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William F. Mahoney 
 
 ( Late a Representative from Illinois) 
 
 MEMORIAL ADDRESSES DELIVERED IN 
 THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
 
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 Third Session of the 
 Fifty-eighth Congress 
 
 Compiled under the Direction of the Joint Committee on Printing 
 
 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1905 
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
 
 Page. 
 
 Proceedings in the House 5 
 
 Prayer by Rev., Henry N. Couden 5 
 
 Prayer by Rev. Henry N. Couden 8 
 
 Address of Mr. Mann, of Illinois 10 
 
 Address of Mr. Sulzer, of New York 14 
 
 Address of Mr. Boutell, of Illinois 16 
 
 Address of Mr. Williams, of Illinois 18 
 
 Address of Mr. Robinson, of Indiana 21 
 
 Address of Mr. Emerich, of Illinois 24 
 
 Address of Mr. Ryan, of New York 27 
 
 Address of Mr. Hunt, of Missouri 29 
 
 Address of Mr. Foster, of Illinois 31 
 
 Proceedings in the Senate 35 
 
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Death of Representative Wbl F. Mahoney 
 
 PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE 
 
 Wednesday, January /, 1903. 
 
 The House met at 12 o'clock noon. 
 
 The Chaplain, Rev. Henry N. Couden, D. D., offered the 
 following prayer: 
 
 Almighty Father, from whom cometh all that is purest, 
 noblest, and best in life, we bless Thee for the hallowed 
 associations, the social pleasures, and uplifting influence of the 
 season just passed into history; and we most fervently pray 
 that for all it has brought to us of joy or sorrow, pleasure or 
 pain, we may be the better prepared to fulfill our destiny as 
 individuals and as a nation. Inspire, we beseech Thee, each 
 Member of this House with wisdom to guide, strength to 
 sustain, patience to endure; and may the Spirit that cometh 
 from above sustain and guide the Speaker in his arduous 
 duties, that the work of the session may be for the good of 
 the nation and redound to Thy glory. Once more, almighty 
 God, our heavenly Father, are we called upon to mourn the 
 loss of one of the Congressional family, who graciously and 
 efficiently filled a place upon this floor and whose genial 
 presence inspired friendship in the hearts of all who came in 
 contact with him. Comfort them in his loss and be especially 
 near to the sorrowing wife and children, that they may look up 
 to Thee in this hour of bereavement and find solace in the 
 
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6 Proceedings in the House 
 
 blessed hope of that land which is fairer than day, where pain 
 and sorrow never enter, and where peace and joy will reign 
 forever, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. 
 
 DEATH OF REPRESENTATIVE WILLIAM F. MAHONEY. 
 
 Mr. Mann. Mr. Speaker, it becomes my sad duty to an- 
 nounce to the House the death of my late colleague, Wil- 
 liam F. Mahoney, who passed away at his home in Chicago 
 on the 27th of last month. 
 
 Following the precedents of the House, I shall not at this 
 time give any extended expression to my personal sense of 
 loss or pay tribute to his worth; but I shall hereafter ask 
 the House to set aside some Sunday afternoon for the con- 
 sideration of his personal character and his public services, 
 at which time Members of the House may fittingly express 
 their grief and their deep respect. 
 
 I now offer the resolutions which I send to the Clerk's 
 desk. 
 
 The Clerk read as follows: 
 
 Resolved, That the House of Representatives has heard with profound 
 sorrow and deep regret of the death of Hon. William F. Mahoney, 
 late a Representative from the State of Illinois. 
 
 Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Senate, 
 and also a copy thereof to the family of the deceased Representative. 
 
 Resolved, That as a further mark of respect to the memory of the de- 
 ceased Representative the House do now adjourn. 
 
 The resolutions were unanimously agreed to; and accordingly 
 (at 12 o'clock and 10 minutes p. m.) the House adjourned until 
 to-morrow at 12 o'clock noon. 
 
Proceedings in the House 7 
 
 January 5, 1905. 
 
 message from the senate. 
 
 A message from the Senate, by Mr. Parkinson, its reading 
 clerk, announced that the Senate had passed the following 
 resolutions: 
 
 Resolved, That the Senate has heard with deep sensibility the announce- 
 ment of the death of Hon. Wiujam F. Mahoney, late a Representative 
 from the State of Illinois. 
 
 Resolved, That as an additional mark of respect to the memory of the 
 deceased the Senate do. now adjourn. 
 
 February 9, 1905. 
 memorial exercises. 
 
 Mr. Mann. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that 
 Sunday, February 26, beginning at 12 o'clock, be devoted to 
 memorial exercises on the life and character of the late Rep- 
 resentative William F. Mahoney, from the State of Illinois. 
 
 The Speaker. Is there objection to the request of the 
 gentleman from Illinois? 
 
 There was no objection. 
 
MEMORIAL ADDRESSES 
 
 Sunday, February 26, 1905. 
 
 The House was called to order at 12 o'clock noon by 
 William J. Browning, Chief Clerk, who announced that the 
 Speaker had designated the Hon. William P. Hepburn as 
 Speaker pro tempore for this day. 
 
 Mr. Hepburn took the chair as Speaker pro tempore. 
 
 The Chaplain, Rev. Henry N. Couden, D. D., offered the 
 following prayer: 
 
 Our Father who art in heaven, we thank Thee for that 
 deep and ever-abiding faith which looks up to Thee as the 
 creator, upholder, and sustainer of all, and for that eternal 
 hope which binds us to Thee by ties which neither time nor 
 space can sever. "For I am persuaded that neither death, 
 nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things 
 present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any 
 other creature shall be able to separate us from the love of 
 God, which is in Christ Jesus, our I,ord." For without these 
 angels from Thy heart, O God, life would be indeed a desert 
 without a single oasis to cheer the weary traveler on his way. 
 With these even the mystery of death is solved, so when it 
 comes and takes away our dear ones we can throw ourselves 
 into the everlasting arms and feel the warm pulsations of a 
 heavenly Father's heart and say: 
 
 There is no death! What seems so is transition; 
 
 This life of mortal breath 
 Is but a suburb of the life elysian, 
 
 Whose portal we call Death 
 
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Memorial Addresses 9 
 
 So send, we beseech Thee, our heavenly Father, these angels 
 to comfort the hearts of the colleagues, friends, and families 
 of those for whom we have gathered here to-day in loving 
 remembrance, and Thine be the praise forever, through Jesus 
 Christ, our Lord. Amen. 
 
 The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and ap- 
 proved. 
 
 THE LATE HON. WILLIAM F. MAHONEY. 
 
 Mr. Mann. Mr. Speaker, I offer the resolutions which I 
 send to -the Clerk's desk. 
 
 The Speaker pro tempore. The gentleman from Illinois 
 offers the resolutions which the Clerk will report. 
 
 The Clerk read as follows: 
 
 Resolved, That in pursuance of the special order heretofore adopted 
 the House proceed to pay tribute to the memory of Hon. William F. 
 Mahoney, late a Member of this House from the State of Illinois. 
 
 Resolved, That as a particular mark of respect to the memory of the 
 deceased, and in recognition of his eminent abilities as a faithful and 
 distinguished public servant, the House, at the conclusion of the memo- 
 rial proceedings of this day, shall stand adjourned. 
 
 Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Senate. 
 
 Resolved, That the Clerk be, and is hereby, instructed to send a copy 
 of these resolutions to the family of the deceased. 
 
io Life and Character of JVm. F. Mahoney 
 
 Address of Mr. Mann, of Illinois 
 
 Mr. Speaker: William Frank Mahoney was born Feb- 
 ruary 22, 1856. He died at his home in Chicago on Decem- 
 ber 27, 1904. He was born in Chicago, he lived in Chicago 
 all of his life, and he died in Chicago. He was born in the 
 district which he represented in Congress — a condition which 
 has seldom, if ever, been paralleled in Chicago. He was edu- 
 cated in the public schools, and at the age of 20 entered 
 upon a successful business career which made him one of the 
 prominent merchants of his city. 
 
 The parliamentary contest in Ireland excited his active 
 attention in his early life, and he became a considerable con- 
 tributor to the Irish parliamentary funds, as well as promi- 
 nently identified with various Irish- American societies. 
 
 I first met Mr. Mahoney when I was elected a member of 
 the Chicago city council, in April, 1892. He was then a 
 member of that body. He was elected to the city council six 
 times, each term being for two years, and each reelection 
 increased his majority. 
 
 I came to know him well in the city council and to have 
 respect for his manly figure, his courteous ways, and his mild 
 but determined manner. He was a Democrat. I was a 
 Republican. We were of opposite political faiths, and our 
 views as to the terms upon which public franchises ought to be 
 granted by the council did not agree. 
 
 We were usually on opposite sides of important questions, 
 but I learned to respect and admire him. The city council of 
 Chicago then had sixty-eight members. It was the sole local 
 
Address of Mr. Mann, of Illinois u 
 
 legislative body for a population of between one and two mil- 
 lions. The amount of business transacted by it was enormous 
 and covered all the range of subjects possible to arise in a 
 growing city or locality. It required the same devotion to 
 duty, the same attention to constituents, the same constant 
 looking out for the welfare of his ward, in order to make a 
 good city alderman, that it does to make a good Member of 
 Congress. To be six times elected to the city council of 
 Chicago is proof of the affectionate esteem in which Mr. 
 Mahoney was held by the people of his ward whom he rep- 
 resented. He was raised in their midst; he was with them 
 as a boy, as a young man, and as a public servant. His 
 sweetness of disposition, his kindliness of manner, his readi- 
 ness to attend to their needs and their wants, his willingness 
 to at all times be of service to the humblest of them, even 
 at the sacrifice of his personal comfort, gained for him not 
 only their esteem and their admiration, but as well their love. 
 
 Having served a long career in the legislative body of his 
 city, he was transferred by his constituents as their Repre- 
 sentative in the National Legislature, and was first elected 
 in 1900 as a member of the Fifty-seventh Congress, and 
 reelected to the Fifty-eighth Congress in 1902. 
 
 He was not naturally a boisterous man in any way. He 
 was quiet. He was mild mannered. Among the new asso- 
 ciates in this body, he was yet diffident and somewhat bash- 
 ful. These traits would naturally have made him less well 
 known among the membership here than would otherwise 
 have been the case. But he never enjoyed good health after 
 he came to Congress. The fatal malady had already com- 
 menced its work. He did not realize this so soon as some 
 of his friends who observed him. He stuck to his post here 
 and did the best he could, but his poor health kept him 
 
12 Life and Character of Wm. F. Mahoney 
 
 more or less in retirement. He remained at his desk in the 
 House until the last, and attended the last meeting of the 
 House before the holiday adjournment. Just a few days 
 before that I had requested the Chicago Members of Congress 
 to gather in my committee room for the purpose of consulting 
 about an appropriation for postal appliances in the new 
 Chicago post-office building. Mr. Mahoney was the first 
 one to arrive. He was then almost too weak to be around. 
 But he was anxious to do anything he could for his city. 
 His two boys were here with him in December, and I remem- 
 ber meeting him with them one day and how proud he was 
 of them, and as I looked into their manly faces I did not 
 wonder at the pride he showed. And I thought to myself 
 that when he has gone over the river, as he soon will go, 
 they will be as proud that they are the children of such a 
 father as he is now proud of them. 
 
 His wife and his four children — two girls and two boys — 
 were his comfort and his delight. He leaves a heritage of 
 name and fame in public office and private life of priceless 
 value to these children. He was a devoted husband, a kind, 
 considerate, loving parent, a faithful member of the Catholic 
 Church, an esteemed citizen, an affectionate friend, a faithful 
 legislator. He has left us when he was riding the wave, 
 when in point of years he was at his best. He did his 
 share and more than his share of work. He worked not 
 for himself, but for others. There was no selfishness in him. 
 There was nothing mean or sordid about him. He was always 
 cheery and good-hearted. 
 
 L,et us hope that the kind Providence which has now 
 transferred his duties to another sphere of existence will 
 deal gently and kindly with those left behind who were 
 dependent upon him. 
 
Address of Mr. Mann, of Illinois 13 
 
 Mr. Speaker, in the midst of the last few weeks of the 
 busiest session of Congress for years, when time is pressing 
 us on every side, we pause from our legislative duties to pay 
 our tributes of respect to the memory of this man who had 
 done so much for others and who had made such a successful 
 career for himself. 
 
 We offer to his bereaved widow and to his children our 
 sorrowful grief over this desolation which has come into their 
 lives, and venture to express the hope that they will find 
 consolation in the contemplation of the noble qualities of 
 him who was husband and father. 
 
14 Life and Character of Wm. F. Mahoney 
 
 Address of Mr. Sulzer, of New York 
 
 Mr. Speaker: As a friend of William F. Mahoney, I 
 come to-day to place on record my humble tribute to his 
 memory. His unexpected death was a grievous blow to all 
 his colleagues in this House, and a terrible shock to his family, 
 his relatives, and his innumerable friends. It darkened a 
 happy home, prostrated a loving family, and cast a pall of 
 sadness over his native city. He died in the prime of life, at 
 the summit of his career, in the zenith of his fame, in the 
 service of his country, loved and mourned by all who knew 
 him. But — 
 
 There is a reaper whose name is Death, 
 
 And with his sickle keen 
 He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, 
 
 And the flowers that grow between. 
 
 And our friend was a kindly, stately, knightly flower in 
 the great garden of mankind. 
 
 William F. Mahoney was born in Chicago in 1856. He 
 was a true son of the great metropolis of the West — that 
 go-ahead, up-to-date, progressive, enterprising, and wonderful 
 city on Lake Michigan. He was a product of Chicago, and 
 he loved his native city with all the ardor of his nature, and 
 always grew eloquent when discussing her greatness and her 
 glories. He was educated in her schools, grew to manhood 
 in her smiles and sunshine, became one of her leading mer- 
 chants, served twelve years in her local legislature, and became 
 one of her most prominent, popular, and distinguished citizens. 
 He was proud of Chicago, and Chicago was proud of him. 
 She sent him to the Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eighth Congresses, 
 and I doubt not he could have had any honor in her gift. 
 
Address of Mr. Sulzer, of New York 15 
 
 I knew Congressman Mahoney well. We served together 
 for several years on the same committee in this House. He 
 was a good man and a true man. He had a genial, sunshiny 
 nature, a kindly, sympathetic disposition, and an attractive, 
 magnetic, popular personality. He quickly made friends, and 
 the friendships lasted for life. He was a friend of the poor, 
 of the oppressed, and of the unfortunate. He was a lover of 
 justice, a believer in the supremacy of law, and an advocate of 
 every righteous cause. He stood for great principles, for fair 
 play, for even-handed opportunity, and for equal rights to all, 
 special privileges to none. He hated cant, spurned pretense, 
 and despised hypocrisy. He was no skeptic — no cynic. He 
 was an optimist, and not a pessimist. He loved mankind, and 
 believed the world is growing better. He was a loving hus- 
 band, an indulgent father, and a faithful friend. He will 
 live in the hearts and the memories of those who knew him, 
 and to do this is not to die. Death after all is but the crown 
 of life — the opening of the door into the better, brighter 
 sunshine of the undiscovered country in the great beyond. 
 
 William F. Mahoney was a successful man. His life 
 work is done. He has run his course. He has kept the 
 faith. His career on earth is finished, and he will reap his 
 everlasting reward in the celestial land. We mourn with 
 those who mourn his loss, and sympathize with his bereaved 
 family. We grieve with those who grieve, and we comfort 
 them as best we can, in our poor human way, with the con- 
 solation that his noble life, his generous character, his 
 sympathies, his charities, his deeds of kindness, and his 
 humanities will live forever and a day, and be his greatest 
 monument — grander than marble or brass, and more enduring 
 than the granite rocks of all the ages, for — 
 
 We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; 
 In feelings, not in figures cold on the dial plate of time. 
 
1 6 Life and Character of Wm. F. Ma honey 
 
 Address of Mr. Boutell, of Illinois 
 
 Mr. Speaker: My acquaintance with our late colleague, 
 whose life and services we have met to commemorate to-day, 
 began when he entered the Fifty-seventh Congress. During 
 the last three years this acquaintance ripened into a friend- 
 ship founded upon a high regard for his character. Three 
 qualities in Mr. Mahoney especially attracted my attention, 
 and, I think, the attention of all who knew him. He was 
 always keenly alive to the claims and interests of his home 
 city. Whenever any matter that affected the welfare of 
 Chicago demanded the attention of our delegation, no one 
 was more intelligently active or more zealous in its support 
 than was our late colleague. His long residence in Chicago 
 and his extended service in the city council made him 
 familiar with the needs of our city, and we always found 
 his advice and suggestions on practical matters relating to 
 Chicago of great value. 
 
 Another admirable quality of our friend that drew favorable 
 comment from all who were familiar with his Congressional 
 career was his faithful attention to the routine duties of his 
 office. Unless kept away by ill health, he was always in his 
 seat when the House convened, and he was constant in his 
 attendance during the sessions and quietly attentive to all 
 the business in the House. He never failed in diligent 
 attention to the business and requests of his constituents. It 
 was my privilege to consult with Mr. Mahoney on several 
 occasions in regard to measures in which we were mutually 
 interested, and I found him invariably well informed respecting 
 the measures of which he had charge. 
 
Address of Mr. Bontell, of Illinois 1 7 
 
 In our large body various talents contribute to the successful 
 transaction of the public business, and men here attain fame in 
 divers spheres of activity; but I know of no talent that receives 
 from thoughtful men more speedy recognition and more gen- 
 eral commendation than does the talent for patient, intelligent 
 devotion to the routine business of the House, a talent for 
 which our friend was so conspicuous. 
 
 And finally, Mr. Speaker, I wish to bear grateful testimony 
 to one rare and beautiful quality that ennobled and dignified 
 the life of our good friend. He suffered frequently during the 
 latter months of his life from the weakness and depression 
 attendant upon serious illness, but no word of murmuring or 
 complaint was ever heard by his associates. He bore himself in 
 all his periods of suffering with unfailing cheerfulness, dignity, 
 and courtesy. With his genial and affable disposition, his 
 cordial sympathy, and strong affection he was deeply beloved 
 as a husband and father and was held in affectionate esteem by 
 all who knew him well. 
 
 Mr. Mahoney's service in the House of Representatives was 
 short, but it was long enough to afford him the opportunity of 
 establishing an enviable reputation for faithful attention to the 
 duties of his office, patriotic devotion to the service of his con- 
 stituents, and dignified, cheerful resignation under acute bodily 
 suffering. 
 
 Such a reputation, Mr. Speaker, is the best and most endur- 
 ing gift that any man can bequeath to his family and friends. 
 
 We shall do well if we shall carry away from this ceremony a 
 renewed determination to emulate the virtues that make the 
 life of our departed friend a pleasant and a fruitful memory. 
 H. Doc. 468, 58-3 2 
 
1 8 Life and Character of Wm. F. Mahoney 
 
 Address of Mr. Williams, of Illinois 
 
 Mr. Speaker: While I am not generally inclined to partici- 
 pate in ceremonies of this character, I can not permit this 
 opportunity to pass without submitting a few remarks as my 
 humble tribute of respect to the memory of our departed 
 colleague. And yet, how incomplete seems all our helpless 
 words when we undertake to express our sorrow upon the 
 death of a close and loving friend. It is certainly a very com- 
 mendable usage of Congress to commit to its public records 
 some evidence of its mourning upon the death of one of its 
 distinguished Members, as well as its estimate of the life and 
 character of the deceased. Such solemn services help to remind 
 us of that eternal future which awaits us all. My acquaintance 
 with Mr. Mahoney began at the commencement of the Fifty- 
 seventh Congress and soon grew and ripened into a warm, 
 personal friendship. 
 
 He was so kind, gentle, and affectionate in his companion- 
 ship that he soon won the love and admiration of those who 
 had the pleasure of his association. I had the honor of being 
 selected by the Speaker of this House as a member of the 
 committee chosen to attend the funeral of our deceased brother, 
 and the performance of that sad duty gave me the opportunity 
 to witness the large concourse of admiring friends who assem- 
 bled at the residence of the deceased in the splendid city of his 
 birth and life, where they came to bid a sad and affectionate 
 farewell to one who had endeared himself to them all by his 
 many kindly deeds and his faithful public service. 
 
Address of Mr. Williams, of Illinois 19 
 
 For twelve long years had he wisely and honestly represented 
 their public interests in the common council of Chicago, a por-.i- 
 tion in which the honor and integrity of the public citizen are 
 thoroughly tested. And never in all those eventful years was 
 there the slightest suspicion against the official acts of Mr. 
 Mahoney. He was a Member of the Fifty-seventh and Fifty- 
 eighth Congresses, and by his honest and faithful service as 
 such established for himself as clean and pure a record as any 
 Member of this body. He was modest almost to timidity, 
 and never engaged in public discussions upon the floor of the 
 House, but always attentive to matters of legislation, careful 
 and considerate in the discharge of his duties, and usually safe 
 in his conclusions. While loyal to his own convictions and 
 positive in his own views upon public questions, he was always 
 so modest and courteous in his contentious as never to offend 
 those who differed from his opinions. Mr. Mahoney was a 
 Democrat in politics, but not offensive in his partisanship, and 
 numbered among the Republicans many of his most admiring 
 friends. 
 
 He was ever watchful over the interests of his constituents, 
 attentive to all their various calls, and seemed to find his 
 greatest pleasure in trying to oblige others. He was well 
 informed on all passing subjects, pleasant in conversation, and 
 so retiring and winning in all his bearing as to make a friend 
 of everyone who enjoyed his personal acquaintance. Mr. 
 Mahoney died at the early age of 46 years, comparatively a 
 young man, and yet, when measured by public service, he had 
 lived a long, eventful life — long enough to establish for himself 
 the character of a good Christian citizen, a straightforward, 
 successful business man, a true and obliging friend, a loving 
 and devoted husband, a kind and affectionate father, and 
 
20 Life and Character of Wm. F. Mahoney 
 
 an honest and capable public servant, and to secure for 
 his memory an honorable distinction in the history of his 
 country. 
 
 Upon the loss of such a friend, such a husband, and such 
 a father, how precious the thought — 
 
 There is no death! The stars go down 
 
 To rise upon soriie fairer shore, 
 And bright in heaven's jeweled crown 
 
 They shine forevermore. 
 
 There is no death! But angel forms 
 Walk o'er the earth with silent tread; 
 
 They bear our best loved things away, 
 And then we call them dead. 
 
Address of Mr. Robinson, of Indiana 2 1 
 
 Address of Mr, Robinson, of Indiana 
 
 Mr. Speaker: Legislators may come to the active duties and 
 responsibilities of Congressional life and men may go, but the 
 Government goes on. Within a week the bonds that bind this 
 Congress together will be dissundered, and Members who have 
 stood together for interests of State and country will part — 
 too many to meet no more. 
 
 The future, however, will bring no sweeter recollection than 
 the personal friendships engendered in this official life. Dif- 
 fering widely in politics and individual opinion on the great 
 questions of public concern, the me'mbership of this House 
 never fail to unite, with heads and hearts together, in the 
 great impulses that lead along the pathway of humanity. 
 
 In consonance with a beautiful custom, and agreeable to our 
 traditions, we meet this solemn Sabbath day to memorialize a 
 deceased Member, who has gone to that country of infallibility 
 where Congresses and courts are not needed to enact and pass 
 upon the virtue of rules for human action. 
 
 Only in a Congress of a country like this — the strongest, the 
 richest, and the best — can be found such a diversity of ability 
 and talent, such a fund of information and knowledge of our 
 manifold and important interests. 
 
 As this is the greatest age of the world in scientific, moral, 
 and material progress, so does this country, at this moment, 
 stand at the head of all the countries. 
 
 To be selected as a Member of Congress in this era is a 
 distinction to be made brighter by a conscientious perform- 
 ance of duty within one's opportunities. Indeed, reward and 
 approval of constituency come from this course. 
 
22 Life and Character of Wm. F. Mahoney 
 
 We eulogize Hon. William F. Mahoney to-day as a true 
 representative of his people, as a conscientious legislator for 
 his country. Some may excel in forensic ability, others in 
 power to sway by their eloquence, and some in analysis of 
 statistics. Some are informed in matters concerning the 
 marts of commerce and the avenues of trade, others have 
 intimate knowledge of mines and prairies, of the mountain 
 sections and the deserts. Each knows human nature, each 
 knows the needs of his constituency. All are needed to 
 rule a country like this, and none are less needed than the 
 others. 
 
 A Congress of orators would be less useful than a Con- 
 gress of business men, and within this class all are compre- 
 hended who have business, and in a republic all should have. 
 
 In a country so wide in area, with interests so vast, so 
 varied, each employment and vocation must have its repre- 
 sentatives here to leaven this body, to balance and adjust it, 
 to make it representative, and thus we meet the ideals of a 
 republic. The grave is a common leveler. As with a sponge 
 it wipes out all distinction. The only questions there — "The 
 purity of life;" "The rectitude of conduct." 
 
 Glancing about us daily in this Chamber we see every- 
 where written that constituency asks only, "Is he faithful?" 
 "Has he performed his duty?" 
 
 Modest and unassuming, vigilant in preserving the rights 
 and interests of his people, careful in promoting legislation 
 which he conceived to be for the best interests of the country, 
 by every standard worthy of the name Hon. William F. 
 Mahoney measured up to the true type of a Representative 
 in Congress. 
 
 Votes in Congress mold for weal or for woe the policies of 
 the country, and count far more in legislation than the oratory 
 
Address of Mr. Robinson, of Indiana 23 
 
 of the comparatively few among the large membership that can 
 be heard on either side of the proposition. The latter lend a 
 charm and eloquence to the proceedings, but the careful, silent, 
 plodding membership counts in committees and on the votes 
 that decide the questions. To this large, useful, and influ- 
 ential class of careful, painstaking Members the deceased be- 
 longed, and for this he had the confidence of his constituency; 
 for this he lives in the hearts of his people. 
 
24 Life and Character of Wm. F. Mahoney 
 
 Address of Mr. Emerich, of Illinois 
 
 Mr. Speaker: Most of the Members of this House, and all 
 of the representatives of the great city of Chicago will long 
 recall with feelings of acute regret one somber winter day near 
 the close of the year 1904. On that day, when we were all 
 under the spell of holiday pleasures just enjoyed, there came 
 unto us with paralyzing force a terrible shock. We all knew 
 that he was ailing, but in our love and regard for the man we 
 were absolutely unable to believe that so suddenly were we to 
 be deprived of his genial comradeship, his kindly personality, 
 his unflagging friendship, his untiring devotion to the public 
 weal. On that fateful 27th day of December, with appalling 
 abruptness, was terminated the useful career of one whom that 
 great Garden City of the West had often and deservedly de- 
 lighted to honor. On that day died William F. Mahoney. 
 
 Here was a man who in himself typified all of the best qual- 
 ities of citizenship which flourish in that great section of our 
 country of which the city he so dearly loved and so faithfully 
 served is eminently representative. 
 
 Here was a man who in all his public and private affairs 
 was impelled by the truest and purest altruism. 
 
 Here was a man in whom the golden rule was strikingly 
 exemplified, who unto others did as he would have them do 
 unto him and regardless of what was unto him done, invariably 
 dealt with his neighbors, his constituents, his friends — aye, 
 with all human kind — in the broadest, most charitable, most 
 unselfish spirit. 
 
 Although of another religious faith, he was in the truest 
 sense a unitarian — nay, more, a humanitarian — for all mankind 
 
Address of Mr. Emerich, of Illinois 25 
 
 were his brethren, and race, creed, and condition were to him 
 naught but words. In his great, throbbing, manly, generous 
 brain he really knew no distinction. 
 
 His private life, his private honor, were pure and stainless; 
 his business career honorable and upright; his public service 
 a credit to himself and to the community he represented. 
 
 William F. Mahoney was born and reared in Chicago. 
 There he spent his boyhood, his adolescence, and all his 
 useful manhood until his untimely death. Chicago's interests 
 were his interests; Chicago's glory his glory; Chicago's 
 honor his honor; Chicago's progress, greatness, and preemi- 
 nence the objects of his greatest solicitude; and to procure 
 and to maintain these did he devote a lifetime of earnest 
 effort and render yeoman service. 
 
 One section of our city — known as the "west side" — is 
 the principal abode of the great army of toilers, to the fruits 
 of whose toil and grime and sweat are largely due the city's 
 greatness. 
 
 Among these he lived. These he loved. Him these 
 loved, and with good reason, for morning and night, early 
 and late, unremittingly he toiled and strove and battled for 
 their rights. 
 
 Other men may have possessed more striking talents, but 
 none more solid than he. Other men may have stood forth 
 more prominently in the glare of notoriety; none better nor 
 more faithfully represented his constituency than did he. 
 Other men may have been more widely known, but none, 
 despite his modest and retiring character, more intimately 
 appreciated nor more sincerely loved by his neighbors than 
 was he. 
 
 In his loss his family loses and mourns a wise, tender, 
 generous, and devoted husband and father. 
 
26 Life and Character of Wm. K Mahoney 
 
 In his loss his constituency loses and mourns a faithful, 
 earnest, conscientious servant. 
 
 In his loss his city loses and mourns a good, upright, 
 public-spirited, patriotic citizen. 
 
 In his loss we, his coworkers and friends, lose and mourn 
 a big-hearted, big-brained, supreme^ valued and thoroughly 
 appreciated companion. 
 
 In his life is to be found an example to be emulated — an 
 object lesson of patriotic fidelity and democratic simplicity 
 such as the founders of the Republic believed to be the 
 underlying basis of the perpetuity of free institutions. 
 
 In his death his immortal spirit ascends to the seat of divine 
 grace accompanied by a solemn chorus of thanks and blessings 
 that such as Wiluam F. Mahoney has lived in this world 
 for this world's good, and this chorus is direct from the sincere 
 hearts of all who loved him — and they are all who in his life 
 were so fortunate as to know him. 
 
Address of Mr. Ryan, of New York 27 
 
 Address of Mr* Ryan, of New York 
 
 Mr. Speaker : We are called to-day to pay the last tribute 
 of respect to the memory of a colleague who has been called to 
 the life beyond, and it is fitting that we should pause amid the 
 trials of legislative duty to bear public testimony to the life and 
 character of one who but a few weeks ago occupied a seat on 
 this floor and took part in the deliberations of this body. 
 
 I met William F. Mahoney for the first time on the 
 assembling of the Fifty-seventh Congress, in December, 1901, 
 and my acquaintance with him grew into a warm friendship. 
 I greatly admired his gentle bearing, his quiet manner, his 
 warm friendship — always ready to do his utmost to serve his 
 district, his party, and his country. 
 
 William Frank Mahoney was born in the city of Chicago, 
 111., on February 22, 1856 ; was educated in the public schools 
 of his native city ; represented his ward in the Chicago city 
 council for a period of twelve years, after which he was unani- 
 mously nominated for Representative in Congress for the 
 Eighth district of Illinois and was elected to the Fifty-seventh 
 Congress, taking his seat December, 1901. He was reelected 
 in 1902 by practically the unanimous vote of the electors of his 
 district. As a Member of this House he served as a member 
 of the great Committee on Military Affairs, and when he passed 
 away was making an enviable record as a Member of this body. 
 
 In a conversation, before the holiday adjournment, he 
 informed me that his health was improving, and I had hoped 
 he would soon regain his former strength, but an all- wise 
 Providence ruled differently, and before the holiday season had 
 
28 Life and Character of IVm. F. Mahoney 
 
 closed the sad news came that death had claimed him, and 
 instead of greeting him at the opening of this session, as I 
 would have been glad to do, I am here to add my tribute to 
 his memory. 
 
 Mr. Mahoney had the respect and confidence of the people 
 of his district. Those who knew him best loved him best, 
 and in honoring his memory to-day this House reflects honor 
 on itself. 
 
 In the death of Mr. Mahoney his State loses a good citizen, 
 his friends a kind, gentle, sincere associate, his party a faithful 
 worker. 
 
 He was a faithful public official. He died in the sendee 
 of his country. We had hoped for him long years of useful- 
 ness and honor. He left to his family the record of a useful 
 life and a spotless name. 
 
Address of Mr. Hunt, of Missouri 29 
 
 Address of Mr. Hunt, of Missouri 
 
 Mr. Speaker: Upon my entering this Chamber for the first 
 time, and having feasted my eyes upon this forum of freedom, 
 a strange and mingled feeling of awe and reverence took 
 possession of me, and I moved like one lost in a labyrinth of 
 uncontrollable imaginings, which caused me to look about 
 with a longing desire to find a friendly face to fraternize with 
 or a kindly nod to give me welcome. It seemed to me that of 
 all this assemblage I w r as the only one that did not have at 
 least a speaking acquaintance among the membership of the 
 Fifty-eighth Congress. Here I gazed in stolid silence, when 
 suddenly my attention was attracted to a tall, mild-looking, 
 meditative sort of man, whose pallid face seemed spread with 
 melancholy, and his eyes sparkled with a splendid sadness as 
 he talked to me and said, " My name is Mahoney, and I take 
 it you are a new member. ' ' I answered him. He seemed to 
 realize my position and remained with me and we talked over 
 things that presented themselves to our observation. What 
 he said has been of pleasure and profit to me frequently since 
 that day. A singular coincidence is here presented. Mr. 
 Mahoney was the first speaking acquaintance I formed at my 
 arrival at the Capitol. And now I for the first time beget a 
 speaking acquaintance with this Congress, in order that I may 
 give public utterance to our common loss, and in muffled meter 
 mourn the lapse of life in a kind and faithful friend. 
 
 Mr. Speaker, w r e are forced to the belief that the souls of 
 the departed dead linger long and lovingly in the nether world. 
 Having escaped their environments of clay without being able 
 
30 Life and Character of Wm. F. Mahoney 
 
 to ascend, remain suspended between this life of labor and the 
 world beyond, for — 
 
 All houses wherein men have lived and died 
 Are haunted houses; through the open doors 
 
 The harmless phantoms on their errands glide 
 With feet that make no sound upon the floors. 
 
 There are more guests seated at table than 
 
 The host invited; the illuminated hall 
 Is thronged with quiet, inoffensive ghosts, 
 
 As silent as the pictures on the wall. 
 
 Mr. Mahoney and myself chummed in the cloakroom and 
 on the floor of this House. How well I remember the last 
 time he appeared in this Chamber. The usual pallor of his 
 face had faded into a yellow saffron shade and fell disease 
 reveled in the havoc it had made. He was accompanied by 
 his little bright-eyed boy, who seemed to be eager in his 
 endeavor to do that which would please his father. That 
 father's eyes were fastened on his boy with a supernatural 
 sight, which seemed to speak a something his lips were loath 
 to tell. Arising to leave this House forever, he said: "John, 
 my seat is much better located than is yours. I will be 
 away for some time. You are welcome to use it in my 
 absence. I am not feeling well to-day. Good by!" When 
 the news of his death came, it called keenly to my mind 
 the knowledge that I had lost a friend, this House a useful 
 Member, his family a faithful father. Death has won its 
 usual victory, but heaven has gained a soul. 
 
Address of Mr. Foster, of Illinois 31 
 
 Address of Mr. Foster, of Illinois 
 
 Mr. Speaker: Were I to permit this occasion to pass with- 
 out paying some tribute of respect to the memory of my late 
 friend and colleague I would feel that I had been derelict in 
 the discharge of duty. My acquaintance with our late col- 
 league, William F. Mahoney, dates back over a period of 
 about fifteen years, during all of which time I have respected 
 and admired him for his many manly qualities of heart and 
 mind. From personal observation and from frequent conversa- 
 tions with him I knew that he was not in good health during 
 his service in Congress, and especially during the last session 
 of the Fifty-eighth Congress, when he felt great anxiety as to 
 his physical condition. Hence, while I deeply regretted the 
 sad event, I was not surprised to hear of his death during the 
 early days of the present session. 
 
 Mr. Mahoney had been prominent in the political life of 
 his home city for many years. As a member of the common 
 council of the city of Chicago, he represented an important 
 constituency for several terms, until extensive private interests 
 compelled him to decline further service, though he continued 
 an active interest in public affairs. He was elected to the 
 Fifty-seventh Congress as a Democrat, receiving a large 
 majority, and was reelected to the Fiftj'-eighth Congress 
 without opposition. 
 
 While others may have been more able and prominent in the 
 legislation of this body, none were more honest, none were 
 more industrious, none were more faithful in the discharge of 
 their duty as public servants, and none were more energetic in 
 
32 Life and Character of IVm. F. Mahoney 
 
 attending to the needs of their constituents than William F. 
 Mahoney. He represented an industrial district, having a 
 population thoroughly cosmopolitan in character, and there- 
 fore a district most difficult to represent satisfactorily. Mr. 
 Mahoney, though seemingly of a quiet, retiring disposition, 
 was full of a clean, generous mirth and a happy humor that 
 made him a welcome visitor to any part of that district and 
 gained for him the respect, admiration, confidence, and esteem 
 of his large and cosmopolitan constituency, irrespective of 
 political opinions or affiliations. 
 
 I attended his funeral, and the demonstration of love and 
 affection that was manifested on that occasion by a vast con- 
 course of people from almost every condition of life, citizens of 
 his district who had known him all his life, was a high testi- 
 monial to his worth and standing as a man and citizen. 
 
 Mr. Mahoney was most happy in his domestic relations. 
 He was a fond husband and a kind father. He left surviving 
 him a widow, possessed of bright intelligence and praiseworthy 
 ambition, clothed as with a garment with the beautiful womanly 
 qualities of modesty, energy, and courage. She had been to 
 him a friend, monitor, and counselor. Faithful to the last, 
 with a heart almost breaking, she stood at the grave of her 
 husband, grateful for the sympathy manifested on every side, 
 and took up the burden of his life where he had laid it down, 
 to see to it that the four splendid children — two boys and two 
 girls — that he had left behind him should be, in some measure 
 at least, a representation of the good qualities of their father. 
 And those qualities were many, for William F. Mahoney was 
 truly a lovable man. Possessed of a happy, genial disposition, 
 he was always a welcome addition to social gatherings. Those 
 who knew him well will testify that he had the true gift of 
 conversation, which is to find points of agreement and not 
 
Address of Mr. Foster, of Illinois 33 
 
 points of difference. No man ever left a company of which 
 William F. Mahoney was a part feeling wounded by unkind 
 or even thoughtless observations by him. He was ever the 
 genial, warm-hearted, happy friend. There was a touch of 
 feminine softness in his nature that made it difficult for hini 
 to do harm to anyone, even a foe, but it must not be supposed 
 from that that he lacked firmness or the power to defend, to 
 oppose, or to attack, if need be. 
 
 He came of a race that has lived in history as one of the 
 boldest and bravest and most patriotic of peoples, and there 
 was never one of that race, however great he may have been 
 at counsel, however powerful in oratory, or however mighty 
 he may have been on the field, that had more real firmness 
 when the need arose than the humble descendant who filled 
 his place in this House. I have known him time and again, 
 when some one would presume on that kindly nature of his, 
 to show that he had an iron hand within the velvet glove. 
 He was a man of courage and stood for his convictions 
 manfully. He was a well-informed man. He, however, was 
 not a public speaker. He made no pretensions to ability in 
 that regard, and consequently made no great and command- 
 ing figure here, but his name will not perish because of that. 
 There are men, and men. There are great men whom the 
 world does not always recognize, and the greatest of all is 
 he who does his duty to his family, his fellows, and himself; 
 and William F. Mahoney was preeminently that man. He 
 was modest, unassuming, honest. He was also a religious, 
 God-fearing man. It has been said that men around us 
 make their mark in the sands of time, but the waves of 
 oblivion speedily efface them. He did not make a deep 
 mark on the sands of time, but he carved his name without 
 effort on the rocks above, where the storm does not reach; 
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34 Life and Character of Wm. F. Mahoney 
 
 and when men of more pretense are forgotten, those who 
 knew William F. Mahoney and loved him will keep his 
 memory green in their souls. 
 
 Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members 
 who are necessarily detained from attending may have leave 
 to print remarks. 
 
 The Speaker pro tempore. Without objection, it will be 
 so ordered. 
 
 There was no objection. 
 
 The Speaker pro tempore. The question is on agreeing 
 to the resolution offered by the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. 
 Mann] . 
 
 The resolution was agreed to. 
 
PROCEEDINGS IN THE SENATE 
 
 MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE. 
 
 A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. W. J. 
 Browning, its Chief Clerk, communicated to the Senate the 
 intelligence of the death of Hon. William F. Mahoney, late 
 a Representative from the State of Illinois, and transmitted 
 resolutions of the House thereon. 
 
 DEATH OF HON. WILLIAM F. MAHONEY. 
 
 Mr. Cullom. I ask the Chair to lay before the Senate 
 the resolutions of the House of Representatives relative to 
 the death of my late colleague in that body. 
 
 The Presiding Officer. The Chair lays before the Senate 
 the resolutions indicated by the Senator from Illinois, which 
 will be read. 
 
 The Secretary read as follows: 
 
 In the House of Representatives, 
 
 January 4, 1905. 
 
 Resolved, That the House of Representatives has heard with profound 
 sorrow and deep regret of the death of Hon. William F. Mahoney, late 
 a Representative from the State of Illinois. 
 
 Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Senate, 
 and also a copy thereof to the family of the deceased Representative. 
 
 Resolved, That as a further mark of respect to the memory of the de- 
 ceased Representative the House do now adjourn. 
 
 Mr. Cullom. Mr. President, I will take occasion at some 
 future time to submit some remarks relative to the life and 
 public services of my late colleague. For the present, I 
 offer the resolutions I send to the desk, and I ask for their 
 adoption. 
 
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 The Presiding Officer. The Senator from Illinois offers 
 resolutions, which will be read. 
 
 The resolutions were read, as follows : 
 
 Resolved, That the Senate has heard with deep sensibility the announce- 
 ment of the death of Hon. William F. Mahoney, late a Representative 
 from the State of Illinois. 
 
 Resolved, That as an additional mark of respect to the memory of the 
 deceased the Senate do now adjourn. 
 
 The resolutions were considered by unanimous consent, 
 and unanimously agreed to; and (at 4 o'clock and 15 min- 
 utes p. m.) the Senate adjourned until to-morrow, Thursday, 
 January 5, 1905, at 12 o'clock meridian. 
 
 message from the house. 
 
 February 27, 1905. 
 The message also transmitted resolutions of the House 
 commemorative of the life and public services of Hon. 
 William F. Mahoney, late a Representative from the State 
 of Illinois. 
 
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