mountain stream which springs 
 from a pure fountain head and moves along its course for a time 
 and then darts from sight underground, until farther down in the 
 valley it appears again larger and richer and grander and more 
 powerful, has been interrupted for a season by its passage through 
 the grave, hut soon will appear grander and larger and stronger 
 in that world of endless and congenial associations. Until then I 
 bid my friend good-by. 
 
 At this point Mr. Lee assumed the chair as Speaker pro 
 
 tempore. 
 
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Address of Mr. Padgett, of Tennessee 
 
 Mr. Speaker : It is with a sense of personal bereavement 
 that I appear to-day. When Mr. Tribble came to Congress 
 it was the good fortune of our committee that he should 
 be assigned as a member thereof, and during the years of 
 his service I had opportunity of close association with liini, 
 an association that, as the years continued and our work 
 grew in volume and importance, became closer and our 
 friendship was cemented into a more hallowed compact. 
 I esteemed him verj' Wghly and I am justified in saying 
 that he had the esteem, confidence, and admiration of 
 every member of the committee. We esteemed him for 
 his worth, we admired him for his ability, and we loved 
 him for his friendship. 
 
 Mr. Tribble was a man of positive convictions. It was 
 not a question in his convictions, as commonly expressed, 
 of " milk and cider." He believed something. He be- 
 lieved it in a positive way. He believed there were duties 
 to be performed in life, and that belief was positive. He 
 believed that there was work to be accomplished by a 
 Member of Congress, and that was a positive belief with 
 him and he asserted it. He was a man who had the cour- 
 age of his convictions. He was not afraid to express them 
 and he did express them when he felt that it was his duty 
 so to do. 
 
 He was not only positive in his convictions, not only had 
 the courage of them, but he was sincere in his beliefs. 
 His beliefs and his convictions found lodgment in his 
 heart and received the sanction of his judgment and the 
 approval of his intelligence. No one can help but admire 
 one who is positive in his character, who is courageous in 
 his convictions, and who is sincere in his beliefs. 
 
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Address of Mr. Padgett, of Tennessee 
 
 Again, Mr. Speaker, a thing that may be spoken to his 
 credit and is worthy of emulation is that he was not too 
 stubborn to learn. There is a great deal in that. Every 
 Member who comes, to Congress comes as a new man. 
 There is a broad field here that before coming he has never 
 explored. There are many subjects here which in their 
 full phase and full view he has not attempted to survey. 
 There are many questions here that he has not had either 
 the time, the opportunity, or the privilege of fathoming. 
 Sometimes we find a man so set in his ways, so prejudiced 
 in his convictions, that he is too stubborn to learn. It is 
 to be said to the credit of anyone, when he comes into a 
 larger field of experience and observation, when he comes 
 into a line of new duties, of untried labors, that he is not 
 too stubborn to learn by experience and by enlarged op- 
 portunities and extended privileges. And I do not know 
 of anyone in my association, in committee work, in pri- 
 vate friendship, and in observation in the House that 
 better illustrated that than our friend, Mr. Tribble. He 
 was frank, open, and sincere, and a man with feeling, 
 with noble purpose, not too stubborn to learn, and de- 
 veloped year after year as he served in this House, and he 
 was enlarging the sphere of his usefulness and improving 
 all his opportunities. It is something that can be spoken 
 to his credit and is worthy of emulation. 
 
 Again, Mr. Speaker, he was polite and courteous. I 
 think I might emphasize that especially. Politeness is 
 one of the virtues of life that I sometimes think in the stir 
 and bustle and the confusion of our present life is some- 
 times overlooked. I sometimes think that this generation 
 does not give that attention and that consideration to the 
 virtue of politeness that characterized our fathers and our 
 forbears. It is a virtue, however, that yields the greatest 
 dividends of any in life. It costs nothing, and yet it is the 
 polish, it is the finish in character that marks the gentle- 
 
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Memorial Addresses: Representative Tribble 
 
 man, that makes us close to our friends, that makes uS 
 congenial in company and in society. There may be a 
 rough diamond and we esteem it as a diamond; but its 
 beauty, its brilliancy, its value, is brought out and exem- 
 plified when it is polished. And politeness, courteous de- 
 meanor, courteous and polite character, make the finished- 
 diamond quality of our lives. 
 
 Mr. Tribble in his personal conduct and association 
 illustrated these virtues. It is said: 
 
 Our lives are songs; God writes the words, 
 And we set them to music at pleasure; 
 
 The song grows sad, or sweet, or glad, 
 As we choose to fashion the measure. 
 
 The song of life for Mr. Tribble was a glad song. He 
 realized the true philosophy contained in that little verse, 
 that he could fashion the song of his life and make it sad, 
 sweet, or glad, and he chose to make it sweet and glad. 
 Its harmony was pure, its melody was inspiring; and 
 although we have laid him away to rest the sweetness and 
 the melody of that song are not hushed. 
 
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Address of Mr. Adamson, of Georgia 
 
 Mr. Speaker : We are glad to hear from the great chair- 
 man of the great committee on which our late friend, Mr. 
 Tribble, performed such excellent work, Mr. Padgett of 
 Tennessee, the words of praise and esteem and affection 
 to which we have just listened. He is the best witness in 
 this House as to the facts about which he talks, and his 
 commendation is high praise indeed. 
 
 All important events and conspicuous men afford op- 
 portunity for instruction, and we can not make progress 
 if we fail to observe and embrace the opportunities. Of 
 course, we all hear, though we neglect and do not often 
 bear in mind, the great truth that " in the midst of life we 
 are in death," and the importance of that injunction, " Be 
 ye also ready," and the suddenness with which death 
 comes and cuts off the most promising and useful in life. 
 But there are other lessons that can be learned from the 
 lives of such men as Samuel J. Tribble. His life is an ex- 
 emplification of the genius and value of our institutions, 
 of the wide-open door which our institutions afford of op- 
 portunity for all to rise, to do well, to achieve usefulness, 
 to make themselves illustrious, and to bless mankind. 
 
 Although we had a general knowledge of Mr. Tribble as 
 a lawj'er in Georgia and as solicitor general of his circuit, 
 there was very little general knowledge in Georgia of the 
 real character of the man. But when suddenly and unex- 
 pectedly to us all at a distance from his district he de- 
 feated for Congress one we at that time thought the most 
 brilliant man in Georgia or in Congress — at least many of 
 us thought so — a man who had been most illustrious in 
 his State, a man who by his wisdom and achievements 
 
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 in this House stood as the peer of the highest, and who 
 would have been chairman of the Committee on Foreign 
 Affairs if he had been reelected, we were led to wonder 
 and inquire who was Mr. Tribble. We were prompted 
 to think there must be something in him, and something 
 known to his constituents not known to the balance of the 
 State; and so with much curiosity we observed his com- 
 ing and his performance. 
 
 We found on nearer acquaintance that he had in him 
 those elements of heart and mind and character that had 
 endeared him to the people who knew him the best; 
 that as solicitor general he had enforced justice with some 
 discriminating degree of judgment and some element of 
 tender mercy; that even as prosecuting officer, who had 
 for four years enforced the law, he was yet popular, and 
 that the people among whom he had lived, the people 
 whom he had served, had elected him to Congress over the 
 great and popular man whom he challenged in the battle 
 for preference. We found that though he was not born 
 to titles or wealth or influence, he had taken his chances 
 among the poor boys in America; that he had used the 
 few opportunities afforded him; that he had utilized 
 every advantage; that he had learned to realize that — 
 
 The heights by great men reached and kept 
 
 Were not attained by sudden flight, 
 But they, while their companions slept, . 
 
 Were toiling upward in the night — - 
 
 and that with a resolute determination that would take 
 no denial he proceeded step by step to inform his mind, to 
 develop his character, until he had commanded that de- 
 gree of coniidence that elected him as solicitor general, 
 in which office he made good and justified the confidence 
 which afterwards secured his election to Congress. 
 
 He realized, even when he came to Congress, that he 
 was not at the top, that he was only an humble beginner 
 
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Address of Mr. Adamson, of Georgia 
 
 in the field of statesmanship, and he accordingly selected 
 the men of experience and wisdom here and sought coun- 
 sel of them, and sat at the feet of Gamaliel, and adopted 
 for himself the strictest and most careful doctrines of 
 statesmanship. He realized that — 
 
 Heaven is not gained by a sudden bound; 
 But we climb the ladder by which we rise 
 From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies 
 
 Round by round. 
 
 And he toiled without ceasing day and night, perform- 
 ing the routine duties the arduous nature of which, un- 
 fortunately, the people do not always understand and 
 appreciate. Sometimes they think a seat in Congress is 
 a sinecure; that a man has nothing to do but come here 
 and roll in luxury and have an easy time and a frolic 
 all the time. 
 
 If they could take Samuel J. Tribble as an exemplar 
 and notice him, a poor man, with great demands for ex- 
 penditure always upon him, his time so occupied by 
 public duties that he could not give attention to private 
 finances, always at work, always working for other peo- 
 ple, they would realize that such a man is doing some- 
 thing for his fellow men in return for the great honors 
 they are conferring upon him. 
 
 1 do not want to forget to state another thing that we 
 discovered upon nearer acquaintance. I may say we 
 also realized the truth of the Scripture, which says that 
 " Whoso findeth a good wife findeth a good thing," and 
 that in his wife he had secured a veritable helpmeet who 
 in all his trials and in all his labors had labored and 
 sympathized with him, and who in all his triumphs had 
 rejoiced with him, and in most cases had been conspicu- 
 ous in securing them. Their union was blessed with two 
 delightful and splendid children, who blessed them by 
 
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Memorial Addresses: Representative Tribble 
 
 being good and intelligent children; and it seemed that 
 all the elements of happiness and usefulness surrounded 
 Mr. Tribble when he saddened us all by unexpectedly 
 taking his departure for the other world. 
 
 It is a pleasure to me, Mr. Speaker, in the midst of our 
 sadness, to testify this much to his usefulness to his 
 people and his country and the confidence his fellow- 
 Members imposed in him, and the pleasure his acquaint- 
 ance afforded us ail. 
 
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Address of Mr. Park, of Georgia 
 
 Mr. Speaker : Within the brief period of six years four 
 Georgia Senators— Steve Clay, Joe Terrell, A. O. Bacon, 
 and William S. West — have passed on their way, and 
 three Members of this body — Jim Griggs, Anderson Rod- 
 denbery, and Sam Tribble — have answered the roll. The 
 natural conclusion may reasonably be drawn that life in 
 Washington is not conducive to longevity — seven Mem- 
 bers of Congress in six years, or an average of over one 
 a year. The last to die was Samuel J. Tribble, of Athens, 
 Ga., whose life and services we meet here to commemo- 
 rate to-daj'. 
 
 His life and historj' are marked by strenuous effort. 
 Above all he was a clean-cut, uncompromising, honest, 
 and generous fighter who bore upon his political body 
 many honorable scars, and I may add that in my opinion 
 his strenuous exertion leading to a wonderful victory 
 over a strong opponent in the last campaign was the di- 
 rect proximate cause of his death. He had grown to be 
 a skillful, watchful, and efficient legislator; he got re- 
 sults; he was ever ready either for service or for sacri- 
 fice; and the people of his district evidenced their great 
 appreciation of his services by an overwhelming major- 
 ity of some 12,000 in the last primary. 
 
 He would hardly have had opposition again in 10 years; 
 and having reached this satisfactory state in public life, 
 when he could work for his district and State untram- 
 meled by the dread of near opposition, when his efficiency 
 was at its best, an unaccountable thing happened, as it 
 often happens. The end of what appeared the begin- 
 ning of a most useful public life came suddenly. 
 
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Memorial Addresses: Representativ'e Tribble 
 
 It was hard to die under such circumstances and condi- 
 tions, yet when I first saw him after he was stricken I 
 realized that he knew that the clock had struck twelve 
 for him, and he apparently had no deep regrets at leaving 
 but for the parting with family and friends. He met and 
 faced the common foe calmly and resignedly. With Dr. 
 Davenport White and a trained nurse at Providence Hos- 
 pital I was in a condition to know, if anyone could, the 
 state of his mind. I was the last person to whom he 
 spoke. Right here I wish to remark in an aside upon the 
 wonderfully delicate structure of the human body. With 
 every facultj^ at its best, mentally and physically, and the 
 red blood coursing at full tide, there came a slight rup- 
 ture of a minute capillary within the skull near the right 
 temple, through which only one red blood corpuscle could 
 pass at a time, and this little seeping leak formed a clot 
 no bigger, perhaps, than a small pinhead, and this caused 
 the pressure which induced paralysis; and either the clot 
 would not absorb or the little leak would not stop, and 
 this little thing stopped the wonderful machinery which 
 in action is life; and then the golden bowl was broken 
 and the silver cord was loosed, and his spirit winged 
 its way to the God who made it; and now we trust he is 
 at perfect rest. 
 
 Sam Tribble's friendship was as pure and true as the 
 " unchanging blue." He was such a friend as one could 
 trust without fear of betrayal with the innermost secrets 
 of his soul; and how rare is such friendship, such un- 
 wavering loyalty! Among the inost sacred words to me 
 relating to the conduct of man to man is " friend " and 
 " friendship." Friendship amidst one's difficulties, friend- 
 ship that clings to one when others doubt his motives and 
 misconstrue his conduct — " friendship, the cordial drop 
 that makes the bitter draught of life go down ! " 
 
 He was great because he loved his country, his home, 
 his district, his State, his section, and there was not a con- 
 
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Address of Mr. Park, of Georgia 
 
 scious moment when he would not, if he deemed it need- 
 ful, have freely sacrificed his life on his country's altar. 
 
 His conscience was his guide through this life to an- 
 other. He followed its dictates, true as the needle to the 
 pole, and there rises before my mental vision the lines of 
 Burns to his young friend to heed his conscience : 
 
 Its slightest touches instant pause, 
 
 Debar all side pretenses, 
 And resolutely keep her laws 
 
 Uncaring consequences. 
 
 He left a brilliant and devoted wife, one who was more 
 helpmeet than most wives can be to their husbands. She 
 was his daily consulting companion at all times and 
 everywhere; he left a noble and manly son who will surely 
 follow in his footsteps along the pathways of duty; he left 
 a beautiful and affectionate daughter who loved him de- 
 votedly; and he left many true and tried friends who 
 mourn his death. 
 
 We all loved him, we love his memory, and trust that 
 in the future we will meet and live together again. If for 
 no reason given in the Inspired Writings, " by the same 
 token that the death-devoted Greek knew that he would 
 meet again his own Clemanthe, we know that we will meet 
 again. 
 
 "As Ion begins his preparation for sacrifice at the com- 
 mand of Athens, Clemanthe his beloved fiance exclaims, 
 'And shall we never see each other? ' and, after a pause, 
 Ion answers, ' Yes ! I have asked that dreadful question 
 of the hills that look eternal; of the flowing streams that 
 lucid flow forever; of the stars, amid whose fields of azure 
 my raised spirit hath trod in glor\'; all were dumb; but 
 now, while I thus gaze upon thy living face, I feel the love 
 that kindles through its beauty can never wholly perish; 
 we shall meet aeain.' " 
 
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Memorial Addresses: Representative Tribble 
 
 Some philosopher has wisely or unwisely said that death 
 is man's best friend. And what is death to him who meets 
 it with an upright heart? 
 
 A quiet haven where his shattered bark 
 Harbors secure 'til the rough storm is past. 
 Perhaps a passage overhung with clouds, 
 But at its entrance a few leagues beyond. 
 Opening to kinder skies and milder suns, 
 And seas pacific as the soul that seeks them. 
 
 A deserving and beautiful compliment ^as paid to him 
 by the two able and Christian ministers who conducted 
 his funeral exercises at the old Presbyterian Church at 
 Athens, the seat of learning, the alma mater of so many 
 distinguished Georgians. His pallbearers were among 
 the wealthiest and most respected men of that center of 
 learning; but higher than sermons and distinguished pall- 
 bearers was the simple and, to me, touching testimonial 
 of the multitude of plain people who came from the edges 
 of his district with increasing numbers as they came to 
 view in solemn silence the last rites of the man they had 
 loved and learned to love more and more as they knew 
 him better and better. 
 
 Sam Tribble was an independent character. " He 
 walked a highway of his own and kept the company of his 
 self-respect." He seldom sought advice, he worked out his 
 own problems. He flared with righteous indignation at 
 any slight assault made by Members on his State or his 
 people, and he struck back like the reflex action of a 
 nerve-pricked muscle. He was responsible for his acts 
 because they were peculiarly his own. " Like Tennessee's 
 pardner, he played a lone hand." 
 
 The close of such a life as his is in keeping with its 
 general tenor — calm, peaceful, resigned, hopeful — leaving 
 to his family and friends the inestimable heritage of a 
 well-spent life in service of God and fellow man. 
 
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Address of Mr. Wise, of Georgia 
 
 Mr. Speaker: The House of Representatives has set 
 apart this hour to pay tribute to the work, hfe, and char- 
 acter of our departed colleague, the late lamented Samuel 
 J. Tribble. 
 
 I had known him for quite a number of years casually, 
 but from the beginning of my term here we were thrown 
 together almost daily until Congress adjourned, discussing 
 our work, the different items of legislation, and the best 
 and proper way to proceed. Being a new Member, I al- 
 ways felt free to discuss anything with him and obtain 
 suggestions from him. In pur constant association and 
 work together I learned to know him, I believe, as he 
 really was — a kind, courteous, lovable Christian gentle- 
 man. 
 
 He was dependable, always at his post, seeking the truth 
 and right in everything, doing lus dut^' to liis people and to 
 his country. His whole ambition here was that he might 
 serve his people; to the trust reposed in him by them he 
 was always faithful and true. He had a fine and delicate 
 sense of justice and the power to discriminate accurately, 
 being able to separate the good from the evil, the true 
 from the false; and, when convinced in his own mind of 
 the right course to pursue, he possessed the moral courage 
 to stand by his convictions. His mind and heart were al- 
 ways open to the cry of the distressed, the poor, the needy, 
 the oppressed, wherever found; and, be it said to his ever- 
 lasting credit and honor, he was always ready to help 
 them. 
 
 I could not pay him higher tribute; nay, if he now 
 knows — and who will say he does not — he would not have 
 
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Memorial Addresses: Representative Tribble 
 
 me say more, nor consider anything a higher honor or 
 greater tribute than to say he was the servant, the friend 
 of the poor, the needy, the friendless, the weak, the op- 
 pressed. 
 
 He was just finishing his third term here and had been 
 reelected for another term, showing the faith and confi- 
 dence his constituents had in him. He devoted liis wliole 
 time and energy to tlieir interests. His loyalty and maj- 
 esty of character are shown in his life work. He was of 
 a modest demeanor, and had no desire to appear other 
 than he really was. He avoided show and ostentatious 
 display. 
 
 Sam Tribble was a man, great, not in the large accumu- 
 lation of wealth, not in his own estimation, though hold- 
 ing high positions of honor and trust, but great in hu- 
 mility of life and of that moral character which enables 
 one to vidthstand and overcome all obstacles, and do right 
 under all circumstances, as he saw it. 
 
 His early training and life were such as to bring him in 
 contact with that class of his fellow citizens which made 
 him familiar with the wants, needs, hopes, ambitions, and 
 desires of the great mass of toilers of his district and of the 
 Nation, and his sympathy always went. out to them, and 
 he labored tirelessly for their welfare. A striking illus- 
 tration of their appreciation and esteem was shown at 
 his funeral, when men from all walks of life, and espe- 
 cially such as I have referred to, from all over his district 
 in large numbers attended and showed their grief for him 
 who had always kept them in mind and was faithful to 
 their every interest and trust. 
 
 We need more such men in public life, in high positions, 
 in legislative halls especially. He was a very useful Mem- 
 ber here. 
 
 He is not dead; he has only passed through the gates 
 into that unknown land, into a newer and larger life, 
 
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Address of Mr. Wise, of Georgia 
 
 waiting and watching for those he loved, free from all 
 pain and sorrow. But our friend and colleague is with us 
 no more. He has preceded us, but we are reminded that 
 we too must travel the same road; whether at some early 
 date or in the distant future, may we have so lived that it 
 may be said of us, as it can truly be said of him, that he 
 was a noble, true, and honest man; that the world is better 
 on account of Ms life; that he contributed some to the sum 
 total of human goodness and made many happier. 
 
 Earth seems more sweet to live upon, more full of love, because 
 of him. 
 
 The sorrowful crowd which gathered long before the 
 hour of the funeral, the procession which accompanied 
 his remains to its last resting place, the large floral offer- 
 ings laid by friends upon his bier, and the look of sad- 
 ness and grief upon the faces of all who gathered to pay 
 last tribute of love and respect to his memory showed the 
 real esteem in which our colleague was held by his col- 
 leagues, his fellow townsmen, and the people of his State. 
 
 Now, as we meet in this Hall where he labored, and 
 realizing that he is to meet with us no more, our hearts 
 are filled with grief and we feel deeply the loss we have 
 sustained. When we remember how he was so suddenly 
 stricken, his sufferings, how we watched by his side hop- 
 ing against hope, and then how he slipped away, we are 
 overwhelmed in our sorrow. We have reached that place 
 where earthly help is of no avail in our suffering; yet 
 we can look beyond the clouds that overshadow us and 
 through faith see the star of hope, and remember the 
 assuring promise of Him who said: 
 
 I am the resurrection, and the life; he that believeth in me, 
 though he were dead, yet shall he live: 
 
 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. 
 
 His death was a distinct loss, not only to his district 
 and State, but to the Nation. People, out of gratitude 
 
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Memorial Addresses : Representative Tribble 
 
 for service rendered throughout the past, in all ages, have 
 built imposing monuments in memory of the lives, char- 
 acters, deeds, and virtues of their dead; they remind us 
 and generations following of their many lovable traits 
 and accomplishments, inspiring us to nobler deeds and 
 better lives; but greater than monimients of marble, than 
 fame, and wealth is the rich heritage left to his fainily 
 and friends, a life that amid all of its temptations, its 
 worries, and disappointments " had kept the whiteness 
 of his soul," had lived the true life, worthy and well spent 
 in the service of his people. 
 
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Address of Mr. Vinson, of Georgia 
 
 Mr. Speaker : From the time when God said, " Let there 
 be light," and there was light, the evidence He gave us 
 of His power and purpose was discoverable in three 
 things and they are that He implanted in the human heart 
 the sentiment of love, inspired respect for life and rev- 
 erence for death. 
 
 Centuries before the cross was erected on Calvarj-, 
 where was consummated the sublimest of all sacrifices, 
 the ancients worshiped their mytliical gods under the 
 belief that they were children of the earth and that by 
 their wisdom and power they had transmuted themselves 
 into gods and were instrumental and capable, from their 
 homes afar off, of controlling the destinies of earth; that 
 all changes of season, climate, thunderstorms and tem- 
 pests, all ills of mankind, his sorrows, his misfortunes, 
 blessings, and comforts, came either from the wrath, 
 whim, or pleasure of these beings. 
 
 It is related by the historians that it was no uncommon 
 custom among the ancients to offer up human sacrifice 
 to the gods and to the spirits of departed friends. 
 
 The progress and enlightenment of mankind have 
 changed even the appearance of the bloody sacrifice, and 
 we have gathered here to-day to perform a sad but most 
 appropriate duty, under a beautiful custom of this great 
 lawmaking body, for the purpose of speaking in kind- 
 ness and sorrow of a departed Member; to refresh our 
 memories with copious drafts from the fountain of love 
 and charity made by our departed colleague while living 
 among us; to revive sweet thoughts and pleasant recol- 
 lections; to place upon the altar of friendship a sprig 
 of evergreen — a little forget-me-not. 
 
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MfiMORiAL Addresses: Representative Tribble 
 
 When we met early in December for the last session 
 of the Sixty-fourth Congress, knowing the frailty and un- 
 certainty of life, we knew that ere this Congress expired 
 by limitation on March 4 of the coming year there would 
 be some of us whose voice had become silent, who had 
 sunk into that dreamless sleep which kisses down the 
 eyelids still; whose form would be absent from this Cham- 
 ber; whose seat would be vacant; some who, at the beckon- 
 ing of the pale messenger that never tires and never pities, 
 would lay aside forever the burden and cares of this life 
 and be piloted to the " misty dim regions of Weir," where 
 hope is the creator and faith the defender; and within 
 one week of the daj' we convened the soul of Hon. Sam- 
 uel J. Tribble had appeared before its Maker. 
 
 On the 4th of December Mr. Tribble was in his seat, 
 well and happj', and joined his fellow Members in ex- 
 tending congratulations to those who had won reelection 
 in November and genuine sympathy to the unfortunate 
 ones whose terms must terminate March next. There was 
 then no indication that the angel of death hovered so 
 closely about our beloved colleague, who had just been 
 reelected to the Sixty-fifth Congress and during his so- 
 journ in Washington as a Member of the House had be- 
 come so popular with all of those with whom he came 
 in contact. 
 
 Death is always sad, but it is peculiarly so when it 
 strikes at a shining mark and cuts down and terminates 
 a life but half spent at the moment the zenith of success 
 and happiness has been attained, as it did in this instance. 
 It is such cases which cause us to realize how mysterious 
 life itself is, and how uncertain. 
 
 Death has since then again visited our body and sum- 
 moned to his eternal home another able, valued, and 
 popular member, Hon. David E. Finley, of South Carolina. 
 Georgia, with sorrow's pain still fresh in her breast and 
 
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Address of Mr. Vinson, of Georgia 
 
 tears not yet dry from her own loss, extends loving sym- 
 pathy to her sister Commonwealth across the Savannah 
 in the sudden and sad bereavement which has come upon 
 her. 
 
 Perhaps in all Georgia no man's life furnishes greater 
 inspiration and incentive to hope for the young man of 
 that State than does that of Mr. Tribble. Born in a small 
 hamlet, Samuel J. Tribble, by hard work in the open air 
 during his early boyhood days, laid the foundation for a 
 strong constitution, which was strengthened in after life 
 by freedom from any evil habits. He possessed three pre- 
 dominating and cardinal virtues — fidelity, sobriety, and 
 industry — to which were added a fund of great common 
 sense and a wonderful knowledge of human nature. 
 Without influence and starting without means in early 
 life, by hard work he overcame one obstacle after an- 
 other and made for himself a pathway through life 
 marked at every milestone by singular success, in each 
 instance due almost entirely to his wonderful industry, 
 strong integrity, absolute sobriety, and constant faithful- 
 ness and fidelity to trusts confided to him. 
 
 He laid hold of his opportunities, and nobly and grandly 
 he rounded out a magnificent character. It is, after all, 
 the character that we work out of our opportunities, what- 
 ever our ability, that marks the measure and the fullness 
 and the grandeur of the man. He was true to his fellow 
 men, true to his duties, true to his associates, true and 
 loyal to his friends, a devoted husband and father. We 
 are better for our association with him, and the world is 
 better that he lived and labored. 
 
 To those who knew him best it seemed as if he had 
 placed and constantly kept before him that great motto: 
 
 To thine own self be true, 
 
 And it must follow as the night the day, 
 
 Thou canst not then be false to any man. 
 
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 And by closely and constantly adhering to this simple 
 but hard rule of life he steadily moved on from a country 
 boy without influence to honorable membership in the 
 greatest body of lawmakers for the greatest Nation in the 
 world, and there made for himself a reputation for char- 
 acter, industry, ability, and courage that commanded and 
 gave to him at all times the esteem and respect of his fel- 
 low Members, who are gathered to-day to pay tribute to 
 him and his life's work, unfortunately terminated before 
 he was 48 years of age and just in fullest prime. 
 
 Surely no man could hope to do more. He is sincerely 
 mourned and sadly missed by the wide circle of friends 
 and acquaintances he had made. 
 
 He, the young and strong, who cherished 
 
 Noble longings for the strife. 
 By the roadside fell and perished, 
 
 Weary with the march of life. 
 
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Address of Mr. Heflin, of Alabama 
 
 Mr. Speaker: Again the death angel has invaded the 
 ranks of our membership and he has taken away one of 
 the bravest and best Members of this body. 
 
 Sam Tribble was my friend and I was deeply grieved 
 when I heard that he was dead. Here he labored earnestly 
 and faithfully. 
 
 He was an able and industrious Member of Congress, 
 cheerful and enthusiastic in all his labors. 
 
 Just a little while ago, Mr. Speaker, we saw him en- 
 gaging in the debates in this House and we heard him 
 answering the roll calls. But we can hear him speak no 
 more — and he has answered his last roll call here. In the 
 midst of a busy and a useful life death touched him and he 
 fell asleep. In the providence of God I believe that liis 
 name has been added to the list of the faithful over yon- 
 der, and that his splendid spirit is at rest forevermore. 
 God bless and comfort his loved ones. 
 
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Address of Mr. Rucker, of Georgia 
 
 Mr. Speaker: When Mr. Tribble left Athens on Friday 
 preceding the meeting of Congress in December he seemed 
 full of health, happiness, and brilliancy, and there was 
 nothing to indicate that we would have the services of to- 
 day commemorative of his services in this House, and yet 
 God in His providence has so ordered and he is profoundly 
 mourned by the people of the eighth congressional dis- 
 trict, into whose confidence and affection he had dug liim- 
 self deeply. They loved him in life, they deplore him in 
 death, and in liim they knew they had a friend in whom 
 there was no shadow of turning. 
 
 He went directly to the people and made liimself known 
 to them, learned their wants, was interested in what they 
 desired, and served them faithfully. The eighth district 
 of Georgia has had many illustrious Representatives. It 
 has had upon this floor as its Representatives Howell 
 Cobb, Renjamin H. Hill, Parks Rell, Emory Speer, William 
 M. Howard, and many an illustrious person. It never had 
 a Representative more true to the people, more watchful 
 of their interests, more solicitous of their good than our 
 lamented friend. 
 
 I first knew Mr. Tribble when he came as a student to 
 the University of Georgia at Athens from the county of 
 Franklin— a good old rock-ribbed Democratic county. He 
 was graduated from the university with distinguished 
 honors, succeeding here as everywhere else and com- 
 mencing the practice of law at Athens with the Hon. 
 Edward T. Rrown, a great lawyer and a man enjoying an 
 excellent practice. 
 
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Address of Mr. Rucker, of Georgia 
 
 Mr. Tribble made good from the beginning because he 
 brought into the practice of his profession high intelli- 
 gence, sterling integrity, untiring energy, and a faithful- 
 ness that characterized his every act. 
 
 After a few years he became a candidate for the office 
 of solicitor general in the western circuit and was elected. 
 He gave equal rights to all and special privileges to none, 
 the high and the low, the rich and the poor alike. There 
 was no bitterness in his prosecutions but fairness and 
 justice, and he left no wounds, because everyone recog- 
 nized that fair play was the order of the day. He won 
 the office by a tremendous vote over a strong field, for 
 even this early the people had come to know him and 
 to love him. After he retired from the office of solicitor 
 general he continued the practice of law for a year or two 
 and then announced his candidacy for Congress, in oppo- 
 sition to the Hon. William M. Howard, a long-time Mem- 
 ber of this House who was known for his intelligence and 
 high character and deemed invincible. 
 
 This race was in 1910 and one of the hottest that we ever 
 had in the eighth congressional district — a district in which 
 there has been many a hard fight and as much fine cam- 
 paigning as in any district in this great country. He faced 
 every shape of power and influence and conquered all. 
 He made good in Congress from the beginning. He never 
 got a letter he did not answer promptly. He attended to 
 every request made of him and got favorable action, and 
 the people soon came to know that they had one at Wash- 
 ington who could be relied upon in all contingencies. 
 
 In the two succeeding elections he had no opposition, 
 but in 1916 he was opposed by Hon. Thomas J. Brown, of 
 Elbert County, a gentleman of high standing and charac- 
 ter, and he triumphed by a large majority, and at the time 
 he was taken away it seemed that he had silenced oppo- 
 
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 sition, that he had gotten out over the rough waters and 
 out in the open sea where every prospect pleased. 
 
 In all his public career he had the support and help of 
 his wife, possessed of every grace of mind and heart, of 
 his lovely daughter, and his noble son. 
 
 In his first campaign I believe he visited every home and 
 every citizen in the eighth congressional district and he 
 knew every voter personally. His style of campaigning 
 was novel. 
 
 His services here have been beautifully portrayed by his 
 fellow Members. They knew him, loved him, and are 
 aware of the excellence of his service, of his interest in 
 his constituents, and his unswerving integrity. 
 
 I never knew a man who had more of the elements that 
 commend one to the love of those he comes in contact 
 with than Sam Tribble. It was not hard for him to make 
 friends with the people. He loved them and they loved 
 him. I observe, Mr. Speaker, that whenever you love any- 
 bo(iy you will find them loving you, and when they love 
 you you may know you love them. 
 
 He had a kind heart and a generous disposition and he 
 sought to find good in every person, and he found it. 
 
 Speaking of kindness, I desire here to reproduce some, 
 words spoken by Senator Benj. H. Hill years ago in the 
 United States Senate: 
 
 Mr. President, we are told that wlien God created the heavens 
 and the earth on the third day He said, " Let the earth bring forth 
 grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after 
 his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth; and it was so." 
 From that day to this it has been so. Yet all these seeds must be 
 sown in their season and in a climate adapted to their nature, else 
 they will perish. But, sir, there is seed which will bear fruit in 
 all seasons and in every clime under the heavens. Plant it in the 
 cold where the snows never melt, or in the heat where the frosts 
 never come; scatter it on the naked rocks or in the most fertile 
 soil; drop it in the water or on the land and everywhere, every 
 
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Address of Mr. Rucker, of Georgia 
 
 seed will germinate and grow and reward the sower. It is tilled 
 by a hand that never tires; it is watched by an eye that never 
 sleeps; it is trained by a power that tempers all the elements to its 
 healthiest maturity. That seed, sir, is kindness, and I have gar- 
 nered its fruits when and where they were least expected. 
 
 I was standing at Heardmont, in Elbert County, Ga., 
 near the banks of the Savannah River, when the train 
 bearing home the body came upon the long bridge that 
 spans the mighty river into Elbert County, Ga., and as the 
 train crossed that mighty stream there was a low, mourn- 
 ful shriek of the whistle, and I felt that the engineer driv- 
 ing the train was tliinking of the dear dead he was carry- 
 ing home, and he evidenced it by that mournful blast, and 
 it came home to me, Sam Tribble is coming home, coming 
 into Elbert County, which was the storm center of his first 
 race — coming home to be laid away in the beautiful ceme- 
 tery at Athens, which overlooks the Oconee River, liis last 
 resting place. There never was a more beautiful ceme- 
 tery. There never was interred in its soil a nobler 
 Georgian. Home — a place dear in life, precious in death — 
 more genuine pleasure therein to be found than can be 
 found in all the splendors and glories of the earth. Those 
 at home are the father, mother, the wife, the children, 
 the grandchildren, dear relatives. They never go back on 
 us but love us to the end. They will never turn their 
 backs on us. 
 
 And, Mr. Speaker, I remember with so much pleasure 
 this fact, that Mr. Tribble not only professed the Christian 
 religion but he practiced it, which is a far better thing. 
 
 I see him now, when on Sabbath evenings when at home, 
 he would go into East Athens, a part of the city lived in by 
 God-fearing men and women, and he visited the Sunday 
 schools and singing schools. Nothing interested him more 
 than this work, and he brought sunshine and happiness 
 
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 whenever he entered the door. What a sweet reflection 
 this is. 
 
 " I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord; he 
 that beheveth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he 
 live, and whosoever liveth and believeth shall never die." 
 
 Life's fitful fever ended, he sleeps well, and may he re- 
 new his wasted strength and refresh his fatigued faculties 
 in the balmy breezes of heaven's happj^ home. May a 
 kind Providence rest his mighty soul in eternal peace. 
 
 Mr. Walker. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that 
 all Members may be allowed 10 or 15 days to revise and 
 extend remarks. 
 
 The Speaker pro tempore. The gentleman from Geor- 
 gia [Mr. Walker] requests unanimous consent that gen- 
 eral leave to print for all Members be given for 15 days. 
 Is there objection? [After a pause.] The Chair hears 
 none and it is so ordered. 
 
 Under the resolution already adopted the House stands 
 adjourned until Monday, Februarj' 5, 1917, at 12 o'clock 
 noon. 
 
 Accordingly (at 1 o'clock and 58 minutes) the House 
 adjourned to meet to-morrow, Monday, February 5, 1917, 
 at 12 o'clock noon. 
 
 Monday, February 26, 1917. 
 The Committee informally rose; and Mr. Houston hav- 
 ing taken the chair as Speaker pro tempore, a message 
 from the Senate, by Mr. Crockett, one of its clerks, an- 
 nounced that the Senate had passed the following reso- 
 lutions: 
 
 Resolved, That the Senate expresses its profound sorrow on 
 account of the death of the Hon. Samuel J. Tribble, late a Member 
 of the House of Representatives from the State of Georgia. 
 
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Proceedings in the House 
 
 Resolved, That the business of the Senate be now suspended in 
 order that fitting tributes may be paid to his high character and 
 distinguished public services. 
 
 Resolved, That the Secretary communicate a copy of these reso- 
 lutions to the House of Representatives and to the family of the 
 deceased. 
 
 Also: 
 
 Resolved, That as a further mark of respect to the memory of 
 Mr. Finley, Mr. Thibble, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Moss the Senate do 
 now adjourn. 
 
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Proceedings in the Senate 
 
 Friday, December 8, 1916. 
 
 Mr. Hardwick. Mr. President, I send to the desk the 
 following privileged resolutions and ask for their adop- 
 tion. 
 
 The resolutions were read, considered bj' unanimous 
 consent, and unanimously agreed to, as follows: 
 
 Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow the 
 announcement of the death of Hon. Samuel J. Tribble, late a 
 Representative from the State of Georgia. 
 
 Resolved, That a committee of nine Senators be appointed by 
 the Vice President to join a committee appointed on the part of 
 the House of Representatives to take order for superintending the 
 funeral of the deceased. 
 
 Resolved, That the Secretary communicate these resolutions to 
 the House of Representatives and transmit a copy thereof to the 
 family of the deceased. 
 
 The Presiding Officer appointed as the committee un- 
 der the second resolution Mr. Smith of Georgia, Mr. Hard- 
 wick, Mr. Bryan, Mr. Johnson of Maine, Mr. Ashurst, Mr. 
 Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. Norris, Mr. Sterling, and 
 Mr. Fernald. 
 
 Mr. Hardwick. Mr. President, I move as a further mark 
 of respect to the memory of the deceased that the Senate 
 do now aajourn. 
 
 The motion was unanimously agreed to; and (at 2 
 o'clock p. m.) the Senate adjourned, the adjournment 
 being until Monday, December 11, 1916, at 12 o'clock m. 
 
 Wednesday, February 21, 1917. 
 Mr. Kern. The Senator from West Virginia [Mr. Chil- 
 ton] gave notice that on Saturday, the 24th instant, he 
 would ask the Senate to take action touching the life, 
 
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 character, and public sei'vices of the late Representative 
 William G. Brown and the late Representative H. H, 
 Moss, of West Virginia. Later the Senator from South 
 Carolina [Mr. Tillman] gave notice that he would ask 
 the Senate on the same day to take action regarding the 
 death of the late Representative Finley. 
 
 The Presiding Officer. If the Senator will pardon the 
 Chair, it is desired that he shall ask that the service also 
 include memorial addresses upon the late Representative 
 Tribble, of Georgia. 
 
 Mr. Kern. I will also include memorial addresses on the 
 late Representative Tribble, of Georgia. The Senators I 
 named asked me to request unanimous consent that the 
 Senate meet on Sunday, the 25th instant, at 2 o'clock in 
 the afternoon to consider resolutions on the death of these 
 deceased Representatives. 
 
 The Presiding Officer. Is there objection? 
 
 Mr. Jones. What was the request? 
 
 The Presiding Officer. The request was that the Sen- 
 ate hold memorial services for certain deceased Members 
 of the House of Representatives on Sunday, the 2Dth, at 
 2 o'clock p. m. Without objection, it is so ordered. 
 
 Sunday, February 25, 1917. 
 
 (Legislative day of Tuesday, Feb. 20, 1917.) 
 The Senate reassembled at 2 o'clock p. m., on the ex- 
 piration of the recess. 
 
 The President pro tempore. The Chair lays before the 
 Senate resolutions from the House of Representatives, 
 which will be read. 
 
 The Secretary read the resolutions as follows: 
 
 February 4, 1917. 
 
 In the House of Representatives of the United States. 
 Resolved, That the business of the House be now suspended 
 (hat opportunity may be given for tributes to the memory of Hon. 
 
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Proceedings in the Senate 
 
 Samuel J. Tribble, late a Member of this House from the State of 
 Georgia. 
 
 Resolved, That as a particular mark of respect to the memory 
 of ihe deceased, and in recognition of his distinguished public 
 career, the House, at the conclusion of these exercises, shall stand 
 adjourned. 
 
 Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the 
 Senate. 
 
 Resolved, That the Clerk send a copy of these resolutions to the 
 family of the deceased. 
 
 Mr. Hardwick. Mr. President, I offer the resolutions 
 which I send to the desk. 
 
 The President pro tempore. The resolutions submitted 
 by the Senator from Georgia will be read. 
 
 The Secretary read the resolutions (S. Res. 374), as 
 follows : 
 
 Resolved, That the Senate expresses its profound sorrow on 
 account of the death of the Hon. Samuel J. Tribble, late a Member 
 of the House of Representatives from the State of Georgia. 
 
 Resolved, That the business of the Senate be now suspended in 
 order that fitting tributes may be paid to his high character and 
 distinguished public services. 
 
 Resolved, That the Secretary communicate a copy of these reso- 
 lutions to the House of Representatives and to the family of the 
 deceased. 
 
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MEMORIAL ADDRESSES 
 
 Address of Mr. Hardwick, of Georgia 
 
 Mr. President: On the first day of the present session 
 of Congress Hon. Samuel J. Tribble, Representative from 
 the eighth district of Georgia, was stricken with apoplexy, 
 and after lingering for a few days in one of the hospitals 
 of this citj', died there on Decemher 8, 1916. 
 
 This sudden and tragic event came absolutely without 
 warning or notice, like a bolt from the blue sky, for Mr. 
 Tribble was apparently in the very best of health and 
 spirits, full of life, ambition, and energy— and on the very 
 morning that he was stricken I had a long and friendly 
 conference with him respecting the work of the present 
 session and his own part therein. That he should have 
 been stricken down in the very prime of his manhood and 
 usefulness is not only inexplicable but inexpressibly sad, 
 and it was a great shock as well as a great sorrow to me 
 and to his other associates here and to many thousands of 
 his friends in Georgia. 
 
 The eighth district of Georgia, which he represented in 
 the Sixty-second, Sixty-tliird, and Sixty-fourth Congresses, 
 and of which he was the Representative elect in the 
 Sixtj'-fifth Congress at the time of his death, is remarkable 
 for the many splendid men it has sent to Washington. In 
 the ante helium period Howell Cobb represented it. 
 Strong, able, brilliant, forceful, he became Speaker of the 
 House of Representatives before he was 40, and a great 
 partj' leader in those stormy days. Robert Toombs served 
 it before he came to this body to illustrate Georgia. Since 
 the war, its representation has been worthy of its old tra- 
 ditions and it has sent many able and useful men to Wash- 
 ington. One of the most remarkable of these was William 
 Marcellus Howard, who after 14 years of brilliant service 
 
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 in the House, was defeated in 1910 by Mr. Tribble, and the 
 fact that Mr. Tribble defeated him is splendid evidence 
 of the remarkable hold that Mr. Tribble had upon the 
 affections and confidence of the people of the eighth dis- 
 trict. 
 
 Coming to Congress as the successor of a brilliant and 
 noted man, Mr. Tribble's path was not an easy one, and 
 it is therefore with genuine and sincere pleasure that I 
 bear testimony to the fact that he measured up from the 
 beginning to the high responsibilities that were upon Mm. 
 
 A man of good mind, an earnest, honest, sincere, coura- 
 geous Representative, he brought to the performance of 
 his duties in that post indefatigable industry, high-minded 
 courage, and unselfish patriotism. His principal legisla- 
 tive labors were upon the House Committee on Naval 
 Affairs, of which committee he was one of the most promi- 
 nent members, and his useful and eflQcient service on that 
 committee is attested by all of its members. 
 
 In company with a number of his colleagues from both 
 Houses of Congress, I attended liis funeral services at his 
 old home, Athens, Ga., the beautiful university town of 
 our great State. I have never seen more universal, more 
 touching, and more sincere demonstrations of real grief 
 than came from his people when we brought him back 
 to them, and I can never forget the great, silent, tear- 
 stained concourse of people who witnessed the consign- 
 ing of his remains to their long rest in beautiful Oconee 
 Cemetery. 
 
 Mr. President, a good man has gone. A just, honest, 
 earnest, God-fearing, and God-loving public servant is no 
 more. Our country will miss him, our State will mourn 
 him, and his friends will never forget his memorj'. Peace 
 to his ashes. A good man sleeps his last, his well-earned 
 sleep. May God console liis friends and comfort his 
 family. 
 
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Address of Mr. Smith, of Georgia 
 
 Mr. President : In the loss of the Hon. Samuel J. Tribble 
 we are again impressively reminded of the uncertain 
 tenure of life. He returned to us about the 1st of Decem- 
 ber for the resumption of his congressional duties with 
 every appearance of health, with every reason to antici- 
 pate a long and continuous service. He had just passed 
 through a contest with one of the strongest men in his 
 district and his people had given him an overwhelming 
 indorsement, an indorsement so nearly unanimous that 
 it is safe to say for many years at least no one would have 
 offered against him. To have done so would have been 
 to invite almost certain defeat. With such a brilliant 
 future before him, suddenly, almost without notice, he 
 was taken. 
 
 Mr. Tribble was born a little more than 47 years ago in 
 Franklin County, Ga. That is a county inhabited almost 
 entirely by whites, having no large cities within its 
 boundaries. It is a large county, populated by a won- 
 derfully sturdy and prosperous class of farmers. The 
 farms are not what would be called large farms, but they 
 are large enough for the splendid men who own them and 
 who deem it a privilege in part to till them with their own 
 hands as well as to direct cultivation with their brain, to 
 earn from agriculture the comforts of life. They are a 
 people distinguished for their courage, their industry, 
 their thrift, and their independence. 
 
 It was from a parentage typical of the very best of 
 Franklin County that Samuel J. Tribble inherited and 
 prized those splendid qualities which came to distinguish 
 him in after life. He spent his boyhood in part helping 
 
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 upon the farm, but taking advantage of all the school 
 opportunities of his county. He might well have remained 
 in the county and followed the line of work of his an- 
 cestors, but he had an aspiration to practice law, and, after 
 completing his course in the schools of the county, he 
 went to the University of Georgia at Athens. There he 
 stood among the very best at the college, taking a high 
 rank for his character, for his industry, and for his in- 
 tellectual strength. He also graduated from the law 
 school of the university and then opened a law office in 
 Athens. 
 
 Athens has been the home of as great lav^^ers as ever 
 lived in the United States. From their number I may 
 mention Joseph Henry Lumpkin, William Hope Hull, 
 Thomas R. R. Cobb, and Benjamin Harvey Hill. It was a 
 place of great culture and refinement. This ambitious boy 
 from the country walked into a law office in Athens and 
 at once took a position along with the very best, inspiring 
 the confidence of men and growing day by day. He was 
 soon made prosecuting attorney of the city court of Athens 
 and a little later on he became a candidate for solicitor 
 general of the western circuit, where the judge and the 
 solicitor conduct the business in half a dozen or more 
 counties. He ran against a man of influence and prestige, 
 but was elected by a handsome majority. Subsequently 
 he entered the race for Congress. My colleague [Mr. Hard- 
 wick] has called attention to the character of the opponent 
 he encountered, and to his long and distinguished record. 
 
 He has called our attention to the illustrious men who 
 have represented that district. He might have added an- 
 other since the war, in every particular the equal of those 
 who represented the district before the war. I refer to the 
 great Georgian, Benjamin Harvey Hill, the ablest debater 
 I ever heard. 
 
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Address of Mr. Smith, of Georgia 
 
 Mr. Tribble was elected to Congress in this first race by 
 a good majority of the popular vote. Of his splendid 
 service in the House of Representatives his colleagues 
 have borne ample testimony. It is with all of us a source 
 of deep regret that he has not been spared longer to serve 
 that district. 
 
 His hold upon his people was deserved. It was due not 
 alone to his ability and to his patient care about matters 
 pertaining to the interest of his district; it was due also 
 to the fact that he really thought with and felt with the 
 people of his district; that he really loved the people of 
 his district; that his heart really went out to those sturdy 
 men all over his district, who were represented by the 
 men I have described in Franklin County. There never 
 was a moment from the time he reached maturity that 
 he did not love and long to be of real use to it, not sim- 
 ply by showy speech but practically in any detail of serv- 
 ice that was within his reach. He longed not only to 
 serve them and to watch those problems that woiUd con- 
 serve their interest upon the floor of the House, but he 
 longed to serve them all the time and in every way; and 
 I will mention one thing that he did during the vacation 
 that commended itself to me and that I cordially 
 appreciated. 
 
 He had a few months of leisure when Congress was not 
 in session, and after canvassing his district and discuss- 
 ing political questions in the ordinary way he conceived 
 the idea of giving an entertainment to his people; and 
 in the smaller towns, not often visited by lecturers, where 
 the people had not been given some of the opportunities 
 that are found in larger cities, he gave an illustrated lec- 
 ture on the public buildings of Washington, on the prog- 
 ress of the Navy, on progress in development and science 
 that was a perfect treat to his people. He devoted a num- 
 ber of weeks of careful labor to going over his district, 
 
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 entertaining and instructing them and broadening the 
 vision of his people. 
 
 Mr. Tribble took his responsibilities seriously. He re- 
 garded office as a serious responsibility, one that meant 
 more than mere pleasure to the occupant; one that meant 
 more than mere reputation; one that gave a chance to 
 serve his people; and the great thought of his life was 
 how he could sers'e them and how he really could reach 
 out in detail to the individual citizens and be of actual 
 service to them. 
 
 Mr. President, his life is an inspiration to the young 
 man who is willing to climb by industry and devotion to 
 duty, and it is a lesson to us. We may well realize that 
 mere patriotic effusions of fervid eloquence are not of 
 equal service to our constituents with the careful thought 
 that seeks to open wider the doors of opportunity to the 
 less fortunate; that seeks to give a chance for better pre- 
 paredness to the children of those of scant incomes, that 
 parents may look forward to children whose opportunities 
 have made it possible for them to be ready for the joys 
 and struggles of life, to meet them more successfully than 
 their parents have done. 
 
 Mr. Hardwick. Mr. President, I ask for the adoption of 
 the resolutions which I have offered. 
 
 The resolutions were unanimously agreed to. 
 
 Mr. Chilton. Mr. President, I move, as a further mark 
 of respect to the memoi-y of Mr. Finley, Mr. Tribble, Mr. 
 Brown, and Mr. Moss, that the Senate do now adjourn. 
 
 The motion was unanimously agreed to, and (at 4 
 o'clock and 5 minutes p. m.) the Senate adjourned until 
 to-morrow, Monday, February 26, 1917, at 11 o'clock a. m. 
 
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