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Henry Cullen Adams 
 
 (Late a Representative from Wisconsin) 
 
 MEMORIAL ADDRESSES 
 
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 Fifty-ninth Congress 
 Second Session 
 
 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
 February 24, 1907 
 
 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
 March 2, 1907 
 
 Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing 
 
 WASHINGTON : : GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE • • 1907 
 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
 
 Page. 
 
 Vnxsedn^s in tl»e Hcw^ 5 
 
 Pntfcr by Rer. Hemy X. Coodoi. D. D 5. 7 
 
 Manorial addiessEs by — 
 
 Mr. Nelson, of Wisconan 10 
 
 Mr. Shennaii. of Ken- Vorfe 16 
 
 Mr. HstcSh of Cafifonua . sS 
 
 Mr. McCurthy, of Xefarasks 2i 
 
 Mr. Babcock. «rf VTECODsin ^ 24 
 
 Mr. Lev^, of Sooth Candiiia 25 
 
 Mr. EemK^, of CHiio 2S 
 
 Mr. Otjen, of WisGonsin .". ^k 
 
 Mr. Stafiord. of \Sscximsm 32 
 
 Mr. ^cb. of Wbcoieui 35 
 
 Mr. DiLTidsDEH. of ViisooiDsiii 5S 
 
 Mr. Bmvn. «rf Wisconsm 43 
 
 Mr. Jenfciiis, of 'Utsconan , ^y 
 
 Ptoceedii^s in the Soiate go 
 
 Memorial Address by — 
 
 Mr. ^omier, of Wisoonsin 32 
 
Death of Representative Henry C. Adams 
 
 PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE 
 
 Monday, December j , igo6. 
 
 This being the day designated by the Constitution for the 
 annual meeting of Congress, the Members of the House of Rep- 
 resentatives assembled in their Hall for the second session of 
 the Fifty-ninth Congress, and at 12 o'clock m. were called to 
 order by the Speaker. 
 
 The Rev. Henry N. Couden, D. D. , Chaplain of the House, 
 ofEered the following prayer: 
 
 Eternal God, our Heavenly Father, source of all good, our 
 hearts instinctively turn to Thee for wisdom, strength, and guid- 
 ance as we thus gather from all sections of our Union here under 
 the Dome of its Capitol to conclude the work of the Fifty-ninth 
 Congress. We bless Thee for the laws with which Thou hast 
 surrounded uSj for the intelhgence with which Thou hast 
 endowed us, for the riches which have come down to us out of 
 the past, for the splendid opportunities of the present, and for 
 the bright hopes and promises of the future. Grant, O most 
 merciful Father, that these Thy sen,'ants may strive diligently 
 to conform their resolves and harmonize their enactments with 
 the laws which Thou hast ordained. 
 
 Let Thy richest blessings descend upon the Speaker of this 
 House, that with characteristic zeal, energy, and courage he 
 
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6 Memorial Addresses: Henry Cullen Adams 
 
 may guide through all its deliberations to the highest and best 
 results. 
 
 Illumine from on high the minds of those who sit in .judg- 
 ment upon the laws enacted by the Congress that their decisions 
 may be wise and just. Bless, we beseech Thee, the President 
 of these United States, his advisers, and all others in authority, 
 that the atfairs of state may be wisely administered and the laws 
 of the land faithfully executed, that the coordinate branches of 
 the Government, thus working together and working with Thee, 
 may fulfill in larger measure the ideals conceived of our fathers 
 in "a government of the people, by the people, and for the peo- 
 ple," that righteousness, truth, justice, peace, and good will 
 may obtain, to the honor and glory of Thy holy name. 
 
 The empty seats on the floor of this House remind us of the 
 strong-minded, pure-hearted, noble men who occupied them, 
 but have been called to the higher life since last we met. We 
 thank- Thee for their genial presence so long among us, the 
 work they accomplished for State and nation, the sweet mem- 
 ory and illustrious examples left behind them. Be very near, 
 O God, our Heavenly Father, to the bereaved families. Uphold, 
 sustain, and comfort them by the blessed hope of the immortal- 
 ity of the soul. 
 
 Impart, we implore Thee, more of Thyself unto us all, that 
 we may become in deed and in truth sons of the living God after 
 the similitude of Thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord and Master. 
 Amen. 
 
 Mr. Nelson. Mr. Speaker, it becomes my painful duty to 
 announce the death of my distinguished predecessor, Hon. H. 
 C. Adams, of Wisconsin, who died on his homeward journey 
 at the close of the last session of Congress. At some future 
 day I will ask that a time be set aside in which the friends 
 and associates of the deceased Member may offer suitable trib- 
 
Proceedings in the House 7 
 
 ute to his memory and services- I now ofEer the following 
 
 resolution. 
 
 The Clerk read as follows: 
 
 Resolved, That the House has heard -with profound sorrow of the death 
 of Hon. H. C. Adams, a Representative from the State of Wisconsin. 
 
 The resolution was agreed to. 
 
 Resolved, That as a further mark of respect to the memory of those 
 Representatives whose deaths have been announced this House do now 
 adjourn. 
 
 The resolutions were agreed to. Accordingly, in pursuance 
 
 thereof, the House (at 12 o'clock and 54 minutes) adjourned 
 
 until to-morrow at 12 o'clock noon. 
 
 Wednesday, Janiiary 16, 190J. 
 
 Mr. Nei^on. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent for the 
 present consideration of the order which I send to the Clerk's ■ 
 desk. 
 
 The Speaker. The gentleman from Wisconsin asks unani- 
 mous consent for the present consideration of the order which 
 the Clerk will report: 
 
 The Clerk read as follows: 
 
 Ordered, That there be a session of the House on Sunday, February 24, 
 1907, at 12 o'clock m., which shall be set apart for memorial addresses on 
 the life, character, and public services of Hon. H. C. Adams, late a Rep- 
 resentative from the Second Congressional district of Wisconsin. 
 
 The Speaker. Without objection, the order will be consid- 
 ered as agreed to. 
 
 There was no objection. 
 
 Sunday, February 2^, igoy. 
 The House met at 10 o'clock a. m. 
 
 Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. Henry N. Coudeuj D. D., as 
 follows: 
 
 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also 
 
8 Memorial Addresses: Henry Cullen Adams 
 
 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. For tee 
 knozv that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were .dissolved, 
 zve have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal 
 in the heavens. 
 
 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our 
 house which is from, heaven : 
 
 If_ so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. 
 
 For toe that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened : 
 not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mor- 
 tality might be swallowed up of life. 
 
 Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, 
 who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. 
 
 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 fesus our 
 Lord. 
 
 Eternal God, our heavenly Father, whose heart goes ouj: in 
 approbation and love to those who seek to do Thy will and thus 
 add to the sum of human happiness and departing leave the 
 world a little better that they have lived and wrought. 
 ' We thank Thee for the men whose characters and deeds we 
 are here to memorialize, men whose gifts and talents fitted them 
 in an eminent degree for the onerous duties laid upon them by 
 their fellow-citizens. Let Thy blessing, we beseech Thee, be 
 upon this service, that those who shall record their tribute of 
 love and respect may inspire those who shall come after them 
 to faithful .service. 
 
 We thank Thee for the hope of immorality which lifts us in 
 our better moments to larger life and nobler deeds and which 
 
Proceedings in the House 9 
 
 bids us look forward to a brighter world beyond the confines of 
 earth. I,et Thine everlasting arms be about those who mourn 
 the loss of their dear ones, and in Thine own good time bring 
 them to dwell together in one of the many mansions prepared 
 for those who love the Lord, and Thine be the praise forever. 
 Amen. 
 
 Mr. Nelson. Mr. Speaker, I offer the resolutions which I 
 send to the desk. 
 
 .The Cler"k read as follows: 
 
 Resolved, That the bu.siness of the House be now .suspended that 
 opportunity may be given for tributes to the memory of Hon. Henry C. 
 Adams, late a Member of this House frorri 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 the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Senate. 
 
 Resolved, That the Clerk send a copy of these resolutions to the family 
 of the deceased. 
 
 The resolutions were unanimously agreed to. 
 
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 MEMORIAL ADDRESSES 
 
 Address or Mr. Nelson, of Wisconsin 
 
 Mr. Speaker: Duty and desire alike prompt me to offer to 
 the memory of the distinguished dead a just and tender tribute. 
 I was not within the inner circle of his friends, for he was of a 
 generation just preceding my own, but I knew him personally 
 and well for more than oije-half the years of my life; and dur- 
 ing all these years, however much at times we might chance to 
 differ in our personal choice of measures, as of men, we were 
 never on other than friendly terms; and his closest friends are 
 now, it gives me great pleasure to add, equally near and dear 
 to me. 
 
 It was on Monday, the gth day of July, last summer, that 
 Henry Cui,i,EN Adams crossed the bar and saw, face to face, 
 his Pilot and his God. 
 
 He was on his journey home. The first session of the present 
 Congress, in which he had played a somewhat stirring, strenu- 
 ous, and conspicuous part, had just passed into recorded history. 
 Against the urgent and the anxious counsel and advice of his' 
 colleagues and of his friends he had stayed to see the word 
 ' ' finis ' ' written at the end of the last chapter. In thus playing 
 his prescribed part in this drama of modem American history 
 making, played as it is in the fierce lime light of national pub- 
 licity, he had overstrained his frail and then enfeebled health 
 beyond the point its marvelous elasticity had permitted in the 
 past. Thus the dreaded messenger overtook him, speeding 
 
Address of Mr. Nelson, of Wisconsin ii' 
 
 homeward behind the modem fiery foe of distance and of time, 
 serving the inevitable summons even before he could reach 
 again home, wife, children, and find rest. For a week or more, 
 in a quiet room at the Auditorium Hotel, in Chicago, life grap- 
 pled with death, hope fought despair; but at last his dauntless 
 win g^ve way, and his immortal spirit winged its long voyage 
 across the silent river and passed through the inward-swinging 
 gates of eternity beyond the boundaries of time. 
 
 To his many friends in his home State, and more particularly 
 to the community in which fifty and six years of activity were 
 spent, his departure came as a rude and sudden shock. Con- 
 gressman Adams had for years been a man of extremely frail 
 physique, but he was so active, energetic, and self-reliant that 
 no one who knew Wm was quite prepared for the sad news 
 when the tidings of his mortal end flashed over the wires. The 
 Obituaries, those humble handmaidens of History, dipped their 
 gentle pens in the ink of brotherly love and -n-rote for the last 
 time of his honorable parentage, his humble birth, his high edu- 
 cational attainments, his splendid achievements in the affairs of 
 men, praised his many virtues, forgot his frailties — for who 
 hath none? — and now we — ^you, his colleagues, and I, his suc- 
 cessor — in this Congress would say the last word and- do the last 
 honor to the departed dead in the same spirit of kindly fellow- 
 ship, for when face to face with the unsolved mj?stery of mys- 
 teries who can have thought of aught but his brother's virtues ? 
 And so, hoping for mercy as we show mercy, we bow our heads 
 in htunility and speak most kindly of them we shall know again 
 when the hourglass of our allotted time shall have run its 
 nnknown course. 
 
 There were mourning and gloom manifest in his home city, 
 not merely in the trappings and outward tokens, the crape and 
 drapery on doors, the floating flags on capitol, court-house, and 
 
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 city hall, but in the tearful eye, the spoken voice, and the sad 
 hearts of all whom " Ctjlly " (as he was familiarly called) had 
 encircled within the limits of his life. 
 
 Thus it is written that Henry Cuixen Adams was bom 
 in Verona, Oneida County, N. Y., November 28, 1850. His 
 father was Benjamin Franklin Adams, a very cultured gentle- 
 man and a graduate of Hamilton College, New York, in which 
 institution 9f learning he was for some time professor of Greek 
 and Latin. 
 
 But the East was not to be the field of action in which the 
 ambitions of Henry Ctjllen Adams should find development. 
 In the early fifties, all but a babe in his mother's arms, his par- 
 ents bore him with them westward. Thus it was that at the 
 last session of Congress his voice rang out in clarion tones for 
 what he believed to be the best interests of the West, 
 
 Wisconsin had only shortly before been . admitted into the 
 proud sisterhood of sovereign States, and to her virgin soil the 
 elder ASams had directed his footsteps and upon that soil he 
 wisely pitched his tent. At first the Adams family lived at 
 Beaver Dam, later moved to Liberty Prairie, and finally settled 
 near Madison, the old farm being now a part of the capital city. 
 
 The elder Adams had a great love for agriculture. In this 
 respect the influence .of the father was strikingly reflected in 
 his honored son. From his days upon the farm at Liberty 
 Prairie agriculture and its kindred pursuits became the con- 
 stant theme of his oratory and the field of his success. It was 
 not, however, as a farmer, but as a champion and spokesman 
 of farm industries,, that- Henry Culi,en Adams climbed the 
 ladder of fame. 
 
 He early realized that knowledge constitutes power. While 
 doing his share of the work on his father's farm he longed for 
 the magic wand — an education. It may be that the young man, 
 
Address of Mr. Nelson, of Wisconsin 13 
 
 lookmg into the dim vistas of the future with the prophetic eye 
 of hope and ambition, saw gleaming on some far-away hilltop 
 the dome of the National Capitol, which by pursuing steadily 
 the pathway of loyalty to Ceres he was to reach before his 
 journey's end. After the public schools he attended for one 
 year the little academy that lies nestled away from the main 
 highways of men in the beautiful town of Albion. This little 
 institution of learning, by the way, was destined to produce 
 men in Wisconsin who have come to be leaders in law, letters, 
 and politics. The names of Justice Charles K. Bardeen and 
 Senator Knute Nelson occur to me as Ulustrating the high type, 
 of its scholarship, and many of these noted men were class- 
 mates of our departed friend. He was also for three years a 
 student at the University of Wisconsin, but iU health, his con- 
 stantly recurring affliction, prevented graduation, as it did his 
 subsequent essay on a legal career. He undertook to read law 
 in a law office, but was forced to desist, and thereupon engaged 
 in the dairy and fruit business as an avocation, in which he con- 
 tinned up to the last fifteen years, which, aside from his official 
 duties, he largely devoted to real estate. 
 
 Mr. Adams's activity in the great field he had made his life 
 study was too extended and varied for me to review within the 
 limits of my time. It is enough to point out that bj' virtue of 
 his superior education, dear and forceful rhetoric, and pro- 
 found interest in agriculture his rise was rapid and continuous 
 in the esteem and confidence of the farmers of his State. He 
 was institute conductor, and one of the most popular. He 
 became secretary of the State Horticulture Society; then presi- 
 dent of the State Dairymen's Association, a field in which his 
 greatest honors were won. He was for a long time an influ- 
 ential member on the State board of agriculture. I,inked with 
 that of his devoted personal friend, former Governor WUliam 
 
14 Memorial Addresses: Henry Cu lien Adams 
 
 Dempster Hoard, the name of Hhnry CullbN Adams will 
 long be found high in the annals of agrictflture and dairying 
 not only in Wisconsin, but in all the West. 
 
 His political history is equally varied and extensive. It 
 follows naturally that a man so gifted as Mr. Adams should 
 be a leader in the great American pastime^— politics. From the 
 time he entered the legislative assembly, in the early eighties, 
 up to his death, with the exception of a very few years, he was 
 serving the public and his party in some high official position. 
 He was assemblyman, superintendent of public property, dairy 
 and food commissioner, and Congressman. It was in the two 
 latter positions that he did the greatest good for his fellow- 
 men. His successor as dairy and food commissioner has given 
 Mr. Adams very high praise for laying the foundations through 
 wise legislation of the dairy and food department, perhaps the 
 most essential department iii the State government for the pro- 
 tection of the people from the injurious consequences of the 
 sale of fraudulent adulterations 'of food. 
 
 Mr. Adams was a Republican. He was high in the councils 
 of the party. For years he was a member of the State central 
 committee. In State and Congressional conventions his voice 
 was generally heard, and frequently as presiding officer. He 
 was, too, at one time a delegate at large to the Republican 
 national convention. But though a party man, he was never 
 intensely partisan. He could differ with men and not harbor 
 feeling. He was too full of the milk of human kindness to 
 permit the base feeling of envy, malice, or hatred to corrode 
 his heart. He loved his friends and clung to them, but he 
 wanted no enemies and had extremely few. 
 
 Mr. Adams was rich in his family life. He was married in ' 
 1878 to Anna B. Norton, of Madison, a good wife and a gracious 
 lady, who still survives him. 'I'hey have four children — two 
 
Address of Mr. Nelson, of Wisconsin 15 
 
 sons and .two daughters, splendid types of manhood and 
 womanhood. 
 
 Henry Cni<i<BN Adams was of an independent mind. In this 
 Hall he more than once demonstrated his moral courage and 
 his independence. Nay, more; he displayed the highest quality 
 of soul — that of self-sacrifice. It was the verdict of his col- 
 leagues and of his friends when he passed away that in the 
 service of his country he made the sacrifice, greater than which 
 no man can make, for the land he loves and the welfare of its 
 people. He gave all he had — his strength, his life. 
 
 The great bard of the Romans sang of old ' ' Dulce at decorum 
 est pro patria mori," a strain of patriotic sentiment that has 
 reechoed in the hearts of men down to us through all the cor- 
 ridors of time. And may we not say that if war has its heroism, 
 no less has peace, for who in public life does not know that it 
 takes as much of moral courage and of self-sacrifice to stand up 
 for conscience and for right on the battlefields of peace as Upon 
 the wild, delirious fields of war? 
 
1 6 Memorial Addresses: Henry Cullen Adams 
 
 Address of Mr. Sherman, of New York 
 
 Mr. Speaker: Very trite but very true is the statement tllat 
 blessings brighten as they take their flight. Perspective adds to 
 the beauty of a scene. The great characters of the world have 
 ever appeared greater as depicted in history than as seen by their 
 associates. The love of a mother for a child never appears quite 
 so strong as when intensified by the death of the child. So it 
 seems to me to-day it is with our late friend. The sweetness 
 of his character seems sweeter, its strength stronger, since he 
 left us. 
 
 Henry C. Adams was a most unusual personality. With the 
 physical strength of a child, apparently frail in the extreme, he 
 had limitless moral and mental courage; his rugged honesty was 
 as great as his muscular power was slight. His mental equipoise 
 was well-nigh perfect; his judgment of men and measures was 
 superior; he was industrious, studious, painstaking, wishin'g 
 ever to carry more than his portion of every burden. 
 
 He ,was persistent, was aggressive, and yet his thought of 
 others was so kindly that the aggressiveness was never offensive. 
 He was true — true to every public trust intrusted to him; true to 
 those whom he called friend. He was noble — noble of thought, 
 of word, of deed. He was Christ-like — bear me witness his 
 colleagues who saw him day by day, saw him as he struggled to 
 accomplish something for the betterment of some condition, saw 
 him as with his ringing voice and clear diction he opposed some 
 action with the wisdom of which he could not assent. Was ever 
 unkind word heard to come from his lips? 
 
Address of Mr. Sherman, of New York 17 
 
 He accorded to others with whom he radically differed hon- 
 esty of thought and action. In all the hundreds of men who 
 have come and gone during my nearly a score of years of service 
 here I have known, admired, loved many. Some have disclosed 
 wondrous strength of intellect, some superior courage, some 
 special consideration ,for others, some unusual industry, devo- 
 tion to duty, capacity for accomplishment — all integrity — and 
 yet, as I mentally call the roll of those whose earthly work has 
 closed, I think of none who possessed so many of the character- 
 istic which attract and hold friends, so much of brightness, of 
 sympathy, of loving-kindness, of sweetness of character, as dear 
 "Cully" Adams. 
 
 H. Doc. 809, 59-2 2 
 
1 8 Memorial Addresses: Henry Cullen Adams 
 
 Address or Mr. Hayes, of Cauforhia 
 
 Mr. Speaker: More than thirty years ago, while a student 
 at the University of Wisconsin, I first became acquainted with 
 Henry Cullen Adams. In his younger life, when I knew 
 him in Wisconsin, he manifested the same qualities of niind 
 and heart which distinguished him in his last days as a Member 
 of this House. An honest, open-hearted frankness, and ex- 
 treme loyalty to any cause which he espoused were perhaps his 
 most marked characteristics as a youth, as a citizen, and as a 
 legislator. Indeed, Mr. Adams possessed many of the qualities 
 that justly make men great, beloved, and distinguished. He 
 was a loving and loyal friend and had arisen to that height of 
 soul development where he could forgive his enemies. Quick 
 to hear the voice of conscience he pursued with fidelity the 
 course which duty pointed with a boldness and courage which 
 elicited the admiration and praise of all who knew him or 
 watched his public c'p.reer. This House, during his service here, 
 had frequent exhibitions of the zeal and fearlessness with which 
 he advocated those measures which he believed to be right, and 
 with which he fought in almost savage ferocity those things in 
 legislation and in the conduct of the business of the House 
 which he believed to be wrong. 
 
 Of old American stock, his soul was loyal to that perfect law 
 of liberty for which his fathei-s strove, and he always granted to 
 others all the freedom of thought and conduct which he claimed 
 and exercised for himself. He had no patience with the methods 
 by which men sometimes seek to hamper the exercise of those 
 rights of conscience which all men having any of the elements 
 
Address of Mr. Hayes, of California 19 
 
 of greatness recognize as our dearest heritage. He carried this 
 spirit of tolera,tion into his duties here, and in all his relations 
 with his colleagues he was always courteous, gentle, and manly, 
 although he did not hesitate in debate to call things by their 
 right names and hit hard and directly from the shoulder those 
 things that aroused his opposition. In these things we, his 
 colleagues, may with profit follow in his footsteps. 
 
 Mr. Adams's public career properly began with his election 
 to the legislature of Wisconsin in 1883, but the work which 
 most entitles him to the gratitude of the people of his State was 
 that which for eight years he did as dairy and food inspector of 
 the State of Wisconsin. The knowledge and experience gained 
 by him in the conduct of that ofiice proved to be of immense 
 value to the House and to the country during the last session of 
 Congress in the preparation and passage of the meat-inspection 
 measure and the pure-food bill, in both of which he took a 
 prominent part. In the death of Mr. Adams just at the most 
 useful period of his life the country at large has lost an able, an 
 honest, and a conscientious legislator, and the agricultural in- 
 terests of the country an intelligent and faithful friend and 
 representative. 
 
 Mr. Speaker, I believe that without oifense to his friends or 
 to the proprieties of this occasion I may speak of a matter purely 
 personal to Mr. Adams. Even when I knew him as a student 
 the disease which must have made a large part of his life a con- 
 stant pain and which ultimately caused his death had already 
 fastened itself upon him. This disease forced hinl to give up 
 his university course before it was fully completed and to aban- 
 don whatever ambitious projects he may, in his early manhood, 
 have cherished for himself. He devoted himself to agricul- 
 tural pursuits in the hope, no doubt, that an outdoor life would 
 restore him to perfect health and strength. .This hope was 
 
20 Memorial Addresses: Henry Cullen Adams 
 
 never fully realized. Although handicapped by this lack of 
 health and strength, he was always most cheerful, and his 
 fellow-citizens, recognizing his ability and worth in spite of the 
 disease which would have made of most men hypochondriacs 
 and invalids, continued to advance him from one position of 
 trust and responsibility to another where the labor incident to 
 his ofiBcial duties so absorbed him as to make him almost forget 
 his physical ailment. To comparatively few men has come in 
 such great measure the confidence and respect which those 
 of his fellow-men who best knew him freely and generously 
 accorded to Mr. Adams. As I look over his Ufe since I have 
 known him, and think of the terrible physical handicap under 
 which he labored, I am surprised that he was able to accomplish 
 so much that will be of lasting benefit to his State, to his coun- 
 try, and to his fellow-men. But the years we spend in this world 
 are only the beginning of eternity. The grave is only the open 
 door to larger opportunity, to grander effort, to holier, nobler 
 living. Not as the light of a candle which flickers in the dark- 
 ness for a brief time and then goes out forever is the life of man, 
 but rather as the Ught of the sun which, after the work of the 
 day, goes down only to rise again upon other scenes, to warm 
 and stimulate other fields, other trees and flowers. And so as 
 we pay tributes to the memory of our departed colleague, let us 
 hope that the sun of life which in this world was somewhat 
 obscured for him by the clouds of physical weakness may have 
 risen full orbed and clear upon that immortal life into which he 
 has entered. 
 
Address of Mr. McCarthy. ofXcbraska 
 
 Akkess cr Kt. HgQkihy* w Hebkasea 
 
 Mr. Sfgjlkek: With miiigled feelings of pain and jaide I 
 rise to say a feffi-\r«»ds regarding the life and cliaiacter of Hon. 
 H. C. ADA3IS. I am overwbdLmed with sorrow when I reflect 
 upcm the nation's lo^ his State's loss, and his family's loss. 
 The nation has been dqitived f& the servKes of a great, good, 
 and competent Repieseaitative. Ihe State of Wisotman has 
 siffieied an eqnivaloit loss, and his familjr has been boeft of a 
 wise, kind, and indulgent hn^band and &ther. 
 
 A certain sort of mental pleasore ^ realized, however, in being 
 able to honestl J offer evidence of his noble character and devoted 
 h>^alty to the c6nntry he loved so well, his lofty ideals, and his 
 high and noble purposes. 
 
 It is no exaggeration to assert that Mr. Adams was a con- 
 tractive statesman and an ideal Congressman. He was honest 
 in an things and caiefnl and painstaking in all things. He pos- 
 sessed the courage of his convictions and never ade steeled or 
 flinched in the p^ibrmanoe of what he omoeived to be his duty, 
 and never "dodged a leoocd vcrfe," fx anytime dse, throngh 
 fear of peisonal consequences, as many others in this day and 
 geneiation do. His word was as good as a gold bond, and he 
 kept his promises like a man that he was, and stood out "four- 
 square to all the world and every wind that blows."' 
 
 Notwithstanding his puUic career was cut short by the " ' grim 
 reaper," death, of which I am confident he was admonished 
 months in advance, he was indefatigable in the performance of 
 his public duty. 
 
23 Memorial Addresses: Henry Cullen Adams 
 
 By reason of his long and successful experience as State food 
 and dairy commissioner of Wisconsin, where such subjects are 
 thoroughly understood, he was technically qualified to dictate, 
 in some measure, the most important legislation passed by Con- 
 gress during his membership. And it is also a matter of com- 
 mon knowledge, at least among his colleagues in this Chamber, 
 that in the preparation of the pure-foqd bill and the law govern- 
 ing the inspection of packing houses and meat products the tech- 
 nical knowledge and natural genius of H. C. Adams exercised 
 a potent influence on legislation. This statement can be cor- 
 roborated by the President of the United States and the Secre- 
 tary of Agriculture. Certain distinguished gentlemen may vie 
 with each other for all the honor of this new and important 
 legislation, but the fact remains the ' legislation itself bears the 
 well-known earmarks of H. C. Adams. He was not an egotist, 
 never sounded his own praise or boasted of his own achieve- 
 ments, and the world may never know what he has done to 
 make it better. 
 
 Had his life been spared it is certain he would have developed 
 into one of the most prominent and useful Members of this body. 
 
 it can be truly said of Mr. Adams that he sacrificed his life in 
 the service of his country if ever patriot did. He was ex- 
 hausted by his arduous labors in the committee and on the floor 
 of the House, yet he was always on guard and never Jcnown to 
 desert the post of duty or complain of long hours or hardships 
 when the weal or woe of his country or constituents were at 
 stake. 
 
 He was not "all things to all men;" but he was the same 
 Adams to all men ; he played no favorites, and everyone knew 
 where to flnd him at all times and under all conditions and 
 circumstances. 
 
Address of Mr. McCq,rthy^ of Nebraska 23 
 
 I am reliably informed that lie was a descendant of John 
 Adams on one side and of Daniel Webster on the other. Worthy 
 was he of that proud inheritance, and both lines of ancestors 
 have been honored by his life, his conduct, and his example to 
 posterity. 
 
 ' ' Gentle be the summer rains which fall upon his grave, ' ' and 
 may his survivors and posterity forfever stand firmly for the 
 principles for which he and his illustrious ancestors lived and 
 died. 
 
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 Address of Mr. Babcock, of Wisconsin 
 
 Mr. Speaker: The death of Hon. H. C. Adams, of Wis- 
 consin, was a calamity to the State and nation. I had known 
 him for many years. His character was as sturdy as the oak, 
 and his ideas of right and wrong were so thoroughly fixed 
 that there never could be any question as to his integrity. 
 His wide experience and public career had especially fitted him 
 to perform the duties of a Member of Congress, and it was 
 his work and his devotion to duty that were largely responsible 
 for his death. His ideas on public matters were always well 
 digested and clear in his own mind, and his ability to express 
 them was recognized by practically all of the Members of this 
 body. His physical make-up was too weak to support the 
 brain and inind of the man who was constantly at work in the 
 interests not only of the district which he represented, but of 
 the whole country. 
 
 I loved him as a brother and feel his loss keenly. His hi'gh 
 character and manly instincts will be an example for the com- 
 ing generation. 
 
Address of Mr. Lever^ of South Carolina 25 
 
 iHKtEss w Hr. Lever, w Socrm Carihiha 
 
 Mr. Speakbr: Nothing that I can saj- in eulogy of the late 
 Hbnrt C. Adams can measore my admiration of him as a man 
 or give my real apprecialion of his service as a coworker in this 
 Congress. 
 
 In an intimate acquaintanceship, covering his entire service 
 in Congress, I found him to be an a&ble, genial, candid, and 
 at the same time earnest and intelligent man. Toward all 
 great questions involving the interest of his fellows-citizens his 
 attitude was easily ascertainable. He concealed nothing, and 
 expressed his opinions with the utmost candor and with a force 
 which can come only as the result of intense earnestness. As - 
 a companion, he was engaging; as a conversationalist, always 
 interesting; as a fellow-worker, always reliable, and as a pubUc 
 servant he approximated the ideaL Of frail phyaque and 
 always in wretched health, it would not be hard to imagine him 
 as a person of morose and cross disposition. HI health too often 
 embitters ±he sweetest disposition. With Mr. Adajms it was 
 not thus; on the contrary, he was an optimist in his disposition. 
 He loved the beautiful, was moved to tears by music, and was 
 a disciple of that faith which r^;ards the world as growing bet- 
 ter day by day, and sees in life something worth its living. He 
 enjoyed a good joke and delighted to entertain his friends with 
 numerous reminiscences of his own experience. All in all, his 
 was a most lovable character, and uplifted and ennobled those 
 whose privilege it was to come in contact with it. 
 
 In politics Mr. Ai>A3is was a Republican, and yet I feel that 
 it can be safely said of him that he was never a partisan in the 
 
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 offensive meaning of that word. It was my pleasure to serve 
 with him on the great Committee on Agriculture for a number 
 of years, and yet I do hot recall a single partisan utterance as 
 falling from his lips. To the members of this committee from 
 the South he was especially considerate. I take it that it was 
 not a tribute to them personally, but a liberal and intelligent 
 recognition of the wonderful agricultural and industrial possi- 
 bilities of that great section from whence they came. There 
 never came before that committee a proposition looking to the 
 development of the Southern interests which did not enlist his 
 sympathy and active help. He was absolutely nonsectional in 
 his views, and, if anything, he gave prefeirence to the South. 
 
 No man on the committee, I dare say no man in the House, 
 was so thoroughly conversant with agricultural problems in 
 this couiitry, both in their scientific and practical aspects, as was 
 the deceased. His whole life was given to a special study of 
 agriculture in all its varied phases; his knowledge of it was 
 intimate, so much so that he was regarded in Congress and by 
 the country as an authority. To develop the agriculture of the 
 country, to make fairm life pleasant, to educate and train the 
 farm boy and farm girl to a better conception of the manifold 
 advantages of farm life, to impress upon the country the value 
 of science in agriculture, to demonstrate the necessity of care 
 and intelligence as a prerequisite for successful agriculture — 
 all these, and more, made up the life work of this good man. 
 He was an enthusiast upon the subject, and though buffeted 
 and browbeaten by prejudice and misunderstanding, his op- 
 timism never deserted him nor his faith in the coming of a 
 time when ideal farm conditions should prevail in this country 
 leave him. 
 
 It was this enthusiasm, this belief that a good fight for a 
 worthy cause could not fail, which induced him to introduce and 
 
Address of Mr. Lever., of South Carolina 27 
 
 fight through Congress a bill doubling the appropriation to the 
 State experiment stations of the country. Who can forget the 
 earnestness, the vigor, the persistency, the tenacity which 
 marked his efforts in this behalf? Nothing could daunt him, 
 nothing could stem the tide of his enthusiam. The opposition 
 was brushed aside by the justness of his cause and by the elo- 
 quence and earnestness with which he presented it, and this 
 one act, this one supreme and triumphant effort in behalf of the 
 American farmer, is sufficient to make Henry C. Adams one of 
 the splendid characters of our history. And when agriculture 
 receives that recognition to which she is entitled, when our 
 farmhouses are filled with educated and happy occupants, and 
 when ideal conditions have been reached, his name will be re- 
 vered along with that of Morrill and Hatch. Can any higher 
 tribute be paid to any man than to give him equal rank with 
 those men in our history who have wrought most effectively and 
 wisely for the greatest industry of the nation? The time will 
 be when the name of Adams will be whispered in reverence by 
 every man who believes in an educated agricultural people. 
 
 Loyal to his friends, liberal in his views, independent in his 
 opinions, courageoiis in his convictions, an aggressive fighter, 
 a skillful debater, an eloquent advocate, an earnest worker, a 
 wise legislator, he was the embodiment of all the elements 
 essential to the highest type of American citizenship, and the 
 bright example of his life and work may. well serve as a guide 
 star for those of us he has left behind. 
 
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 Address of Mr. Kennedy, or Orao 
 
 Mr. Speaker: I first <became acquainted with Mr. Adams at 
 the beginning of the Fifty-eighth Congress. In the short, very 
 short, period within which I knew him I learned his wondrous 
 qualities of heart and mind and to appreciate Mr. Adams, in a 
 measure at least, as he deserved. 
 
 Mr. Adams was possessed of sterling qualities; was a coher- 
 ent and logical thinker, his mind invariably reaching right and 
 correct conclusions on all of the great social problems of his time 
 and with a courage unfaltering and steadfast that led him to 
 adhere to the right as he knew it. These characteristics being 
 dominant in this representative of the people whose memory 
 we commemorate to-day, it seems impossible that any words 
 which we can set in order here upon this Sabbath of sorrow 
 would exaggerate the public loss in the death of Henry 
 CuLivEN Adams. 
 
 His work in the National House of Representatives was sud- 
 denly interrupted by death almost as soon as it was begun, but 
 in thfe brief period while he was associated with us he con- 
 quered to himself a place in our respect by his vigorous intellect. 
 His qualities of heart and' soul won universal friendship and 
 affection. 
 
 ft 
 
 It was my privilege to know him somewhat intimately, and I 
 know of nothing sadder than the regret of that great mind and 
 soul at its own limitations imposed by bodily weakness. While 
 seldom well, and never strong, Mr. Adams was always cheer- 
 ful and lovable. Those ■ who knew him best had for him the 
 
Address of Mr. Kennedy., of Ohio 29 
 
 warmest affection and most profound respect. As a Represent- 
 ative both his influence and his vote were used and adminis- 
 tered as a sacred and holy trust in the interests of those whom 
 he represented, and in bringing my humble tribute to his mem- 
 ory I wish to conclude with the thought that whatever he did 
 was well done, as if his life had been molded and controlled b}^ 
 the sentiment of the poet when he said: 
 
 Do good! Do noble deeds! 
 
 Not dream them all day long. 
 So that life and death 
 And the vast forever shall be 
 
 One grand, sweet song. 
 
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 Address of Mr. Otjen, or Wisconsin 
 
 Mr. Speaker: We meet to-day to pay our tribute of respect 
 to the memory and character of Henry Cui,i<EN Adams, Mem- 
 ber of Congress from the Second district of Wisconsin. 
 
 He left Washington shortly after the adjournment of the first 
 session of the Fifty-ninth Congress for his home in Madison. 
 On arriving at Chicago he was taken sick, and after an illness 
 of a few days died at the Auditorium, in that city. * In his 
 death his State and his nation sustained a great loss. ' 
 
 Mr. Adams held many important positions of trust and honor, 
 both public and private, in his State. He served liis State as a 
 member of the assembly, superintendent of public property, and 
 dairy and food commissioner. In November, 1902, he was 
 elected a Member of the Fifty-eighth Congress. Few men were 
 so well qualijSed by expgrfeuce and training for the important 
 duties required of a Member of Congress. 
 
 He was a man of great force and ability, kindly and genial in 
 manner. He had that quality usually known as ' ' good common 
 sense" in the highest degree. He made friends easily and 
 quickly, and soon won a proniinent position among his associates 
 in the House of Representatives. His Congressional career , 
 was exceptionally successftd. In his term of three years he 
 accomplished much, especially for the agricultural interests of 
 his State and nation, and they have cause to remember him with 
 gratitude. 
 
 His duties as a member of the Committee on Agriculture in 
 the Fifty-ninth Congress were exceedingly important and ardu- 
 
Address of Mr, Otfen, of Wisconsin 31 
 
 ous. In the legislatibn relating to meat inspection his services 
 were most valuable. The President called him into consultation 
 upon this important legislation, and its satisfactory solution was 
 largely d,ue to his extended knowledge of the subject and his 
 good judgment. His response to the call of duty in the closing 
 days of that important session of Congress overtaxed his 
 bodily strength and undoubtedly was the principal cause of his 
 untimely death. 
 , I/ife is a great mystery. The object and purpose of our being 
 here are not made clear to us. Men strive here to attain the 
 highest purpose, to gain the greatest success in life, and we may 
 well ask. What is success? Some conceive it to be one thing, 
 some another. Many strive after wealth as if it were the most 
 desirable and highest object to be obtained. ' ' Cui,i,y ' ' Adams, 
 as he was familiarly known, had that which money can not 
 buy. He had earned the respect, the confidence, and love of 
 his neighbors and fellow-men. What greater success can one 
 gain in this world than to win the love and esteem of mankind ? 
 Most of his life was .spent in exposing fraud and deceit and 
 in the betterment of humanity. The world has gained some- 
 thing through his life; it has been made better thereby. He 
 was honest, faithful, and true, and in all positions of life met 
 every requirement of right and duty. His State mourns his 
 loss. 
 
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 Address or Mr. Stafford, of Wisconsin 
 
 Mr. Speaker: On this Sabbath, in the Hall in which he 
 so well distinguished himself, we come to lay our garlands of 
 praise to the late Hbnry Cdi^len Adams in the memorial 
 records of Congress, and to pay tribute to his nobility of 
 character, his high ideals of public duty, his eminence as a 
 legislator, and his worth as a man. 
 
 To accord him a proper place in the legislative annals, 
 attention should be directed to • his independence in political 
 action, to his devotion to principle, and to his adherence to 
 right doing in every endeavor. 
 
 He was too conscientious and too forceful a character to 
 surrender meekly, to rule and numbers when he held fixed 
 convictions. This trait was exemplified in his position 'on 
 several measures in his last year's service in Congress that 
 brought him distinction and renown. Notably may be men- 
 tioned his stand in opposition to joint statehood and to free 
 trade with the Philippines. His courageous and independent 
 position on these measures, though it lowered heavy and 
 undeserved criticism upon him, marks more than aught else 
 his strong personality and his courage to do right as he saw it. 
 
 Not only was his independence of action commanding, but 
 his judgment on large public questions, was respected for its 
 conservatism and soundness. Again, he was gifted with voice 
 and phrase to claim distinction as an orator and with poignancy 
 of repartee to be classed as a strong debater. The Con- 
 gressional Record will bear lasting testimony to his keen 
 mentality and to his command of good English. 
 
Address of Mr. Stafford, of Wisconsin 33 
 
 Born and reared, on a farm, he had the advantage of the 
 academic training at the State tJniversity at Madison that 
 stamped him indehbly as a coUege-br-ed man. The various 
 positions of trust and responsibility that he filled before his 
 elevation to Congress as State legislator and in administrative 
 capacities equipped him for the r61e he was to . play in the 
 larger and more responsible position of Representative. 
 
 It can be said without hyperbole of statement that few 
 Representatives in three years of service attained a more com- 
 manding position and rose so rapidly to eminence as Mr. 
 Adams. 
 
 His greatest public service was as arbitrator of the differences 
 arising from the meat-inspection measure, where the expert 
 knowledge he had acquired years before as State dairy and food 
 commissioner placed him in the unique position of being best 
 qualified to speak as to the need of- Government inspection and 
 as^to the proper legislation to safeguard the interests of the 
 public. Though he triumphed in the settlement of a dispute 
 of great consequence to humanity's cause, his great effort in 
 achieving this result accelerated unquestionably within two 
 weeks of its accomplishment his untimely end. 
 
 With greatly impaired health, he gave close application to 
 every detail connected with legislative work, which was a 
 marvel to all who knew his suffierings. Many a time in the last 
 three months of his service good friends, seeing his failing 
 health, urged and cautioned him to rest, but, impelled with that 
 strange call of duty, he heeded not their admonitions to rest 
 for his own sake. 
 
 But though he suffered and labored under greatest difficulty, 
 no complaint and no wailings were ever uttered to his inti- 
 mates, for his temperament was roseate by nature, and it shone 
 H. Doc. 809, 59-2 3 
 
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 more resplendent because of its envelopment in the mask of 
 suEeriug. 
 
 It is inexpressibly sad to have a conscientious public servant 
 sacrifice his life on the public altar, and especially where health 
 is broken and where every eilort seems to reduce the vitality 
 one jot more until the last drop is drained. Those of robust 
 and sturdy constitution fail to contemplate the indomitable and 
 overpowering will that impels these frail crafts with keen men- 
 talities to keep aloft in their aspirations and achievements. 
 
 Dead in his prime, Mr. Adam,? sacrificed his oWn life to the 
 welfare of the people's cause, and he died a martyr in the high- 
 est calling of unselfish devotion to duty and of performance 
 well done. In his passing away, the Second district has lost a 
 capable Representative, the State a high-minded citizen, and 
 the people a faithful public .servant. 
 
Address of Mr. Esch, of Wisconsin 35 
 
 Address or Mr. Esch, or Wisconsin 
 
 Mr. Speaker: During the fifty-nine years of Wisconsin's 
 statehood she has sent eighty-eight different individuals to 
 represent her in this body. Of this number six have died in 
 office: I/Uther Hanchett, Benjamin F. Hopkins, Joseph Rankin, 
 William T. Price, George B. Shaw, and, last, Henry Cuhent 
 Adams, whose life and services we this day commemorate. 
 
 It is a sad duty to speak a final word for those who leave us 
 filled with years and honors, but sadder still is it to voice our 
 sorrow for the friend and colleague the sands of whose life 
 have but half run. Memorial exercises such as these are 
 proper in that they afford us an opportunity, in the midst of 
 our public cares and labor's, to give our estimate of the life and 
 services of the dead. Through our words we rnay inspire tho.se 
 who read to emulate that which we find to be true and just and 
 of good report. 
 
 in the death of Mr. Adams, Wisconsin lost a most capable 
 and experienced Representative. With a broad knowledge of 
 public affairs and thorough understanding of men and measures, 
 he entered the Fifty-eighth Congress well equipped to win for 
 himself a successful legislative career. As a practical farmer, 
 as State dairy and food commissioner, he acquired a reputation 
 as an expert on agricultural subjects which extended far be- 
 yond the borders of our State. From the very beginning he 
 took an active part in shaping legislation affecting the agricul- 
 tural interests of the country. His arguments in favor of the 
 oleomargarine bill in the public prints and before committees 
 
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 of Congress were largely instrumental in securing' its passage. 
 His appointment as a member of the Committee on Agriculture 
 by the present Speaker of the House was a fitting recognition 
 of his peculiar fitness.' He did not disappoint the expectations 
 of his friends. Realizing the valuable work of the various 
 agricultural experiment stations of the United States, and that 
 with an increase of funds at their disposal this work could be 
 largely increased, he at once introduced a bill with this end 
 in view. Nothing more finely illustrated a distinctive trait of 
 Mr. Adams's character as to fixity of purpose and indomitable 
 will than the patient, courageous, and splendid fight he made 
 ' for his bill. After the lapse of many weeks and months he 
 won. He deserved to win, and as a result his memory lives in 
 the chief seats of learning of almost every State in the Union. 
 
 I^oyalty to duty was another trait of character which Mr. 
 Adams possessed in large measure. All of us were impressed 
 by it during the hearings and consideration of the meat-inspec- 
 tion legislation in the closing days of the last session. No man 
 in either house 'had, on questions pertaining to inspection and 
 the packing interests, greater practical or scientific knowledge. 
 He entered heart and soul into the, whole subject-matter, he 
 spared not himself, his opinions were sought, he was called into 
 counsel by the President, and when obstacles arose he helped 
 to smooth the way. All this he did, but at what a sacrifice! 
 
 Nature in the disposal of her favors had endowed him with a 
 feeble body, but vouchsafed to him a clear, strong, and active 
 mind. A mind so strong as to enable him to sustain for years 
 an enfeebled frame through the sheer power of will. However, 
 those sultry, nerve-racking, laborous days which marked the 
 close of the last session slowly sapped the sihall reserve of Mr. 
 Adams's vitality, and day by day his feeling of exhaustion in- 
 creased. Two weeks before the adjournment we advised him 
 
Address of Mr. Esch., of Wisconsin 2i7 
 
 ♦ 
 
 to leave Washington for the mountains or the seashore. With 
 characteristic spirit he replied, ' ' I can not go away. I must 
 stay here until the pure-food and meat-inspection bills have 
 passed." And so he stayed, and early in July proceeded on his 
 homeward journey, only to die on the way. 
 
 Mr. Adams's loyalty to duty found a counterpart in his loy- 
 alty to his friends. During stress of recent political storms he 
 always stood steadfast. With frankness and courage he pro- 
 claimed his faith and stoically abided the consequences. He 
 faithfully followed the poet's injunction: 
 
 To thine own self be true, 
 
 And it must follow as the night the day, 
 
 Thou canst not then be false to any man. 
 
 His friends he numbered by the score in all parts of our State. 
 He bound them to him as with hoops of steel through the 
 warmth and generosity of his nature. To the needy and help- 
 less his heart and hand were ever open. 
 
 The citizen with decision of character, generosity, broad- 
 mindedness, and high ideals is sure to be a rnan of influence 
 and public spirit in his city, district, and State. Such was our 
 deceased colleague. In matters economic, political, and educa- 
 tional he played a leading part, and the force and effect of his 
 example will long abide. 
 
 In his domestic relations Mr. Adams was singularly happy. 
 The mecca of all his pilgrimages was his own hearthstone. The 
 love of wife and children helped him to forget his bodily suffer- 
 ings and to inspire him to greater achievements. In him the 
 spirit seemed ever to be willing. Now his life work is ended, 
 for "God's finger touched him and he slept." 
 
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 Address of Mr. Davidson, of Wisconsin 
 
 Mr. Speaker: In compliance with a custom honored in its 
 observance we have met to pay our tribute of love to the 
 memory of a deceased colleague. 
 
 As the closing hours of the Fifty-ninth Congress approach, 
 with all the tumult and strife which usually attend the close 
 of a session, it is eminently proper that we pause on this sacred 
 day and quietly review the life and work of one who served 
 well and faithfully the people who honored him, Henry 
 CunEN Adams, late a Member of this House from the 
 State of Wisconsin. 
 
 His career here, all too short, was yet sufficiently long to 
 gain for him the cordial friendship and esteem of his colleagues 
 and, in turn, for him to demonstrate his' ability as a legislator 
 in the National House of Representatives. 
 
 Mr. Adams from young manhood strove to make his life a 
 benefit to the community in which he lived. For a number of 
 years he was prominent in the public affairs of Wisconsin. 
 For four years he served that State as a member of its legis- 
 lature, during which service he aided in securing legislation 
 intended to protect the people from adulteration in food prod- 
 ucts, and especially in dairy products. A farmer and the son 
 of a farmer, his natural instinct led him to become interested 
 in the development of the agriculture of the country. 
 
 As president of the Wisconsin Dairymen's Association and 
 also as the dairy and food conimissioner of Wisconsin, in which 
 latter ofSce he served for eight years, he devoted his energy 
 
Address of Mr. Davidson^ of Wisconsin 39 
 
 and his ability not only to the enforcement of the laws, but in 
 developing broader ideas among the dairymen of the State and 
 the consumers of the dairy products, in order that they might 
 work harmoniously together for the advancement of the inter- 
 ests of an industry which is so vital to the prosperity of our 
 State. 
 
 It was during this period that the Congress of the United 
 States enacted a law to prevent the sale of oleomargarine col- 
 ored ia imitation of butter. . Those who were engaged in that 
 contest have always appreciated and been grateful for the 
 splendid service rendered in behalf of that legislation by Mr. 
 Adams. Whatever he became interested in he became a thor- 
 ough student of, and having devoted much time and study to 
 that particular subject, he was able to be of great assistance in 
 demonstrating the absolute necessity for that legislation and 
 the equity and justness of its enactment. 
 
 The people of the Second Congressional district of Wisconsin, 
 appreciating his ability, elected him as their Representative in 
 the Fifty-eighth Congress, and he was reelected to the Fifty- 
 ninth. His principal committee assignment wag to the Commit- 
 tee on Agriculture. To the work of that committee he brought 
 intelligent, broad-minded, comprehensive ideas. It was largely 
 through his influence that the increased appropriation for the 
 agricultural experiment stations through the country was made, 
 and, in fact, it may truthfully be .said that he alone was entitled 
 to the credit for that legislation. His last great work as a mem- 
 ber of that committee was in the preparation of what is known 
 as ' ' the meat-inspection act, ' ' passed at the last session of this 
 Congress. We know that Members of the House honestly dif- 
 fered with each other over the provisions of that act. Each of 
 us was desirous of the enactment of an effective law, and during 
 the days when the fate of that measure hung in the balance Mr. 
 
40 Memorial Addresses; Henry Cullen Adams 
 
 Adams, although far from well, devoted his every energy to not 
 only the perfection of the measure, but in harmonizing the dif- 
 ferences between Members in order' that the bill might become a 
 law. His friends are pleased to know that the provisions of that 
 bill which represented his convictions have stood the test of trial, 
 and that the measure is producing beneficial results to the people 
 and to the country. 
 
 His work, however, was not confined to measures pending 
 before the committees of which he was a member. He tbok an 
 active interest in all matters of legislation, and we all remember 
 how pronounced was his opposition to the Philippine tariff bill 
 and the joint statehood bill. 
 
 Those who were closely associated with him knew that he 
 regretted sincerely the fact that his position on these two meas- 
 ures put him' in opposition to the Administration and to the 
 leaders of his party on the floor of this House. That, however, 
 did not deter him from pursuing the course his judgment 
 dictated, and it is to his everlasting credit and honor that, as a 
 legislator representing a district the equal in population and 
 intelligence of any other district jn the country, he stood in 
 this forum and defended their interests and their rights to the 
 best of his ability, regardless of its effect upon his own personal 
 popularity with the membership of this House. He had 
 made a careful study of those two questions. His judgment 
 was formed after mature and conscientious deliberation, and, 
 having decided what he believed was the right cour.se to 
 pursue, he never faltered or wavered in the contest which was 
 to follow. 
 
 He was a sincere man, a courageous man, an honest man; 
 therefore in the contests in which he engaged he fought openly 
 and fairly, but forcefully, for his convictions. Differences of 
 opinion upon matters of legislation were not permitted to inter- 
 
Address of Mr. Davidson, of Wisconsin 41 
 
 fere with his social and personal relations with Members, and 
 those against whom he contended respected and honored him 
 the more for having been loyal to his convictions. 
 
 lyamentable, indeed, would be the condition if members of a 
 legislative body were to be influenced in their convictions either 
 by the clamor which comes from the multitude or the glare 
 which surrounds those high in authority.' He who without 
 fear or favor pursues his course as his judgment dictates must 
 in the end be given credit for conscientious service. This was 
 characteristic of our departed colleague. During his long offi- 
 cial career he discharged the duties of every position which he 
 occupied from a firm conviction of the right, without fear or 
 favor and without considering what the effect might be upon his 
 personal career. 
 
 A few days before the close of the first session of the Fifty- 
 ninth Congress, realizing that he was far from well and that 
 his arduous labors here were undermining his strength, I per- 
 sonally urged him to go away and rest for a few days, or even 
 to go home and remain for the balance of the session. This 
 he determinedly declined to do, insisting that under no cir- 
 cumstances would he leave his duties at the Capitol until the 
 session was ended. He remained at his post of duty watching 
 carefully the legislation in which he was interested until it 
 was finally enacted into law. Then, upon the adjournment of 
 Congress, he started for his home, where, with his family, he 
 hoped to find rest and there regain his wasted strength and 
 energy. But the task had been too severe, the strain too great. 
 His weakened constitution gave way, and while en route to 
 his home it was necessary for him to be taken to a hotel in 
 Chicago, where, after a short illness, he, passed away. Thus 
 it may be said of him, as of those who defend their country's 
 
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 honor on the battlefield, he died with his armor on and in the 
 service of the country he loved. 
 
 In his death the nation lost an able, conscientious, and ear- 
 nest legislator. In his death the State of Wisconsin lost an 
 upright, honorable citizen, one who had done much for it and 
 its various interests. In his death the people of the Second 
 Congressional district of Wisconsin lost not only an able Rep- 
 resentativCj but a faithful servant, one who was always care- 
 ful in attending to every duty and quick to respond to every 
 request made by his constituents. He never neglected the pen- 
 sion claim of an old soldier or a soldier's widow. The teachers 
 and children of the public schools always received from him 
 every courtesy he could extend, and this was .also true of all 
 his constituents. To his wife and children the loss is still 
 greater, and we deeply sjrmpathize with them. They, however, 
 have the consolation that in life he commanded the respect, the 
 admiration, and the confidence of his fellow-citizens, and, while 
 they mourn sincerely his untimely death, they know that, after 
 all, it is but the sleep from which he will .awake in a brighter 
 and better place, where pain and sickness enter not in. 
 
Address of Mr. Brawn^ of if'fsiousin 43 
 
 AsHtEss w Kr. BSowir, w WisooHsm 
 
 Mr. Speaker: I fed it my duty as a Representadre of the 
 State of Wisconan, and as a long-time friend, to add a \roid to 
 what has aheady been so well said in remembrance of our late 
 colleagiie, Hesky Cuixjex Adams. 
 
 My fiist acquaintance with him dates back to the year 1870, 
 when we were students together at the Univeraty of Wisconsin. 
 For three years I mrt him daily — ^in the class room and upon the 
 campics — and grew to recognize in him a yonng man of ability 
 and great promise. 
 
 ' ' CnxY ■ ' Ai>A3iis was a genial, whole-sonled fellow in csoll^e, 
 well beloved by his fellow-students. He was a thoroughly con- 
 scientions stndent, who, when he had finished considering a sub- 
 ject, had a complete understanding of it. He took high rank 
 as a student and was considered among the ablest debaters in the 
 insdtntion at a time when delating societies flourished, and when 
 they filled a most important part in rounding out the education 
 of the yotmg men of his time. 
 
 He spent three years at the University of Wisconsin, but on 
 account of ill health was imable to complete Iris colle^ course. 
 Thus it will be seen that even in early manhood he suffered 
 from the handicap of being afflicted with poor health, and it is 
 not too much to say that from the time of his leaving the uiu- 
 v t asity to the day of his death he saw very few, if any, well 
 days. Yet with all of this to contend with few of those who 
 were his early associates have risen so high or accomplished so 
 much in the about thirty-year period allotted to him for his life's 
 
44 Memorial Addresses: Henry CuUen Adams 
 
 work. Few public men were more universally known through- 
 out Wisconsin than he, and his career was of interest to all; 
 hence it was with universal anxiety that the citizens of his State 
 learned that he had been stricken with illness while en route 
 from the capital to his home at the end of the last session, and 
 a feeling of deep sorrow was manifest when, after a few days of 
 suffering, the end came. 
 
 His public career consisted of two terms as membeir of assem- 
 bly; six years as superintendent of public property; eight years 
 as dairy and food commissioner, and as a Member of the Fifty- 
 eighth and Fifty-ninth- Congresses. 
 
 He was raised on a farm, and by study and experience be- 
 came a practical dairy farmer; hence he brought to his duties 
 as dairy and food commissioner a knowledge of the needs of the 
 dairy interests of the State and put that knowledge to practical 
 use in administering the oflGice, and in consequence performed 
 his duties with ability and to the great advantage of the dairy 
 interests of his State. Even, before entering Congress and while 
 he was yet a State ofEcial he made his impress on national leg- 
 islation in behalf of the da;iry ititerests of the country. Prob- 
 ably no man, either in or out of Congress, exercised as much 
 influence in securing the passage of the oleomargarine bill as 
 did he. During the consideration of ^he bill by the committee 
 he made exhaustive argument in behalf of the legislation and 
 showed such broad and profound knowledge of the subject that 
 by the force of hislogic he compelled attention and convinced 
 the committee and Congress that the legislation was demanded. 
 
 When he entered the Fifty-eighth Congress he was well 
 equipped to take up his duties promptly, and he introduced 
 without delay what was known, as the " agricultural experi- 
 ment-station bill ' ' and secured the approval of the committee 
 which authorized him to report it to the House, where it was 
 
Address of Mr. JBroxea, of JfTxoMSiH 45 
 
 placed <Hi the Calendar, bnt his efforts, thongh peisisbent, were 
 unable to force conadeiation of the measure in that Coldness. 
 This was a great disajqKHntment to him, but instead of discour- 
 aging him it nerved him to greater effort. Ev«i befcHe the 
 adjonmment of the Fiftv^-eighth Congress he had commenced a 
 campaign thronghont the countnr which was destined to bring 
 him Tictoiy. He solicited the support of agncoltnral colleges 
 everpwhere, and thiongh his inSnence farnrers' instates dis- 
 cnssed the l^islation, and as a reailt pressnie was brought to 
 bear until at the opening ot the Fifty-ninth Cdngiess, because 
 of the universal demand, the IhII was r^cHted from the com- 
 mittee and passed without material opposition doling its first 
 session. This one important measure, which was enacted into 
 law during his second Congress solely because <rf his individual 
 eferts, was an accomi^ishment which any Member could wdl 
 be proud of secoiing, even after a long term of savioe. 
 
 He also tooik. a prominent part during the last ses90n in 
 securing the enactmoit of the pure-food law, it 1»iig admitted 
 by all that his technical kmndedge of the subject and his dear 
 concepticn of the need for govemiinenlal regulation was of great 
 advant^e to his associates in fonnnladng and pasang the 
 l^islation, which is now OOTMeded to be most practical and 
 ben^dal. 
 
 He £^un came into prominence during the consideration of 
 the meat-inspecti(m provision of the agricnltmal appropriatitm 
 bill as the first s^ssicm of the presoit Congress was neaiii^ its 
 dose. It was generally conceded that his broad knowledge, 
 sound judgment, honesty of purpose, and strong peisonalfty 
 had much to do in smootliii^ out the differences whidi at times 
 seesned to eadanger the pcKalality of secnrii^ adequate l^;is- 
 lation. With le^ than two teams' seirice he had compelled 
 l^i^titHi <rf the greatest importance and had taken rank with 
 
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 the best debaters in the House. His clear statement, sound 
 logic, personal magnetism, and forcible and eloquent expression, 
 together with the fact that. he invariably spoke with a purpbse, 
 enforced attention in this body, where it is so difiBcult to secure 
 listeners. 
 
 In the death of Representative Adams this House has lost- an 
 able, conscientious Member, and his family, the country, the 
 party, and his State have suffered an irreparable loss. 
 
Address of Mr. Jenkins., of Wisconsin 47 
 
 Address of Mr. Jenkins, of Wisconsin 
 
 Mr. Speaker: It is an unpleasant duty to have to speak of 
 the death of anyone, and I regard that duty calls upon me at 
 this time for a few remarks. I feel as though I ought not to 
 remain silent uppn this mournful occasion. I appreciate that I 
 can not add to what has already been said, biit as duty calls 
 upon us now it gives me pleasure to testify to the many excel- 
 lent qualities of our late colleague, Hon. H. C. Adams. It was 
 not my good fortune to know him long and intimately as others 
 have, as I only had a speaking acquaintance with him until he 
 was elected a Member of this House. I had seen him but few 
 times prior to • his membership, but I knew enough of him to 
 appreciate his worth and sincerely regret his death. 
 
 As an active worker in many indiistrial ways I had heard of 
 him long before I had 'the pleasure of meeting him. He was 
 truly an excellent representative of a strong people — a man of 
 excellent judgment. He was honest, intellectual, and capable; 
 in many ways very progressive, a leader aimong strotig men. 
 He had long been an energetic, active friend of the people, fear- 
 less in the discharge of every public duty. 
 
 Understanding the need of the farmer, he devoted much time 
 to the agricultural interests of the country, with great benefit to 
 the people. He was admired and respected by all that knew 
 him. During my acquaintance with him he appeared to be a 
 sufferer from some disease that seriously impaired his health 
 and retarded the progress he otherwise would have made. But 
 during that time I never heard him utter one word of com- 
 
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 plaint, and his cheerfulness under the circumstances always 
 made him a pleasant companion. 
 
 Having been a tireless student, he was well read, a splendid 
 conversationalist, ready debater, and well equipped for public 
 service. As a colleague he was very much respected for his 
 readiness to help his State and his delegation. He never Uttered 
 one disrespectful word, always endeavoring to harmonize dif- 
 ficulties and promote good feeling. He came from a splendid 
 family. I knew his father well, for I had the honor of sei'ving 
 in the legislature of our State with him. 
 
 Mr. Adams was popular among those who knew him, and his- 
 circle of acquaintance was large, his friends many. , The testi- 
 monials at his death evidenced his high standing, and that his 
 home people realized his death was a great loss to them, as well 
 as a loss to our State. His early death was the direct result of 
 his untiring efforts to serve the people as a Member of this' 
 House. He never favored himself at the expense of the people, 
 and his desire was always to do his duty regardless of the effect 
 upon himself. We all know how rapidly he grew in influence 
 and power. At the time ^r. ApAMS left "Washington to return 
 to his home for a much-needed rest he had as bright and as 
 honorable future as any Member of this House. The news of 
 his sickness and death was a shock to his many friends. 
 
 It is a duty we owe to the name and niemory of a good man 
 to place on record our opinions-of him. His life was a shining 
 example of what industry and honesty can accomplish, and it 
 was a painful matter that, after having served his people and 
 country so well, he could not he permitted to return to his 
 family and home he loved before having to depart this life. 
 
 Mr. Adams more than filled the measure of life and reached 
 an honorable and distinguished manhood. A happy home was 
 robbed of a loved husband and father. One of the important 
 
Address of Mr, Jenkins^ of Wisconsin 49 
 
 Congressional districts in the State lost a distinguished Repre- 
 sentative, the people an able and trustworthy friend. I know 
 I do not make it too strong when I say his early and untimely 
 death was not only a great loss, but that it was sincerely 
 mourned by the entire membership of the Fifty-ninth Congress. 
 H. Doc. 809, 59-2 4 ' 
 
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 PROCEEDINGS IN THE SENATE 
 
 Tuesday, December 4., igo6. 
 
 Mr. CuLLOM. Mr. President, I ask that the resolutioHs of 
 the House of Representatives relative to the death of the late 
 Representative H. C. Adams, of Wisconsin, may be laid before 
 the Senate. 
 
 The Vice-President. The Chair lays before the Senate 
 resolutions of the House of Representatives, which will be read. 
 
 The Secretary read the resolutions, as follows: 
 
 In the House op Representatives, 
 
 Decembers, igo6. 
 Resolved; That the House has heard with profound sorrow of the death 
 of Hon. H. C. Adams, a Representative from the State of Wisconsin'. 
 
 Resolved, That as a further mark of respect to the niemdry of the 
 deceased this House do now adjourn. 
 
 Mr. Spooner. Mr. President, I offer the resolution I send to 
 the desk. 
 
 The Vice-President. The Senator from Wisconsin proposes 
 a resolution, which will be read. 
 
 The resolution was read, and unanimously agreed to, as fol- 
 lows: 
 
 Resolved, That the Senate has heard with deep sensibility the announce- 
 ment of ti^e death of Hon. H. C. Adams, a Representative from the State 
 of WiscQji^n. 
 
 Mr. I^opGE. Mr. President, I also offer another resolution. 
 The Vic:^-President. The Senator from Massachusetts pro- 
 poses an additional resolution, which will be read. 
 The resolution was read, as follows: 
 
 Resolved, That as an additional mark of respect to the memory of the 
 deceased the Senate do now adjourn. 
 
Proceedings in the Senate 51 
 
 The resolution was unanimously agreed to; and (at 2 o'clock 
 and 55 minutes p. m. ythe Senate adjourned imtil tomorrow, 
 Wednesday, December 5, 1906, at 12 o'clock meridian. 
 
 Fktday, March i, igoj. 
 
 Mr. Spooner. I desire to give notice that to-morrow I shall 
 
 ask the Senate to take up and consider resolutions relative to 
 
 the death of the late Hon. Hbnry C. Adams, a Representative 
 
 in Congress from Wisconsin. 
 
 Saturday, March 2, rgoj. 
 
 The Vice-President laid before the Senate the following 
 
 resolutions from the House of Representatives; which were 
 
 read: 
 
 In the House op Representatives, 
 
 February 24., igoj. 
 
 Resolved, "That the business of the House be now suspended that oppor- 
 tunity may be given for tributes to the memory of Hon. Henrv C. Adams, 
 late a Member of this House 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 conclnsion of the exercises of this day, shall stand adjourned. 
 
 Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Senate. 
 
 Resolved, That the Clerk send a copy of these resolutions to the family 
 of the deceased. 
 
 Mr. Spooner. Mr. President, I offer the resolutions which 
 I send to the desk, and ask their adoption. 
 
 The Vice-President. The resolutions will be read. 
 
 The resolutions were read, and unanimously agreed to, as 
 follows : 
 
 Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow the announce- 
 ment of the death of Hon. Henry C. Adams, late a Member of the House 
 of Representatives from the State of Wisconsin. 
 
 Resolved, That the business of the Senate be now suspended, in order 
 that fitting tribute be paid to his memory. 
 
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 MEMORIAL ADDRESS 
 
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 Address of Mr. Spooner, of Wisconsin 
 
 Mr. President: The angel of death has been very busy 
 among the Members of the Fifty-ninth Congress. Many times 
 we have been summoned, giving pause to the public business, 
 to stand by the open grave of a comrade in the public service 
 who has died in the line of duty, In this roll of the dead is 
 the name of one of Wisconsin's best-loved and most-trusted 
 citizens, the Hon. Henry Cullen Adams, late a Member of 
 the House of Representatives from the Second district, who was 
 stricken on his journey homeward, and in Chicago on Monday, 
 the gth of July last, sank into " that sinless, stirless rest which 
 we call death." 
 
 It is my belief that but for his spirit of self-sacrifice and 
 unyielding devotion to duty as a legislator he might have 
 been still among us. I saw him offen during'the last week of 
 the session, ill and weary, but intensely interested, as a leading 
 member of the Committee on Agriculture, in the pure-food and 
 agricultural appropriation bills, each containing novel and impor- 
 tant propositions which he deemed of vital consequence to the 
 people, and the success of which he promoted with unflagging 
 spirit and unceasing personal effort. The end of the session 
 left him, in the reaction from its activity and excitement, an easy 
 victim to any acute physical ailment. . In our last conversation 
 he spoke of his unutterable longing for the rest and companion- 
 
Address of Mr. Spooner, of Wisconsin 53 
 
 ship of home and its surFoun^lings of rare beauty. In the provi- 
 dence of God he was never again to behold it, but his wasted 
 body was borne b5' loving hands, amid the tears of the thousands 
 who had known and loved him, to the resting place which he 
 had long ago choseti. 
 
 Mr. Adams was bom November 28, 1850, at Verona, Oneida 
 County, N. Y. He removed with his parents to Wisconsin in 
 1 85 1, attended the Albion Academy one year and the University 
 of Wisconsin three years, being compelled by frail health to 
 forego the ambition to graduate with honor in his class, which 
 no one doubted he would have attained. 
 
 He was a member of the Wisconsin legislative assembly two 
 terms, from 1883 to 1887, and from the beginning of his service 
 was a distinguished and useful member of that body. 
 
 He served a time as State superintendent of public property, 
 and was dairy and food commissioner of Wisconsin from 1894 to 
 1902. It is safe to say that there was not in any State a dairy 
 and food commissioner who excelled him in aptitude for the 
 work or in ability to perform it, if, indeed, his equal was any- 
 where to be found. 
 
 He was elected to the Fifty-eighth Cong^-ess and reelected to 
 tbe Fifty-ninth Congress from the Second district, his home be- 
 ing at Madison, the capital of the State, which also is the home 
 of my colleague and myself. 
 
 Mr. Adams was married on the 15th of October, 1878, to Miss 
 Anna B. Norton, and his home life was always a charming and 
 happy one. 
 
 He could look back upon an ancestry in which were great 
 names celebrated for learning, eloquence, and distinguished pub- 
 Uc service to the whole country. I knew his father weU and 
 entertained for him g^eat admiration. He was a scientific 
 farmer, many times a member of the legislature, and a man of 
 
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 mark and individuality in a body in which wete a large number 
 of the ablest men in the State. He was an entrancing speaker. 
 His voice was musical and his diction perfect. A very mode«t 
 man, who never talked of himself, it used to be marveled that 
 " Farmer Adams" was so scholarly and so eloquent. But Ben- 
 jamin Franklin Adams was one of the eaifliilf graduates of 
 Hamilton College, New York, and for some years professor of 
 Greek and I,atin in that institution. He would have been emi- 
 nent at the bar or in public life, but he preferred the life of the 
 farm and the intelligent and scientific pursuit of agriculture.- 
 The last time I ever saw him was at a Psi Upsilon banquet, the 
 first he had. attended forever forty years and at which he was 
 tlifeguest of honor. In an hour he grew young again and made 
 an addfess of great beauty. . In a little time he died. 
 
 On the farm and under the tutelage of such a father, Henry 
 Cui<LEN Adams spent his youth, and was well taught, before . 
 entering college, in history, the languages, literature, rhetoric, 
 and agriculture in its theoretical and practical phases. Hqre 
 he itnbibed an abiding love for agrieultUEi, a thorough knowl- 
 edge of the needs of ti^e farmer, and a sincere devotion to his 
 interests. His life work was largely dedicated to the service 
 of agriculture. He was a man of large constructive ability, an 
 admirable logician, of analytical, yet broad, mind, and the 
 author of many laws enacted in Wisconsin and other States in 
 the interest of agriculture. He spoke in many States in advo- 
 cacy of pure-food laws and of the dairy interests of the country. 
 There was no field or phase of agriculture in which he had 
 not been a student and upon which he could not write and 
 speak instructively and with great ability. ' 
 
 He Was a Republican always. He loved politics of a deoent,- 
 manly sort, and he was one of the most interesting and popular 
 
Address of Mr. Spooner, of Wisconsin 55 
 
 exponents of the principles and policies of. the party which he 
 loved who ever appeared upon the hustings in the Northwest. 
 
 He was a broad-minded man, full of charity for all men and 
 tolerant of differences of opinion, and, although a partisan, he 
 found no warrant because of difference of opinion upon party 
 principles and public policies for impeaching the patriotism or 
 sincerity of his opponents. 
 
 It had been, Mr. President, to my knowledge, the ambition 
 of his life to become a member of the national House of Rep- 
 resentatives, and he was admirably eqttipped in every way to 
 render to the country great and conspicuous service as a national 
 legislator. During the too brief period which he served here he 
 exhibited in a high degree strength as an original thinker, an 
 eloquent and resourceful debater, a high order of constructive 
 statesmanship, an uficonquerable spirit, a geniality which won 
 the affectionate regard of his associates in both parties, and 
 made it certain that, with health and years of service, he could 
 easily achieve a lofty eminence in the field of national legislation. 
 His whole life, Mr. President, was pathetic, in this, that it was 
 the constant struggle of a dauntless spirit with bodily weakness. 
 
 In the last session which he attended he made great impres- 
 sion upon the body of which he was a member, and won the re- 
 spect and admiration of the President and members of his Cab- 
 inet. I have more than once dwelt with peculiar pleasure, since 
 he was laid to rest at ' ' Forest Hill, ' ' near by the home which he 
 had builded for himself and family, and in which he had spent 
 so many happy years, upon the fact that I was able in the last 
 conversation I had with him, as we sat in our cloak room, to 
 repeat in his presence the friendly and flattering words spoken 
 of him by the President in conversation with me an hour before. 
 They brought color into his pale cheeks and a new light to his 
 tired eyes. 
 
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 He spoke always with persuasive eloqileiicey' aiid when 
 aroused, with gireat power, and with a vocabulary which was 
 simple and quite -classic. 
 
 His body was frail, but his will Was istrong; his ambition WS-'s 
 keen and honorable, and his spirit was •ilnconqitet'able, He pos- 
 sessed a rare sfense of humor and was a delightful companion, a 
 faithful friend, and quick and tender in his sympathies. 
 
 It was altogether characteristic of him and of his life that the 
 first legislative purpose which he developed and pursued in Con- 
 greiss to successful consummation Was ah enlargement of the 
 appropriation for the support of agricultural colleges and experi- 
 ment stations, the value of which to the, farmers of the country, 
 and therefore to the people of the country, he knew as well, if 
 not better, than any other man of my acquaintance. 
 
 He was a man of strong convictions, and when committed 
 upon a policy or principle which he thought was right he was 
 absolutely Unshakable, He was opposed to the compulsory 
 joinder of two Territories into one State, and no power or plead- 
 ing could move him from his position... And that, Mr. President, 
 was characteristic of him, although he was as free from what, 
 men commonly call obstinacy as any man I evet knew. 
 
 He died too soon, but — 
 
 Death is the dropping of the flower that the fruit may swell. 
 
 "Wisconsin will not forget his shining qualities and his splen- 
 did public services, and her good people will tenderly cheriSih 
 his memory. " "'- 
 
 My colleague [Mr. La Follette] , who was a lifelong friend of 
 Mr. Adams, is, to his sorrow, prevented from joining in the 
 tribute to him this evening because of illness. 
 
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