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MEMORIAL ADDRESSES 
 
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 (Late a Kei'Kesentative fk<»m Mism^sipi-i), 
 
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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATE, 
 
 CU ' F I F T V- F I F T H CON C. R F S S , 
 
 " Third Session. 
 
 WASHINGTON: 
 
 r. O V E K N M K N T I' R I N T I N G O F !■ I r E . 
 1S99. 
 

 AUG 6 I90ti 
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CONTENTS. 
 
 Page. 
 
 Proceedings in the House 5 
 
 Memorial address by — 
 
 Mr. Ai,l,EN S 
 
 Mr. Fox " 
 
 Mr. Gardner '3 
 
 Mr. BOTKIN i6 
 
 Mr. Spight iS 
 
 Mr. McLain 20 
 
 Mr. Catchings 25 
 
 Mr. Wii,i,iams 29 
 
 Mr. Henry 3^ 
 
 Mr. Fergusson 35 
 
 Proceedings in the Senate 37 
 
 Memorial address by — 
 
 Mr. Money 39 
 
 Mr. Berry 43 
 
 Mr. Pasco 45 
 
 Mr. TuRLEY 49 
 
 Mr. Sui-LiVAN 51 
 
Death of William F, Love, 
 
 Proceedings in the House, 
 
 December 6, 1898. 
 
 Mr. Henry, of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, pending the con- 
 sideration of the resoUition offered by the gentleman from 
 Ohio, I desire to offer the resohition which I send to the 
 Clerk's desk. 
 
 The Clerk read as follows: 
 
 The House of Representatives has heard with profound 
 sorrow that the Hon. William F. Love, a Representative 
 from the Sixth Congressional district of the vState of Mis.sis- 
 sippi, died at his home in Gloster, Miss., on October 16, 1898: 
 Therefore, be it 
 
 Resolved, That as a mark of respect to the memory of the 
 late Representative the House will hereafter set apart a suit- 
 able time for the eulogies upon the life and character of the 
 said deceased- 
 
 Resolved, That as a further mark of respect to the memory 
 of the said Representative the Hou.se do now adjourn. ' 
 
 Ordered, That the Clerk communicate the resolutions to the 
 Senate. 
 
 The Speaker. Without objection, the resolutions will be 
 considered together. 
 
6 Life and Character of JJl'l/iaiii F. Love. 
 
 The resolutions were considered and ag^reed to. 
 
 The Speaker. In pursuance of the resolutions just adopted, 
 and as a further mark of respect to the deceased, the House 
 stands adjourned until 12 o'clock to-morrow. 
 
 Accordingl}', at 12 o'clock and 27 minutes p. m., the House 
 adjourned. 
 
MEMORIAL ADDRESSES. 
 
 February 25, 1899. 
 
 Mr. Allen. Mr. Speaker, I present the following resolution 
 under the special order of the House. 
 
 The Speaker. The Clerk will report the resolution to the 
 House. 
 
 The Clerk read as follows: 
 
 Whereas the House of Representatives has heard with pro- 
 found sorrow of the death of the Hon. E. C. Walthall, late a 
 Senator of the United States from the State of Mississippi, and 
 also of the death of Hon. W. F. Love, late a member of this 
 House from the State of Missis.sippi: Therefore, be it 
 
 Resolved, That the Ijusiness of the House be now suspended 
 that opportunity may be given for tributes to the memory of the 
 late Senator E. C. Walthall and of the late Representative 
 W. F. Love, and as a particular mark of respect to the memory 
 of the late Senator Walth.\ll and the late Representative Lo\':E, 
 and in recognition of their eminent abilities and distinguished 
 public services, the House, at the conclu.sion of these memorial 
 proceedings, shall .stand adjourned. 
 
 That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted to the family 
 of the late Senator W.-^lthall and the family of the late Rep- 
 resentative LovE; and 
 
 That the Clerk be ordered to communicate these resolutions 
 to the Senate. 
 
 The re.solutions were unanimously agreed to. 
 
Life and Character of William F. Love. 
 
 ADDRESS OF Mr. Allen. 
 
 Mr. Speaker, I have kuown Mr. Love for some j'ears. I 
 knew him as a member or the legislature and a member of the 
 State senate of Mississippi, uot intimately- at all, but I knew 
 the esteem and high regard that his colleagues in both of those 
 bodies had for him. He had taken the high stand for indus- 
 try, honesty, and faithful service in those bodies of which his 
 short service here gave so much promise. I watched his career 
 with some interest. 
 
 I saw him elected to the Fifty- fifth Congress. When he 
 came here, with all the embarrassment that surrounds the aver- 
 age new member, he took his assignments on committees, went 
 to work, and by his industry, his close attention to the duties of 
 his position, he was fast winning his way to a place of great 
 usefulness and prominence in this House. 
 
 He seemed from the very first to ha\-e the correct idea as to 
 how to make himself a useful member of this House and a use- 
 ful servant of his people. He did not want anything to go on 
 here without his knowing something about it, and by close 
 application and diligent inquiry, meeting and working with his 
 committees and understanding all they did by close attention 
 to the business assigned to him, and then attending regularly 
 the sessions of the Hou.se and being in his seat and keeping up 
 with what is going on, he was very fast familiarizing himself 
 with the methods of legislation here. Very few new members 
 who come to this House gave more promi.se of usefulness than 
 did Mr. LovE. 
 
 After his service in the first two sessions of the Fifty-fifth 
 Congress I was invited to his home town. Just a few days 
 before he was taken sick I spent a day there, almost all of which 
 
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Address of Mr. Allen of Mississippi. 9 
 
 v.-as spent in his company. I met a very large concourse of 
 people. I learned in his association with them, in his apparent 
 thorough knowledge of them, and their great respect for him, 
 something of the hold he had upon the affections and confidence 
 of his constituency. 
 
 There was a large meeting in the town of Gloster, where he 
 was living at the time of his death, and where he died, and I 
 was very much impressed with the thorough and cordial rela- 
 tions existing between Mr. LovE and those people with whom 
 he lived. He had been renominated without oppo.sition, and 
 would ha\-e been elected almost as unanimoush- if he had li\-ed. 
 It was bad for the State, it was bad for the people, that a man 
 who gave promise of a useful career, who had scarcely reached 
 the meridian of life, should be taken off as he was. 
 
 I left him in good spirits, in apparently good health, enjoy- 
 ing all the happiness that belongs to a man of his happy 
 domestic relations and the thorough confidence of his neighbors 
 and constituents. A few days after I left him I noticed in the 
 newspapers an account of his .serious illness. This continued 
 for some time, and then, a little more than a month from the 
 time he and I were together, he passed over the river. We all 
 mourn him. 
 
 Mr. Speaker, I did not enjoy an intimate acquaintance with 
 Mr. Love before he came here ; but when I came to know him 
 well we became good friends, and I came to be \-er\- fond of 
 him. I had come to appreciate his worth and had come to 
 know of the many sterling qualities he posses.sed, and I will 
 always be of those who loved him and who will ever cherish 
 pleasant memories of him. 
 
 I recognize that in his death this House sustained a great 
 loss, our delegation one of its most promising and useful mem- 
 bers, and the State of Mississippi one of its best citizens and 
 
lo Life and Character of ]]'illia»i F. Love. 
 
 one of its most trusted and useful public sen^ants. His family 
 and friends have sustained an irreparable loss, for he was a 
 true, faithful, and affectionate husband, a loving and tender 
 father, and a friend who could be trusted under anj- and all 
 circumstances. As there are others to speak, I will not detain 
 the House longer. 
 
Address of Mr. Fox of Mississippi. 1 1 
 
 ADDRESS OF MR. FOX, 
 
 Mr. Speaker, I think I am fortunate in having known 
 William Franklix Love. He is dead, but hi.s influence 
 still lives. No higher tribute can be paid to his meniory 
 than to sa\- that everyone was better for having known him. 
 I knew him well, and in all the relations of life I have never 
 known a man who met and discharged every duty, public and 
 private, more courageously and conscientiously. He shirked 
 no duty or responsibility. 
 
 The modest biography in the Congressional Directory tells 
 an eloquent story of a life of honor, industry, and usefulness. 
 He was elected to the legislature of his State when just old 
 enough to be eligible. He continued to be a member of that 
 political body for eighteen yeans — ten years in the house and 
 eight in the senate. While in the senate he filled the respon- 
 sible and important position of chairman of the committee on 
 finance. He was also a member of the constitutional con\en- 
 tion of the State of Missis.sippi in 1.S90, and took a prominent 
 part in the delilierations of that memoral^le body, which was 
 composed of the foremost men in Mississippi, men who brought 
 all their brains and patriotism to the solution of the greatest 
 political problem that ever confronted any body of statesmen. 
 
 Mr. Love brought to the service of his country as a Congress- 
 man all his long experience and training as a legislator, which 
 enabled him at once to take a prominent position in this body. 
 It was a wise selection when the vSpeaker concluded to appoint 
 Mr. Love as a member of the Committee on the Post-Office and 
 Post-Roads. He at once addres.sed himself conscientiously and 
 industriously to the arduous work of that great committee, and 
 his well-trained business ability enabled him to take a conspicu- 
 ous place in that work. 
 
12 Life and Character of JJ'/'/fiani F. Love. 
 
 No man ever was or could be more conscientious in the dis- 
 charge of his public duties. His idea was that his people had 
 employed him to represent them, and that it was his duty to 
 remain in his seat from noon, when the House of Representa- 
 tives met, until it adjourned, watching carefully and intelli- 
 gently all the proceedings in the House. Although a new 
 member, he was always alert, and thought that his own respon- 
 sibility to the country was as great as that of any other mem- 
 ber; and he was right. 
 
 No man was more loyal or true in all personal relations of 
 life, especially to his family or to his friends. He was fortiuiate 
 and happy in having a loving and accomplished wife and a 
 brilliant and charming daughter, to whom he was devoted and 
 for whom he lived; and they in return gave all their purest and 
 best affections to lighten the burdens of his laborious life. 
 And, Mr. Speaker, he was worthy of it; and that is the highest 
 tribute that can be paid any man. 
 
Address of Mr. Gardner of Neu) Jersey. 13 
 
 ADDRESS OF Mr. Gardner. 
 
 Mr. Speaker, it is true of most of the children of men that 
 the memory of them fades at the close of their day, even as the 
 brief afterglow vanishes from the sunset sky. Their names 
 and the dates upon which they enter and leave the world may 
 be cut in marble. That world has room for no ampler pa.i^e. 
 
 We devote this hour to writing in the annals of his country 
 something of the hfe and work of Wii.i.i.vM Franklin Love, 
 of Mississippi, whose valuable and conspicuous public service 
 began with his manhood and ended at his bier. 
 
 Very much that was most worthy in liis life, as in all lives, 
 must be lost. But if his known ambition to perform high 
 public tasks, his constant aim to point worthy and inspiring 
 models, his high ideals of public service, are taken as utter- 
 ances of his solicitude for the political and social welfare of 
 the people whom he served, we .shall, if only partially, still the 
 better understand the man. 
 
 It is true that I had not the advantage of a long personal 
 acqaiutance with Mr. LovE, yet I knew him long and well 
 enough to enable me in .some degree to appreciate his sterling 
 worth. When he entered the Fifty-fourth Congress he was 
 assigned to one of the committees on which I had the honor to 
 serve. I early observed the conscientious devotion of his ener- 
 gies to the tasks before him, his integrity of mind, his high 
 purpose, his habit of seeking foundation fact and invoking right 
 reason for his conclu.sions. He seemed always disposed to test 
 both political and moral iiuestions by the higher law of effect. 
 Indeed, he soon impressed me as at once the embodiment and 
 exemplar of a code of lofty moral and civic conduct. In mat- 
 ters to be determined by the right and the wrong, the just and 
 
14 f^ife oii^ Cliaractcr of William F. Love. 
 
 the doubtful elements, he might well remind one of the line of 
 South: "Such grand exemplars as make their own abilities the 
 sole measure of what is fit or unfit." 
 
 Kindness and sympathy were as manifest in his intercourse as 
 stern regard for dut>' and robust sense of justice. The former 
 made him approachable and interested in his fellow-men, the 
 latter unyielding and swift in pursuit of the right. 
 
 By inquiry into his record in the State of Mississippi I was 
 glad to find my estimate of the man confirmed. It had been 
 long entertained by the people whom he had served. 
 
 At home he seemed to have risen above all factional differ- 
 ences and local strife, and stood preeminently the man in whom 
 public confidence centered. Local disputes left his standing 
 unaffected "as the rock that lifts its head above the troubled 
 waters and remains unshaken by the causes that agitate them." 
 For eighteen years he had been in one or the other branch of 
 the State legislature, discharging there and elsewhere the most 
 responsible and delicate trusts, the popular approval being 
 manifested by again and ahva>s reimposing public trusts — the 
 .same or greater. 
 
 So long and satisfactory public service for a discriminating 
 constituency is the result of neither chance nor favor, but of 
 sterling qualities of mind and of spirit, tireless effort to ascer- 
 tain the right and courage to do it whenever duty requires 
 action. I learned enough of Mr. LovE to see that such was 
 the secret of his success. F'ven the doubting nuist see a saving 
 grace in the choice of public servants when men of his mold, 
 full of honor and experience and of known purpose, are retained 
 and transferred to wider fields of action, as he was to the halls 
 of national legislation. 
 
 The loss uf a man so worthy from public ox jirivate life means 
 nuich. Thai in Mr. T.ovK which at once challenged our 
 
Address of Mr. Gardner of Neiv Jersey. 15 
 
 admiration was his exalted character; it was his fortress and 
 best equipment. Here, if time permitted, we could not dwell 
 too long. Character such as his must give us our worthy 
 representative men and make up the sum of our national 
 security and progress. Unless it predominates our public con- 
 cerns, nothing remains on which to base a hope for the future. 
 Controlled by its infltience, the future will be secure. Without 
 it arsenals and guns are no guaranty of long national life. 
 
 Had length of days been given Mr. Lo\tj, he would, by 
 reason of his rectitude, of jDerfect integrity of purpose, of 
 uns\ver\-ing adherence to lines dictated by an enlightened con- 
 science, of industry in mastering detail, and zeal for accompHsh- 
 ing that which he conceived the public good required, have 
 retained and enlarged the esteem of his constituency, and this 
 House, slow perhaps to percei\-e but ever ready to recognize 
 and to utilize true worth, would, upon fuller opporttmity, have 
 accorded him honors fitting his great merit. But length of 
 days was not for him. 
 
 The Lord of Life so orbited his sun 
 
 That ev'ning's shadows fell just when his noontide shone 
 On widened fields. With new tasks scarce begtin. 
 
 He heard the whisper "Rest, your work is done." 
 
i6 Life and Character of U'i/Iiaiii F. Love. 
 
 ADDRESS OF Mr. BOTKIN. 
 
 Mr. Speaker, I desire a moment in which to offer a brief 
 but sincere tribute to the memory of one whose untimely 
 death has closed an earnest and successful career. 
 
 Among the compensating features of Congressional life are 
 the new and valued friendships formed. From the drudgery 
 of committee and department work and from the noisy strife 
 of House debate one finds restful relief in association with 
 the many earnest and manly members of this body from the 
 different parts of our country. 
 
 One of the first and rarest .spirits with whom I had the 
 honor and pleasure to become acqtiainted upon my entrance 
 into Congress two years ago was the Hon. W. F. LovE. 
 Early in our acquaintance we had occasion to enjoy a some- 
 what extended trip together. It was such a journey as fur- 
 nished an opportiuiity for a complete unbending from the 
 strain of official duties and as might have led a man less 
 self-contained into some degree of social excess. But the man 
 we mourn to-day constantly maintained the same genial, self- 
 poised, orderly conduct .so usual with him in his home life. 
 
 From that time to the clo.se of the .second session our 
 acquaintance became more and more intimate, even ripening 
 into a friendship at once warm and enduring. I had learned 
 to tru.st and love the man, and the news of his death filled 
 me with a sense of deep and personal lo.ss. 
 
 Mr. Love gave earnest and conscientious attention to all 
 the duties imposed upon him by membership in this body, 
 Always at his post, and ever alert fc^r opportunities in depart- 
 ment, in committee, and in this Chamber to serve his con.stit- 
 
Address of Mr. B oik in of Kansas. 17 
 
 uents and his country, few men attain to so high a measure 
 of usefuhiess in so brief a period of time. 
 
 The deceased was a Christian gentleman, demonstrating 
 that even in the pubhc service one may be a good man in 
 the highest sense. In his hfe at the capital of the nation, 
 with its abounding distractions and temptations, he exempli- 
 fied the religion of Jesus, whose servant he was. 
 
 It is my pleasure to say that the average standard of 
 morals in the, American Congress is nuich higher than I had 
 been led to suppose. The lives and characters of such men 
 as W. F. Love very materially elevate this general average 
 and augment the sum of integrity, of sincerity, and of worth. 
 
 A devoted hu.sband, a kind father, a sincere friend, an 
 upright citizen, a u.seful public servant, a manly man has gone 
 from us. May we emulate his example and may Heaven's 
 blessings rest upon his family. 
 
 H. Doc. 273- 
 
1 8 Life and Characler of Williaui F. Love. 
 
 Address of Mr. Spight. 
 
 Mr. Speaker, these memorial occasions, of which there ha\-e 
 already been several during this short session of Congress, 
 remind us that " death is no respecter of persons;" that he puts 
 his sickle into the council halls of the nation as well as into 
 the homes of the private citizen. They should also remind 
 us that "it is not all of life to live, nor all of death to die." 
 
 If the life here is right, then death is not oblivion and forget- 
 fulness, but is only a change in the form and duration of 
 existence: a putting off of mortality and a putting on of im- 
 mortality; an exchange of a state of being full of perplexity 
 and sorrow and suffering for one full of perfect peace, happi- 
 ness, and rest. For the Christian who has built upon "the 
 firm foundation," death has no terrors. Such an one might 
 well wish, for the sake of loved ones left behind, that his days 
 on earth might be prolonged, but is nevertheless ready to sa>-, 
 "Thy will Ije done." 
 
 Of a man of this character, I come to say a word to-day. 
 
 I shall leave to others an outline of his life, and shall speak 
 briefly of my personal acquaintance with him, and the impres- 
 sions his character made upon me. 
 
 I first knew \Villi.\m F. Love in 1878, when he and I were 
 members of the Mississippi legi.slature. I learned then to ap- 
 preciate his noble qualities and to know something of the prin- 
 ciples which animated and characterized his whole life. 
 
 He did not possess the too often fatal gift of brilliancy, but 
 instead nature had endowed him with .sound judgment, an 
 honest heart, fixed purposes, and zeal in the performance of 
 every duty. Of the.se qualities the most u.seful men are made. 
 Mr. Love was faithful to every trust, public and private, and 
 
Address of Mr. Spight of Mississippi. 19 
 
 all his actions were prompted by a determiuatiou to do right, 
 and a desire for that which would accomplish the greatest good. 
 
 Above all things else, he was a Christian gentleman, who 
 carried his religion into his business, and no enterprise which 
 was in conflict with the divine law and an enlightened con- 
 science could secure his approval; and no matter what the al- 
 lurements he had the courage to say ' ' No " to every wrong. 
 In his death there was a loss to his country and to his friends, 
 but more than all a loss to his family, who loved and appreci- 
 ated him as no others could: but the God whom he tru.sted will 
 care for and bless them. 
 
 Happy the man who, when hi.s lift-work is ended, can lie 
 down to rest in the consciousness of duty well done, and in 
 his last moments say, with Job, "I know that my Redeemer 
 liveth." 
 
 Mr. Love's work on earth is ended, but he did not live in 
 vain. I do not agree to the literal .sense of that couplet: 
 
 The evil that men do lives after them; 
 The good is oft interred with their bones. 
 
 But rather with that other familiar sentiment: 
 
 Lives of great men all remind us 
 
 We can make our lives sublime. 
 And, departing, leave behind us 
 
 Footprints on the sands of time. 
 
 The world is better for Mr. Love's having lived in it, and 
 
 his good deeds and elevating influences can not be lost, but will 
 
 continue to bear fruit to the glory of God and the good of 
 
 mankind long after his body has crumbled into its native dust. 
 
 It was not said in vain — 
 
 Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord, * * * that they may 
 rest from their labors; and their works do follow them. 
 
20 Life and Character of William F. Lo7)e. 
 
 ADDRESS OF Mr. McLAIN. 
 
 Mr. Speaker, we have assembled, in obedience to a resolution 
 of this body, to express our appreciation of the life and services 
 of the Hon. W. F. L,ovE. As a citizen of his native State and 
 successor to him in this honorable body, I esteem it a privilege 
 to offer a tribute of respect to his memory. 
 
 This time-honored custom of Congress, in setting a day apart 
 to paj' tribute of respect to a deceased member, has a chaste 
 and pathetic significance. It is sweet and hallowing in its ten- 
 dencies, though an eloquent reminder of the certainty of death. 
 On these occasions the fragrant flowers of friendship gather 
 around us, filling our souls with the purest of thoughts. Yes, 
 it softens our characters, touching every chord of the lieart 
 with its hallowed remembrances. 
 
 Tender thoughts come trooping upon us, calling up the fond- 
 est memories of life, and throw open the door of the heart to 
 the entrance of the richest flow of thought. To feel conscious 
 that after death we shall be pleasantly remembered robs the 
 grave of some of its terrors. God implanted this desire in the 
 human breast to spur us on to noble efforts, reaping as a reward 
 an honored name. 
 
 I dare say, Mr. Speaker, no State in the Union has suffered 
 so greatly by death in the Fifty-fifth Congress as the State of 
 Mississippi, having lost one-third of her delegation on the floor 
 of Congre.ss: First, the matchless George; next, the peerless 
 Walthall, and la.stly, the noble and promising W. F. LovE. 
 
 Fain would we delay our coming fate, but when the heaven-born gale 
 doth blow we must embark. 
 
 I will briefly relate the chief features in the life of the Hon. 
 W. F. Lovic. In performing this duly it affords me pleasure 
 
Address of Mr. McLain of Mississippi. 2 1 
 
 to say I knew him intimately and thorouglil}'. He was my 
 neighbor and my friend. I shall paint him as he was, or at 
 least as he appeared to me. At the very threshold of this 
 undertaking I feel somewhat embarrassed. I feel and know 
 that man}- features of his .splendid character and the many gems 
 that crowned his daily walks are not known to you as to me, 
 his stay with you being too brief for it to fully develop and 
 impress you with all of its power and true worth. 
 
 I shall not detain the House with an extended biographical 
 sketch of his life. He was born in 1850, in the county of 
 Amite — the county that he ser\.-ed so long with such marked 
 ability. On the evening of the i6th of October, 1898, at his 
 home in Gloster, Mi.ss., after a long and continuous attack of 
 typhoid fever, " God's finger touched him, and he slept." He 
 was born and reared on a farm near Libert}^ Miss. His envi- 
 ronments were such as to compel him to engage in all the labor 
 and drudgery of a farm life until he reached his full manhood. 
 In this school of toil was doubtless the seeding place of that 
 grand success that crowned his after life. 
 
 It was here that he became so thoroughly in touch with the 
 toiling masses and acquired such great sympathy for them. In 
 this field of toil he advanced patiently and deliberately. He did 
 not become discouraged from these surroundings, but bravely 
 pressed on with fortitude and courage, and soon took deep root 
 in the community where he lived; and in the grand sweep of 
 things his honors came thick, fast, and continuous. In this 
 school of toil his educational advantages were limited, though 
 he managed to acquire a fair education. Having passed 
 through such a curriculum, he entered upon politics. His 
 entrance into this new field was sudden, and not of any pre- 
 meditated seeking or preparation. 
 
 In 1876 and for some time prior he was an active member of 
 
22 Life and Character of Willia^n F. Love. 
 
 the Grange, a farmers' organization. His friends soon dis- 
 covered that in him lay great worth. They recognized and 
 honored his sterling qualities by electing him in 1877 to the 
 legislature of his native State, a position that he held continu- 
 ously, barring one term, until he entered the Halls of Congress. 
 During his legislative career additional honors were showered 
 upon him by an admiring constituency by his being elected 
 in 1890 as a delegate to the constitutional convention of the 
 State. 
 
 He was ambitious, but it was of a high and worthy character. 
 His political life was marked by wonderful energy, purity of 
 character, and rapid progress — rising as he did from the 
 humble walks of life to the highest honors in the gift of his 
 people. He was a strong debater and had few superiors as a 
 stump speaker. In his political and private Hfe he carefully 
 cultivated those virtues which so gracefully adorn the character 
 of a Christian gentleman. Excellency of character, a pure and 
 clean life, together with a .sunny disposition, marked conspicu- 
 ously his whole career. Yes, he was honest, sober, industrious, 
 and kind-hearted. His cheery disposition gave him friends 
 wherever he went. 
 
 He had the ear and confidence of his people, and justly .so, 
 for he had a perfect code of morals and fully realized that the 
 essence of every achievement is energy. By these adornments 
 he grew, year by year, .stronger and stronger, gradually winning 
 the hearts and prai.se of his fellow-citizens. So honestly, so 
 faithfully, and with such true fidelity did he serve his people 
 that he became a tower of strength with them. So thoroughly 
 was he schooled in the principles of morality, and so closeh- did 
 he walk with his God, that he was steeled against the enticing 
 whispers of the serpent of temptation that .so frequently coils 
 around and destroys so many of our public men. In his long 
 
Address of Mr. McLain of Mississippi. 23 
 
 public career — be it said to his honor — he hved a sober, pure, 
 and virtuous hfe, and a man thus crowned is the "finest fruit 
 earth holds up to its Maker. ' ' 
 
 Soon after entering political life he married Miss Julia Rai- 
 ford, of Lil-ierty, Miss., who, with her beautiful and intellectual 
 daughter, survives him. It is permissible in me to allude to 
 him as a father and husband, or, as I might term it, as I saw 
 him in his home circle. "Here is the heart's garden. Its 
 sunshine and flowers are here." Truly, I can .say of him he 
 planted and cultivated love, peace, and happiness in his home. 
 But how could it be otherwi.se with a man who nourished 
 virtue and fostered and sustained the commandments of his 
 God? 
 
 He was faithful to the tru.sts confided to him by the people. 
 I feel sure that the members of this House who were nearest to 
 him will bear testimony to this. A more faithful and pains- 
 taking representative the Sixth Congressional district of the 
 State of Mississippi never had. Could he have lived, he .surely 
 would have developed into one of your strongest and most use- 
 ful men. He was not a star, nor a genius; but he was indus- 
 trious, painstaking, and energetic, and these qualities often win 
 where genius fails. 
 
 In religious belief he was a Baptist. He loved his church. 
 He freely contributed to it his time and money. He served his 
 church faithfully, but all good men were his brethren. He 
 moved and acted upon a broad plane, feeling that all good men 
 were Chri-stians. 
 
 Having lived an honored, useful, and God-fearing life, com- 
 manding the utmo.st respect from all, a grand success was his 
 reward. 
 
 He had just won the coveted prize of his life. He was 
 flushed with hope and full of confidence. But this noble and 
 
24 Life a)id Character of William F. Love. 
 
 beautiful life, all aglow with promise, was stricken in the noon 
 of its supreme happiness and usefulness. He died rich in 
 honors, at peace with his God, and with good will to all 
 men. 
 
 I contribute these humble words of praise to his memory, 
 and place them as a garland of friendship upon his grave. 
 
Address of Mr. Caic/tiiigs of J/ississ/p/>i. 25- 
 
 ADDRESS OF Mr CATCHINGS. 
 
 Mr. Speaker, the lateness of the hour is such that nothing 
 but the great regard and the warm personal friendship that I 
 have so long entertained for nij- late distinguished colleague 
 would induce me to take the floor. An intimate and extended 
 personal acquaintance with Mr. LovE warrants me in agreeing 
 most cordially- to the tribute which has just been so gracefully- 
 paid to his memory by my colleague [Mr. McLain] , and I know 
 that the people of Mississippi will do so likewise. 
 
 Sir, the ancient proverb that "a prophet is not without honor 
 save iu his own country ' ' can have no application in the case 
 of my deceased friend. He died almost within bowshot of the 
 place where he was born and reared. His life went out in a 
 community which knew him well and thoroughly, in the county 
 in which he had long resided, amidst the people at whose hands 
 he had reaped his brightest and most distinguished honors. 
 My acquaintance with him began very many years ago; so far 
 back, indeed, that it is unpleasant to reflect upon how nuich of 
 my life has passed away since then. 
 
 We were young men, serving together in the legislature of 
 our native State. I knew him then as a man of rare judgment 
 and great aptitude and capacity for legislative work. His 
 industry equaled that of any man I have ever known. His 
 judgment and discrimination and accuracy of thought were 
 even then developed to a notable degree, and when he took his 
 seat here I said to him that he was better adapted to the pur- 
 suit of legislative work than any other, and that I was confident 
 he had an honorable and successful career before him. How 
 little did he and I then dream that he was to be cut off almost 
 before his Congressional career had begun! 
 
26 Life and Cliaractcr of William F. Love. 
 
 He was singularly sincere and earnest. His temperament 
 was ardent and generous. He was moved by the most refined 
 .sensibilities; a candid friend, and a gentleman always. 
 
 His devotion to such duties as devolved upon him was worthy 
 of all praise. At the opening of this Congress I had the good 
 fortune to draw a seat beside his. This made my intercourse 
 with him close and constant, and the more intimate it grew the 
 stronger became my regard and affection for him. 
 
 I know, Mr. Speaker, that he was an ambitious man, not in 
 the sense that he sought office merelj' as something which 
 might reflect pensonal credit or distinction upon himself, but 
 that he might win for him.self a name of which his friends 
 and his family would be proud. It was a pleasure to him to 
 feel that he was a leading man in his community. Indeed, 
 I may say that he was always the leading man in every com- 
 munity in which he lived. 
 
 But what does it matter, Mr. Speaker that his career was 
 cut short so suddenly ? If he had .survived I do not doubt that 
 his experience would have been that which many have gone 
 through. Public office is not .satisfying to the heart nor to the 
 soul. ITntil a man secures an office he often feels that he 
 would derive great happiness and pleasure from it, but when 
 he has attained to it he realizes that he has graspeil a 
 mere shadow. He then finds that office holding is hollow and 
 heartless and comfortless. The public sen'ant who is faithful 
 and devoted to his duties too rarel>' receives the credit to which 
 he is entitled. 
 
 There are ambitious men ever .seeking to .supplant him. His 
 conduct is distorted and perverted by those who would have it 
 so. It is impossible for those at his home to \i\\K. themselves in 
 his place and understand his environments. It is impossible 
 for them to have beating upon them the same light which 
 
Address of Mr. Ca/c/iiiios of' Mississippi. 27 
 
 sheds its effulgent rays upon him, and so he staggers along, 
 harassed and distressed, because he feels that he is misjudged. 
 Conscious of his own rectitude, he feels that possibly he is 
 alone in that consciousness. So public life, I do not hesitate 
 to assert, is the most un.satisfying which a generous, an honest, 
 and a conscientious man can lead. I speak this after long years 
 of observation and reflection. My own constituents have hon- 
 ored me far beyond my deserts, and in what I say I do not 
 wish to be understood as reflecting upon them. It is simply 
 the philosophy of the .situation to which I would give utterance. 
 
 So it matters not to Mr. L,ovE, possibly it is best for him, 
 that he was cut short in his career. Certainly at the time of 
 his death there were none to criticise him. His con.stituents 
 all admired and loved him. He had done nothing which had 
 brought upon him their complaint or their condenniation, and 
 he died in the full enjoyment of the regard of a large and 
 intelligent con.stituency. 
 
 Death, Mr. Speaker, should not be a terror. We must all 
 come to it. No man has skill or power or .strength to avoid it. 
 Certainly we should have the courage to encounter that which 
 all have met who have gone before us and what all must face 
 who come after us. What boots it whether a man's life is 
 extended a few years or a few days or a few hours longer? In 
 the midst of great eternity it is at its longest a mere breath, a 
 mere second of time. I do not know at last if it ought not to 
 be to his dearest friends a matter of congratulation that he 
 ended his career at a time when the clouds of political adversity 
 had not lowered upon him, when he felt that he was in full 
 sympathy and accord with the constituents who had delighted 
 to honor him, and when he knew that his departure would 
 occasion the deepest regret to them all. 
 
 Mr. Speaker, Mr. LovE would have become a distinguished 
 
28 Life and Character of W'illiatii F. Love. 
 
 member of this House if he had Hved, not because he was a 
 briUiant genius, though he was a man of a very high order of 
 abihty, but because he was honest, he was faithful, he was 
 ambitious, he was industrious, and he was true. Those are the 
 elements which achieve firm and lasting success. The brilliant 
 genius may shoot athwart the sky and shed the rays of the 
 meteor, but, like the rays of the meteor, he soon pas,ses away 
 and is as quickly forgotten. It is the patient toil, it is the 
 deep digging for the solid foundation, Mr. Speaker, that 
 achieves those results which find a lasting place. 
 
 It was a source of great personal regret to me when I heard 
 of Mr. Love's death. I was very much shocked. I did not 
 even know that he had been sick, and yet he was almost a 
 neighbor. So quiet and modest were he and his family that 
 they had taken their grief, their trouble, and their sorrow to 
 themselves; and it was but the day before his death that I saw 
 a telegram speaking of his extreme illness. That was charac- 
 teristic of him. He did not desire to adverti.se his suffering or 
 his illness. As he had gone through life, modestl}-, taking his 
 own burdens upon his own shoulders, so he, modestly, in his 
 own home, with only his famil>' and friends around him, fought 
 the last fight and passed over to his reward. 
 
 I do not know, Mr. Speaker, that I need say more. What 
 I have said has been spoken with all earnestness and with all 
 sincerity. 
 
Address of Mr. U 'illianis of Mississippi. 29 
 
 ADDRESS OF Mr. Williams of Mississippi. 
 
 Mr. Speaker, I was so unfortunate as not to have enjoyed 
 the acquaintance of my late colleague, William Franklin 
 Love, until after he came to Washington in consequence of his 
 election as a member of the Fifty-fifth Congress. This was not 
 owing to the fact of any lack of prominence on the part of Mr. 
 Love in the public affairs of the State of Mississippi. It was 
 owing to the fact that I myself was l)ut little acquainted with 
 the public men of my State, except those with whom I had 
 been brought into association by my election and service here 
 as a member of Congress. 
 
 Mr. Love, on the other hand, had long been one of the most 
 influential factors in pulilic life at home. He was barely of 
 age when he became a member of the Mississippi legislature. 
 In that capacity he spent ten years of exceptional usefulness 
 and exceptional popularity, when he became a State senator 
 and impressed himself upon the legislation of the State for 
 eight years more. 
 
 When the people of Mississippi, confronted hy unprece- 
 dented conditions, seeking a solution of a seemingly insoluble 
 problem, under the leadership of "The Great Commoner," 
 J. Z. George, had determined to hold a constitutional conven- 
 tion, they determined that it should be composed of the wi.sest 
 and best of Mississippi's sons, and Mr. LovE was elected by 
 his section of the State as one of the members of that great 
 convention. It was a great convention, because it succeeded 
 in a most difficult work, and succeeded in such a way as that 
 the result achieved could be defended in the face of the world 
 as fair and honest and intelligent and ju.st. Mr. LovE was one 
 
30 Life and Character of William F. Love. 
 
 of the most useful and industrious of the members of that 
 convention. 
 
 I knew him, however, as a member of Congress, where I was 
 thrown with him very constantly. I sought his advice ver\- 
 frequently, and found his counsel alwaj-s valuable, becau.se he 
 possessed that tact which enables a public man, while standing 
 firmly to his own convictions and working steadily for their 
 enactment into legislation, to do so without wounding the feel- 
 ings or rasping the prejudices of those who entertain different 
 opinions. 
 
 He was elected to the Fifty- fifth Congress as a Democrat, 
 serving most creditably his first term. Notwithstanding the 
 lack of opportunity for prominence or for usefulness which 
 accompanies the position of a new member, it soon became 
 evident to all of us that Mr. LovE was peculiarly useful in that 
 special work which fell to the charge of his committee, and 
 which, therefore, especially attracted his attention as a member. 
 We could follow him .safely on all questions brought into the 
 House from his committee. He had been renominated by his 
 people without opposition and with a unanimity of sentiment 
 seldom equaled, and his election to the Fifty-sixth Congress 
 was prevented only by the fact that his untimelj' death inter- 
 vened between his nomination and the date of the general 
 election. 
 
 He was suave, urbane, polite, of an evenness of temper 
 which I scarcely ever knew excelled. He was at the same 
 time pronounced in his convictions, .scarcely ever hesitating 
 about a vote or the position which he owed it to him.self and 
 his constituents to take, never wavering after he had formed a 
 determination. He was industrious to an extent beyond most 
 men. 
 
 He was conscientious in his attention to the details of his 
 
Address of Mr. Williams of Mississippi. 31 
 
 duties as a Representative on the floor, in the committee 
 room, and in attention to his correspondence. A man of most 
 remarkably regular habits, his Congressional life went on like 
 clockwork, with a regular time for each character of dutv. 
 When the House opened, he sat as if chained to his seat until 
 the House adjourned. I regret that I did not know better the 
 private side of his life. But even my scant acquaintance with 
 it was enough to teach me that his domestic relations were 
 of the happiest kind. 
 
 The affection of the members of his family for him, their 
 confidence in him, was evident to the most casual obser\-er. 
 He lived, as Southern men in public life generally do, so 
 that at the end of tweiity-fi\-e years of public service he was 
 no wealthier than when he began. There was no opportu- 
 nity to make money legitimately in the field of work which 
 he had chosen. He therefore made none. While his con- 
 stituents and his people will regret the fact that he died poor, 
 they will be proud of it as a demonstration of his integrity 
 and will remember it to his credit and to the credit of his 
 descendants. 
 
32 Life and Characier of U'il/iain F. Love. 
 
 Address of Mr. Henry of Mississippi. 
 
 Mr. Speaker, I rise to saj- a few words in commemoration of 
 m)- friend and colleague, the Hon. \V. F. LovE, late Repre- 
 sentative from the Sixth district of Mississippi in this the 
 Fift3--fifth Congress. 
 
 Knowing him as I did and admiring him for his many noble 
 traits of character, I feel that I can truly say of him that he 
 was in every way worthy of the confidence of his people and 
 of the respect of his fellow-members. 
 
 Quietly and unostentatiously he pursued the even tenor of his 
 way, hearkening only to the voice of duty as he understood it. 
 He may have had faults, but had more of virtues. He was my 
 friend, and I prefer to remember the latter. 
 
 It seems but a short time since at the end of the last session 
 of this Congress I bade him farewell in the fullness of health. 
 With a consciousness of duty well performed he hastened to his 
 family and constituency to receive the well-earned plaudit of 
 "Well done, good and faithful servant." 
 
 Appreciating his devoted service here, his district, without 
 opposition, renominated him to the Fifty -.sixth Congress. 
 
 Life was but opening to him; he .seemed strong and vigorous, 
 and his friends predicted for him a long and useful career in that 
 field to which they had sent him as their representative. But, 
 alas! " Man proposes, but God disposes." 
 
 On the Sth day of October, 1898, at his home in Gloster, 
 Amite County, Miss., after a brief struggle with di.sease. Death 
 claimed him "for his own." 
 
 During his short career in Congress he had won the respect 
 and confidence of his fellow members, and I dare sav no one 
 
Address of Mr. Henry of Mississippi. 2>2> 
 
 of them heard of his untimeh- death without genuine and un- 
 feigned sorrow. 
 
 As a member of the Committee on the Post-0£Ece and Post- 
 Roads he was painstaking, vigilant, and laborious, bringing to 
 his work intelligence, earnestness, and ability. On the floor 
 of the House, in discussing the bill offered by the committee 
 as a representative of the minority, he won the admiration 
 even of those opposed to him b>- his thorough familiarity with 
 the questions involved; and to his incessant labor and lucid 
 presentations, more than to any other, is the country indebted 
 for the defeat of the bill. 
 
 His dignified bearing, his earnestne.ss, and his devotion at 
 all times demanded the attention of the House. He put on 
 foot measures, which have since matured, of great consequence 
 to his district, bringing to the hitherto neglected Gulf coast 
 and other points that relief they had long prayed for in vain. 
 
 His high moral character, his gentle deportment, his close 
 attention to duty were characteristics of his .service. I have 
 never >'et heard a single member make a remark derogator}- of 
 him, but have often heard from his late associates the highest 
 expressions of regard. 
 
 To me, who perhaps knew Mr. LovE better than any of our 
 delegation, his death was inexpre.ssibl)- sad. Our lines had 
 somewhat fallen together. In 1878 we served together in the 
 legislature of Mississippi , in the lower hou.se, and again in iSgo, 
 Mr. Love then being in the senate. In November, 1890, we 
 served again together in the constitutional convention. In 
 those days he brought to his duty the same devotion which 
 marked his career as a member of this body. 
 
 When he was elected to this Congress he was chairman of 
 the finance committee of the State senate. His record as such 
 attests his fidelity. 
 
 H. Doc. 273 3 
 
34 
 
 Life and Character of William F. Love. 
 
 We entered this Congress together; how Httle did I think 
 then that I would be called upon to perform this sad duty. 
 He was my friend for man)' years and I can pay hira no higher 
 tribtite than to say that during those years he was true to 
 ever)' trust, and never betrayed a friend nor lowered his crest 
 to an enemy. His word was his bond, his integrity was tni- 
 questionable, his worth beyond measure. 
 
 He leaves a wife and daughter, to whom he was devoted, 
 who, in the years that are to come, will long "for the touch 
 of a vanished hand and the sound of a voice that is still." 
 May the good God shield and protect them. 
 
 No truer man .sleeps beneath Mississippi .soil. Peace to his 
 ashes. 
 
Address of Air. Ferguson of New Mexico. 35 
 
 Address of Mr. Fergusson. 
 
 Mr. Speaker, as a new member of the Fifty-fifth Congress, I 
 became acquainted with Hon. William Franklin Love, 
 whose death came in the very midst of his strength and use- 
 fulness. I had most favorable opportunities to observe the 
 methods and to study the character of this most conscientious 
 public servant, for we were both members of the Committee on 
 the Post-Office and Post-Roads, sat side by side at the table of 
 that important committee, and often served on the same sub- 
 committee, and now, when, in accordance with the long-estab- 
 lished and appropriate custom, we, his fellow-members, meet to 
 do honor to the memory of our deceased friend and pay tribute 
 to his worth as a man and as a legislator, I shall enter upon no 
 extended eulogy, for there are many others more able than I 
 waiting to do that, but shall content myself with recording what 
 I observed to be his most marked characteristic as a servant of 
 his people and a member of this great body. 
 
 An ever present and most imperious sense of duty Mr. LovE 
 exhibited on every occasion. In the obscure and little appre- 
 ciated labor of the subcommittee he was always present; he 
 scanned and thoroughly mastered the scope of every bill sub- 
 mitted, and while exhibiting liberality and common sense in 
 considering every proposition, he yet was inflexibly firm when 
 his mind was made up. In full committee, where all subcom- 
 mittee work must be reviewed, he was active, alert, inqui-sitive, 
 and most useful; and when antagonism arose, and the cla,sh of 
 debate followed, Mr. L,ovE showed himself to be a man of wide 
 information and an advocate of great force and persuasiveness. 
 It did not take a prophet to see that, had our friend been spared, 
 he would have attained great distinction. The true door to 
 
36 Life and Cliaracto of ll'/7/iti»i F. Love. 
 
 distinction in this bod}*, as I observe, is the mastery of the 
 details of the various subjects of legislation. 
 
 The strong men we see around us in this House who are 
 shaping things, everj' one of them show the mastery of details 
 which proves the possession of that very laboriousness and de- 
 votion to duty which was so prominent a characteristic of the 
 subject of this tribute. It is bound to bring prominence; and 
 with him prominence would have brought the increased and 
 ever-increasing esteem of his fellow-citizens, for he was also a 
 man of unmixed integrity, a gentle and lovable companion, a 
 pure-minded, brave, and Christian gentleman. 
 
 The Speaker. In obedience to a vote of the House already 
 taken, the Chair declares, as a further mark of respect to Mr. 
 Love, late a member of this House, the House now stands ad- 
 journed until Monday at 11 o'clock a. m. 
 
Proceedings in the Senate. 
 
 March 2, 1899. 
 
 Mr. Money. I ask the chair to lay before the Senate the 
 resoUition of the Hou.se of Representatives relative to my late 
 colleague in the House of Representatives, Mr. LovE. 
 
 The Presiding Officer. The Chair lays before the Senate 
 the resolutions of the House of Representatives, which will be 
 read. 
 
 The Secretary read the resolutions, as follows : 
 
 In the House of Representatives, 
 
 February 25, i8gg. 
 
 Whereas the House of Representatives has heard with pro- 
 found sorrow of the death of the Hon. W. F. LovE, late a 
 Representative from the State of Mississippi: Therefore, be it^ 
 
 Resolved, That the business of the House be now suspended 
 that opportunity may be given for tributes to the memory of 
 the late Representative W. F. Love, and as a particular mark 
 of respect to the memory of the late Representative LovE, and 
 in recognition of his eminent abilities and distinguished public 
 services, the House, at the conclusion of the,se memorial pro- 
 ceedings, shall stand adjourned. 
 
 That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted to the family 
 of the late Representative LovE; and 
 
 That the clerk be ordered to communicate these resolutions 
 to the Senate. 
 
 Mr. Money. Mr. President, I submit the resolutions I send 
 to the desk. 
 
 The Presiding Officer. The resolutions will be read. 
 
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38 Life and Character of William F. Love. 
 
 The Secretar}' read the resolutions, as follows : 
 
 Resolved. That the vSenate has heard with profound sorrow 
 the announcement of the death of the Hon. William F. Love, 
 late a Representative from the State of Mississippi. 
 
 Resolved, That the business of the Senate be now suspended 
 in order that fittinp; tribute be paid to his memorj-. 
 
 Resolved, That the Secretary be directed to communicate a 
 copy of these resolutions to the House of Representatives. 
 
Address of Mr. Money of Mississippi. 39 
 
 MEMORIAL ADDRESSES. 
 
 ADDRESS OF Mr. Money. 
 
 Mr. President, in the last few weeks almost daily memorial 
 services have been held in this Capitol in honor of the dead of 
 this Congress. We have become familiarized with eulogies, 
 and only when the stroke comes home and one is called upon to 
 speak the sentiments of affection and respect is our loss fully 
 realized. It is, perhaps, a wise provision that the poignancy of 
 sorrow is mitigated and shortened by the constant diversion 
 made by the calls of our official business. 
 
 We bur>- our dead, we la}' our offerings of flowers upon the 
 tomb, we moralize, we speak of the certainty of death, we think 
 with softened hearts of our friend who has gone down into his 
 narrow house, and, turning to the world, resume our work and 
 give our minds seriously to other things, yet taking occasion- 
 ally retro-spective glimpses of the departed friend, and in the 
 struggle and unrest of our labors we sigh ' ' for the touch of a 
 vani.shed hand, and the sound of a voice that is still." 
 
 In the press of liu.siness — business that mu.st be done in the 
 closing hours of the session — we have put aside the usual order 
 to attest by our tributes the virtues and excellences of Wil- 
 liam Franklin Love, late a Representative in Congress from 
 the State of Mississippi. He was born in Amite County, Miss., 
 April 26, 1852, and died October 16, 1898, at the place of his 
 birth. This part of the State was the earliest settled, and the 
 pioneers were of the best stock of the older States. The family 
 of Mr. Love enjoyed the esteem and respect of all who knew 
 them. 
 
 He was heir neither to affiuence nor poverty, and toiled upon 
 
40 Life and Character of W^illiam F. Love. 
 
 the farm as much on account of an indtistrious disposition as of 
 the res angusta domi. He had the advantage of good country 
 schools and completed his education at the University of Missis- 
 sippi. His farm life gave him moral, physical, and intellectual 
 robustness and health. Entering upon the duties of manhood 
 he took an active interest in all public affairs, and his aptitude 
 for public business gave him an important part in popular 
 movements, especially tho.se concerning the agriculturist. 
 
 He served ten years in the house of representatives and eight 
 3'ears in the senate of his State legislature, and was a member 
 of the constitutional convention of 1890, in which he was a 
 most intelligent and efficient worker, and by his familiarity with 
 legislative btisiness, his sound good sense, and his knowledge of 
 the necessities of the situation, contributed largely to the suc- 
 cess of that great work. 
 
 He was elected a member of this Congress, and was unani- 
 mously nominated by his party to .succeed himself, and had 
 begun his canvass when seized b\- the fever which terminated 
 his honorable and useful life. 
 
 Mr. Love had a gentle and amiable disposition, a high sense 
 of duty, delicate moral perceptions, and strong religious convic- 
 tions which governed absolutely all his conduct. One of his 
 strongest characteristics was his trustworthiness. No one ever 
 relied upon him in vain. He was kind-hearted and sympathetic 
 with the poor, the weak, and the afflicted. "He was as open 
 as the day to melting charity." Though amiable, he was firm; 
 and though conciliatory, he was resolute. No fear of public or 
 pri\-ate displeasure or opposition ever swerved him a hair's 
 breadth from the line of duty laid down for him by a discrimi- 
 nating judgment and a tender conscience. 
 
 He was ambitious, not for the mere .selfish enjoyment of 
 honors, but to win the applause of the good; to gratify his 
 
Address of Mr. Money of Mississippi. 41 
 
 family and friends; to be useful in his day and generation. 
 ' ' His ambition never stooped its wing to any lower flight than 
 this." He was a member of the Baptist Church, adhering 
 strictly to the doctrines of that great evangelical denomination. 
 He believed fully the inspirations of the holy Scriptures, ne\-er 
 was harassed by any doubts, declined all controversy, and 
 steadily pursued a consistent Christian life, leaving polemics 
 to other minds. 
 
 He was very happy in his domestic relations, and was a ten- 
 der and devoted husband to a lovely and accomplished wife, an 
 indulgent and considerate father to a beautiful daughter, and 
 what he gave of love to them they repaid him in kind from the 
 exhaustless fertility of the female heart. He was an excellent 
 husband and father, neighbor and friend, citizen and public 
 official, and went his way performing his duty as he conceived 
 it in all these relations with a singleness of heart, a steadiness 
 of purpose, a fidelity and conscientiousness, that justified the 
 compliments and admiration of all who came within the sphere 
 of his acquaintance. 
 
 To a man of the world it seems hard that Mr. LovE should 
 have died in the vigor of a life whose promise was still crescent, 
 when he had achieved the object of his ambition, and with 
 increasing zeal was laboring for distinction by good works, when 
 a long career seemed open before him. Of what avail the study, 
 the struggle, the triumph? But to the Christian such as he 
 was, how willingly he resigned earthly honors for the joyous 
 assurances of a future life. 
 
 He had walked uprightly before God and man, and he knew 
 it. His reward was certain, and he knew it; and, save the pang 
 of separation from his beloved, he went into the "valley of the 
 shadow of death ' ' supported by that rod and staff which God 
 had given to comfort him. 
 
I 
 
 42 Life and Character of William F. Love. 
 
 This good man was my friend, and I loved him. It is said 
 that every man has his vice. I never found any in him. If 
 faults he had, they were not grave enough to sully his honor or 
 dim his purity. In that pleasant land where he was born, 
 reared, and died, under the pines which hold solemn whispers 
 with the soft Gulf wind over his tomb, he sleeps, awaiting the 
 la.st .summons. 
 
Address of Air. Berry of Arkansas. 43 
 
 ADDRESS OF MR. BERRY. 
 
 Mr. President, I met Mr. LovE for the first time in the early 
 days of the first session of the present Congress. I became 
 acquainted with him because General Walthall, with whom 
 I was very intimately associated, knew Mr. LovE well and 
 liked him much, and he desired that I .should know him. 
 
 Mr. Love was deeply interested, at the time when I knew 
 him, in certain acts and contemplated laws with reference to the 
 health of the country. He was deeply anxious that some law 
 should be passed which would adjust the differences and diffi- 
 culties and aid in some way to keep off that greatest of all 
 scourges, yellow fever, from the southern portion of our Re- 
 public. In consequence of this I had frequent interviews with 
 General Walthall and Mr. LovE. 
 
 He impressed me as a quiet, mode.st, and unobtru,sive gentle- 
 man, yet a very earnest and energetic Representative, anxious 
 to .serve the people of the State of Mississippi, more anxious to 
 accomplish something than to parade him.self before the coun- 
 try. He was not a man who sought notoriety by newspaper 
 advertisement. He cared more to perform acts for the people 
 who had trusted him and to comply, as far as it was proper to 
 do, with all their requests rather than to seek to make a national 
 reputation. 
 
 I met him at the Departments and I met him here, and he 
 was always earnest and active in trying to .serve the people 
 of Mississippi. As I .said, he w^as a modest, unobtrusive gentle- 
 man. He was a man who impres.sed me as one who would 
 never willingly woinid the feelings of any human being, yet 
 withal a man who would suffer no indignity and would permit 
 no injtistice to him.self or the people he represented. 
 
44 i-^fi '^'i(^ Character of U^illiam F. Love. 
 
 He went from here in July last. He was afterwards unani- 
 mously renominated by the people of his district to a seat in 
 the next Congress. . He had served his State in the legisla- 
 ture for a period of eighteen years, which showed how fondly 
 they were attached to him and what great confidence they 
 had in his integrity and ability. He had been ambitious to 
 come to Congress, and that ambition had been gratified. 
 
 He made acquaintances and friends here, and he learned the 
 manner of doing business. He went home and was full of 
 hope that during the next session he would be able to accom- 
 plish the great purpose which would contribute to the health 
 and happiness of the people he represented. He went from 
 here full of life, full of hope, and full of health, and to-day, 
 Mr. President, he sleeps beneath the magnolias of southern 
 Mississippi, that beautiful land where summer is almost per- 
 petual and the flowers scarcely ever cease to bloom. 
 
 And while it may be that here in the activity and rush of 
 life his memory will soon pass away, yet with those — his 
 neighbors and friends — who knew him best, with the wife and 
 the daughter, who loved him most, the memory of the genial 
 and courteous and kindly gentleman, the tender husband, the 
 indulgent father, will be cherished for many years to come. 
 
Address of Mr. Pasco of Florida. 45 
 
 ADDRESS OF Mr. Pasco. 
 
 Mr. President, les.s than two weeks ago the ordinary business 
 of the Senate was laid aside to pay tributes of respect to the 
 memory of a distinguished Representative, who was born and 
 hved in an atmosphere of comfort and hixury, with all the 
 surroundings that wealth and culture can afford. After ob- 
 taining a liberal education at a famous seat of learning, 
 instead of a life of ease and mere enjoyment, he devoted 
 himself to the public service, entered the arena of political life, 
 and after an apprenticeship among his home people in his 
 town and county and an experience in the two houses of his 
 State legi-slature, the citizens of his district rewarded him with 
 the distinction, which is the dream of every ambitious young 
 American, of a seat in the National Congress. Here he dis- 
 charged his duties with zeal and fidelity, and maintained an 
 honorable rank among his associates; but while life was full 
 of promise and the future apparently had much in store for 
 him, the end came and he was cut off in the midst of his 
 usefulness. 
 
 To-day we are here to honor the memory of another Rep- 
 resentative who reached the same goal of ambition, but under 
 greater difficulties and with more toilsome steps. William 
 Franklin Love was born and brought up on a farm in Miss- 
 issippi, was early taught to labor, followed the plow, and 
 accustomed himself to all the details of plantation life during 
 his minority. But he had an eager desire for knowledge and 
 an aspiration for a life of usefulness and honor. He attended 
 the sessions of the schools in his neighborhood when they 
 were open to him, and with diligent effort, as opportunities 
 were presented, pursued the studies necessary for admission 
 
46 Life and Character of William F. Love. 
 
 to the University of Mississippi, where he enjoyed the educa- 
 tional advantages which fitted him for his future career. 
 
 Upon the completion of his course he stood at the threshold 
 of active life, and it may be profitable to consider his situation 
 and compare it with that of his former associate to whom I 
 have already referred. Their lives had been far apart in their 
 early youth; their surroundings had greatly differed; narrow 
 circtnnstances and hard conditions had not discouraged the one, 
 wealth and abundance had not enervated the other. Each was 
 a type of our American citizenship and was endowed with his 
 special traits and characteristics. 
 
 The}- followed like careers, and, notwithstanding the different 
 routes by which they had reached manhood, they traveled for 
 many years on parallel lines along the journey of life, as the 
 subsequent history of Mr. Love will show when compared with 
 the other life which I have briefly outlined. 
 
 He had scarce reached his majority when he was chosen as a 
 representative of his county in the legislature of his State, and 
 he rendered such faithful and satisfactory ser\-ice that he was 
 contiiuied there for ten years, and was then elected and reelected 
 until he had served eight years longer in the State senate. 
 
 In 1890 the people of Mississippi held a convention to revi.se 
 their State constitution. A hard and bitter experience had 
 taught them the evils of misgovernment, and after mature 
 deliberation they had determined to follow the example of other 
 States in other sections and eliminate the ignorant and vicious 
 from the xoting citizenship. Our late and honored associate, 
 Senator J. Z. George, devoted his efforts and great learning to 
 this important work. 
 
 So important did he regard it that he consented to become a 
 member of this convention, and I remember well when he asked 
 for a leave of absence from his .senatorial work so that he niijrht 
 
Address of Mr. Pasco of Florida. 47 
 
 assist ill working out the great problem his people desired to 
 solve The different constituencies sought out their ablest and 
 most trusted men to send to this body, and Amite County, that 
 had so long honored and trusted Mr. LovE, chose him as one 
 of her delegates. His great ability and ripe experience were 
 valuable to the convention, and he took -an influential part in 
 its deliberations and work, which were brought to a satisfactory 
 and successful conclusion. 
 
 He was again in the State senate, at the head of one of its 
 most important committees, when he was elected to the House of 
 Representatives, and took his seat at the opening of the Fifty- 
 fifth Congress. As we all know, our line of work here is largely 
 determined by oiar committee assignments. Mr. LovE was ap- 
 pointed upon the Committee on the Post-OflHce and Post-Roads, 
 and he devoted himself most industriously to all the details of 
 this great subject, and was ready at all times to discuss them 
 clearly and intelligently when they came before the House. 
 His associates in the committee and upon the floor bear testi- 
 mony to his industry, his accuracy, his reliability, his u.sefiUness. 
 
 It was my good fortune to be brought into intimate and 
 friendly relations with him and his family early in his Congres- 
 sional life. We met daily under the same roof during all the 
 time he was in attendance upon the House. I soon learned to 
 regard and esteem him, to enjoy his conversation, to value his 
 opinions, to take pleasure in his society. He had a kind word 
 for all with v/hom he came in contact, and no one could know 
 him long without being impressed with his sincerity. 
 
 We parted at the close of the long session in Jidy last, and he 
 returned to his people. He had made a good beginning of his 
 Congressional work, had secured the confidence and respect of 
 his associates, and it was evident to his colleagues that if con- 
 tinued in the public service he would continue to grow in influ- 
 
48 Life ami Character of WilliaDi F. Love. 
 
 ence and strength, and that his integrity, his industry, his 
 methods of careful investigation, his readiness in debate would 
 secure him a high position in the membership of the House. 
 
 Physically, he appeared to be vigorous and strong, with a fair 
 prospect of long life. The future looked bright, and there were 
 no clouds visible in the horizon. His constituents welcomed 
 him home and expressed their appreciation of his services by a 
 unanimous renomination, the highest and most gratifying trib- 
 ute that can be paid to a public servant. Soon after he was 
 stricken with a mortal disease, and his promising career was 
 brought to a sudden close about three weeks before the day to 
 which he had looked hopefully forward when he had good rea- 
 son to expect a reelection by an almost unanimous \-ote. 
 
 His sudden removal was a serious blow to the State of Miss- 
 issippi, but especially to the people of the district wliich he 
 repre.sented and to the large circle of friends and admirers who 
 had for so many years given him a loyal and cordial support. 
 It is proper that I .should refer also to the loss su.stained by his 
 family. He was their stay and comfort, a considerate and affec- 
 tionate husband, a kind and indulgent father. His home life 
 was full of contentment and happiness and quiet enjoyment, 
 and the dear ones who shared it with him suffered in his death 
 a loss that is irreparable. 
 
 In paying this last tribute of respect to our departed friend, 
 it is pleasant to reflect that he left behind him the record of a 
 well-.spent life, full of good deeds, of noble thoughts, of lofty 
 aspirations. But these aspirations were not all limited to the 
 present life. He looked forward to a higher and better life 
 beyond the grave, and we may indulge the hope and belief that, 
 if his earthly plans and expectations were not all realized, he 
 has entered upon a realization of the higher hopes and aspira- 
 tions to which he looked forward in the great hereafter. 
 
Address of Mr. Tnriey of Tennessee. 49 
 
 ADDRESS OF Mr. TURLEY. 
 
 Mr. President, I never had the pleasure of a personal acquaint- 
 ance with Mr. Love, but I have passed my whole life within a 
 short distance of the State of Mississippi, and the relations 
 between the people of that State and the citizens among whom 
 I have lived have been extremely close and cordial, and in this 
 way, through mutual friends, I learned of Mr. LovE before I 
 ever came to the Senate. 
 
 But, Mr. President, if I had never heard of Mr. LovE until 
 to-night, and 1 were then told as I am to-night that he ser\^ed 
 the people of Mississippi in public office for more than twenty 
 years, that he won their confidence and was called b_v them into 
 public position when he was but little beyond 21 years of age, I 
 would have known that he was a man far beyond the common, 
 of sterling qualities and of capacity. I say this, Mr. President, 
 because I know so well the people of Missis.sippi . That State 
 was settled by the best blood of Virginia and the older States, 
 gallant, adventurous, high-minded men, and the comnuniity 
 those people built up has been equally gallant and high minded. 
 
 Mississippi has always been represented bj- men of high 
 capacity. No man has attained to public office and retained it 
 for any number of years in that State unless he was a man of 
 marked capacity. It has had cue of the best supreme courts in 
 this Union, a court which has had honor shed upon it by such 
 names as Sharkey. Yerger, Handy, Ellett, and others.. It has 
 always been represented in Congress, where the Representatives 
 have continued to hold office for any length of time, by men of 
 the highest character. 
 
 It has furnished to Congress probably the greatest orator this 
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 50 Life and Character of William F. Love. 
 
 country has ever known — the famous Prentiss — and the mem- 
 bers of this body who have represented it have shed glor}' and 
 luster not only over their own State, but also over the whole 
 country. When I mention such names as Davis and Lamar 
 and George and the lamented Walthall, whom we all lo\-ed 
 so well and mourn so deeply, the class of men who have for 
 years occupied public positions as the representatives of Missis- 
 sippi becomes obvious. 
 
 Hence when I turn to the facts and see that Mr. LovE had 
 been honored by a people like that of Mississippi for so long a 
 time in public position, had served them so long in their State 
 legislature and .so faithfully in the State con.stitutional conven- 
 tion, and then was elected to Congress, I know that he was 
 everything that his friends depict him — a truthful, honest, 
 gallant, capable gentleman, a good citizen, and a faithful public 
 servant. If his years had been prolonged, I am sure he would 
 have shed honor on his State and his services would have been 
 valuable both to his own State and to the Union. In his death, 
 his State not only sustains a great loss, but our countrj- sustains 
 equally a great loss. 
 
Address of Mr. Sullivan of Mississippi. 51 
 
 Address of Mr. Sullivan. 
 
 Mr. President, we meet to-day to paj' the last tribute to him 
 who in the midst of a useful and busy life has heard the whis- 
 per, "Come with me." For the moment we stand amazed at 
 the suddenness of his taking off, agha.st at its remarkablene.ss ! 
 Yet the ancient visitor, Time, with his bony fingers and his 
 unrelenting scythe, beckons, Come ! This strange, sad .scene is 
 often enacted. And still I feel that I would throw wide the 
 windows, sing the sweetest song, bring the brightest flowers. 
 Flowers, not crape; hosannas, not dirges, should greet us to-day. 
 
 If a pure life is a perfect title to mansions in the sky, where 
 the heartsick, the weary, may find rest ; where this fretful fever 
 ceases and the ro.seate light of morning never dies, and death 
 alone gives us this possession, God quicken its coming and 
 bless its eternal stay ! 
 
 I do not share the view of those who feel that death is always 
 a thing to be dreaded. I do not feel that it is the greatest 
 calamity that can befall us. Life is but a poor boon at be.st, 
 with its sorrows, its heartaches, its discouragements and 
 disappointments. Tell me, ye philosophers, who shall drop a 
 plummet to the bottom of a sigh? Who shall analyze a single 
 tear? And still these .shadows soften and give rich and sweet 
 chance to do some kindly act for our fellow-man — that which is 
 right, high, and noble ; to lift the humble, to help the poor, to 
 heal the wounds, to minister to the afflicted. Sweet, sacred 
 privileges ! 
 
 While we meditate upon his life, peaceful, serene, manly, and 
 true, we recall that he was so well poised mentally and so strong 
 morally that he was not disturbed by the clamor of factions, the 
 appeals of zealots, nor intimidated by those who hold sway. 
 
52 Life and Character of William F. Love. 
 
 Strong in the power that comes from a conscience clear and 
 unstained, he dared at all times to do his duty, let the conse- 
 quences be what they may. 
 
 And so it was that his people, the people of his childhood, of 
 his youth, of his manhood, watching all the while, and lietter 
 still, approving, applauding, raised him higher, and still yet 
 higher, to the place from which death alone dethroned him. 
 
 He is indeed gone. The kind-hearted neighbor and friend, 
 the prudent legislator, the wise and ever watchful statesman has 
 passed from the light of this life to the mysteries of the un.seen 
 world, of which we know so little ! Blessed be the peace that 
 bides him. 
 
 From the heart that may ache, yet can not break, I wish him 
 God's best welcome, for surely he is worthy. 
 
 From the fireside and out of the home life the friend, the 
 father, the husband has taken his eternal leave. 
 
 Yet it is our sweet privilege to know that he was one of those 
 who so lived that when the final .summons came " he wrapped 
 the drapery of his couch around him and laid down to pleasant 
 dreams. ' ' 
 
 His influence and the impre.ss of his life, labor, and character 
 will live when those of us gather here to pay the last tribute to 
 his memory shall have folded our arms in the last long sleep. 
 
 As a pebble dropped in the placid bosom of the sleeping lake 
 awakens the waves that widen, and yet grow wider still, till 
 they reach the farthest shore, so his gentle, earnest, manly, 
 Christian life shall live and speak to the coming sons of men 
 and find echo in their better lives. 
 
 There be those who, in the perplexity of the hard lives in 
 which their lines have fallen in this tempestuous life, fret, fume, 
 and even doubt "the divinity that shapes our ends," and ques- 
 tion whether, after the evening shadows come, there be sunlight 
 
Address of Mr. SnUivan of Mississippi. 53 
 
 beyond ; the trial is too- severe, the attenuated thread breaks, 
 and hfe is, with its golden fruitage, lost. The life of \Vii,liam 
 F. Love was a triumph over this desperation, and shone like a 
 beacon light to the mariner upon the storm-beaten shore. 
 
 His life and example only illustrate the thought so beauti- 
 fully expressed by another : 
 
 It can not be that earth is man's only abiding place. It can 
 not be that our life is a bubble, cast up by the ocean of eternity, 
 to float another moment upon its .surface, and then sink into 
 nothingness and darkness forever. Else why is it that the high 
 and glorious aspirations, which leap like angels from the temples 
 of our hearts, are forever wandering abroad unsatisfied ? 
 
 Why is it that the rainbow and the cloud come over us with 
 a beauty that is not of earth, and then pass off and leave us to 
 mtise on their faded loveliness? 
 
 Why is it that the stars, which hold their festival around the 
 midnight throne, are set above the grasp of our limited facul- 
 ties and are forever mocking us with their unapproachable 
 glory? Finally, why is it that bright forms of human beauty 
 are presented to the view and then taken from us, leaving the 
 thousand streams of the affections to flow back in an Alpine 
 torrent upon our hearts? 
 
 We are born of a higher destiny than that of earth. There 
 is a realm where the rainbow never fades, where the stars will 
 be spread out before us like the islands that slumber on the 
 ocean, and where the beautiful beings that here pass before us 
 like visions will stay in our presence forever. 
 
 Riches were not among his possessions; nor did he court the 
 favor of the great. He .simply and modestly walked the paths 
 of virtue and of duty as his God gave him light to .see that duty, 
 trusting that the final end could bring to him no harm. 
 
 His work as a member of the State legislature of Mississippi 
 for ten years, and of the State senate for eight years, and of 
 Congress for nearly two years, attests the real merit of the man 
 
54 J^Jfa cifi(f Character of William F. Love. 
 
 and the high esteem in v.'hich he was held by those who knew 
 him best. 
 
 No language can describe the nearer and tender relations of 
 husband and father. Here the scene deepens; the curtain is 
 drawn, and we would not if we could invade these sacred pre- 
 cincts of the heart, for this is hallowed ground. 
 
 Generous, earnest, honest, and true in every relation of life, 
 "he added to the sum of human joy, and were everyone for 
 whom he did some loving service to bring a blossom to his grave 
 he to-night would sleep beneath a wilderness of flowers. ' ' 
 
 William Franklin Love, honored son of Mississippi, whose 
 heart was attuned to the sweet zephyrs of her sunny laud, fare- 
 well! farewell! 
 
 Mr. President, I ask for the adoption of the resolutions. 
 
 The resolutions were unanimously agreed to. 
 
 Mr. Sullivan. I move that the Senate, in further token of 
 respect to our deceased brother, adjourn until ii o'clock to- 
 morrow. 
 
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