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 6Sth Congress) 
 3d Session / 
 
 SENATE 
 
 /DoCtTMENT 
 
 I No. 447 
 
 PAUL O. RUSTING 
 
 (Late a Senator from Wisconsin) 
 
 MEMORIAL ADDRESSES 
 
 DELIVERED IN THE SENATE 
 
 AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
 
 OF THE UNITED STATES 
 
 1/ ; SUTY-FIFTH CONGRESS Hi ? * ' 1 ' ? 
 
 Proceedings in the Senate 
 March 2, 1919 
 
 Proceedings in the House 
 February 23, 1919 
 
 PREPARED t'NOER THE DIRECTION -OF 
 THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING 
 
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 WASHINGTON 
 1919 
 

TABLE OF CONTENTS 
 
 Pact. 
 
 Proceedings in the Senate. 5 
 
 Memorial addresses by — 
 
 Mr. Robert M. La Follette, of Wisconsin 9 
 
 Mr. Joseph T. Robinson, of Arkansas 16 
 
 Mr. James Hamilton Lewis, of Illinois 20 
 
 Mr. Thomas J. Walsh, of Montana 25 
 
 Mr. Henry F. Ashurst, of Arizona 27 
 
 Mr. Asle J. Gronna, of North Dakota 30 
 
 Mr. Charles S. Thomas, of Colorado 33 
 
 Mr. Irvine L. Lcnroot, of Wisconsin 36 
 
 Proceedings in the House 39 
 
 Prayer by Rev. Henry N. Couden, D. D 40 
 
 Memorial addresses by — 
 
 Mr. Edward Voigt, of Wisconsin 43 
 
 Mr. John J. Escb, of Wisconsin 51 
 
 Mr. Edward E. Browne, of Wisconsin 55 
 
 Funeral eulogj' by Judge Martin L. Lueck, of Wisconsin- 46 
 
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DEATH OF HON. PAUL 0. HUSTING 
 
 Proceedings in the Senate 
 
 Monday, December 3, 1917. 
 
 Mr. La Follette. Mr. President, with great personal sor- 
 row, shared, I am certain, hy the Members of this body, 
 it becomes my sad duty to formally announce the death 
 of my late colleague, Senator Paul O. Husting. He died 
 in Wisconsin under tragic circumstances, without prec- 
 edent and parallel, I believe, in the history' of this body. 
 
 The present time and occasion do not admit of a suit- 
 able testimonial to my late colleague, but hereafter and 
 during the present session I shall ask the Senate to set 
 apart a day when appropriate tribute may be paid to 
 his memorj'. 
 
 Mr. President, I send the following resolutions to the 
 desk and ask for their adoption. 
 
 The Vice President. The Secretary will read the reso- 
 lutions. 
 
 The resolutions (S. Res. 155) were read, considered by 
 unanimous consent, and unanimously agreed to, as fol- 
 lows : 
 
 Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow of 
 the death of the Hon. Paul O. Histing, late a Senator from the 
 State of Wisconsin. 
 
 Resolved, That the Secretary communicate these resolutions to 
 the House of Representatives and transmit a copy thereof to the 
 family of the deceased. 
 
 Mr. La Follette. Mr. President, as a further mark of 
 respect to Senator Husting's memorj' I move that the 
 Senate do now adjourn. 
 
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Memorial Addresses: Senator Husting 
 
 Tlie iiiutiijii wiis uiKtiiiiiioiisly agrtod tu; and (at 12 
 o'clock and If) niiniiUs \). ni.) the Senate adjourned until 
 to-morrow, Tuesday, December 1, 1917, at 12 o'clock 
 meridian. 
 
 Friday, February 7, 1919. 
 Mr. La Foi.lettk. Mr. President, I give notice that at the 
 proper time I shall move for a session of the Senate on 
 Sunday, the 23d of Februai-y, to be devoted to memorial 
 exercises for the late Senator Husting and the late Repre- 
 sentative Davidson, of Wisconsin. 
 
 Sati RDAV, February 22, 1919. 
 
 Mr. La Follette. Mr. President, I understand that it is 
 probable that there will be a very late session of the Sen- 
 ate to-night, and at the request of a number of Senators 
 who expected to take part in the memorial exercises 
 which it had been planned to hold to-morrow in commem- 
 oration of the life, character, and services of the late Sen- 
 ator Husting and of the late Representative Davidson, 
 both of Wisconsin, 1 want to ask unanimous consent that 
 the Senate hold a session beginning at 1 o'clock on the 2d 
 of March to be devoted to the exercises that were expected 
 to have been held to-morrow. 1 do this, 1 repeat, at the 
 request of a number of Senators who had expected to take 
 part in the exercises to-morrow. 1 have conferred with 
 the senior Senator from Virginia ^Mr. Martin] respecting 
 the matter and also witli the junior Senator from Virginia 
 [Mr. Swanson], who was present and wlio rather ap- 
 proved of that action. 
 
 The Pi)KsiDiN{i OrricKH. The Senator from Wisconsin 
 asks unanimous consent that the Senate convene on Sun- 
 day, March 2, for the purpose of holding memorial cere- 
 monies in connection with the lives and scr\ices of the 
 late Senator Histing, of Wisconsin, an<l the late Repre- 
 
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Proceedings in the Senate 
 
 sentalivc Davidson, of that State, in lieu of the arrange- 
 ment heretofore effective for to-morrow. Is there objec- 
 tion to the request? The Chair hears none, and it is so 
 ordered. 
 
 Sunday, March £, 1919. 
 
 (Legislative day of Saturday, March 1, 1919.) 
 
 The Senate met at 1 o'clock p. m., on the expiration of 
 the recess. 
 
 Mr. La Foi-lette. Mr. President, I ask for the adoption 
 of the resolutions which I send to the desk. 
 
 The Vice President. The resolutions will be read. 
 
 The resolutions (S. Res. 482) were read, considered by 
 unanimous consent, and unanimously agreed to, as fol- 
 lows : 
 
 Resolved, That the Senate assembles as a mark of respect to 
 the memory of Hon. Paul 0. Husting, late a Senator from the 
 State of Wisconsin, in pursuance of an order heretofore made, 
 to enable his associates to pay proper tribute to his high character 
 and distinguished public services. 
 
 Resolved, That the Senate again expresses its profound sorrow 
 at the death of the late Senator from Wisconsin. 
 
 Resolved, That the Secretary transmit a copy of these resolu- 
 tions to the House of Representatives and to the family of the 
 deceased. 
 
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MEMORIAL ADDRESSES 
 
 Address of Mr. La Follette, of Wisconsin 
 
 Mr. President: Paul O. Hcsting was born in the city of 
 Fond du Lac, Wis., April 25, 1866. His father, John P. 
 Husling, a native of the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, 
 emigrated to the United States in 1855. It has been my 
 privilege to know tlie father of my late colleague and 
 friend. Senator Hlsting. He is a man of rare character 
 and exceptional refinement, a skilled watchmaker, who 
 brought with him from his fatherland a love of music 
 and art and a ready command of several languages. 
 
 The mother of Senator Husting is a woman of that na- 
 tive power and marked individuality so typical of our 
 strong pioneer stock. She is tlic daughter of Solomon 
 Juneau, who in 1818 founded the city of Milwaukee. A 
 foolish pride in ancestrj' is a weakness. A just pride in 
 ancestrj' may inspire a worthy ambition in one to render 
 a high service to his generation and to posterity. I ven- 
 ture to dwell for a moment upon this branch of the ances- 
 try of the late Senator Husting. 
 
 Solomon Juneau was the first white man who located on 
 the present site of Milwaukee, where as the representative 
 of the American Fur Co. he established a trading post. 
 He built there the first log house in 1822, and two years 
 later the first frame dwelling erected in Milwaukee. In 
 1835 he was appointed the first postmaster, and in 1846 he 
 was chosen as the first mayor of Milwaukee. He died in 
 1856. He was at one time a man of great wealth and 
 owned a large portion of the land on which was finally 
 built the metropolis of Wisconsin. 
 
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Memorial Addkessks: Senator Husting 
 
 Solomon Juneau was of pure French or Alsatian ances- 
 tn.', and was an honest, upright, forceful man, the trusted 
 friend and counselor of the great body of Indians then 
 living in the Territorj- of Wisconsin. 
 
 The author of the Pioneer Historj- of Milwaukee says of 
 Juneau: 
 
 He was, without exception, the finest looking specimen of his 
 race that I have ever seen. In height over 6 feet, large of frame, 
 and straight as an arrow. 
 
 On an eminence in Juneau Park, overlooking the city 
 of Milwaukee, and facing the sun as it rises over Lake 
 Michigan, stands the commanding bronze statue of Solo- 
 mon Juneau, the grandfather of Senator Hi'sting. 
 
 The wife of Solomon Juneau, the grandmother of our 
 deceased colleague, was of French and Indian blood. She 
 was the grandniece of La Farrince. the old Mcnomonie 
 king. She was a woman of striking presence and high 
 courage. On more than one occasion it is recorded that 
 she saved the lives of the first settlers of that section, who 
 would otherwise have fallen victims to Indian vengeance. 
 
 From his ancestry upon both sides Senator Paul O. 
 Husting inherited a fine nature, sterling integrity of char- 
 acter, and a rugged, intrepid courage that would make no 
 compromise with defeat. 
 
 The large estate wliich his mother would have inherited 
 was swept away before her father's death. 
 
 The boy Paul received a common-school education, and 
 at the age of 17 challenged his fortune single handed and 
 alone. 
 
 He resolved to become a lawyer. His j)eople had no 
 means to advance his ambition. He had but the meager 
 education that one could acquire in the district school. 
 And yet that boy had in him the worthy purpose, the grim 
 determination to cross swords with fate, and fight his way 
 to a high place among his fellow men. 
 
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Address of Mr. La Follette, of Wisconsin 
 
 Mr. President, witli a father of pleasing address; with a 
 grandfather on the maternal side who, the author of the 
 Pioneer Historj* of Milwaukee says, was the finest speci- 
 men of manhood he had ever seen in his life; with a 
 grandmother, the wife of Solomon Juneau, a woman of 
 commanding and queenly appearance, it was one of the 
 curious tricks of fate that our late colleague, who was 
 endowed with a fine nature, a keen appreciation of art, 
 music, and the best literature, and a vigorous mind, was 
 so handicapped physically that he was at no inconsider- 
 able disadvantage as a speaker. And yet so resolute was 
 his purpose, so deep and sincere were his convictions, so 
 direct and forceful his mentality, that he became an 
 effective and powerful debater and public speaker. 
 
 He was industrious and frugal. He clerked in a general 
 store. He passed the required examination and entered 
 the Postal Service as a railway mail clerk. Is it to be 
 wondered at, let me say to Senators, that this man all 
 through his political life was found lighting on the side of 
 the great masses of the people, with a keenly sensitive 
 interest in the hard struggles of the worker? 
 
 Later he secured the position of assistant bookkeeper in 
 the ofBce of the secrefarj- of state of Wisconsin. All the 
 while his eye was on the position to which he aspired. He 
 was climbing higher and higher. He had to get his legal 
 education; he had no means with which to support himself 
 while he did it. He had to hew his way through all of 
 the obstacles that lay ahead of him; but he never swerved 
 from that fixed purpose which had taken possession of 
 his mind as a boy. 
 
 An interesting story is told of young Husting's applica- 
 tion for a clerical position in the capitol at Madison. The 
 rugged, big-shouldered, sturdy boy courageously sought 
 a personal interview with the governor, George W. Peck. 
 In his plain, homely, direct way, he said : " Governor 
 
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Mkmorial Addresses: Senator Husting 
 
 Peck, I want a job, and I want to work and earn my sal- 
 arj'. Rut I want a job where the hours of service can be 
 so arranged as to enable nie to attend the lectures at the 
 university law school." He at once enlisted the interest of 
 the warm-hearted governor and was aj)pointcd to a posi- 
 tion in the office of the secretary of state. 
 
 At last the way was opened for him to achieve his cher- 
 ished ambition, and he entered the law school of the Uni- 
 versity of Wisconsin. In 1895 he passed the State bar 
 examination and immediately began the practice of his 
 profession at Mayville, Wis. He soon became known 
 througliout his county as a safe counselor and successful 
 trial lawyer. In 1902 he was elected district attorney of 
 Dodge County and reelected in 1904. 
 
 During the period in which young Histing was win- 
 ning his way as a lawyer in Dodge County events were 
 transpiring in the State which had an important bearing 
 upon his career. 
 
 A political contest of profound significance came on in 
 Wisconsin early in the nineties and continued for many 
 years. It produced a deep and lasting impression on the 
 life of the Commonwealth and exerted a marked influ- 
 ence in many other States. It was a struggle for pro- 
 gressive democracy, democracy that is always advancing 
 and that never halts; it was a determined efTort, as it was 
 first put fortli in the State, to bring the Government back to 
 the people. It appealed strongly to Mr. Hcsting, who be- 
 came active with the more progressive element of the 
 Democratic Party, and was finally elected from Dodge 
 County to the Wisconsin State senate in 190G. 
 
 At that time the Democratic Parly was controlled by 
 the reactionarj' element of that organization. But under 
 the leadership of this self-made man and the others who 
 worked with him the Democratic Party of Wisconsin 
 became a progressive political party. 
 
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Address ok Mr. La Follette, of Wisconsin 
 
 The great body of the progressive laws of Wisconsin 
 had been enacted before Mr. Husting entered the State 
 senate. But he at once became prominent in the senate 
 as the leading progressive Democrat, and was especially 
 active in working for legislation to protect the natural re- 
 sources of the State, and to carry forward step by step in 
 an intelligent way legislation to advance and improve in- 
 dustrial and social conditions. 
 
 His leadership as a i)rogressive Democrat made him 
 the most available candidate of his party for the United 
 Slates Senate in 1914. His great personal strength with 
 the people generally who had confidence in his high pur- 
 pose to serve public interest brought him such support 
 among independent voters that he was elected to the 
 United States Senate to succeed Hon. Isaac Stephenson for 
 the term of office ending March 1, 1921. 
 
 The election of Senator Husting to the United States 
 Senate from a strong Republican Stale testifies to the re- 
 spect and the trust which the people of that Common- 
 wealth reposed in the man. He had served but eight years 
 in the State senate, but that brief period had sufficed to 
 make him known everywhere as a man of sterling in- 
 tegrity, a close student of public affairs, an able debater, 
 and a conscientious legislator keeidy alert and active at 
 all times in the public interest. 
 
 As a Member of the United States Senate, as in the legis- 
 lature of his native State, he impressed his colleagues with 
 his industry, his courage, and devotion to his convictions 
 at any cost or sacrifice. 
 
 In this body he stood squarely with the little band of 
 progressive Senators who sought to secure a just system 
 of taxation to support the war, voting independently on 
 everj' single amendment that was offered liere to increase 
 the taxes upon wealth. Those amendments were voted 
 down; but, pressing on and on, he supported by speech 
 
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Memorial Addresses: Senator Histinc. 
 
 and vote one after another of those aniendnieiils, because 
 they were in accord witli his convictions. That was the 
 spirit of the man. I'pon all economic issues uninfluenced 
 by politics Senator Histing was absolutely independent 
 as a legislator. 
 
 Senator Hlsting was a free and ready speaker, an 
 aggressive, able debater. In the fight on the water-power 
 bill and on the coal and oil bill he at once gained recogni- 
 tion as a fearless antagonist who was undaunted by the 
 overwhelming odds but fought on and on to the very end 
 for his convictions. 
 
 Senator Histing found himself in a peculiar position 
 when the resolution declaring war was presented to this 
 body. He lived in Dodge Countj', Wis., a county where 
 the local and surrounding influences were against our en- 
 tering into the war. There again came out the high quali- 
 ties of the man's character. He knew that he had to sac- 
 rifice personal friendships; he knew that he would alien- 
 ate the afl'ections of neighbors; but he followed the course 
 where liis conscience pointed the way. 
 
 Mr. President, I did not agree with Senator Husting as 
 to the necessity of our engaging in the European war. 
 But, sir, I recognized his right to hold and express his 
 opinions at all times and under all circumstances upon 
 that ;is upon ever}' other question, and I respected the 
 sturdy and courageous way in which he asserted and 
 maintained those opinions. Nothing could better attest 
 the soundness of his conception of true democracy than 
 the spirit of tolerance which he manifested during that 
 period that sorely tried men whose convictions were in 
 sharp conflict. He accorded to those who did not agree 
 with him the same right to a free expression of opinion 
 which he claimed for himself. He knew that you can 
 have no real democracy where that right is denied. 
 
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Address of Mr. La Follette, of Wisconsin 
 
 Senator Husting's tragic death was a great shock to the 
 Senate and to the countrj'. 
 
 When the Congress adjourned October 6, 1917, he went 
 directly to his home in Wisconsin to find recreation in the 
 one form which had appealed to him most strongly from 
 boyhood. 
 
 The call of the wild was in his blood. It was a part of 
 his inheritance. He loved the forests, the streams, the 
 thousand lakes of his native State. He was an expert 
 woodsman, a trained hunter. Whenever freed from liis 
 professional duties and the work imposed upon him by 
 public life he always sought recreation in the wilds of 
 northern Wisconsin. 
 
 And so on this occasion after a brief visit with his aged 
 parents and the other loved ones of the family, with guns 
 and dogs and boat, he sought his heart's desire on one of 
 liis favorite hunting excursions. He was accompanied by 
 a younger brother whom Pall had trained to the skillful 
 use of the gun. 
 
 Then, without warning, the end came. It fell to his 
 fate to go down under an accidental shot fired by his 
 brother. 
 
 The story of the next few hours is harrowing in the ex- 
 treme. Wounded unto death, it was hours before medical 
 assistance could be secured. But Senator Husting knew 
 from the first that death was at hand. With marvelous 
 control he gave directions as to his business affairs, liis 
 first care being for those dependent upon him. And then 
 he turned to meet the grim messenger with that same 
 intrepid spirit that had marked his whole life. 
 
 I attended, as did many of the Members of the Senate 
 and House, the funeral services at the Husting home in 
 Mayville. Thousands of his friends were present from all 
 parts of tlie State, expressing by their presence the high 
 esteem and tender regard of the entire Commonwealth. 
 
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Address of Mr. Robinson, of Arkansas 
 
 Mr. President: There is an oriental maxim as old as 
 the earliest literature: "Earnestness is the path of im- 
 mortality." The truth underlying this declaration is evi- 
 denced by historj-. No man of questionable sincerity 
 ever ascended to great and abiding renown. The gigantic 
 figures of hi.slorj-, those which tower above the level of 
 mediocrity and stand as sentinels along the avenues of 
 human progress, have all demonstrated earnestness in 
 thought, purpose, and action. Wit and humor have their 
 necessarj' and proper places in literature and speech. 
 Thej' afford relief from austerity and relaxation from 
 anxiety, but neither furni.shcs a secure foundation for 
 permanent fame. Only they who devote themselves seri- 
 ously to the important problems of life arc remembered 
 with admiration by the generations following them. 
 
 THE KEYNOTE TO MK. HISTING'S CH.\11ACTER 
 
 Will not all who knew Mr. Histing intimately agree 
 that earnestness was the keynote to his character and 
 labors? As a Senator he went about the public business 
 with a realization of the importance of his duties and 
 responsibilities. Yet he was prompted by no exaggerated 
 conception of his own capacity or obligations. He con- 
 stantly kept in mind the gravity and dignity of his posi- 
 tion. This characteristic made him a great legislator in 
 spite of defects calculated to render him unattractive in 
 appearance and unimpressive in utterance. 
 
 A MAN OF strong CONVICTIONS 
 
 Mr. Hlsting was a man of strong convictions. He pos- 
 sessed great will power. In consequence, he formed deci- 
 sive opinions on every public issue properly arising for 
 
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Address of Mr. Robinson, of Arkansas 
 
 his consideration. He never hesitated, rarely remained 
 long in doubt as to the course to pursue, and universally 
 took a bold and emphatic stand on public questions. 
 
 Former Speaker Cannon once said: "All important 
 legislation is the result of compromise." Experience in 
 Congress demonstrates that this is nearly true. It is rare, 
 indeed, that the laws we pass reflect clear-cut victories 
 for either contention in bitterly contested cases. There 
 have, of course, been instances, many of them, no doubt, 
 which constitute exceptions to the rule. Nevertheless 
 legislation usually reflects a compromise. 
 
 Senator Husting never compromised. He fought every 
 legislative battle to a finish, enjoyed victory with modera- 
 tion, and endured defeat with rcsignatign. An analysis 
 of the legislative iiistory of the United States will demon- 
 strate the overwhelming importance, the real greatness of 
 this attribute of character so generally, if not universally, 
 demonstrated in the public services of Mr. Husting. His 
 speeches possessed a peculiar quality. They rarely 
 thrilled and frequently sounded laborious, yet almost al- 
 ways held attention and usually convinced. It would be 
 difficult to describe the power of his utterances or to ex- 
 plain fully the reason for if. The secret of his effective- 
 ness as a speaker depended upon two things: First, he 
 never spoke save on important subjects, and second, he 
 had always clearly in mind the important and logical 
 points of argument to be stated, so that, in spite of awk- 
 wardness in manner and impediments in speech, his ad- 
 dresses furnished information and carried conviction. 
 
 During his service in the Senate he never took the floor 
 on a trivial or unimportant subject. Only the big issues 
 claimed his attention. He never minimized their impor- 
 tance by frivolous discussions. 
 
 Perhaps there remains another quality to be mentioned 
 accountable in part for the undoubted influence which 
 
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Memorial Addresses: Senator Husting 
 
 Mr. Ik STING quickly acquired in the SenuU-. In c-vcrj' 
 speech and act he demonstrated loyalty to what he he- 
 lieved to be the public interest. Selfish interests often 
 subconsciously influence public men. Senator Histing 
 was as free from recognition of them in his i)uhlic acts 
 as any man I have ever known. The old, unwritten rule 
 of the Senate that new Members should preserve digni- 
 fied silence of late years has been frequently disregarded. 
 It seems destined to become a mere tradition. Senator 
 IIr.STiNG quickly became a factor in the deliberations of 
 this body. Ilis previous experience in legislation and 
 his service in the State senate of Wisconsin familiarized 
 him with legislative procedure and relieved him from 
 the embarrassments under which inexperienced Senators 
 labor. 
 
 Mr. Hlsting took the progressive view of public ques- 
 tions. He believed in and advocated the conservation of 
 our natural resources with a forcefulncss which lastingly 
 impressed his colleagues. In political faith he was de- 
 voted to the Democratic Party. He always took advanced 
 ground and received his inspiration from prospects rather 
 than from precedents. 
 
 MR. husting and THE WAR 
 
 He was a parly man and constantly supported the ad- 
 ministration both in its policies and measures. From the 
 beginning of the great war through which the world has 
 recently passed he was proally and anti-German. Per- 
 haps birtii and racial instincts were responsible in part 
 for his emphatic opposition to German propaganda. His 
 colleagues will recall the frankness and fearlessness with 
 which he exposed the efforts of Germany to unfairly 
 secure sympathy and support for her cause by the publi- 
 cation in this country of false statements and by secret 
 machinations. He was of Alsatian descent. Anyone who 
 
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Address of Mr. Robinson, of Arkansas 
 
 knew him and who understood his principles and nature 
 would have expected him to aggressively champion at 
 the first oi)portunity the cause which many here were 
 slow to appreciate — the cause of the allies. His militant 
 nature gave prompt and vigorous support to eveiy step 
 by which our Government advanced to war and to victory. 
 Mr. Husting's death was a distinct loss to the Senate 
 and to the Nation. Few men who have sers'ed in the 
 Senate during the present generation have more quickly 
 earned recognition for scrious-mindedness and devotion 
 to duty than Paul HtSTiNc. Before death called him he 
 had become, notwithstanding his brief ser^'ice, a leader 
 among us. We respected his ability and admired his 
 courage. 
 
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Address or Mh. Lewis, of Illinois 
 
 Mr. Presiulnt: I did not know Ihc rmincnt Senator who 
 has just been eulogized in such fitting tenns by the dis- 
 tinguished senior Senator from his State [Mr. La Follette] 
 until the junior Senator, Mr. Hlsting, came into this body 
 as a Member. It fell to my lot, sir, to have such confidence 
 of him as a trusted fellow Member might have; my seat 
 was near him; I was frequently communicated with by 
 him as to matters that touched his personal interests as an 
 official here in the Senate. In that manner I learned to 
 know some of those characteristics as they unfolded them- 
 selves in the man and which the Senator-colleague, Mr. 
 La Follette, has detailed. 
 
 We have to-day heard from the senior Senator the first 
 detailed history of the early struggles and career of this 
 man whose career in this body so won our admiration. 
 My mind reverts to fitting lines, which recite — 
 
 How truly that our lives 
 
 Arc as but the twinkle of a star 
 In God's eternal day. 
 
 Obscured and dimmed by mortal clouds, 
 Yet may shine bright for Him, 
 
 And, though darkened here, shine fair 
 To spheres afar. 
 
 So let's be patient, lest we bar 
 His grace and goodness. 
 
 And wc fall supine; 
 In our hands our weaknesses are, 
 
 Our strength, oh God, in Thine. 
 
 T\Tiere could we have had an exemplification of that 
 more exquisitely proven than in the detailed account of 
 this young man's life, as given us in the depiction of the 
 Senator? 
 
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Address of Mr. Lewis, of Iixinois 
 
 Mr. President, I was first attracted to what is called his 
 courage. I live near the border of Wisconsin. I am one 
 of the representatives in this body of the State of Illinois. 
 It neighbors upon the splendid Commonwealth which has 
 been described by the Senator from that State. I knew 
 much, sir, of its inhabitants, of the political weight and 
 preponderance of nationality of its people; and I was at- 
 tracted to that independent courage on the part of Senator 
 HusTiNG when lie faced and braved what must have been 
 the political fate of any man had things not gone as they 
 did. It was apparent to everyone that he was careless, 
 whatever might be the fortune to himself. He must first 
 consider his duty as he saw it to his countrj'. Sir, all this 
 facinatcd me as I beheld in him that element of utter 
 lack of all selfishness and the presence of that warm im- 
 pulse of true patriotism and influence within of that 
 quality of the man which sought all about him to do that 
 thing which he felt was right before God and man with- 
 out regard to the consequences to his private fortunes or 
 political destiny. From this unfolding I watched liis 
 career develop in this body in greatness of statesmanship. 
 All was first demonstrated morning after morning when 
 we saw by multiplied thousands and thousands these tele- 
 grams coming into the body seeking to intimidate as well 
 as persuade Members to a certain course of official con- 
 duct on the self-defense of America. It appeared that the 
 attempt was by their numerical strength and great pre- 
 ponderating majority, in order to frighten toward one 
 political course or obstruct them from going in another. 
 Then this man from a country where he might indeed 
 have paused to consider the consequences, sir, struck them 
 full and fair in the face, all with a defiance that was mag- 
 nificent to behold, a courage beautiful to witness, and a 
 manhood too seldom seen. We saw him exemplify the 
 patriot and the statesman; and we there realized, after all. 
 
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Memorial Addresses: Senator Husting 
 
 sir, thai if, as the distinguished Senator said, he luul been 
 for a long time in an obscure existence and unknown in 
 his merits he showed us how truly, in the line of tliat 
 poet's couplet — 
 
 Full many a gem of purest ray serene 
 The (lark, unfathomed caves of ocean bear. 
 
 Mr. President, it fell to me, sir, after the death or Sen- 
 ator HusTi.NG to be in Wisconsin upon an errand that 
 justified my going from county to county through that 
 State. I heard the comments of those who had known 
 him from his boyhood. I listened to the praise tliat fell 
 to him for his career in the State legislature. I heard 
 them speak tenderly of his poverty, and yet, as against it 
 all, how he resisted any opportunity that could have en- 
 riched him and would have aided some personal fortune 
 to him. Despite all its temptations, he preferred his way, 
 a rocky path, but in tlie light; and then I knew why it was 
 that confidence was so reposed in him that everywhere 
 one went he met the single verdict, " He was an honest 
 official, a true friend, a worthy citizen of his State." I 
 was proud, sir, to hear that regard of those who were 
 close to him. 
 
 Ordinarily, as you know, those who are close to us 
 seldom see us. It is only those who view us in the per- 
 spective who see us correctly. Intimacies breed either 
 exaggerations in our praise on the one hand or great in- 
 justices of criticisms on the other. Seldom do we see 
 where one thrown so closely with his own neighbors could 
 have been so justly measured, so fairly appraised, and 
 upon whom so true a judgment could have been pro- 
 nounced. 
 
 In tliis body, sir, his inclination along certain lines dis- 
 closed him particularly fitted in those things that protected 
 his people against the ravages of institutions that combine 
 too frequently to pillage public communities in the name 
 
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Address of Mr. Lewis, of Illinois 
 
 of public welfare. He was not deceived in the efforts to 
 seize the power of the different States in the form of 
 water conservation and convert it to private welfare, that 
 it might enrich the pockets of those who were as deficient 
 in patriotism as they were wanting in honesty; and, in- 
 deed, sir, we caught the other glimpse of that long career 
 on the part of this young gentleman, up to the later days 
 of his life, in behalf of the thing he felt right toward his 
 neighbor and to his fellow man. It was these, sir, that 
 drew me to him; these, sir, that gained to him my con- 
 fidence, and I trust, in part, contributed some of the rea- 
 sons of his confidence in me. 
 
 He passed away at that sudden moment described by 
 the Senators. It was when in liis holiday, when he had 
 gone to the woods, where he could worship in the temple 
 of nature, amidst the angels of her flowers, amidst the 
 giants of her trees, he fell, in sudden shock, at the hand 
 of his own brother. 
 
 What a tragic suggestion that brings to us! We are 
 inclined, Mr. President, to feel such to be a great and inde- 
 scribable catastrophe; and yet 1 wonder, sir, if we can not 
 indulge this thought: That nature has her way of paying 
 her debt to her cliildrcn and of attracting attention to the 
 event that shows the tribute paid. When you have seen 
 the sunlight upon a mountain peak, sir, your eyes are 
 drawn to it in the glow and gloiy of all its beauty and we 
 break into rapture of praise; but when the evening comes, 
 sir, and the solemn shades befall it, we seldom turn to 
 note it again. It is wrapped in gloom. It is dark and lost 
 to view. Sir, the sun and radiance of the highest touch 
 of his career fell upon him, and just as it glowed upon him 
 with a radiance that a star lights a promontory' he was 
 stricken, and from this high moment passed on, but left 
 to his people the reflection of all that he meant to them — 
 a life of light that leads and duty performed that en- 
 nobled. 
 
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Memorlkl Addresses: Senator Hlsting 
 
 Sir, I do iu)l know if he professed any creed or rciiyion; 
 but as I watched his course liere, and heard it spoken of 
 in the land wliere they knew him best, my mind reverts to 
 the legend which justly embalms Pail Hlsting. 
 
 You remember that Sir John Lubbock leaves us what he 
 calls his celestial dream. He dreamed he had died, and he 
 was at the gates of heaven when Peter, the gatekeeper, 
 summoned a vigil to investigate the applicant for en- 
 trance. The sentinel asked, "Who are you?" He said: 
 "I am John Lubbock." "And what brings you here? 
 What is your religion and your church?" "I have no 
 church. I have tried to do my duty to men. I have given 
 bread to the hungry; I have given water to the tliirsty; I 
 have lifted the fallen; I have listened to a widow's wail, 
 and heard the cry of a child and hushed both by my 
 service." " Ah, yes," says the vigil, " well, and you have 
 no church " — and Lubbock looked beyond, and there be- 
 neath the gleaming cross sat the sainted Catholic, and by 
 the crystal fount was the Baptist, and where the celestial 
 choir was singing was the Methodist; and the sentinel said, 
 "Which of these do you choose?" And he said, " I am 
 of neither house"; when the Master, hearing this, came 
 out and said: " Ah, Sir John, we have up here heard much 
 of you. Come you in, sir, and sit down wherever you 
 please." 
 
 To such a man as this man. Pail Hlsting, let us believe, 
 the great Master's voice at last said: "Come in, and, by 
 the merits of the life you lived, sit you down wherever you 
 please." 
 
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Address of Mr. Walsh, of Montana 
 
 Mr. President: Owing to the accident of my birth in 
 the State of which the late Senator Husting was likewise 
 a native, and which he was chosen in part to represent 
 in this body, an intimacy quite close sprang up between 
 us very speedily after his entry upon the discharge of 
 his oflicial duties here. Nature had not been partial to 
 him either in respect to his physical make-up or his vocal 
 equipment. I have often had occasion to note, Mr. Presi- 
 dent, what advantage accrues to a man in public dis- 
 cussion who has a commanding stature, a well-propor- 
 tioned frame, a sonorous and inclliriuous voice. 
 
 Senator Husting had no such meretricious aids. The 
 impression he made on his first appearance was distinctly 
 disappointing, but he verj' speedily dispelled any idea 
 that he did not measure up fully inlollectually to the re- 
 quirements of the high olTice to which he had been called, 
 and before his tragic and lamentable death he had estab- 
 lished a reputation among his colleagues and through 
 the countrj' for industry and intelligence, for courage and 
 sagacity. 
 
 Some men are gifted with a pleasing personality, facil- 
 ity in graceful speech, through the aid of which they 
 quickly ingratiate themselves with strangers. Those 
 whose talents and attainments are solid rather than 
 showj' are ordinarily compelled to travel a longer road 
 to popular favor. The career of Senator Husting in this 
 body was brief, and it could scarcely be said that it was 
 brilliant, and yet, Mr. President, brief as it was, his ster- 
 ling worth came to be so generally recognized that not a 
 few Senators went to him for counsel as to how to vote 
 when suddenly summoned to the Chamber from their 
 
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Mi;M()iti\i. Ai)i)Ui;ssi;s: Si;N\'r()H lli siin(. 
 
 work upon committees or from other duties which had 
 prevented them from following the course of the pro- 
 ceedings or attending to the merits of the debate. 
 
 He never permitted his judgment upon any measure to 
 be influenced by considerations of personal friendship 
 for its supporters, and he never yielded to importunities, 
 however strong they might be, that did not wholly con- 
 vince him of the error of his position. 
 
 He has an item of service to his credit that has riclily 
 earned for him the gratitude of his countrj*. His sagacious 
 mind enabled him to perceive that what was generally ac- 
 cepted as a more or less spontaneous expression of popu- 
 lar opinion — the outgrowth of the humanitarian impulses 
 and peace-loving disposition of our people — was, in fact, a 
 corrupt and sinister propaganda through which Germany 
 attempted to wheedle America into inaction while she 
 overwhelmed Europe and subverted the liberties of the 
 world. With a courage and relentlessness which shall re- 
 main as one of the proud traditions of the Senate, and 
 with a fullness of detail and an amplitude of proof that 
 dispelled doubt and defied denial, he exposed to public 
 view the ugly hydra-headed thing that sickened and 
 died when brought to the light of day. 
 
 By common consent his speech in support of the resolu- 
 tion in favor of a declaration of war against the Kaiser's 
 Government was the greatest delivered on that momen- 
 tous occasion. It was a ringing appeal to all citizens 
 to be Americans and Americans only, and contributed 
 much, no doubt, to the remarkable unanimity of senti- 
 ment with wliich the historic contest was prosecuted by 
 the great Rejjublic of the western world. 
 
 I admired Senator Hlsting living; I revere his memorj' 
 dead. 
 
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Address of Mr. Ashurst, of Arizona 
 
 Mr. President: Paul O. Husting, whose tragic and un- 
 timely death the Nation mourns, came to the Senate prac- 
 tically a stranger. Although possessed of strong and 
 capacious brain, in it there had been lit no lamp of genius; 
 he was not ambitious for fame; he was not wealthy; he 
 had no capacity for political intrigue; he never set the 
 stage for brilliant appearances, and yet with a sersice of 
 less than two years in this Senate, where new recruits arc 
 weighed and measured by no common nor easy standard, 
 he earned — and justly earned — an enviable distinction 
 as a capable legislator, a stout defender of civil liberty; 
 and when the mysterious finger of silence touched him 
 there was felt throughout the length and breadth of our 
 land the realization that a statesman upon whom the 
 people could depend to advance the cause of truth and 
 justice had passed from their national council. 
 
 The Senator who essays to take a leading part in the 
 debates here must be prepared at any moment to stand up 
 to his antagonists, to receive blows as well as to deliver 
 them. It is a test which no man can escape. Senator 
 Husting in full measure met this highest test. His method 
 in debate was to ignore trivial annoyances, but to destroy, 
 not merely injure and weaken, the argument of his oppo- 
 nent. He was planetary, not meteoric. He " scorned de- 
 lights and lived laborious days." He believed that neither 
 the bird of beautiful plumage, nor the sweet songster, nor 
 the chattering magpie, nor yet the turtledove, but the 
 eagle, with eye that never winks and wing that never 
 tires, was our national emblem. He was the grim and 
 unrelenting foe of anarchy, sabotage, syndicalism, and 
 communism, and with audacious boldness he smote those 
 
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Memori.\l Addresses: Senator Husting 
 
 unclean hosts of crime and ignuruiice who with red ban- 
 ners and lying sjinbols assaulted the citadels of Ameri- 
 can liberty. 
 
 Though he lacked the golden romance of the warrior priest in 
 
 mail 
 Who upon a silken palfrey went a questing for the grail, 
 Yet the soul of modern knighthood devised him on her forge 
 For the Eagle and the Lily and the Lion of Si. George. 
 
 The world is filled with countless and interlacing fila- 
 ments of influence which spread from one individual to 
 another. No man can separate himself from the influence 
 he leaves behind him. The voices of the dead arc these 
 influences that speak to us. The grave may close over a 
 man; he may descend into dreamless dust; green grass 
 and brave red roses may heal the scar made by his descent 
 into the earth; he may sink deeper than plummet ever 
 sounded into the airless meadows of the ocean, and levia- 
 than may heave the billows above him, but tliere lives on 
 this interlacing filament of his influence which he spread 
 in his life. 
 
 It may be, and usually happens, that the sphere of indi- 
 vidual action was circumscribed and meager, but his in- 
 fluence none the less operates. 
 
 The sun sets behind the western hills, but " by the 
 bright track of his fierj' car gives token of a goodly day 
 to-morrow." 
 
 Senator Hlsting's earthly labors are over, but his 
 career sheds an encouraging light to the struggling boys 
 of to-morrow. Although he is now invisible to mortal 
 ej'Cs, such a life as his leaves behind an influence tliat will 
 never die. 
 
 Many public men of large abilitj', industry, and true 
 physical courage who do not shrink from extreme bodily 
 danger frequently quail before an op[)osing multitude for 
 fear, doubtless, that their suggestions may be ridiculed, 
 
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Address of Mr. Ashurst, of Arizona 
 
 llu'ir prestige injured, their pride humbled, or that they 
 may perchance find themselves in the minoritj' at the next 
 ensuing election. It is unfair to characterize such men 
 as cowards. They suffer poignant mental anguish and, 
 like the severed flax, they fall asunder at the touch of fire. 
 They lack an abundantly filled reservoir of moral cour- 
 age, which is one of the noblest attributes that adorns the 
 sons of men. 
 
 So, Mr. President, when we ask how came about the 
 phenomenal rise of Paul 0. Husting from obscuritj'; 
 when we seek to know why his loss was so keenly felt by 
 the American people, we recall that Bulwer-Lytton, in his 
 Richelieu's Vindication, says: 
 
 I found France rent asunder, 
 The rich men despots and the poor banditti; 
 Sloth in the mart and schism within the temple; 
 Brawls festering to rebellion, and weak laws 
 Rotting away with rust in antique sheaths. 
 I have re-created France; and, from the ashes 
 Of the old feudal and decrepit carcass. 
 Civilization, on her luminous wings 
 Soars, phoenix-like, to Jove I What was my art? 
 " Genius," some say; some, " Fortune "; " Witchcraft," some. 
 Not so; my art was Justice. 
 
 The art of Pall O. Husting was courage. 
 
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Address of Mr. Gronna, of North Dakota 
 
 Mr. President: Mj- acquaintance with Senator Histing 
 was of short duration. I shall, therefore, not attempt to 
 give a detailed account of his exceptional qualities which, 
 I understand, characterized him in his eaily life, nor shall 
 I attempt to portray any of the splendid achievements 
 which he accomplished, beginning with his early entrance 
 into political life. I am glad, however, to have the oppor- 
 tunity of briefly testifying to his splendid ability and high 
 character during his service in this body. His early life's 
 career has been beautifully portrayed by some of his 
 more intimate and closer friends, by those who had the 
 privilege of knowing him from his birth to his untimely 
 death. 
 
 I had the privilege of serving with Senator Histing for 
 only a short time in this body. I ser\ed with him on some 
 of the committees. I served with him upon the Commit- 
 tee on Indian Affairs, and in the discharge of his duties 
 as a member of that committee he demonstrated with 
 marked ability his genuine sympathy for humanity as 
 well as a clear vision for constructive legislation which 
 always would result in a full measure of the greatest good 
 to the greatest number. 
 
 Senator Hcsting was an able debater and a forceful 
 speaker. He was a unique figure of the real courageous, 
 progressive tv'pc. His trials in early life seem to have 
 imbued him with kindness and with sympathy, and he 
 lived and devoted his great ability to the welfare of his 
 people. 
 
 He was a Democrat in soul and spirit as well as in 
 name, because he was an advocate of democracy or gov- 
 ernment by the people. He was loyal to his party, but 
 
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Address of Mr. Gronna, of North Dakota 
 
 more profoundly inlfrosltd in (lie wtllarf of llif general 
 public. He was of a peculiar type, symbolizing simplicity 
 and genuineness. He bore the earmarks of an early 
 training in State affairs, and, representing a constituency 
 like that of Wisconsin, it was inevitable that his political 
 tendencies should be along progressive lines. 
 
 As a member of the Committee on Indian Affairs Sena- 
 tor HusTiNG took an active part in dealing with the af- 
 fairs of the Indians. He held very decided views with 
 reference to Indian property and the conservation of the 
 natural resources on Indian lands. He was firm in his 
 convictions that the lands, as well as the other natural 
 resources, should be used for the benefit of the Indians; 
 and he was much opposed to the exploitation of Indian 
 property by the while man, and very often sharply criti- 
 cized the mismanagement of Indian affairs by those who 
 have been and are the custodians of the Indians' property. 
 
 Senator Husting had firm opinions with reference to 
 the development of water power, both on and off Indian 
 lands. He believed in the doctrine that the natural re- 
 sources should be retained by the Government for the use 
 of all the people rather than the exploitation of them by 
 a few men. 
 
 Although a new Member of the United States Senate, he 
 was recognized as a man of ability and character. Dur- 
 ing the short time he served in the Senate he won for him- 
 self an enviable record, and he had the confidence of all 
 who learned to know him. I believe I can truthfully say 
 that he had the confidence of the entire membership of 
 this body. He was held in high esteem by all those who 
 knew him best 
 
 I might go on and amplify on the character, the virtues, 
 and the courage of Paul O. Husting, but it is not neces- 
 sary. The history of this man, the story of his life, of his 
 devotion to his duties to his country, of love and devotion 
 
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Memorial AnnRF.ssKs: Senator Histing 
 
 to his family, will remain as the most lasting monument 
 to his memory. 
 
 Mr. President, liis untimely death was a shock to the 
 membership of this body, to the people of the great State 
 of Wisconsin, and to the entire countrj-. 
 
 In company with other Senators, I attended the funeral 
 of Senator Husting. Naturally, it was a most sad event, 
 due to liis tragic and untimely death. The bereavement to 
 his aged parents, to his brothers, sisters, and other nu- 
 merous friends seemed almost unbearable; but in those 
 clouds of sorrow there was a rift manifesting brightness 
 and comfort; back of those clouds could be seen the beau- 
 tiful life of Paul O. Hlsting, and although his body was 
 now to be consigned to the grave his soul was still living; 
 the character of his beautiful life was visible upon the 
 horizon; his friends and those who loved liim most could 
 see before them the sympathetic heart, his high character, 
 and the virtues of his life, so that in death as in life the 
 noble spirit of his own soul, his sympathy, his deeds, and 
 his life work seemed now, like it always had, the real hope 
 of solace and relief. 
 
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Address of Mr. Thomas, of Colorado 
 
 Mr. President: Paul O. Husting, born in 1866, clerk, 
 laborer, lawj-er, State attorney. State senator, and Senator 
 of the United States, died in 1917 at the vigorous age of 
 51 years. Such in brief epitome is tlie career of a typical 
 self-made American; of a man born under American 
 institutions, early perceiving the opportunities they made 
 possible to all able to take advantage of and to improve 
 them; and crowding into a busy life, like a well-staged 
 drama, a series of successes crowned with the attainment 
 of a seat in this exalted body bestowed by a constituency 
 whose political majorities had been almost uniformly 
 adverse to the fortunes of the political party to which he 
 belonged. Here, surely, is an answer to tlie discontent 
 and criticism which proclaims that America is no longer 
 a land of preferment, and that the door of opportunity 
 has been shut in the faces of the poor and deserving. 
 Here, surelj', is full illustration of the great truth that 
 under the shield of the great Republic the race is still 
 to the man of resolution, of character, and of effort; 
 that merit will win its rewards and moral courage 
 its victories; that our people appreciate self-effort and 
 make tribute to private integrity and political virtue. 
 For this young man, the descendant of emigrants 
 seeking fairer skies and better lands and freer govern- 
 ments, born in obscurity, reared in poverty, and circum- 
 scribed by their limitations, slowly, painfully but surely 
 met difficulty and surmounted it, encountered obstacles 
 and overcame them, measured his lance with adversities 
 and overthrew them. Undaunted by a forbidding envi- 
 ronment and undiscouraged by the keen rivalries of a 
 
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Mi:m()Iual Addklsses : Sknatoh Hi .stin(. 
 
 competing world, he inadf a fulcrum for the lever of his 
 purpose and lifted all hindrances impeding his pathway 
 until his people, perceiving his worth and proud of his 
 successes, commissioned him to vote and speak for them 
 in the Capitol of tlie Nation. 
 
 Here the Senator's career, though tragically brief, fully 
 vindicated their confidence and affection. He was trans- 
 parently, obstinately honest, and never hesitated to speak 
 and act upon his convictions. They may have been and, 
 I tliink, somelinu's were erratic, but they were his own, 
 and right manfully he maintained them. 
 
 He came to tliis forum in the midst of a great European 
 war which we were with difliculty seeking to avoid, while 
 the struggle of the combatants was constantly interfering 
 with, sometimes infringing upon, our rights or our natural 
 interests. Sentiment was divided between the contend- 
 ing belligerents, and Senator Hlsting, representing a com- 
 posite population, was more than once appealed to by 
 some of his constituency to utilize the opportunities of liis 
 great otTice in behalf of one of the combatants. This he 
 refused to do. But he was not content with refusal. 
 From his seat he gave the great public tlie details of one 
 of these appeals, demonstrated its conceited nature, ex- 
 posed its origin and purpose, and proclaimed his devotion 
 to America over all, to the land of his birth, to his countrj- 
 against the world. His voice was as that of one speaking 
 willi authority, his words the i)urificr of an afmosjilierc 
 then altogether overchargtd with hesitancy, with timid- 
 ity, and with a spineless pendulosity characteristic of men 
 in high position more concerned with retaining their seats 
 than with proclaiming their convictions. Had Senator 
 Hlsting done nothing more than lliis while a Member of 
 the Senate he would have done enough and more tovindi- 
 cate the wisdom of the State of Wisconsin in choosing 
 him as one of its delegates to the National Capital. 
 
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Address of Mr. Thomas, of Color.\do 
 
 One beautiful morning in October, 1917, by tbe Pacific 
 seaside at Miramar, in California, slowly recovering from 
 a serious malady, I saw in the headlines of a San Fran- 
 cisco paper that Senator Hfsting had been accidentally 
 shot and killed the daj' before. I read the details, which 
 shocked me beyond expression. When 1 left Washington 
 during the previous July, uncertain whether I should ever 
 return, 1 thought of many of my associates, wondering, 
 perchance, if some of tliem who had reached their three- 
 score and ten would be here to welcome me should I by 
 good fortune recover and resume mj' public duties. I 
 gave not even a passing thought to tlie j'oung and stalwart 
 ones like the junior Senator from Wisconsin, who seemed 
 immune from tlie vicissitudes of life and death. Yet he 
 was the first to go; not only that, but, save Senator New- 
 lands, the only face 1 missed in this Chamber when in 
 January I resumed my seat. And only then did I learn 
 all the details of his tragic fate. It is not too much to say 
 that, coming at the time, liis death was a national calamity. 
 
 Had his career been uninterrupted we know what it 
 would have been by the features revealed in its unfinished 
 proportions. Like the broken fragment of a Ciiecian 
 statue, it suggests to the eye a vision of the genius which 
 designed it and to the heart a sense of what the world 
 lost when the exquisite figure was broken into fragments. 
 
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AonREss OF Mn. Lenroot, of Wisconsin 
 
 Mr. President. In Iho roll of names of men who have 
 occupied seats in this Chamber will be found great pa- 
 triots and statesmen who will always live in tiie history 
 of this Republic. Great crises have always produced great 
 characters, and when the historj' of this world war shall 
 be finally written the name of Paul Husting will always 
 receive honorable mention. 
 
 Wisconsin is normally a Republican State by from fifty 
 to one hundred thousand majority, but in 191 1 Paul Hust- 
 ing, a Democrat, was elected to a seal in this body. He 
 had made an enviable record in the State senate in cham- 
 pioning progressive legislation. He was a hard worker 
 and an able debater there, and his experience thus gained 
 was of great value to him in his work here. In this larger 
 field he had the same aims and jjurposes as he had in 
 State matters, and he was early recognized as a staunch 
 supporter of progressive legislation here. One of his as- 
 signments was the Committee on Public Lands, and he 
 took a deep interest in all legislation concerning our 
 natural resources. Upon two great measures, which have 
 been before Congress for many years and are still pend- 
 ing — the mineral leasing and water-power bills — he did a 
 tremendous amount of work and took a ven- active part 
 in the debate upon them in the Senate. He was rapidly 
 making a national reputation in these matters, but it was 
 in the events leading up to and following our enti"}' into 
 the war lliat he rose to his true greatness. Most of his 
 colleagues from Wisconsin differed with him in these mat- 
 ters. It seemed at one time as if tlu" people of Wisconsin 
 difTered with him, l)ut wilii deep conviction as to the rigiit 
 course to pursue he unhesitatingly and imfalteringly fol- 
 
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Address of Mr. Lenroot, of Wisconsin 
 
 lowed it. He would not condemn his colleagues who dif- 
 fered with him; he assumed that they were conscientious 
 in their position as he was in his. He chose rather to 
 argue the strength of his own position than denounce 
 those who did not agree with him. Tliis is illustrated by 
 an incident shortly before our declaration of war was 
 made. A great loyalty meeting was to be held in the city 
 of Milwaukee. He and I had been invited to address that 
 meeting. We discussed the matter and agreed that w^e 
 would attend upon condition that it be an occasion for 
 affirmatively demonstrating (he loyally of Wisconsin but 
 not for denouncing our colleagues who differed with us. 
 We both accepted the invitation upon this condition, and 
 an audience of 7,500 as patriotic citizens as ever breathed 
 the air of freedom cheered Senator Ulsting and the other 
 speakers to the echo, and he then made one of the truly 
 great speeches of our time. Senator Husting lived in a 
 county which before our declaration of war was largely 
 pro-German in its sympathies. For a time many of his 
 closest friends differed with him, but none failed to re- 
 spect him, and, although he lived but a few months after 
 our entrance into the war, at the time of his death he 
 knew not only that he was right but also had the support 
 of an overwhelming majority of the people of the State. 
 
 Mr. President, courage is not a very rare thing, ability is 
 not a very rare thing, vision is not a verj' rare thing, but 
 it is not often' that we find all these qualities combined in 
 one man as they were in Senator Husting. He had the 
 courage, he had the ability, he had the vision, and for it 
 the country will forever be grateful. Speaking upon the 
 war resolution, he said : 
 
 Vital matters. and principles that every true American holds 
 dear arc involved in the consideration of this resolution. Our 
 honor, our rights, tlie lives of our citizens, our national safety, 
 our sovereignty, yes, democracy itself is at stake. The perpetu- 
 
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MiOMoHiAi. Addhi.ssrs: Sknatoh HrsTiNC. 
 
 ation of this country and its institutions is the most important 
 thing in the world to us, to the people of the whole world, and 
 to posterity. Our Government is an experiment destined to prove 
 whether or not men are capable of self-government. The perma- 
 nent success of this experiment means the eventual emancipa- 
 tion of all mankind; its failure spells the doom of freedom 
 everywhere. 
 
 Senator Husting was a Democrat, but Republicans of 
 Wisconsin forgot that and thought of him only as an 
 American. The entire State mourned over his death. His 
 friends were of everj' party and ever)' creed. His ster- 
 ling patriotism, in a most critical hour of our Republic, 
 will long be remembered. In liis death the State of Wis- 
 consin, this body, and the country suffered a loss which 
 can not be measured. He was one of the Nation's great 
 men. 
 
 Mr. Watson. Mr. President, in accordance with ar- 
 rangements heretofore made, I now move that, as a fur- 
 ther mark of respect to the memorj' of the deceased 
 Senator and Representatives, the Senate take a recess 
 until to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock. 
 
 The motion was unanimously agreed to; and (at 3 
 o'clock and 40 minutes p. m., Sunday, March 2) the Senate 
 took a recess until to-morrow, Monday, March 3, 1919, at 
 10 o'clock a. m. 
 
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Proceedings in the House of Representatives 
 
 Monday, December 3, 1917. 
 A message from the Senate, by Mr. Waldorf, its enroll- 
 ing clerk, announced that the Senate had passed the fol- 
 lowing resolution : 
 
 Resolved, That a cominiltee consisting of two Senators be ap- 
 pointed to join such committee as may be appointed by the 
 House of Representatives to wait upon the President of the 
 United States and inform him that a quorum of each House is 
 assembled, and that Congress is ready to receive any communi- 
 cation he may be pleased to make. 
 
 And that, in compliance of the foregoing resolution, the 
 Vice President had appointed as said committee Mr. Mar- 
 tin and Mr. Gallinger. 
 
 Also the following resolution: 
 
 Resolved, That the Secretary inform the House of Representa- 
 tives that a quorum of the Senate is assembled and that the Senate 
 is ready to proceed to business. 
 
 Also the following resolutions: 
 
 Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow of 
 the death of the Hon. Paul 0. Husting, late a Senator from the 
 State of Wisconsin. 
 
 Resolved, That the Secretary 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. 
 
 Monday, February 3, 1919. 
 
 Mr. Cooper of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker 
 
 The Speaker. For what purpose does the gentleman 
 rise? 
 
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Memorial Addresses: Senator Husting 
 
 Mr. Cooi'EH of Wisconsin. I move that Sunday, February 
 23, be set aside as a day for tbe delivery of addresses on 
 Ihe life, character, and public services of the late Senator 
 Paul Husting, of Wisconsin. 
 
 The Speaker. The gentleman from Wisconsin asks 
 unanimous consent that Sunday, February 23, 1919, be 
 set apart for eulogies on Senator Hi sting. Is there objec- 
 tion? [After a pause.] The Chair hears none. 
 
 Friday, Febnianj 21, 1919. 
 
 The Speaker. Before beginning that the Chair desig- 
 nates the gentleman from Kentucky [Mr. Sherlcy] to pre- 
 side next Sunday, and when they come to eulogies on the 
 Senator from W^isconsin the Chair will ask the gentleman 
 from Kentucky to invite Mr. Cooper of Wisconsin to pre- 
 side, and when they come to the Senator from New Jersey 
 to invite Mr. Eagan to preside. 
 
 Mr. M.\NN. Is next Sunday set aside for eulogies? 
 
 The Speaker. Next Sunday is set aside for eulogies upon 
 three. 
 
 SiNDAY, February 23, 1019. 
 
 The House met at 11 o'clock a. m. and was called to 
 order by Mr. Sherlcy as Speaker pro tempore. 
 
 The Chaplain, Rev. Henry N. Couden, D. D., offered the 
 following prav'er: 
 
 Thou Great Father Soul, in whom we live and move 
 and have our being, we bless Thee for the deep moral and 
 spiritual excellence resident in the heart of man, which 
 moves him to deeds of self-sacrifice in behalf of others, 
 liberty, truth, riglil, justice, which excite in his fellows ad- 
 miration, gratitude, j)raise. 
 
 We are here to-day in memory of three men who died 
 in the harness, striving for the betterment of the American 
 citizen, as Senators of the National Congress. Long may 
 their works live in the heart of the true American to in- 
 
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Proceedings in the House 
 
 spire those who shall come after them, that the American 
 institutions may live an ensample to all mankind. 
 
 Comfort, we beseech Thee, all to whom they were near- 
 est and dearest, by the angels of faith, hope, love, in the 
 overruling providence of the living God, who hath decreed 
 that life is stronger than death and love shall never die. 
 
 "Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, 
 believe also in me." 
 
 "In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were 
 not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place 
 for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will 
 come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I 
 am, there ye may be also." 
 
 Amen. 
 
 Mr. Cooper of Wisconsin took the chair as Speaker pro 
 tempore. 
 
 The Speaker pro tempore. The Clerk will report the 
 special order. 
 
 The Clerk read as follows: 
 
 On motion of Mr. Cooper of Wisconsin, by unanimous consent, 
 Ordered, Tliat Sunday, February 23, 1919, be set apart for ad- 
 dresses upon the life, ctiaracter, and public services of Hon. Paul 
 O. HusTiNG, late a Senator from the State of Wisconsin. 
 
 The Clerk read the following resolutions: 
 
 Resolved, That the business of the House be now suspended 
 that opportunity may be given for tributes to tlie memory of Hon. 
 Paul O. Husting, late a Senator of the United States from the 
 State of Wisconsin. 
 
 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 the exercises of this day, 
 shall stand adjourned. 
 
 Resolved, That tlic Clerk communicate these resolutions to the 
 Senate. 
 
 Resolved, That the Clerk send a copy of these resolutions to 
 the family of the deceased. 
 
 The resolutions were agreed to. 
 
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MEMORIAL ADDRESSES 
 
 Address of Mr. Voigt, of Wisconsin 
 
 Mr. Speaker: We are gathered here to-day to pay trib- 
 ute to the memory of one who rose from humble begin- 
 nings to the high place of a United States Senator, Pail 
 0. Hlsting. Altliough Senator Hlsting was a resident of 
 my district, it was my misfortune not to have had an 
 intimate acquaintance with him, and I therefore can not 
 speak of him with the same authority as my colleagues 
 present here, who knew him long and well. I must speak 
 of Senator Hlsting more as one who draws his informa- 
 tion from a book which is open to everyone rather than 
 one who gets it from close personal contact and friend- 
 ship. 
 
 The one leading thought which forces itself upon me 
 when I contemplate Senator Husting's career is that in 
 this great and glorious Republic a man may achieve prac- 
 tically anything he aspires to if he is willing to pay the 
 price in preparation and perseverance. He may step 
 from the hovel to the palace, from the plow to the Presi- 
 dency. We do not ask who were his ancestors, or 
 whether blue blood flows in his veins; we make no arti- 
 ficial distinctions. There are but two qualifications that 
 we recognize — ability and character. 
 
 Senator Husting was a self-made man. He was born at 
 Fond du Lac, Wis., on April 25, 1866, and on his mother's 
 side was a grandson of Solomon Juneau, founder of the 
 city of Milwaukee and one of the romantic figures of 
 Wisconsin. He was denied the advantages of a college 
 or even a high-school education. At 16 years of age we 
 
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Memohiai. Addresses: Senator Husting 
 
 fiiul liiiii working as clerk in a general store at Mayville, 
 Wis., which place was to become his permanent home, 
 lie became in turn assistant postmaster, railway mail 
 clerk, and clerk in the ofBce of the secretary of state. All 
 these positions gave him an education in the great school 
 of e.xpcricnce. He studied law in the office of a brother- 
 in-law and also attended the university law school a short 
 period. To illustrate his perseverance, let me quote what 
 he is reported to have said of his early career: 
 
 I had only one book — a law dictionary — and little money. I 
 could not make the headway I wanted this way, so I returned to 
 Mayville. My brother-in-law, C. W. Lamcreux, and Frank Law- 
 rence were law partners. I told them I would collect accounts 
 and bills due if they would allow mc to study In their law library. 
 .\t the end of a year — I still had but the one book — Lamereux and 
 myself entered into a partnership which continued for 14 years — 
 until he was elected a judge. 
 
 In 1902 and 1904 the Senator was elected district attor- 
 ney of his home county. In 1906 he was elected State 
 senator and reelected in 1910. He rose to prominence in 
 the legislature almost immediately. He stood for the 
 rights of tlie people and won fame in advocating and 
 fighting for legislation for the preservation of the State's 
 natural resources, income-lax legislation, and other meas- 
 ures of vital interest. It was only natural that with his 
 ability and gift for leadership his party should single 
 him out for its highest honors, and accordingly the Demo- 
 crats in 191 1 nominated him for United States Senator to 
 succeed the late Isaac Stephenson. .Mthough Wisconsin 
 is ordinarily a safe Republican State, after a spirited 
 contest Senator Hu-sting was elected by a narrow margin. 
 
 The Senator was a man of the people in every sense 
 of the word. He was entirely free from affectation. In- 
 deed, to his democratic manners he owed much of his 
 
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Address of Mr. Voigt, of Wisconsin 
 
 success. Anyone could approach him, and he met the 
 man in overalls with the same cordiality as those of 
 wealth and fame. He possessed tliat absolute simplicity 
 which is always the accompaniment of true greatness. 
 
 Senator Hustinc. had a fondness for outdoor life. His 
 friends tell me that he was never so happy as when he 
 could disconnect himself from the toils and troubles of 
 the world and with a few chosen friends could go on a 
 hunting or fishing trip. His passion for life in the open 
 cost him his life, as he met with a fatal accident on Octo- 
 ber 21, 1917, while on a hunting expedition. Not only the 
 State of Wisconsin but the whole Nation was shocked to 
 hear of the Senator's tragic death. The funeral in his 
 home city of Mayville was participated in by practically 
 everj' man, woman, and child, and there were men from 
 all parts of the State and beyond to show their affection 
 and respect. 
 
 The career of Senator Hustino .should be an inspiration 
 to everj' American boy, and especially a poor boy. It 
 proves that in this country a young man may attain fame 
 and fortune if he will apply himself. There are no bar- 
 riers which can not be overcome by reasonable intelli- 
 gence and grit May his example inspire others, and may 
 the opportunities for achievement always remain open to 
 the young men of the country as they were open to and 
 seized upon by our deceased Senator. 
 
 Mr. Spe.\ker, I ask unanimous consent to have incorpo- 
 rated in the proceedings of this day a eulogy delivered by 
 Circuit Judge Martin Lueck, of Wisconsin, at the funeral 
 of Senator Husting. 
 
 The Speaker pro tempore. The gentleman from Wis- 
 consin asks unanimous consent to print in the proceedings 
 the culogj' delivered by Judge Lueck. Is there objection? 
 
 There was no objection. 
 
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Memorial Addresses: Senatok Histing 
 
 The eulogy is as follows; 
 
 Ellogy Delivered by Cikclit Judge Martin L. Lueck, of Wis- 
 consin, AT THE Funeral of Senator Hlsting at Mawille, 
 Wis., October 24, 1917. 
 
 The grim reaper never gathers in anyone, no matter what may 
 be his age or condition, without leaving behind some relative or 
 friend to lament his departure, but the feelings aroused by death 
 are as varied as the circumstances under which it occurs. WTien 
 a person dies after mortal illness has long preyed upon his vitals, 
 death is regarded as an angel of mercy, a friendly hand that leads 
 from this valley of shadows and tears to the blessings of an ever- 
 lasting abiding place. If it be one whose whitened locks, dimmed 
 eyes, and stiffened joints inform us that his " race is run," we 
 are prepared for his death; his departure is accepted as the natu- 
 ral consummation of his earthly career; and if he has " fought a 
 good fight and kept the faith " the sorrows of the parting are 
 mingled with the joys of victory achieved and duty finished. 
 Wlien the summons comes to the child before the duties of life 
 begin, we console ourselves with the reflection that pain, suffer- 
 ing, sorrow, and labor have been spared it. But in the sudden 
 call of the .Master to a man in the prime of life, in the very morn- 
 ing of usefulness, with what seems to be a bright and beckoning 
 future, full of reward, with unsatisfied desires and opportunities 
 for service, nothing but a faith unquestioned and profound can 
 find anything to dry the tears or relieve the suffering. The visi- 
 tation of death to one in the roseate hours of hope and promise 
 passes our understanding, disappoints our fondest expectations, 
 and shocks our most loving hopes. However, inquiry as to why 
 cherished ties are thus sundered is useless, because it is not for 
 us to say when the proper time has come to die. It is but an 
 example of the uncertainty of life, and reminds us that — 
 
 " Death takes us unawares 
 
 And stays opr hurrying feet, 
 The great design unfinished lies, 
 Our lives are incomplete." 
 
 We have gathered here, tilled with emotions of sadness, to pay 
 our last tributes of love and respect to one whose tragic end has 
 covered an entire community, a whole State, with gloom, shocked 
 
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ElLOGY IJY JlDGE LlECK. OF WISCONSIN 
 
 this great Nation, and brought forth spontaneous and widespread 
 expressions of deep sorrow and regret at his untimely death. 
 The sad privilege has come to me of giving public utterance to 
 the sentiments of sorrow, affection, and esteem that throb in the 
 hearts of myriads of friends and admirers of Senator Pal'l 0. 
 HvsTiNG in this sad hour. But what shall I say? What can I 
 say? How can language which, at its best and when skillfully 
 employed is but an imperfect instrument for the conveyance of 
 thought, describe with any degree of accuracy the emotions that 
 overwhelm us? I was stunned by the unexpected news of his 
 ([uick response to the swift messenger that bore him the summons 
 to quit this earthly existence, and have been unable to calm my- 
 self. When I was first told of his death my reply was the com- 
 mon one: "It can not be; it can not be." His rugged nature, his 
 buoyant spirit, everything, pointed to a long, useful, and success- 
 ful career. Even now it all seems too impossible to be true. But 
 this coflin, as it holds the cold and lifeless form of him who once 
 was all life and action, loving his family and adored by them, 
 honored by hosts of admirers and friends, reminds us that he, 
 too, had to bow to the Divine decree; and although it leaves the 
 bitterest cup of grief for the father and mother, the sister and 
 brothers, universal experience is again confirmed that death has 
 no season and no time. 
 
 " Leaves have their Lime to fall, 
 .\nd flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, 
 
 And stars to set; but all, 
 Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death!" 
 
 Senator Hl'sting was my friend; he was the friend of thou- 
 sands in this county and of multitudes in the State and Nation. 
 An acquaintance formed between us in early life soon ripened 
 into a friendship which continued uninterruptedly and unbroken 
 to the day of his death. It is not a part of my purpose to speak of 
 any of the incidents of that long period that was very dear to 
 me. His whole life as it was thus unfolded bears witness to the 
 fact that he possessed in a marked degree those sterling qualities 
 that gathered men around him. His friendships were warm and 
 strong. He clung to his friends with tenacity, was faithful to 
 them, and attracted strong friendships to himself. There was in 
 his nature so much of deep and true loyalty, so much of fidelity 
 to the advancement of his friends that this is perhaps one of the 
 
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MkMOKIAI. AdDRKSSKS: SkNATOR UlSTlNd 
 
 most beautiful phases of his life. Next to his family, his friends 
 will miss him most. In his death I feel I have experienced a 
 keen personal loss, and I join with the hosts who enjoyed his 
 friendship in the full chorus of respect and affection for him: 
 
 " Friends are in life's exchange the sterling coin. 
 True tender for all the rarest forms of joy; 
 The only pauper is the friendless man." 
 
 Perhaps a brief reference to bis career as a lawyer might not 
 be entirely out of place. He was generally recognized to be a 
 very able lawyer. In the court room, in the trial of cases, he had 
 few superiors. Lawyers who had to appear against him always 
 knew that they had to deal with a formidable opponent. His 
 mind was clear, active, and decisive. X splendid judge of hu- 
 man nature, he was quick to discern the probable effect of every 
 point as it arose upon the trial, and with almost unerring judg- 
 ment and prompt decision he nut it so as to best serve the in- 
 terests of his client. In his arguments he was direct, earnest, 
 fearless, and convincing. Through him no client ever suffered 
 for want of proper presentation of a case. 
 
 Pall 0. IIlstino had received many honors at the hands of 
 the people among whom he lived and among whom he died, and 
 he never occupied a public position that was not deserved and in 
 which he did not reflect credit upon himself. With all his honors 
 he never assumed to elevate himself above the general level of 
 the community of which he was a part. He always associated 
 with all classes and was proud to keep himself constantly en- 
 rolled as one of the plain people, as one of the great rank and 
 file. He had a kind and generous heart and was always willing 
 to divide with others and respond to the appeals of those less 
 fortunate. He had that charity which assisted the needy and 
 overlooked the faults of others. But with these kindly qualities 
 there were combined the other more rugged characteristics of de- 
 termination, self-control, and firmness, which he possessed to a 
 marked extent and which were the predominant elements of his 
 character. 
 
 He was always fair, with a mind open to reason, but when 
 once convinced upon any subject he became firm as adamant. 
 He had convictions upon all important questions and was ready 
 to defend them against all adversaries in all places and upon all 
 occasions without regard to the effect upon his personal fortunes. 
 
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El i.ociv liv JrrniE Likck, of Wisconsin 
 
 He was governed solely by his convictions, knew no fear, and 
 never turned aside from the path of right or duty as he was given 
 the light to see it. In all of his many contests, whether in the 
 court room, before the people, or upon the floor of the senate of 
 this State or in the United States Senate, he was an open, fair 
 but fearless fighter, and in prosecuting his cause never resorted 
 to subterfuge or deceitful tactics. 
 
 It can truly be said of the departed that his life fairly illus- 
 trates the great possibilities of the .\incrican youth in this coun- 
 try of free institutions and equal opportunities. Starting without 
 the aid of fortune, without any early advantages except such as 
 arc enjoyed by boys with parents in ordinary circumstances, but 
 with a resolute and resistless spirit, he forged ahead from the be- 
 ginning and by force of his own ability and industry reached a 
 high plane among his fellow men, occupying at the time of his 
 death a public position second only to that of President of this 
 great Republic. How eloquently that argues for free .\merica and 
 its institutions. What an example, what an inspiration, it is to 
 every American boy. His whole life, private and public, his en- 
 tire career, and all the elements of his character combined to 
 make him what he proved liimself to be from the time he rep- 
 resented the great Stale of Wisconsin in the United States Senate, 
 namely, a true American citizen, an American statesman, and 
 above all an American patriot. 
 
 He could not be otherwise than the most loyal citizen because 
 he sincerely loved his country, had an abiding faith in its mis- 
 sion, and a deep sympathy with its institutions. He was a states- 
 man not only because he brought a high order of ability and 
 talent to the discharge of his duties as Senator but because he 
 took a broad view of questions and treated a public ofTice not as 
 an instrument for his own aggrandizement but as a means 
 through which he might serve his country and contribute in some 
 degree to the well-being of his fellow citizens. His patriotism 
 was of the kind that was willing to make sacrifices for the coun- 
 try he loved. 
 
 In the present crisis that hovers over the Nation, the gravest 
 since the Civil War, Senator Hlsting, patriot and statesman, ad- 
 hered with unwearied perseverance to the course that his convic- 
 tions assured him would best safeguard the liberties and institu- 
 tions of this Republic. Tried by the severest tests, he was never 
 found wanting, and was to the last a steadfast and fearless advo- 
 
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MicMOHiAi. Ai)i)i(i:ssi:s: SiiSATOH Hi sTiNt; 
 
 cale of a united America, the outspoken champion of a country 
 uniflc-d in sentiment, united in purpose, and undivided in every- 
 thing essential to intensity of action. His clarion call for unity, 
 delivered in the Senate on the 4th day of April, will live to inspire 
 the generations that are yet to come. 
 
 " Let us all," he said, " stand together, united in spirit, purpose, 
 and determination, and let us rise to meet the issue with the same 
 faith, courage, (h'volion, and resolution that have sustained, in- 
 spired, and distinguislied the American people always." 
 
 In the midst of his greatest usefulness, at a time when be could 
 not well be spared, death called him. To his country the loss is 
 almost irreparable, and in the affection of the people a void is 
 left that can not be filled. 
 
 It can truthfully be said of Senator Hlsting that his home life, 
 as well as his private career and public activities, was ideal. He 
 died with the words on his lips that characterized his whole 
 existence, " I did the best 1 knew how." A good and useful life 
 actuated by noble purpose. Xo man can do better. 
 
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Address of Mr. Esch, of Wisconsin 
 
 Mr. Speaker : Wisconsin has been called upon to mourn 
 during this Congress the loss of two of her distinguished 
 sons. Last Sunday we eulogized the life and character 
 and public services of our late colleague, James H. David- 
 son. To-day we eulogize the life, character, and public 
 services of the late Senator Paul Oscar Husting. In the 
 death of these two distinguished men our State has suf- 
 fered a distinct loss. So far as their public services are 
 concerned, the Nation has likewise met with a distinct 
 loss. 
 
 Senator Husting did not have a long service in the Sen- 
 ate of the United States, due to his untimely death, 
 caused by being accidentally shot by a brother while on 
 a hunting trip on October 21, 1917. There was no relief 
 immediately at hand. The heartbroken brother 'got the 
 wounded Senator to a near-by famihouse as rapidly as 
 po.ssibIe and summoned medical aid, but upon its arrival 
 it was found that death was inevitable. 
 
 The Senator knew that his end was near. He did not 
 lose consciousness, but calmly discussed his impending 
 fate, giving directions as to his funeral, insisting that it 
 should be as simple as possible and be held as quickly as 
 possible on account of his mother. 
 
 Thus ended the career of Senator Husting. His life 
 began in humble surroundings, as my colleague, Mr. 
 Voigl, has already stated. He h;ul few advantages, but 
 toiled on and got an education in the hard school of ex- 
 perience. His labors as a clerk, as a railway mail clerk, 
 as a clerk in the secretary' of state's office, all served as 
 stepping-stones to attain his ambition to become a lawj'er. 
 
 It was while he was acting as a clerk in the secretarj' 
 of state's office at Madison that he took a course of reading 
 
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Memorial Addresses: Senator Histing 
 
 in law and fitted liinisclf for the bar examination. He was 
 admitted to practiee law in 1895. He had little to begin 
 with, no means with wliieli to purchase a library, but he 
 had that which was invaluable to the success of a lawyer — 
 determination and a purpo.sc to win. His career at the 
 bar was eminently successful. As district attorney for 
 Dodge County for two terms he gave to that office a 
 splendid administration. His success commended him to 
 the favorable consideration of the people of that county 
 when they sought a candidate for the State senate. He 
 was triumphantly elected and held that office for a period 
 of eight years. I shall not speak of his experience as a 
 State senator. My colleague, Mr. Browne, who was asso- 
 ciated with him in the State senate, will give that in de- 
 tail. Sullice it to say tiiat while he was a State senator he 
 was known as a Progressive Democrat and became the 
 leader of that faction in the State legislature. He was 
 actuated by a desire to conserve the natural resources of 
 our Stclte, and to that end fathered water-power legisla- 
 tion. He was also interested in the income tax, in the 
 popular election of United States Senators, and in the 
 initiative and referendum, and in other matters alTecting 
 the interests of our people. His career as a State senator 
 was a successful career, and when in 1911 it became 
 necessary to elect a successor to Senator Stephenson he 
 became the candidate of the Democratic Party for that 
 high office. His opponent was ex-Gov. Francis E. Mc- 
 Govern, whom he defeated by a bare 1,000 majority. 
 Coming to the United States Senate, in this larger forum 
 he was actuated by the same high motives that actuated 
 him while in the State senate. Here he sought to incor- 
 porate in our national laws his views as to the conser- 
 vation of our natural resources. It was here that he made 
 some of his most effective speeches in connection with 
 water-power bills, in connection with the coal and oil 
 
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Address of Mr. Esch, of Wisconsin 
 
 leasing bills. Tliuse measures were close to his heart, and 
 he gave to their consideration the utmost that was in him. 
 
 In April, 1916, the English steamer Sussex was sunk by 
 a German submarine in the English Channel. President 
 Wilson sent a note of warning to the German Govern- 
 ment to the efTect that tlie United States could not further 
 tolerate such action on the part of Germany. Thousands 
 of people in the United States feared that this note of 
 warning to Germany might lead to ultimate war, and 
 thousands of telegrams were showered upon Members of 
 Congress, and many letters were sent. Senator Husting 
 rose in the Senate and declared that the telegrams were 
 evidently the result of a propaganda, and called attention 
 to the similarity of the language used in the telegrams, 
 and later asked that tliere should be an investigation to 
 determine the source of the funds back of the propaganda. 
 
 His bold attitude in this connection made him a na- 
 tional figure and marked the beginning of his strong and 
 consistent support of America as against propaganda of 
 any class, sect, or creed which sought to weaken the 
 hands of the Government. In maintaining this attitude 
 he knew that he was running counter to the views of 
 thousands of citizens of Wisconsin and of the United 
 States, and he received much criticism. But it was char- 
 acteristic of the man that notwithstanding this criticism 
 he held to his course until death took him from the scene 
 of his activities. 
 
 Upon his death there were many messages of condo- 
 lence received from people, high and low, from all parts 
 of the United States. Among these was a message sent to 
 the Senator's mother by President Wilson, as follows : 
 
 Your son's death has come to me as a great personal grief. He 
 was one of the most conscientious public servants I have ever 
 known and had entered upon a career of usefulness to his State 
 and to the country which was of the highest promise. I grieve 
 with you with all my heart. 
 
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Memorial Addresses: Senator Husting 
 
 His suthkii death was a great shock to the people of our 
 State, for we had come to know him as a man of ability 
 and of fearless conduct and as one who, having convic- 
 tions, never hesitated to express or defend them. He was 
 in that respect more of the patriot than of tlie politician. 
 He did not consider the consequence of either word or act. 
 Once reaching a conclusion, he abided by it to the end. 
 
 There are many admirable traits of character in the life 
 of Senator Husting worthy of our emulation. It can be 
 truthfully said of him as was said by the great author — 
 
 To tliinc ownself be true, and it must follow, as llie night the 
 day, thou canst not then be false to any man. 
 
 He was a good lawyer, keen and alert, and made the 
 most of his case. He had a keen perception to find the 
 weak spots in an opponent's case. He was strong before 
 a jury in appeal and was clear in argument of law propo- 
 sitions before the court. He was a man who was generous 
 by disposition, open-hearted, and frank. The wants of the 
 needy appealed to him, and he sought to meet these wants 
 to the extent of his ability. Those who knew him iiili- 
 mately had implicit confidence in him, and he never be- 
 trayed that confidence. The friends he had were bound 
 to him by bands of steel. His outspoken word, his frank- 
 ness, may have aroused enemies, but he did not desist 
 from his plan or purpose, once determined upon. When 
 he was shot and knew that the end was near his last 
 words were, " I did the best I knew how," and those who 
 knew him will believe that to be true. He did the best he 
 knew how; and if all of us would do the same this would 
 be a better world. In thus paying our tribute of respect 
 to a distinguished man we are doing but justice to our- 
 selves. Wisconsin and the Nation mourns the loss of 
 Senator Paul 0. Histing. 
 
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Address of Mr. Browne, of Wisconsin 
 
 Mr. Speaker : Congress has convened this Sunday morn- 
 ing to commemorate the mcmorj' of Senator Paul O. 
 HusTiNG, of Wisconsin. 
 
 Few United States Senators have ever attained a liigher 
 place in the Senate or entered upon a public career that 
 gave more promise than Senator Paul Husting in his two 
 years in the United States Senate. 
 
 I had the good fortune to become acquainted with Sena- 
 tor Husting in the year 1906, when we both entered the 
 State senate of Wisconsin. 1 served in that body with 
 Senator Husting for over six years and loved and highly 
 respected him. Senator Husting was a Democrat and I a 
 Republican, yet in State matters we frequently conferred 
 and in a majority of cases supported the same measures. 
 
 It is interesting to review in some detail the lives and 
 antecedents of those public men who show such splendid 
 traits of character and such marked talents as Senator 
 Husting. 
 
 Paul O. Husting was born in 1866 at Fond du Lac, Wis. 
 He was the son of John P. Husting and Mary M. Husting 
 (nee Juneau), the latter being one of the 16 children of 
 Solomon Juneau. 
 
 In the city of Milwaukee, overlooking Lake Michigan, 
 stands the figure of a man fashioned in bronze. This 
 heroic statue, that attracts the notice of the passer-by, is 
 that of the rugged old pioneer, Solomon Juneau, the first 
 white settler and founder of the city of Milwaukee, in 
 1814. 
 
 Leaving his home in the valley of the St. Lawrence at 
 the age of 21, Solomon Juneau took to his canoe and sing- 
 ing the songs of the Voyageurs followed the course of 
 
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Memorial Addresses : Senator Hlsting 
 
 Fallur Pcro MarcjiKtti.' by river and land Uiroufjh tlie 
 trackless forests and unchartered waters of Wisconsin, 
 making his way to Green Bay, from thence farther south 
 to Lake Michigan, where he founded the city of Mil- 
 waukee. 
 
 1 will not digress further, only to say that Solomon 
 Juneau, the grandfather of Senator Hlsting, was a man 
 of sterling character, revered and loved by all who knew 
 him, including the various tribes of Indians, who called 
 him " Friend Solomon " and who advised and counseled 
 willi him. 
 
 He was a pliilanthropist and gave churches, public 
 buildings, parks, and the Grst courthouse to the city of 
 Milwaukee. He represented the Government in many of 
 its negotiations with the Indians, and his accomplish- 
 ments along these lines alone would perpetuate his mem- 
 ory. He lived to see Milwaukee a flourishing city and was 
 its first mayor. 
 
 Pa IE O. HrsTiNO finished the public schools of Wiscon- 
 sin at the age of 17. He became clerk in a general store, 
 railway postal clerk, and bookkeeper in the office of the 
 secretar}' of state. He attended the law school of the 
 University of Wisconsin, passed the State bar examina- 
 tion, and began the practice of law in his home city in 
 1893; was elected district attorney in 1902, which ollice 
 he held until he was elected to the State senate in 1906. 
 He was recognized by the judges and bar of Wisconsin 
 as a well-read and verj' successful lawj'er, who carefully 
 prepared his cases, as well as a strong advocate, who 
 could present his case in a forceful, logical way to a court 
 orjur)'. 
 
 His direct, incisive style of argument, his use of the 
 lioniely, trite phrases of the common people, made him 
 j)opular with juries and in demand as a campaign 
 speaker. 
 
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Address of Mr. Browne, oi- Wisconsin 
 
 Senator Histing was a student, a great reader, with 
 an accurate and retentive memorj-. When he entered the 
 State senate he soon became prominent throughout the 
 State as one of the leaders of that body. 
 
 During the period Senator Husting was in the State 
 senate and largely through his aggressive championship 
 Wisconsin wrote more progressive legislation in the stat- 
 ute books than in any like period of time in the history 
 of the State. Most of this legislation has stood the test of 
 the higliest courts and remains on the statute hooks of 
 Wisconsin to-day as it was first written. Among the im- 
 portant acts of legislation which will always be asso- 
 ciated with Senator Pail O. Hcsting are laws conserving 
 the natural resources of the State, State income tax, initia- 
 tive and referendum, election of I'nitcd Slates Senators 
 by direct vote of the people, workmen's compensation 
 laws, laws protecting woman and child labor, 2-cent rail- 
 road-rate fare law, and the corrupt practices act. 
 
 Senator Husting took his seat in the United States Sen- 
 ate in 1914, being the first Senator from Wisconsin to be 
 elected to the United States Senate by popular vote. 
 Wisconsin is a strong Republican State, and at the time 
 Senator Histing was elected to the Senate no other Dem- 
 ocrat on the ticket was elected, which attests the popu- 
 larity and high regard in which Senator Husting was 
 held by the people of his native State. Senator Husting 
 is one of the six Democrats that the people of Wisconsin 
 have honored by electing to the United States Senate in 
 the history of the State. 
 
 Entering the United States Senate a few months before 
 the beginning of the European war. Senator Husting did 
 not go through the probationarj' period which has almost 
 become traditional in that dignified body, but at once took 
 an active part in the important legislation pending before 
 the Senate. His speeches on the conservation of our water 
 
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 powers ami othir iiatiir;il ris(niitLS, liis speeches on the 
 first revenue bill, and his ringing patriotic speeches in 
 support of tlie President in all legislation leading up to 
 and after war was declared gave him a high standing with 
 his colleagues in the Senate. 
 
 He knew when he voted in favor of the declaration of 
 war that he would antagonize many of his lifelong friends 
 and political supporters, yet this did not swerve him in 
 the least from doing what he believed to be Ills duty. 
 Senator Histing's speeches on war measures were quoted 
 and commented favorably upon by the press of the coun- 
 try and brought him into national prominence. 
 
 The splendid career of Senator Paul O. HiSTrNO came 
 to a sudden end October 21, 1917, by an unavoidable acci- 
 dent. While hunting he was killed by the accidental dis- 
 charge of a gun in the hands of one of his companions. 
 
 In the death of Senator Paul O. Husting the State of 
 Wisconsin lost a courageous, manly son and the United 
 Stales Senate a talented, fearless legislator. 
 
 In the brief time allotted me I have only touched on 
 a few of the many interesting events in the remarkable 
 life of Senator Husting. 
 
 He was domestic in his tastes and made the parental 
 home his abiding place, and the hearthstone ties were as 
 endearing and bound him as closely when he reached 
 manhood's estate as when he was a little child. His 
 mother, father, brothers, and sisters idolized him, and 
 he found it the greatest pleasure of his life to be with 
 them. 
 
 When he was elected to the United States Senate he 
 purchased a home in Washington, where he lived sur- 
 rounded by members of his family. 
 
 Paii. Hi'sting, as he was known by his friends, was a 
 man of the highest ideals, who possessed as great and as 
 splendid a tj'pe of courage as any man I have ever met. 
 
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Address of Mr. Browne, of Wisconsin 
 
 At all times and on all occasions and on all questions 
 Paul Hlsting had the courage of his convictions. He 
 was an original thinker and possessed a strong, logical 
 mind. He respected precedent and authority, but if it 
 did not square with his conscience and stand the test of 
 liis logic he rejected it. He was not afraid to advocate 
 ideas that were new nor to stand for or prevent the dis- 
 carding of ideas that were old, no matter if he stood alone 
 and was opposed by an array of talent that impressed 
 upon others absolute infallibility. 
 
 Senator Hlsting always had the self-conQdence and 
 courage to champion the thing he believed to be right. I 
 once heard him quote after a fight in the legislature 
 when lie and his friends were outvoted these words from 
 Lincoln : 
 
 " I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I 
 am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to 
 what light 1 have. I must stand with anybody that stands 
 right; stand with him while he is right, and part with him 
 when he is wrong." 
 
 When Gen. Grant lay upon his deathbed a friend asked 
 him what, in these final and sufTcring days as he looked 
 back over his career, brought the greatest satisfaction to 
 his mind. The friend may have expected the old com- 
 mander to mention something he had done — his plan for 
 the capture of Vicksburg, his scheme for reducing Rich- 
 mond, his plea for the purely secular conduct of the pub- 
 lic schools — but the reply went deeper; and anj' one deed 
 but the lifelong purpose now sustained him, and he said: 
 " I take chief pleasure in the fact that I have always had 
 the will to do my dutj'." 
 
 Pall Hlsting took pleasure in the fact that he always 
 had the will to do his duty. He was a man such as the 
 poet describes in these lines: 
 
 His life was gentle, and the elements 
 
 So mix'd in him, that Nature might stand up 
 
 And say to all the world, " This was a man!" 
 
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Memorial Adorkssks: Senator Hlsting 
 
 Mr. Escn. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that 
 Members desiring to do so may be permitted to print in the 
 Record remarks on the life, character, and public serv- 
 ices of Senator Hi'sting. 
 
 The Speaker pro tempore. The gentleman from Wis- 
 consin asks unanimous consent that Members be permitted 
 to extend in the Record remarks on the life, character, and 
 public services of the late Senator Husting. Is there ob- 
 jection? 
 
 There was no objection. 
 
 The Speaker pro temjiore. In accordance with the order 
 heretofore entered, the Chair declares the House ad- 
 journed until lo-niorrow at 11 a. m. 
 
 Accordingly (at 3 o'clock and 30 minutes p. m.) the 
 House adjourned until to-morrow, Monday, Februarj' 24. 
 1919, at 11 o' clock a. m. 
 
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