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61st CoNGRESsl HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I^^^IST^ 
 
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 JAMES M. GRIGGS 
 
 (Late a Represeulalive from (jeorj^la ) 
 
 MEMORIAL ADDRESSES 
 
 DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF 
 
 REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATE 
 
 OF THE UNITED STATES 
 
 SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS 
 
 SECOND SESSION 
 
 Proceedings in tlie House 
 April 17, 1910 
 
 Proceedings in the Senate 
 May 2S, 1910 
 
 COMPILED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF 
 THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING 
 
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 WASHINGTON 
 
 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
 1911 
 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 
 
 Pagr. 
 
 Proceedings in tlie House 5 
 
 Prayer by Rev. Henry N. Condon, D. D 5.8 
 
 Memorial addresses by — 
 
 Mr. Roddenbery, of Georgia U> 
 
 Mr. Howard, of Georgia 15 
 
 Mr. Hardwiclv, of Georgia 21 
 
 Mr. Clarli, of Missouri 24 
 
 Mr. Pou, of North Carolina..-. 28 
 
 Mr. Hughes, of Georgia 32 
 
 Mr. Ellerbe, of South Carolina 35 
 
 Mr. Robinson, of Arkansas 38 
 
 Mr. Edwards, of Georgia 42 
 
 Mr. Goulden, of New York 4!) 
 
 Mr. Brantley, of Georgia 51 
 
 Mr. Lee, of Georgia 58 
 
 Mr. Adamson, of Georgia ()2 
 
 Mr. Bell, of Georgia 71 
 
 Mr. Bartlett, of Georgia 75 
 
 Mr. Michael E. Driseoll, of New York 81 
 
 Mr. Alexander, of New York 80 
 
 Mr. Kahn, of California 88 
 
 Proceedings in the Senate 91 
 
 Prayer by Rev. Ulysses G. B. Pierce, D. D 91 
 
 Memorial addresses by — 
 
 Mr. Clay, of Georgia 93 
 
 Mr. Curtis, of Kansas 98 
 
 Mr. Overman, of North Carolina 100 
 
 Mr. Dixon, of Montana 104 
 
 Mr. Bacon, of Georgia 107 
 
HON JAMES M -GRIGGS 
 
DEATH OF HON. JAMES MATHEWS GRIGGS 
 
 Proceedings in the Holse 
 
 TurHSDAi . Jaiuiarii (>. 1!)10. 
 The House met at 12 o'clock in. 
 
 Prayer b}' the Chaphiin, Rev. Henry X. C'.ouden, D. D., 
 as follows : 
 
 Trusting in Thj' loving kindness, O Father, we draw 
 near to Thee for that uplift of the spirit which shall put us 
 in harmony with Thee, that we may go forward doing the 
 work that Thou hast called us to do, with faith and confi- 
 dence in Thee and faith and confidence in the work Thou 
 hast given us to do. 
 
 Once more, Father, by the sudden death of one of the 
 Members of this House, beloved and honored by all who 
 knew him, we are reminded of the shortness of life and of 
 its uncertainties, and we pray for him, his soul, and for 
 the mourning widow and his children, that they may be 
 comforted as Thou alone canst comfort, drawing them to 
 the larger life, wlu're they shall as a family once more be 
 brought together, to live with Thee and to do Thy will, in 
 a realm of love and peace and harmony, through Jesus 
 Christ, our Loi'd. x\men. 
 
 Mr. Livingston. Mr. Speaker, it becomes my painful 
 duty to bring to the attention of the House the lamented 
 
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Memoium. AnnRKssKs: Ri;i'ki:si;n i vnvi; (iRUiGs 
 
 death of my late colleague, Hon. James Mathews Griggs, 
 a Representative in Congress from the State of Georgia, 
 who was suddenly and unexpectedly stricken at his home 
 in Dawson, Ga., on yesterday afternoon. 
 
 It is not my purpose now to indulge in remarks of eulogy 
 or trihute to his memory and character, but at some future 
 time I shall ask that a day be set apart that fitting tribute 
 may be paid to the life, character, and |)id)lic services of 
 our deceased colleague. 
 
 I now oficv the following resolution, which 1 send to the 
 desk and ask to have read. 
 
 The Clerk read as follows: 
 
 House resolution 197 
 
 Resolved. Tlnit the House has heard with iJiofound sorrow of 
 the death of the Hon. J.\mes Mathews Griggs, hite a Representa- 
 tive from the State of Georgia. 
 
 liesohwd, That a committee of 28 Members of the House be 
 appointed by the Speaker to take order superintending the funeral 
 of Mr. Griggs at Dawson, Ga., and to attend the .same with such 
 Members of the Senate as shall be appointed by the Senate. 
 
 Resolved, That the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House be, and he is 
 hereby, authorized and directed to take such steps as may be 
 necessary to carry out these resolutions, and that the necessary 
 expenses in connection therewith be paid out of the contingent 
 fund of the House. 
 
 The Speaker. The question is on agreeing to the reso- 
 lution. 
 
 The question was taken, and the resolution was 
 agreed to. 
 
 The Chair announced the following connnittee in pur- 
 suance of the resolution : 
 
 Charles D. Edwards, Dudley M. Hughes, W. C. Adam- 
 son, L. F. Livingston, C. L. Bartlett, Gordon Lee, William 
 M. Howard, Thomas M. Bell, Thomas W. Hardwick, Wil- 
 liam G. Brantley, Sereno E. Payne, John Dalzell, Samuel 
 
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Ph()( i;i;i)iN(;s in i hi; lloi si; 
 
 W. McCall, Ebeiiezer J. Hill, Henry S. Boutcll, Janus Car- 
 son Needham, William A. Caldcrhead, Joseph W. Ford- 
 ney, Joseph H. Gaines, Nicholas Loni^worlli, Joim W. 
 Dwight, William R. Ellis, Champ Clark, Oscar W. Under- 
 wood, Edward W. Pou, Choice B. Randell, Robert F. 
 Broussard, and Francis Burton Harrison. 
 
 The Si'EAKER. The Clerk will report the additional reso- 
 hition. 
 
 Tlie Clerk read as follows: 
 
 Resolved, That as a fuiiluT mark of resiu'ct to the nicmorv of 
 ttie deceased the House do now adjourn. 
 
 The Speaker. The (jiiestion is on agreeing to the resolu- 
 tion. 
 
 The resolution was agreed to. 
 
 Accordingly (at 12 o'clock and 52 minutes p. m.) the 
 House adjourned. 
 
 M.\RCH 10, 1910. 
 
 Mr. RoDDENBERY. Mr. Speaker, I ask imanimous consent 
 for the present consiileration of the resolution which I 
 send to the Clerk's desk. 
 
 The Clerk read as follows: 
 
 Ordered, That tliere shall he a session of the House on Sunday, 
 the 17th day of April, at 12 o'clock, to be set apart for eulogies on 
 the life, character, and public services of Hon. James M. Griggs, 
 late a Representative from the State of Georgia. 
 
 The Speaker. The gentleman asks unanimous consent 
 for the present consideration of the resolution which has 
 just been read. Is there objection? [After a pause.] 
 The Chair hears none. 
 
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Memorial Addresses : Representative (iRic.ds 
 
 SrxDAY, April 17, 1910. 
 The House met at 12 o'clock m. 
 
 The following prayer was ottered by the Chaplain, Rev. 
 Henry N. Couden, D. D. : 
 
 Eternal God, our heavenly Father, from whom cometh 
 all the deep, tender aftections and manly virtues which 
 strew life's pathway with achievements great and glorious, 
 and which hind mankind into one great family, so that 
 when one member sutlers all suffer and when one rejoices 
 all rejoice willi him, we thank Thee "that though the 
 Members of this House come from widely separated dis- 
 tricts, representing diverse interests, strong in their party 
 afTiliations, each stamped with an incUviduality all his 
 own, yet friendships are formed which break through all 
 barriers and unite them in a lasting brotherhood. So 
 when the angel of death comes and claims his own all 
 hearts are touched and vibrate with deepest emotion. 
 Hence in response to those feelings we are here to-day in 
 mcmoiy of one who made himself a place in the hearts 
 of all who knew him. 
 
 Help us, we beseech Thee, to strive earnestly day by day 
 to fulfill our highest and noblest aspirations, that we may 
 leave a record which shall inspire those who come after 
 us to pure, noble, useful lives. Comfort all who knew and 
 loved him. Be especially near to the bereaved wife and 
 fatherless children; comfort tliem by the blessed hope of 
 the Gospel, that they may look forward to a reunion with 
 their loved one in some other of God's many mansions, 
 and Thine be the praise, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. 
 Amen. 
 
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Pko( Ki:niN(.s in thi: Ilorsi; 
 
 The Speaker. The Clerk will reatl the special order. 
 The Clerk read as follows: 
 
 On motion of Mr. Hoddenbory. by iinaninioiis consent. 
 Ordered. That there be a session of the House on Sunday, the 
 17th day of April, at 12 o'clock, to be set apart for eulogies on 
 the life, character, and public services of Hon. James M. Griggs, 
 late a Representative from the State of Georgia. 
 
 Mr. Livingston. Mr. Speaker, I offer the following reso- 
 lutions. 
 
 The Clerk read as follows: 
 
 Resolved, That the business of the House be now suspended, 
 that opportunity may be given for tribute to the memory of Hon. 
 ■.Iamks M. Giuggs, late a Member of this House from the State of 
 Georgia. 
 
 Resolved, That as a particular mark of respect to the memory 
 of the deceased, and in recognition of his distinguished career, 
 the House, at the conclusion of these exercises, shall stand 
 adjourned. 
 
 Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the 
 Senate. 
 
 Resolved, That the Clerk send a copy of these resolutions to 
 the family of the deceased. 
 
 The question w as taken, and the resolutions were unani- 
 mously agreed to. 
 
 The Speaker. The gentleman from (leorgia [Mr. Living- 
 ston] will take the chair. 
 
 Mr. Livingston assumed the chair as Speaker pro tem- 
 pore. 
 
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MEMORIAL ADDRESSES 
 
 Address of Mr. Roddenbery, of Georgia 
 
 Ml". Speaker: During the short period of my official 
 association in Wasliington notliing lias so impressed me 
 with the fickleness of life's tenure and the certainty of 
 death as the frequently recurring occasions that com- 
 mand the accustomed routine of national legislation to 
 cease its functions that reverence may he done the mem- 
 ory of tiiose Avlu) hut yesterday, in tiie vigor of life, 
 standing in these aisles, gave utterances, from vibrant 
 hearts, to patriotic speech. 
 
 \Vc have now come to record the final mark of official 
 respect to the life and character of my distinguished 
 predecessor, Hon. James M.\thews Griggs, late of the 
 Stale of Georgia. 
 
 So far as I may, Mr. Speaker, without disregarding the 
 demands of duty and liitlierto unvaried customs, 1 desire 
 to yield the time of the House absolutely to my colleagues, 
 the honorable Members who served in Congress with 
 Mr. Griggs, that they may speak of his public services 
 and avail themselves of this opportunity fitly to honor 
 his memory. 
 
 No resume of tlie many notable qualities appertaining 
 to the life and career of Mr. Griggs would do justice to 
 either that omitted to emphasize tlie intimate relation 
 which for 13 years existed between him as a Representa- 
 
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Ai)i)iu;ss (II Mn. U()I)I)i;nhi:hv. or (ii:(iii(.iv 
 
 tivc and his imiiRdiato constituency as the represented; 
 and it is equally imperative that note should he made 
 of the feeling of proprietary interest which the masses 
 of the people of his district fell that they had in his 
 public career. Hence the House will indulge me. in 
 speaking of Mr. C.rigc.s, to direct my remarks to personal 
 observations on his relation to his people at home; and 
 the expression "at home" must be interpreted to com- 
 prehend the total area of the 18 counties comprising the 
 district whose citizens for many years yielded to him 
 political fealty and iillicial trust. 
 
 The life of Mr. (Irkigs at home was marked for its 
 frankness and simplicity. His greatness in oifice erected 
 no barrier between him and the humblest citizen; while, 
 under our theory of government, he was a representa- 
 tive of tlie " whole people," in point of actual fact, he 
 enjoyed throughout his public career the unique char- 
 acteristic of being regarded by each one of the " whole 
 people" as an individual representative. His intimate 
 personal actiuaintance at home was restricted to no cer- 
 tain portions of the district; he knew the people not 
 casually, but his individual knowledge of them was 
 nuirvelous. He seldom met a citizen of the district whose 
 business, whose lineage, and whose name he did not know. 
 The people did not "know of him" — they knew him; he 
 did not only have a general familiarity with his district — 
 he knew it and personally recognized his constituency, 
 man to man. His faculty of recognition was naturally 
 acute and by cultivation it had attained almost to perfec- 
 tion. It may be doubted if any Member of the House more 
 nearly approximates a personal acquaintance with the 
 individual person or constituent than di<l the lamented 
 Member whose life and character we now review. 
 
 His friendships were fast — not a mere political friend- 
 ship — but the ideal and genuine attachment which we 
 
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Memuhial Addrksshs : Ri;i'ri;.sent.\ti\k (ini(.(.s 
 
 encounter more often in pretense than \vc perceive in 
 I'act. Tile man wlio was once drawn to Mr. Gricgs never 
 I'oimd an abatement of friendsliip; he attracted men to 
 him by Iiis marlced personality and held them always by 
 the magnetism of the man. 
 
 It is no marvel among the citizenry at home that thou- 
 sands stood aghast at the anncjuncement of his death 
 which, like the shadow of an unheralded eclipse, dark- 
 ened the dawning of a new-born year. 
 
 I have known him in both district and State political 
 contests to enter into vigorous struggles, always contend- 
 ing aggressively for his opinions and insistently for his 
 views, and nevertheless, imlike most men, he would 
 emerge from the conflict to find his opponents none the 
 less his personal friends and oftentimes ;dl the more his 
 future political allies. Few men possessed this quality 
 of magnetic attraction in so pronounced a degree; it 
 was a present asset that always enabled him to discharge 
 in full measure every personal political liability, and such 
 was the integrity of the man (iiat no obligation to his 
 friends was ever repudiated. 
 
 He was a master in the art of controlling the conduct 
 of men and bringing them to see as he saw; herein lay 
 much of his success in public life and made him through- 
 out his career a potent factor in molding the course of 
 political events in his Slate. 
 
 Still speaking of the characteristics of Judge (Iriggs 
 as the}' are known at home, he never forgot the service 
 of a frii 11(1 and he seldom, if ever, sought to inflict a pen- 
 alty upon a political foe. He had no personal enemies. 
 This was not because he was a negative character; in- 
 deed, as has already been observed, he was a positive 
 equation in every relation; such was his candor in an- 
 tagonism and fairness in controversy that no man, though 
 dill'ering in jiolitical opinion, could bear toward him 
 
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AiTDKKss <)i Mh. U()i)i)i;Mii;in , or' ('ii:()n(ii\ 
 
 personal ill will. When the shadows of an evil moment 
 would hegin to weave an ill-luied veil to entangk' his 
 friendships, the very snnshine of his conntenanee would 
 dissolve it, the ever-ahounding geniality of his nature 
 would dispel it. 
 
 This speech enters ujjon a too hallowed labyrinth to 
 indulge over fulsome praise, hut niai'k you, Mr. Speaker, 
 I am adverting to traits and qualities as expressed in liie 
 life of your late eolleagne as lived at home, whence can 
 be summoned unfaltering witnesses in numbers countless 
 to vouchsafe virity. 
 
 The solicitude of Mr. Griggs for the desires of his con- 
 stituents was only equaled by the certainty of his success 
 in gratifying them. It is said of him lliat the most unim- 
 portant inquiry from a resident of iiis district would 
 unfailmgly receive acknowledgment hy the first mail, 
 and 1 know, as a fact, that it was no unusual occurrenet- 
 for him to journey from Georgia to Washington to give 
 attention to the request of a constituent, and it mattered 
 not to him that the particular eonstiluiiit was of insignili- 
 cant political inlluence. Friend and constituent were 
 interchangeable, if not synonymous, words with Mv. 
 Gkiggs, and the calls of either for his aid never had 
 inaction for a reply nor irresponsiveness for an answer. 
 When those who had claims upon him commanded, he 
 responded. Although political exigencies, of necessity, 
 required his friends to do much for him, he had an 
 antipathy to accepting the good graces of others without 
 reciprocal deeds in return. 
 
 His friendships were intense, and the quality of inten- 
 sity was often manifested by doing for others, even to 
 extremity. Where it could be done without public detri- 
 ment, he would cause to he temporarily abolished a post 
 office to relieve a friend of embarrassment; he would 
 overcome the strict rules of military enlistment that an 
 
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Memorial Addresses : Representative Grkk.s 
 
 erring volunteer lad might be given back to his family; 
 and he wonld work a relaxation of the rigid exactions of 
 naval regidations in order that a repentant boy in the 
 Philippines might cross the Pacific seas to gladden a 
 Georgia home. 
 
 Thus through the medium of little things — yet great 
 things — he forged enduring friendships and exhibited the 
 real bigness of his heart and tenderness of his soul. A 
 sti'ong personality, the charm of magnetism, gift at anec- 
 dote, a readiness of wit, an aptitude at repartee combined 
 with native intellectual en<lowment to make him strong 
 and popular with the people of his State and invincible 
 at all times in the second congressional district. 
 
 After 20 years of acquaintance and association, some- 
 times opposing his views, 1 am qualified to testify to 
 his great ability, and if I were obliged to record an opin- 
 ion as to the one most pronounced personal quality of 
 this remarkable man it would be that throughout a long 
 and eventful public career his fidelity to his friends was 
 never tainted with a breath of suspicion nor veiled in a 
 mist of doubt. 
 
 So long as kindness of heart, loyalty, geniality, candor, 
 and whole-souled magnanimity are virtues to be coveted, 
 so long will these distinguishing traits of character of 
 James M.\the\vs Griggs constitute a human narrative 
 well worthy of assiduous study and a religious emulation. 
 
 Having discoursed thus upon a lamented fellow-citizen 
 and public servant, restricted peculiarly to a review of 
 his most distinctive characteristics at home, I now com- 
 mit a further consideration of his life, character, and 
 labors in Congress to those present who enjoyed the 
 distinction of contemjioraneous service, knowing fidl 
 well that fitting tributes will be bestowed and that when 
 this House shall adjourn it will mark the olficial closing 
 of the volume of a life whence we may learn the surest 
 way to the hearts of men. 
 
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Address of Mr. Howard, of ("iKorgia 
 
 Mr. Speaker: James Mathews (iRUics \v;is born ;il 
 Lagrange, Ga., March 29, 1861, and dit-d at his home in 
 Dawson, (ia., on tlie Itii day of January, 1910. He was 
 ediR-aled in the common scliools of (ieorgia and al llie 
 Peabody Normal College, at Nashville, Tenn., from which 
 institution he was graduated in May, 18(S1. Grhu.s was 
 a man fully 6 feet tall, jjroad sliouidered, deep chested, 
 and erect body, large head, high and i)road foreliead, 
 fair complexion, light-blue eyes, an open countenance; 
 bright, happy looks beamed constantly from his face, 
 which easily relaxed into genial smile or jovial laughter. 
 The motions of his body were quick and his eyes restless 
 with alertness. He was withal a handsome man, with 
 engaging manners and such abundance of vitality as 
 made him easily a leader in whatever company he was 
 placed. F"atherless in his early boyhood, and poor from 
 distressing losses of his parents from war, life to him was 
 a battU' before his youthful body had developed to the 
 weight of armor needed in its coidlicts. The schools 
 which he had an opportunity to attend were as good as 
 any of the Georgia comnuinities of the time atfovded. but 
 it was a time of poverty and desolation everywhere, dur- 
 ing which the facilities for education were meager, and 
 common schools, from the lack of means and equipment 
 and skilled instructors, were conspicuously tleficient, yet 
 Griggs at 20 graduated frt)m the Peabody Normal Col- 
 lege at Nashville, Tenn., where his proficiency had earned 
 him a scholarship, with a mind as well trained by the 
 work of schools as any man of his day and State. 
 
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Me.mohiai. Ani)HL:ssi;.s: l>i;iM!i:siiNT.\Tivi: (iKKKis 
 
 He \v;is to me a sti'iking illustration that it was more 
 the boy than the school. Textbooks and drilling helped 
 in the training and development of his faeullies, but his 
 splendid intellect was not the product of the school but 
 of nature; what was true of the boy was magnified in the 
 man, and his quickness of perception, rapidity of thought, 
 and unfailing memory were the great and basic qualities 
 of the mind that would have shone superior and resplen- 
 dent had his misfortunes of boyhood been greater than 
 they were and had they deprived him of all the benefits 
 the schools conferred. 
 
 His first edort at self support was as a school-teacher, 
 and, quickly following this, he began the study of law, 
 and in this field in his brief career he mastered it in the 
 twofold aspect of a science and a profession. Like so 
 many of the poorer, but talented, young men in Georgia, 
 he was forced to make his start in the country, not in the 
 crowded city, where many influences are necessaiy to the 
 rapid advancement even of men of talent. Being poor, 
 he could not meet the expenses of living while he waited 
 for the rewards of his toil. 
 
 Griggs settled first at Alapaha in 1884, in the county of 
 Berrien, now many times multiplied in its population and 
 richer in wealth than when the young man entered it a 
 briefless barrister, and even with the aid restricting the 
 cost of living to the emoluments of his profession, he 
 found it necessarj' to ilevote some of the time not 
 demanded by the law to the publication of a newspaper. 
 He did not tarry long at Alapaha, but removed in the 
 following year to the more prosperous town of Dawson, 
 where his talents enabled him to realize from his greater 
 opportunities richer rewards, both in money and pro- 
 fessional experience. In 1888 he was elected by the 
 legislature of his State to the office of solicitor general 
 of the Pataula judicial circuit. In this otfice his duties 
 
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Addhkss ()i .Mh. IldWAiU). oi (li;()i(»,iA 
 
 required liini to attend tlie sessions of llie superior court 
 of a dozen counties and prosecute all crimes within their 
 jurisdiction. This was an exceptional opportunity I'or 
 his signal talents. In addition to a knowledge of the 
 law, the successful discharge of the duties of that otlice 
 required firmness and courage. With a knowledge of 
 human nature generally and capacity to discern individual 
 traits of character he comhined the power both of close 
 analysis and clear statement so necessary to persuade and 
 convince juries. So successful was he in the administra- 
 tion of his oHice that after a term of four years he was 
 reelected in 1892, and in 1893 resigned to accept the 
 appointment hy the governor of (ieorgia of presiding 
 judge of the Pataula circuit, and was twice thereafter 
 elected by the State legislature judge of that circuit, wJiich 
 office he resigned in 189G to become a candidate for 
 Congress. 
 
 The rapid elevation which marked his career is a tribute 
 to more varied qualities than I have yet ascribed to him. 
 To his qualities of mind and his attainments as a lawyer 
 he added qualities of heart which completed his character 
 to that roundness and attractive proportions which ac- 
 counts for his personal popularity and secured his nomi- 
 nation and election to Congress when 35 years of age. He 
 had already held offices and discharged their varying 
 duties with such wisdom and consequent public approval 
 as is seldom accorded to men so young in j'ears. His 
 service here began with the meeting of the Fifty-fifth 
 Congress in extraordinary session, in March, 1897 — a ses- 
 sion memorable for the enactment of the Dingley tariff 
 act. His convictions on the tariff were those of his part}', 
 both in 1897 and in 1909. He believed in tariff for revenue 
 and voted and spoke his convictions by that formula of 
 his party's faith. His first committee assignment was to 
 the Committee on the Posl-OfTice and Post-Roads, and his 
 
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 work there was diligent and his policy progressive. No 
 man contributed more than he during his service to the 
 rapid extension of rural free delivery. He represented 
 an agricultural district of the richest possibilities, rapidly 
 growing in population and in wealth. Visiting the homes 
 of farmers whose condition and wants he not only knew, 
 but sympathized with, his efforts were the result of an 
 appreciation of the benefits of the service in developing 
 the country and adding to the comforts of the country 
 home. Perhaps no congressional district in Georgia was 
 more rapidly filled with rural routes than his, and no State 
 in the South had the benefit of this service generally so 
 soon as Georgia, largely due to his faithful and efficient 
 advocacy of the rapid extension of the service. He was 
 one of the first to recognize and advocate that the rural 
 carrier should be adequately paid for his services and to 
 propose by bill and advocate by speech a rural parcels 
 post. 
 
 His mind grasped with comprehensive power all the 
 problems of government and his horizon of decision was 
 as wide as the countrj- itself. While partisan in the sense 
 that he was loyal to his party and its creeds, be was tol- 
 erant of the man who opposed his views. He was uncom- 
 promising with a principle, but never lost the large- 
 hearted quality of fraternity with those whose opinions 
 differed from his own. 
 
 In a way this accounts for the fact that he had personal 
 friendships with the Republicans and Democrats alike, 
 and his personal intercourse was not confined to his party 
 associates. His manner was frankness itself and his dis- 
 position one of utmost geniality. He knew men bj' intui- 
 tion and rarely made a mistake in his judgment or mis- 
 placed his confidence. He could not live in estrangement 
 from any man. His resentment of offense was quick, and 
 so far as humanly possible, just, but his conduct toward 
 
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ADnRKss oi Mh. Howahi). oi (ii;(ii«iiA 
 
 men was not bascnl npon giiidges; his daily lilV was tiio 
 fresh inspiration of a heart void of all malice and memory 
 purged of bitter recollection. Considering his remarkable 
 activity of mind and body, the vast nnmber of people he 
 knew intimately, he had his share of disappointments in 
 men, but he did not live his life bound up by them. He 
 was always ready to make an investment of hope in his 
 fellow man which required charity of judgment to expect 
 a return. Quick of mind, warm of heart, and impulsive 
 in acticni, it was not surprising that in a body like the 
 American House of Representatives, a body of rapidly 
 changing units, he was perhaps the most popular figure 
 on either side throughout his career in the House. 
 
 Griggs was elected chairman of the Democratic congres- 
 sional campaign conmiittee in 1902 and again in 1906. 
 This position made him a national figure, and he met the 
 responsibilities of it with marked success. He widened 
 the circle of his acquaintance with prominent men and 
 overcame by talent and lad the prejudice against intrust- 
 ing the delicate task of parly management to the hands of 
 a southern man. He succeeded here as he did everywhere 
 because he had an intellect adequate to his task and a free- 
 dom from prejudice that rendered him tolerant of all 
 shades of opinion with his party and persuasive in com- 
 bining the remotest sections by a sympathy that embraced 
 them all. He did not do liie laborious work of the student 
 and there is no large accumulation from his pen or 
 recorded speech. His contact with life was with men. He 
 gave and received impressions by personal touch and not 
 through the abstractions of contemplation. His influence 
 was that of mind and character acting in complex combi- 
 nation upon mind and character, flashing its signals 
 through eyes and countenance, and making them audible 
 with laughter and in speech. He had, as every strong man 
 has, his intimate personal friends, and he kept them so 
 
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 because there were no locked chambers in his heart. Who- 
 ever enjoyed tlie favor of his confidence and friendship 
 had the privilege of knowing the whole man to the deepest 
 recesses of his soul. To his companions his coming was 
 always looked for with anticipations of delight, and when 
 he had come he diffused hope where there was gloom; 
 more of courage, if there was fear; more of comfort, if 
 there was sorrow. His was a strong, joyous life to which 
 every weaker nature clung, and all of us having recollec- 
 tions of him and experience with him mourn his taking off. 
 
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AnnRF.ss of Mn. Hahdwick, of (iKorc.ia 
 
 Mr. Si'Kaker: I shall not undertake to-day to give a 
 biographical sketch, however brief, of our late colleague 
 and frienil, James Mathews Griggs. I shall not under- 
 take to discuss his public career generally or his long and 
 brilliant service in this body. Others will doubtless per- 
 form these labors of love for our dead friend. It is not 
 of Judge CiRiGGS, the able lawyer, the forceful prosecuting 
 attorney, the impartial and incorruptible jiuist, that I 
 would speak. It is not of Congressman Griggs, the inllu- 
 ential and powerful Member of this body, serving his 
 State and district through seven consecutive terms of 
 valuable and etricient etfort. and retaining through it all 
 the confidence and love of his constituency and his asso- 
 ciates, that I would speak. 
 
 It is of Jim Griggs the man, the companion, the friend, 
 that I would speak, and whatever simple tribute my 
 tongue or pen can frame shall be laid not at the pedestal 
 of the monument with which a grateful constituency has 
 already commemorated bis jjublic virtues, but at the feet 
 of that picture of him that memory has left to those of 
 us who wei'e his closest associates and warmest personal 
 friends during the years of his service here. Gifted to 
 a most remarkable degree, dowered by nature with that 
 peculiar combination that makes a man loved bj- his fel- 
 lows, I doubt if any man has served in Congress from 
 any State, in the whole history of this body, who was 
 more widely known and more universally loved by his 
 fellow Members. 
 
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]Mi;M()iti.\L Adi)Hi;ssi;s : Kei'RESentatim; (ihigi.s 
 
 Quick willctl and keen toiigiiccl as lie ^\as, his ^^it had 
 a kindliness in it that sprang from a warm heart and a 
 generous nature; and though the shafts from his bow 
 were often barbed, there was a kindliness in the graceful 
 wa}' in which the archer sped them that robbed them of 
 their sting, even when they reached the mark. Full of 
 anecdote and fun, full of life and action, full of anima- 
 tion and of vivacity as he was, our friend had upon him 
 that hall mark of a really good fellow — he could both 
 tell and appreciate a joke upon himself. 
 
 Politically I often ditTercd with him. although we were 
 both members of the same jjarty, but personally 1 always 
 loved him. 
 
 In political battle he was as brave and as fearless as an 
 old-time knight, but when the storms of battle had passed 
 away they left no bitterness in his soul, and one of the 
 chief elements of bis strength was the possession of a 
 mind broad and big enough to be thoroughly tolerant of 
 the views of those who did not agree with him and of 
 a heart too loyal, too true, and too tender to cherish or 
 retain animosity toward his fellows. 
 
 The finest tribute I can pay his memory to-day is to 
 say that those of his associates who knew him best mourn 
 him most. 
 
 He was not of the hypocritical, self-righteous tribe of 
 scribes and pharisees, but was a generous-hearted, warm- 
 natured, red-blooded man, and intensely lunnan and 
 always lovable was the personality we now miss and 
 mourn; fortunate, indeed, will each of us be if when the 
 fight each of us is making shall have finally ended 
 and we stand at last before the Omnipotent Judge we 
 shall leave behind us as many sincere, loving, faithful, 
 mourning friends as our late colleague has left behind 
 him, at home, in this body, and wherever the currents of 
 his life have touched. 
 
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AoDHESS or Ml(. IIaHDW U.K. ol (ii:()lt(ilA 
 
 I loved him ;is ;i iii;iii. I miss him as an associate. I 
 mourn him as a friend. To-(hiy, while we are giving this 
 expression of our sorrow at his death, our friend has 
 already lifted the impenetrable curtain that veils eternity. 
 Its time-old mystery is mystery no longer to him. Its 
 unknown shores are no longer chartless for him. lie has 
 solved the mystery of human life and mortal death and 
 to those of us who have a faith tliat after death there 
 is life everlasting, the hope does not seem vain or ill 
 founded that our friend, wilii his lovable personality, his 
 splendid qualities of mind and heart and character, has 
 found both forgiveness and favor in tiie eyes of that 
 Great Judge who never errs. 
 
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Address of Mr. Clark, oi- Missoiri 
 
 Mr. Speaker : For many years Georgia has been denomi- 
 nated " Tlic Empire State of the South," a most honorable 
 and fitting sobriquet. Her size, her forlimate geograpiiical 
 situation, and her vast and varied natural resources no 
 doubt first suggested the title. 
 
 From the day in tliat far-away year of 1733, when Gen. 
 James Edward Oglethorpe planted his colony, down to 
 the present day, when Georgians have controlled the 
 affairs of Georgia, her public men in both State and 
 Nation have been of the highest type. She has had and 
 has still her full quota of distinguished orators, advocates, 
 jurists, statesmen, editors, soldiers, and writers, and the 
 constituencies back of Ihem are among the best citizens 
 of the Republic. 
 
 In the way of national positions Georgians have filled 
 every post of honor save the Presidency and Vice Presi- 
 dency of the United States. In 1824 one of her most dis- 
 tinguished sons, William H. Crawford, narrowly missed 
 the Presidency, while in 1860 another of her sons, Her- 
 schell V. Johnson, was the nominee for the Vice Presi- 
 dency on tlie ticket witli Stephen A. Douglas. Everybody 
 will remember that still another of her sons, Alexander 
 Hamilton Stephens, was vice president of the Southern 
 Confederacy. According to the opinion of Col. Thomas 
 Hart Benton in his Thirty Years' View, in which he wrote 
 of the great events of three decades, all of which he wit- 
 nessed and part of which he was, Crawford would have 
 
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Addrijss 01" yin. ("lark, oi Missoihi 
 
 won llu' most covok-d of all political prizes had he not 
 been strifken with paralysis in the nick of time. 
 
 The situation was this: There were four pi'esidential 
 condidates — Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, \Yil- 
 liam H. Crawford, and Henry Clay — a masterful quartette, 
 all claiming to belong to the JetTersonian party. In the 
 Electoral College they stood in the ord^r named; but none 
 received a majority, which fact threw the election into 
 the House, where each State has 1 vote. The Constitu- 
 tion provides that under such circumstances only the three 
 highest candidates go before the House. Clay, standing 
 fourth, was shut out. It is my opinion that had he gotten 
 into the House he would have been elected, for he was 
 then Speaker and exceedingly popular and was a prime 
 favorite in New England. It will be observed that tliere 
 were three southern or southwestern candidates and only 
 one northern candidate. Clay being sluit out, the south- 
 westerners were much inclined toward Crawford, Clay 
 being intensely jealous of Jackson, and Benton sympa- 
 thizing witli Clay for two reasons — first, because of kin- 
 ship by marriage; second, because of a certain Ijloody 
 shooting scrape at Nashville, in which Thomas H. Benton 
 and his brother Jesse shot Gen. Jackson almost to death. 
 Just as Crawford's prospects appeared brightest he suf- 
 fered a paralytic stroke, which put him out of the running, 
 and John Quincy Adams became President. 
 
 When I first came to Congress in 1893 Georgia had a 
 very stiong delegation in both House and Senate, as she 
 has to-day. Of all that delegation Col. Livingston is the 
 sole survivor. Charles Frederick Crisp was Speaker. 
 Had he lived, the chances are that in him would have been 
 found the available southern man for President for whom 
 we have been searching so long. He was not much given 
 to epigrams, and yet I heard him utter one so full of good 
 sense as to deserve a place with King Solomon's Proverbs 
 
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Memorial Addresses : Representative Griggs 
 
 or " The Wisdom of the Ancients." Shortly after I began 
 my service here I was leaning against the Speaker's stand 
 talking to Mr. Speaker Crisp. A very dull Member was 
 making a very dry speech. I asked the Speaker how that 
 man broke in here. He replied: 
 
 ^Yhen you first conic here and look over a new House, you 
 wonder how half of llieni get in; but when you have been here 
 two years and liave become well acciuainted with the membership, 
 you will discover that, barring a few accidents, they are strong 
 in specialties. 
 
 That is one of his philosophic sayings which 1 have 
 treasured iij) in my mind, and it has had much influence 
 upon me in judging new Members. 
 
 Eigliteen lumdred and ninety-four and 1896 were revo- 
 lutionary years in .Vmerican politics, especially in Demo- 
 cratic politics. Judge Griggs came to Congress as one of 
 the first fruits of that revolution. Young, robust, hand- 
 some, capable, genial, graceful, enthusiastic, he was the 
 type of his people and seemed destined for a long life. A 
 more amiable man never sat within these walls or lifted 
 up his voice here. If he had an enemy among his fellows, 
 1 never heard of il. His genial manners, his kindness of 
 heart, and his fine ability madi' him popular here, as he 
 was at home. Twice he was made chairman of the Demo- 
 cratic congres.sional campaign committee, and he died a 
 member of the great Committee on Ways and Means. The 
 failure of his healtli prevented his taking as active a part 
 in the tarifl" hearings and the tariff debate as he otherwise 
 woidd have taken; but he rendered one very valualile 
 service in those hearings. Before the committee secured 
 authority from the House to suljpcena witnesses and swear 
 them, some of the volunteer witnesses spun yarns which 
 would have put Munchausen himself to blusii. Men who 
 started with little or nothing in the manufacturing busi- 
 
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Ai)DHi:ss oi-- Mil. Clauk, of Missui hi 
 
 noss and had become imiltimillionaircs would lestily willi 
 straiglit i'accs that they were not making anything. Many, 
 indeed, dcchiring tliat they were k)sing money every day. 
 Of course their statements were preposterous and nobody 
 believed them. 
 
 The rest of us tried to trap and entangle them, and to 
 extract the truth from them, hut we did not nuike nuich 
 headway. At last Judge CiHUigs succeeded in a way lh;<t 
 was highly amusing, .lust after one of them began, GmuiS 
 interrupted him, and with a face solemn as a graven 
 image, said: 
 
 I want to ask you just one prt'liniinarx (lucslion — .\re you 
 making any money'? 
 
 His question was so sudden and unexpected that every- 
 body smiled. It was considered a good joke, but the wit- 
 ness was surprised into telling the truth by confessing 
 that he was making money. Judge (iiucus had struck the 
 lead. By the time he had interrupted a dozen or so, and 
 had made them state in the beginning that they were mak- 
 ing money, succeeding witnesses anticipated his question 
 by voluntarily stating in the very beginning that their 
 business was protitablc. By that simple (luestion Judge 
 Griggs rendered the country great service. 
 
 Had he died in the spring or summer of 1909, nobody 
 would have been surprised, for it was generally known 
 that he was in wretched physical condition; but when he 
 appeared at the convening of Congress in December, 1909. 
 after tiie rest of the long vacation, he seemed to be in per- 
 fect health, so that his death came as a clap of thunder 
 out of a clear sky. 
 
 He has solved the great mystery of death, which, after 
 all, is not so great a mystery as the mystery of life. 
 
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Address of Mr. Por, of North Carolina 
 
 Mr. Speaker: So vast is the machinery of this Govern- 
 ment, so perfectly constructed, that there is not even a 
 moment's pause in its running when the greatest among 
 us is taken by the hand of Providence. While the new- 
 turned earth is yet frcsli on tlie grave of our deceased 
 friend, while we yet so vividly remember his beaming face 
 and recall his witty sayings, while recent copies of the 
 Record still carry his name, lei us pause a moment to 
 exchange recollections of one who was loved best by those 
 closest to him, whose circle of friends expanded as the 
 years of his service grew, who was respected by all. who 
 died leaving behind him here not one solitary enemy, but 
 genuinely regretted by his coworkers in this Chamber. 
 
 Mr. Speaker, I do not rise to-day to go through the form 
 of expressing ni}' regrets at the deatii of Jami-;s M. (iRiCGS 
 merely because we have a custom of holding these memo- 
 rial services. I shall not indulge in extravagant expres- 
 sion of praise. I know very well tiiat down in his Ceorgia 
 home there arc hearts so broken that the whole world 
 seems desolate and comfortless. But the memorj' of this 
 man being pleasant to dwell upon, I have thought that this 
 hour will not be spent in vain in recording oiu- estimate 
 of our deceased colleague. What is said to-day will con- 
 stitute largely the chapter in his life of his work here — a 
 chapter which, in recording the simple truth, maj' be read 
 with pride by his people and his posterity. 
 
 [28] 
 
Address oj Mh. For. oi Noinii Cahoi-ina 
 
 Of course I am one of those who only knew Jamks 
 ^I. CiKic.c.s as a colleague in this Chamber, but after I 
 became associated witli him on the Ways and Means Com- 
 mittee I was brought into very close contact with him, and 
 I will say right now that during my life 1 have met few 
 men with a personality so attractive or an intellect so 
 bright. 
 
 Even as a member of the minority his influence was felt, 
 and had the party to wliicli he belonged been in control 
 he would have been a force in making and shaping legis- 
 lation. 
 
 There was a vein of humor running througli his nature 
 which he could not suppress and which made his com- 
 panionship always entertaining. Being a man of large 
 intellect, he believed in dealing with all things from a 
 broad standpoint. His character and the working of his 
 fine mind were illustrated in a most striking manner dur- 
 ing the hearings on the Payne bill, now the law of the land. 
 
 He believed that import duties should be lowered. 1 am 
 sure eveiy member of the committee will always remem- 
 ber his examination of witnesses who came before the 
 committee during those hearings. His ready wit, his sense 
 of humor, his strong common sense time and again 
 relieved the tedium of the toilsome task which we were 
 all trying to discharge as best we could. He sought to 
 prove the correctness of his position by a series of ques- 
 tions which at once went to the very root of the matter 
 under consideration. 
 
 I think that very few men are possessed of genuine wit. 
 It is a rare quality, and when used as a weapon very 
 dangerous. 
 
 It can not be accjuired and perhaps but little cultivated. 
 Like great orators, witty men are born, not made. The 
 man endowed with this rare gift should never use it unless 
 he is (juite sure that his use of such a keen and effective 
 
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Mi:mouia!. Addrkssks : Hei'hi;.sentati\t: (1ri('.(;s 
 
 weapon is tempered, is controlled by the influence of a 
 great heart — a heart that feels the throb of brotherly 
 love — yes, a heart which is fdled with that love which 
 passeth all understanding. Such a man was our deceased 
 colleague. He lit no fires of hate, inspired no conflicts, 
 and his gentle nature looked at things with kindly ej'es. 
 There was no offense in his remonstrance, no sting in his 
 boundless sense of humor. 
 
 He was proud of his Slate and her people. Whatever 
 Georgia jjroduced was a little better than the same thing 
 produced anywhere else. 
 
 He often spoke of his Stale and her people and I know 
 he was speaking the sentiment of his heart. A surgeon 
 was using the knife on the breast of one of Napoleon's 
 soldiers. "One inch deeper," said the soldier, " and, doc- 
 tor, you will find the Emperor." If the throb beats of the 
 heart of James M. Gric.i.s could have been translated into 
 letters they would have spelled the name of the great State 
 which, in part, he had the honor to represent. I would 
 say a few words moi-e. The deep grief of those in the 
 bosom of his home might find just a little solace if they 
 could know how the tidings of his death were received by 
 his colaborers on Capitol Hill. The death of no man could 
 have called forth more sincere expressions of sorrow and 
 regret. 
 
 Mr. Speaker, these memorial exercises serve a good pur- 
 pose. They are recurring reminders of the uncertainty of 
 life. They warn us not to forget in the daily conflicts in 
 which we are all engaged; in partj' struggles for success; 
 in the clash of ambitions; in the perpetual struggle for 
 place and power that, after all, in this whole world there 
 is nothing great but God. 
 
 [30] 
 
Ai)i)iti:ss oi- Mh. I'or. of Nohiii C.ahouna 
 
 Those wlio are strons in slril'c have i'ouglit in vain 
 unless tlie motive i)eiiin(l lliat strife i)e al)sohile pnrity ol" 
 purpose. 
 
 The spirits of just iiu'ii iiiiiilf perfect on iiii>h — ilie army of 
 martyrs tliat stand by tiu' tlirone and giize in tiit- face that nialics 
 glorious tlieir own l<no\v tliis surely at least. 
 
 Not one of us measures up to the standard of a correct 
 life. So it is with yon, Mr. Speaker, so it is with me. so 
 was il witii our friend. Wliat is tlie eiul of it all? I'lilcss 
 there exists an equity in the laws of Ciod npon which frail, 
 weak humanity can cast itself, one is shocked to contem- 
 plate the late of the race of man. 
 
 This equity which was proclaimed by the Man of (lalilee 
 is tile w(u-ld's best hope. The day will come when before 
 its mighty influence armies will dissolve and navies disap- 
 pear, and in that day war between nations will be but a 
 horriide memoiy of the long ago. 
 
 Surely, a num so good as our dead friend, with so much 
 of the luilk of human kindness in his heart, so honest and 
 honorable, did not fall outside the limits of this saving 
 influence destined one day to subdue the world. 
 
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Address of Mr. Highes, of Georgia 
 
 Mr. Speaker: In the great scheme of life, created hy an 
 Ahuighty (iod, in whicii the idols of to-day are but mem- 
 ories of to-morrow, and where the to-morrows are so 
 soon to-days and to-days yesterdays, it is often our lot 
 to mark the passing of a friend and to acknowledge our 
 great loss in his death by expressions of the love and 
 admiration that we bore for him while living. To-day 
 these expressions are to memorialize the life of the late 
 Hon. James Mathews Griggs, of Georgia. His life is not 
 only a part of Georgia, but of this I'nion. 
 
 After receiving a common-school education he was 
 graduated from the Peabody Normal College, at Nash- 
 ville, Tenn., at tlie age of 20 years. In 1883, three years 
 after his graduation, he was admitted to the bar of his 
 State and soon began the practice of law, occupying part 
 of his lime with journalistic work. After seven years 
 in the general practice of law lie was elected to the oiFice 
 of prosecuting attorney for tlie Pataula judicial circuit, 
 thus beginning his official career as a representative of 
 the people, whicii lasted until liis. death. In 1893 he 
 resigned this office to assume tiie duties of judge of the 
 same circuit, and in 1896 was elected to Congress, after 
 resigning the judgeship, where he remained as long as 
 he lived. 
 
 During his entire life he was ever devoted to duty and 
 an untiring worker. His ability is shown by his many 
 accomplishments. As solicitor-general he proved to be 
 one of tlic most powerful prosecuting attorneys his State 
 has ever known, and whenever he entered a case he threw 
 
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Addkess O! Mh. HiGHiis, 01- Georgia 
 
 the whole power of his brilliant intellect into it with a 
 telling force, which was so often irresistible. His fair- 
 ness as a prosecutor was of such a character that a pris- 
 oner couUl find no better friend than he if innocent, nor 
 no worsi' enemy if S"''b- He stood for a strict enforce- 
 ment of the law and a fair administration of justice. 
 
 As a judge he was preeminently qualified, being well 
 versed in the law, entirely impartial, and possessed an 
 indefatigable energy. His wide knowledge of the intri- 
 cacies of the law enabled him to meet any exigency, his 
 impartiality to meet it fairly, and liis energy to meet it 
 promptly. He served in this otfice until his resignation, 
 and was never opposed for reelection. 
 
 But it was neither as lawyer nor judge that 1 knew and 
 loved him so well. My acquaintance with him was only 
 casual before I began my service here, and it was not until 
 then that I came to appreciate the real worth of the man. 
 His great ability, which liad won for him such an enviable 
 reputation as lawyer and jurist, soon placed him among 
 the leaders of this body. His fairness and impartiality 
 stood him in good stead here, and his friends were not 
 limited to the Members this side of the center isle, but 
 his popularity extended across the bounds of party lines, 
 and he numbered many of his political opponents as his 
 personal friends. He was essentially a big man, and not 
 given to the small ways of a narrow mind. He could at 
 once grasp the great national problems that come so con- 
 stantly before this body, and exercise a masterly skill in 
 his treatment of tliem. He was devoted to his duty and 
 constantly watchful of the interest of his State and dis- 
 trict, delighting to give Ids personal attention to tiie 
 smallest want of his most humble constituent. His promi- 
 nent committee and party appointments are but testi- 
 monials of his unusual worth as a legislator. His high 
 place in the councils of his party and his universal 
 
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Memorial Addresses : Representative Griggs 
 
 popularity in the House made it possible for him to 
 accomplish great good for his State and district, as well 
 as render valuable service to the Nation. 
 
 From the time I came into the House my desk was next 
 to his, and he made a most pleasing desk mate. He was 
 possessed of one of the most pleasing, magnetic personali- 
 ties that I have ever known, and his disposition was fault- 
 less. I never saw him in any mood except the hap- 
 piest, and his good humor seemed always present. He 
 possessed the three qualifications which are necessary to 
 a perfect friendship — charity, gratitude, and mental 
 power, equal to any emergency. And this was the Jim 
 Griggs that I knew so well; the kind, big-hearted, brainy 
 Jim, who was ever ready to du a kindness and always 
 anxious to return a favor. 
 
 His home life was everything that could be wished, and 
 marked by his family's great devotion to him. He was a 
 most lovable man, and I feel a distinct j)ersonal loss in 
 his going. His death was peculiarly sad, coming when 
 it did. he having barely crossed the meridian of manhood 
 and when the star of his possibilities was just in its 
 ascendancy, rising to nobler and greater achievements. 
 
 In his death the Nation has lost an able ollicer; his 
 State and district, an earnest advocate; and his family, 
 the greatest losers of all, a loving husband and noble 
 father. 
 
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Address of Mr. Ei.lerbe. of Sotith Carolina 
 
 Mr. Speaker: It siinll not bo my part to-day to dwell 
 upon the life and work of the late James M. Grioc.s. 
 
 1 coiiK- hut as a friend to pay a loving tribute to the man 
 and not the Member. Others w ill <lo that far better tlian 1. 
 
 To live in hearts wc leave behind 
 Is not to die. 
 
 It seems, Mr. Speaker, as if it were yesterday that my 
 friend was seati'd in this Hall. I can almost hear the echo 
 of his cheerful greeting and see the pleasant smile of wel- 
 come with which he always met me. 
 
 If James M. (Irigos had a fault it was surplus of kind- 
 ness. This disposition was innate. The Almighty created 
 liim with a heart so full of generous impulses that it (h'ew 
 to him friends as the needle is drawn to the pole. He left 
 a memory that is sweet, and enlightens and cheers those 
 friends as the sun brightens and clieers all that it touches. 
 
 No man in tiie House had more of those qualities which 
 bind men together, which dra\\' the love and fidelity of 
 those who are kindrid s])irits. It was through these quali- 
 ties that Griggs did his best work for his district. It was 
 always a privilege to serve him, because his colleagues 
 felt sure of appreciation of any favor done for him and 
 sure that in return he would always give them his best 
 service. 
 
 He died at liis post. The commission with whicii the 
 confidence of his constituents had invested him still 
 
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Memokial Adduksshs: Representative Grkiiis 
 
 clothed him with authority when he was called hence so 
 suddenly. 
 
 The mystery of his taking off we can not fathom. These 
 losses are the most bitter and yet the most useful lesson 
 that we can learn. 
 
 The friend of our soul is taken suddenly in tlie midst 
 of health and strengtli and hope. It is an arrow which 
 strikes very near our own hearts. It is a voice of warning 
 crying " Be ye also ready." 
 
 As life runs on the road grows strange 
 With faces new — and near the end 
 
 Tlie milestones into headstones change 
 'Neath every stone — a friend. 
 
 When on the last day that Mr. Grkkis spent in Washing- 
 ton we sat together at luncheon, talking of the future and 
 the work that we were planning to do before tlie session 
 ended, 1 little dreamed that 1 would see his face no more, 
 and tliat never again would we meet in the fellowship 
 which had been so pleasant a part of my life here. 
 
 The deceased was not without faults. No doubt, Mr. 
 Speaker, that lie, like many others, when he came before 
 the people had to pass through an ordeal of adverse criti- 
 cism and perhaps denunciation. In these days no sooner 
 docs a man become a candidate for an official position 
 than the arsenal of calumny is ransacked for the most 
 poisonous of arrows to wound, if not destroy, and he 
 perhaps did not escape that ordeal; yet 1 appeal to those 
 who knew him whether in all his otticial career a taint of 
 suspicion ever rested upon the integrity of his character. 
 
 His inlhience and wonderful personality will be missed 
 from the councils of his country. 
 
 But death is the one thing inevitable. It can neither he 
 bribed with gold nor bewitched by beauty. 
 
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Addhkss oi- Mi(. Ki.m;ri5l;, ok Soi hi Caholina. 
 
 It is implacable, impartial, without remorse. It snatches 
 the rosy bal)e from tlie motiier's arms, outstrips the lleet- 
 ness of youth, and claims the strong man for its own. And 
 so it comes to pass that in every household there is a 
 vacant chair and at every step we stumble over the grave 
 of a love<l one. 
 
 It is only left us to live so that when our summons 
 conies we will leave behind us friends wliose sorrow will 
 be real and a place which no other can fdl, as did James 
 M. Griggs. 
 
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Address oi Mh. Rohinson, of Arkansas 
 
 Mr. Speaker: James Mathews Griggs, in whose mem- 
 ory this service is held by his colleagues and friends, was 
 a native of Georgia, having been born at Lagrange March 
 29, 18t)l. Like many other men who have served their 
 country elBciently, his education was begun in tlie public 
 scliools. He graduated frt)m the Peabody Normal Col- 
 lege, at Nashville, Tenn., in 1881, and for two years was 
 engaged in teaching school and studying law. In 1883 he 
 was admitted to the bar and soon afterwards began the 
 practice of law. His political career began in 1888, when 
 he was elected solicitor general of his judicial circuit. 
 He was reelected in 18!)2, but resigned the following year. 
 Shortly afterwards he was appointed jiulge of the same 
 circuit, and was twice reelected. 
 
 In 1896 he resigned tlie ollice of judge and was elected 
 to Congress, where lie continued in service until his death 
 on the 5lh day of January, 1910. Mr. Griggs was chair- 
 man of the Democratic congressional campaign commit- 
 tee in 1904 and 1906, and his management of the cam- 
 paigns in those years demonstrated his grasp of national 
 political issues. 
 
 Few men of his age have had a more varied political 
 experience. There are some features of his career that 
 are common to the lives of many pui)lic men. The 
 foundations of his education were laid in the pulilic 
 schools of his native State, antl his entrance upon a pro- 
 fessional and political career was preceded by a valuable 
 
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AnDHESS 01' Mk. Robinson, oi Ahkansas 
 
 liaiiiiiig acquired in toacliing school. How many of the 
 best men in public lilV began their careers as school- 
 teachers. 
 
 No man who has served in Congress during recent years 
 has enjoyed more completely the coiilidence of his col- 
 leagues and associates than Mr. Griggs. His personal 
 popularity was almost universal. Possessed of strong 
 mental faculties, lie was liberal in his views, charitable 
 toward opposition, and forceful in his expressions. A 
 lovable man, devoted to his family, and faithful to his 
 friends. 
 
 In studying his character we recognize that those traits 
 which made him universally popular were his spirit of 
 good fellowship and loyalty in his friendships. He was 
 not only courteous and genial to his intimate friends, but 
 uniformly considerate toward new Members. 
 
 The new Member of Congress is a peculiar, interesting, 
 and distinctive specie. As a rule, when he enters upon 
 tiie duties of his office he is charged with a sense of 
 responsibility and depressed by a consciousness of inelli- 
 ciency. The manner in which some of the older and 
 experienced Members uniformly treat and regard new- 
 Members has not often been the subject of frank com- 
 ment. There is a poison which blights the strongest soul 
 and withers the fairest aspirations. It is not opposition, 
 not denunciation, but humiliation. 
 
 When the new Member first arrives in Washington to 
 engage in his congressional duties he finds himself con- 
 fronted with countless dilliculties, innumerable details of 
 routine duties which as the years go by gradually become 
 familiar to him, but winch at first are always embarrass- 
 ing and sometimes overwhelming. Lawyers skillful in 
 the advocacy of causes before juries and courts find them- 
 selves impotent befcn-e conmiittees of Congress. Men 
 who have succeeded in business affairs elsewhere experi- 
 
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Memorial Addresses: Representative Griggs 
 
 ence bitter disappointment in the signal and utter failures 
 which seem to attend their sincerest efforts here. I think 
 a congressional career is somewhat analogous to college 
 life. The new Member of Congress occupies a similar 
 relation to that of the freshman. The process of hazing 
 through which he is carried is not very different from the 
 experience of the student; its result is often the same — 
 humiliation. How many men of recognized ability, 
 inspired by a sincere purpose to discharge their duties 
 faithfully and efficiently, who expect prompt recognition 
 here of their good intentions and their well-meant efforts, 
 who secretly expect to attain prominence, sink to that 
 level of mediocrity which, while it gives immunity from 
 bitter censure, also consigns many a proud soul to obscu- 
 rity. The attitude of experienced Congressmen toward 
 the new Member is sometimes if not usually caused by 
 indifference, but the new Member frecjuently attributes 
 it to contempt. They pass him by with formal recogni- 
 tion. His loftiest flights of oratory are sneered at as 
 grandiloquent. With a certainty that is unfailing he will 
 finally find his proper level, receive deserved recognition, 
 and, as a rule, accept the final judgment of his colleagues 
 as to his ability and worth without complaint. Yet every 
 Member was once a new man and can recall with pleas- 
 ure the old Members who received him kindly and treated 
 him with great consideration. 
 
 Prompted by a natural spirit of fellowship and good 
 nature, James M. Griggs always had a word of encourage- 
 ment and assistance to the new Member. He once said 
 to me that the happiest feature of his service here was 
 experienced in aiding new Members. It was this more 
 than anything else, in my judgment, that made him per- 
 manently popular. 
 
 After all, this is a great forum, not a training school. 
 Weaklings can not long survive here. It is pleasant to 
 
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Addfiess oi- Mii. HoisiNSON, OK Ahkansas 
 
 recall tluil our departed Irieiul softened the asperities 
 and tempered the adversities of the untried and the 
 aspiring among his associates. The successful and the 
 renowned always have a fair share of the approval and 
 the commendation of their fellows. But he who has 
 not triunii)hed, hut is heginning a great struggle, never 
 forgets a strong hand lent in kindly aid or a good word 
 spoken to cheer. 
 
 As one who enjoyed an intimate friendship with Mr. 
 Griggs, I learned to love him for his generosity and his 
 loyalty. His career was comparatively hrief, yet during 
 the less than 50 years that he lived he witnessed many 
 momentous military and political events. He was horn 
 just at the beginning of the civil war. His child ears 
 heard the measured tread of armies dashing to conflict. 
 His youthful eyes gazed in astonishment on neglected 
 fields and desolated homes. His early years were embar- 
 rassed by lack of opportunities common to every southern 
 community during the period of his youth, yet he acquired 
 a good education and bore an honorable part in the 
 restoration of the South. He lived long enough to sec the 
 country reunited and the sun of a new glory shining in 
 noonday splendor on the fields and homes of (ieorgia and 
 of all the South. He was a just judge, an eificient legis- 
 lator, a good citizen, and a faithful friend. 
 
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Address of Mr. Edwards, of Georgia 
 
 Mr. Speaker: In his able and eloquoiil memorial ad- 
 dress delivered in the House on April 9, 1910. eulogizing 
 his friend, the late Judge De Armond, the Hon. Champ 
 Clark, among other things, said: 
 
 The high places to which I'helps, Bland, and De Armond rose in 
 both the House and the country is another ilhistration of the value 
 of long service — value not only to themselves, but to their con- 
 stituencies and to the entire lU-public. 
 
 What he said of these gentlemen is true also of Judge 
 James M. Griggs, to whose memory we pay these tributes 
 of respect to-day, for he, too, measured up to and exceeded 
 the expectations of his loyal constituency, and was per- 
 mitted to remain here for many years to serve the country, 
 increasing all the while in his usefulness, until death 
 claimed him. In the same speech referred to above the 
 Hon. Chamj) Clark said further: 
 
 Men should not he sent hither simply to gratify their own per- 
 sonal ambitions, but because they can be of service, and having 
 proved that they are of service wisdom dictates that they should 
 be kept here so long as they continue to be of service; and it may 
 be confidently asserted that the value of the services of a man of 
 capacity, character, industry, and good habits increase in exact 
 proportion to his length of service. New England understands 
 this thoroughly. So do the cities of Philadelphia and Pittsburg. 
 When a Representative from any of those places demonstrates his 
 fitness here he is retained until lie retires, dies, or is promoted. 
 Five times in succession Philadelphia has had the distinguished 
 
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Address oi Mr. Edwards, oi (lEOHCiiA 
 
 honor of furnishing the " father of the House " — Kelley, Randall, 
 O'Neill, riarmer, anil Bingham. Should den. Bingham, the present 
 " father of the House," for any reason cease to be a Member, the 
 title of " father of the House " would pass to still another Pennsyl- 
 vanian. tlie Hon. John Dalzell. These facts should furnish much 
 food for Ihoughi to every constituency in the land. 
 
 Till- latf Judge CiRKids fcprcscMitrd a constituency that 
 seemed to recognize the force of what Mf. Clark said, and 
 hence kept him here continuously from the Fifty-fifth to 
 the Sixty-first Congress, he being a Member of this Con- 
 gress at the time of his death, and I believe it can be safely 
 stated tiiat Judge Griggs continued to grow in usefidness 
 to his constituency and to the Republic with each suc- 
 ceeding Congress. 
 
 Hon. James Mathews Griggs was born at Lagrange, Ga., 
 on March 29, 1861. He was a lawyer by profession, and 
 at one time was engaged in the newspaper business. Ih' 
 entered politics early in life, having been elected as 
 solicitor general of the Pataula judicial circuit in 1888, 
 in which he demonstrated his abilities as a prosecuting 
 attorney so well tiiat he was reelected in 1892. He 
 resigned this position in 1893 to accept the appointment 
 tendered to iiim to be judge of the same circuit. He made 
 a splendid judge, and was elected to that position twice 
 without o])position. He resigned the judgeship in 1890 
 to nuike tile race for Congress, and was elected to the 
 Fifty-fifth, Fifty-sixth, Fifty-seventh, Fifty-eighth, Fifty- 
 ninth, Sixtietii. and Sixty-first Congresses, and was serv- 
 ing as a distinguished Mendjer of this, the Sixty-first, Con- 
 gress at the time of his death. The people had confidence 
 in him. He was a great man, and merited their confidence 
 and love. In every position of trust and honor to which 
 the people elected him, he proved worthy of their trust, 
 and dignified the positions with his splendid ability and 
 failhfid service. 
 
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Mkmohiai. Addresses : Representative (iRkigs 
 
 A deep gloom was cast over the entire membership of 
 the House and Senate when the news of his death, which 
 occurred at his liome at Dawson, Ga., on January 5, 1910, 
 was flaslied to Washington over the wires. As a member 
 of the great Ways and Means Committee of the House, the 
 most important connnittee of the House, Judge Griggs had 
 worked veiy liard while the tarifif bill was being framed 
 and passed in tlie extra session of this Congress, and 
 became somewhat run down in health and strength. 
 
 He returned to Washington last December, however, at 
 the opening of the present session, and seemed well and 
 strong again. He left here on December 17 for his home, 
 where lie spent the holidays, and was at home at the time 
 of his death. His sudden death was a great shock and a 
 sad blow to his friends and those who knew him. The 
 Washington Post, in speaking of his death, said: 
 
 Universal sorrow was exprt'ssed by Mr. Griggs's colleagues in 
 the House of Heprcsentatives — botli Democrats and Republicans — 
 to-day, after they had read of his sudden death at his home in 
 Georgia. 
 
 The same paper stated: 
 
 Representative Champ Clark, of Missouri, the minority leader, 
 voiced his deep personal sorrow and declared that Mr. Griggs was 
 a brilliant and hard-working Member, who would be mourned by 
 all who knew him and greatly missed in the councils of the House. 
 
 Mr. Speaker, when Judge Griggs died the Nation lost a 
 great man and the party lost a great Democrat. He was 
 as big hearted and generous a man as I have ever known. 
 He had the gift of making and retaining friends, and he 
 had as many warm personal friends in Georgia as any 
 man of his time. There is no doubt in my mind that if 
 he had been spared a few more years his ambition to be 
 governor of Georgia would have been gratified. 
 
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Addhkss ()i Mh. Edwards, or (jkougia 
 
 I luul luaixl ;uul read much about him, hut it was not 
 uiy piiasure to know him personally until after 1 was 
 elected to Congress. He did me a kindness before I knew 
 him which I shall never forget, and which I shall appre- 
 ciate as long as I live. Shorth' after my election to the 
 Sixtieth Congress a committee of insolent negroes in an 
 insulting way deman<h'd of me a |)rivate conference, 
 wliieli I declined. It was tliougiit jjy some who were look- 
 ing for my political downfall that they saw in the incident 
 an opportunity to crush me politically, and consequently 
 undertook to work an issue out of it. Sharp criticisms 
 were fired at me by a few for my failure to meet this negro 
 committee. I was young and it was among my first polit- 
 ical experiences. My friends seemed a bit slow at first 
 to rally to me, and the fire kept up. 
 
 As soon as Judge Griggs saw an account of the affair, lie 
 sent me a long telegram telling me 1 was right and to 
 " stand to my guns," giving me cheer in my fight and nerv- 
 ing me for the fray. God knows I appreciated that tele- 
 gram, and only death will close my memory of his thought- 
 fulness and kindness to me at that time, which helped me 
 to win out before the people. On coming to Washington 
 1 met him. Again he was thoughtful and kind and aided 
 me in every way he could in getting onto my work as a 
 Member of the House. We became fast friends. In Iiis 
 death I lost one of my best friends, and 1 was grieved to 
 get the sad news of his death. 
 
 If a friend, he was as loyal and as " true blue " as friend 
 could be. Nothing was too good for his friends and nolli- 
 ing was too great a service for liim to do to oblige liis 
 friends. 
 
 The high esteem in which he was iield by his constit- 
 uents was attested by the honors they conferred upon him 
 by electing him to liigh offices of honor and trust. The 
 high esteem in which he was held here in Washington was 
 
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Memorial Addresses : Rei'resentative Griggs 
 
 attested in the tact that lie was given promotion after 
 promotion, serving upon important committees all the 
 way up to that of the Ways and Means Committee of the 
 House, on which last-named committee he rendered great 
 service to his party and the country in his fight for a 
 downward revision of the tariff to a revenue basis and in 
 his fight against the present tarifli' law. The more his 
 fellows knew of him the more they liked him and the 
 more they were impressed with his ability and worth as 
 a statesman. He served twice as the chairman of the 
 national Democratic congressional campaign committee, 
 a great and merited honor, in whicli position he rendered 
 valuable service to the Democratic Party. 
 
 Little did 1 expect when I last saw my friend. Judge 
 ("iRiGGS, that he would be so soon called to his reward in 
 the great beyond. I saw him as he left the House on the 
 last day he was iiere i)reparing to go home to his wife, 
 children, and loved ones for the holidays. He seemed full 
 of life and gave promise of many more years among us. 
 But this " marked man among men " was even then 
 marked for the grave, full of happy antici])ati()ns of his 
 holiday visit to his home and his loved ones, and he knew 
 not that death was so near at hand. So it is with us all — 
 we just go on preparing to live and take little thought of 
 the final day. As the vacant seats here are marked with 
 crape and a floral design, we are all icmiuded that another 
 one of our fellows has been called iience. We mourn his 
 loss and wonder, " Who next? " In the short time I have 
 been here I have seen many seats draped in this House; 
 and I never see the vacant chair, the crapi', anil llie tlowers 
 that I do not ask the good (iod to let me so live that when 
 His summons to me shall come, if it is my lot to be the next, 
 that I may be ready and i)repare(l to go. No words that 
 we can utter here will benefit or changes matters foi- our 
 friends who have gone before. 
 
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Addhkss or Mu. Edwahds. oi (iKorgi \ 
 
 Tlie record lias been made up, and the reward is accord- 
 ing to the life that has been lived. Judge Griggs was a 
 Christian and a member of the Baptist Cliurch. He was 
 a devoted luisband and a kind and loving father. He was 
 (ievot(|lly attaciied to ids family and they to him, and his 
 death to them was a grief which only experience in the 
 loss of our own loved ones can fit us to feel or describe. 
 
 A monument is being builded by his friends to the 
 memory of the late Judge Griggs in the district which he 
 served so long and so well. This is a mark of esteem, 
 and it is generous and right for his constituents to so 
 honor the memory of this good man, who served them 
 with such signal ability. But he built a monument for 
 himself which will be more enduring than a tablet of 
 bronze or a shaft of marble, and that is a monument that 
 will live into the eternities; he builded it for himself and 
 left it as his monument — a good name and a good 
 character. 
 
 The Bible tells us that a good name is rather to be 
 chosen than great riches. Our dead friend had chosen 
 and made for himself " a good name," which will live in 
 the history of this country forever. 
 
 It is a sad and unfortunate experience in the career of 
 most public men that there are those who are ever ready 
 to condemn and criticize. A good name is a priceless 
 possession, and to a man of pure, noble character there 
 is nothing dearer, nor can such a character be builded 
 in a da}'. If men here were measured by what they are 
 and judged by their record as it really is, instead of too 
 often being misrepresented and misunderstood, there 
 would unquestionably be far more pleasure in serving 
 our country here. Through the weapon of innuendo and 
 misrepresentation it is possible for " character sharks," 
 and the world is full of them, to literally blast the i-epu- 
 tation of a public man who has been faithful and earnest 
 
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Memorial Addresses : Representative Griggs 
 
 in his service to his people and the country in less time 
 than it takes to tell the story of it after the dastardly 
 deed has heen committed. No pain is half so keen as 
 that experienced bj' an honest man whose life and pur- 
 poses are pure as that experienced by him when his 
 motives are impugned, and yet it is the uufortunate lot 
 of almost every man who holds public ollice in this coun- 
 try. Why should it be thus? Why not do unto others 
 as we would have others do unto us? If the world was 
 half as ready to give credit where credit is due as it is 
 to pick flaws and find faults, there would he far more 
 happiness abroad in the land. 
 
 I am of the opinion that no man, ludess he is a (iod- 
 fearing man, should he elevated into any ofiicc of trust 
 and honor by the people; and that when such a man has 
 been found and placed in ofhce that the good people ought 
 to rise uj) in their might and rebuke those who would 
 tear down the good name of tiiat faithful servant. Right 
 prevails always, but sometimes not until great injury has 
 been done. God rules, and He never forsakes his own. 
 He has prospered this country because we are a God- 
 fearing people, and sad will be the day for us when we 
 drift away from God and His teachings. God needs men 
 in His cause, and the country needs and should have 
 godly men in every position, from the lowest to the 
 highest. 
 
 Judge Griggs was a good man, and always stood for 
 what was right. He was a man of strong con\ictions, 
 and he had the courage of his convictions. He has left 
 his impress upon the laws and history of this land and 
 has left behind him an enviable reputation. 
 
 He was a great lawyer, a great judge, a scholar, and 
 a statesman. He loved his Slate, and the people of lliat 
 State loved and will miss him. He loved and servetl his 
 country and his countrymen loved and honored him, and 
 he will he sadlv missed in the councils of the Nation. 
 
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Address of Mr. (lot lden, ov New York 
 
 Mr. Si'Eaker: Wc luivo met to-day to lioiior the memory 
 of our late associate, James M. (iiu(.(is. of (ieorgia, wlio 
 died January I, 1910. It was my privilige to serve with 
 liim lor seven years, and as our seats were close together 
 I saw inuch of him. At the opening of the Fil'ty-eighth 
 Congress he was one of the first to extend the hand of 
 welcome to the stranger. He was ever willing to aid a 
 new Member in the discharge of his duties. I recall 
 many valuable suggestions tliat enabled me to avoid pit- 
 falls llial lay in my path, and that wouUl have retarded 
 the modest achievements witii whicii I have been cred- 
 ited. My heartfelt thanks are due to our late beloved col- 
 league whose life antl deeds We commemorate to-day. 
 He was in the prime of his manhood, and, until the 
 disease that finally took him from us, was one of the 
 most rugged and healthy Members of this body. 
 
 His life, one of usefulness to his State and Nation, 
 should have enabled him to pass man's allotted time of 
 three score and ten on eartli. 
 
 His sphere of duty, like that of all industrious mem- 
 bei's of legislative organizations, was growing wider and 
 stronger year by year in this body. While a partisan in 
 politics, he possessed the courage of his convictions, as 
 demonstrated by his vote and voice on the floor of tlie 
 House of Representatives on more than one occasion. 
 He stood for principle, and never bent the truculent 
 knee to expediency. His acts as a Member during his 
 long service here demonstrate his character as a states- 
 
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Memorial Addkessks: Representative Griggs 
 
 man. As a member of tlie great CommiUee on Ways and 
 Means he was always in accord with his party. His deter- 
 mined opposition to a Iiigh protective tariff and in favor 
 of one for revenue only met with the hearty approval of 
 his party associates and won the respect of his political 
 opponents on the committee. 
 
 His genial personality, his engaging manners, and his 
 bright, witty conversation made him one of the most 
 popular men in Washington. Well do I recall in my 
 early days in Congress of our colleague being interested 
 in a matter of considerable importance to his section in 
 the way of fast mail-service soliciting help to pass the 
 measure, of hearing Members on both sides of this Cham- 
 ber saying: "Yes; I will support it, because Jim Chiggs 
 Vants it." 
 
 In my own case, on account of a similar measure being 
 before a committee of which I was a member, and to 
 which I was opposed, when I explained the matter he 
 promptly replied witii a smile, "You are right, and I 
 would not ask you to favor my proposition under the 
 circumstances." If possible, he was a better friend after 
 than before that occurrence. This showed one of the 
 admirable traits in the character of our late colleague. 
 
 His cheerful disposition and friendly manner did not 
 leave him even when suffering from the pains of the illness 
 that finally ended his life. It was always with a pleasant 
 smile and a hearty " (iood morning" that he met his 
 friends. His untimely death is seriously felt by his dear 
 ones, to whom he was devoted; by his many friends and 
 bj' his former associates, who loved and admired the 
 manly, unselfish character of their colleague. 
 
 With deej) affection for the memory of our departed 
 brother I place this brief, simple tribute of respect to 
 the late James M. Griggs, with the hope that his life may 
 prove a blessing to his friends. 
 
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Address of Mr. Brantley, of Georgia 
 
 Mr. Speaker: A merciful Provideiu-c decreed that the 
 last dread suminoiis to our late colleague, James Mathews 
 Griggs, should find him resting in the bosom of liis family 
 in his own lionie, in tlie little city of Dawson. Ga. 
 
 If lie was expecting the summons, no one knew it but 
 himself, for to all others it came not only without warn- 
 ing, but with fearful and dreadfid siuldenness, and fountl 
 them unprepared. That day in last January on which 
 he lay down for a short rest was no more calm and 
 peaceful than was the gentle sleep that seemed at once 
 to come to him. He lay down expecting to arise from 
 a refreshing slumber, with the joy of life thereby renewed, 
 but the refreshment that came was that of life eternal, 
 for life ended as he slept. As the twilight quietly and 
 almost imperceptibly shades into the darkness, so did 
 his sleep of life pass away into the sleep of death. So 
 gentle was the touch of the messenger, Deatli. that he 
 had come and gone before those who watched knew that 
 he was near. Whatever of storm and tempest our 
 beloved colleague may have encountered in life, they 
 were forgotten and atoned for in the beautiful quiet and 
 peace of the end that was vouchsafed to him. 
 
 It was his privilege in his last glimpse of life to look 
 upon the scenes, the faces, and the things that he held 
 most dear, for when the curtain of life went down for- 
 ever for him it was these faces and these scenes that last 
 disappeared from view. 
 
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Memorial Addresses : Representative ClRitiiis 
 
 No truer friends or more loyal hearts or more sincere 
 mourners ever gathered around the bier of a departed 
 one to sing the last songs and to utter the last prayers than 
 assembled in the church at Dawson on the 7th day of last 
 January to pay the last tribute of love to all that was 
 mortal of dear Jim (Iriggs. They were his neighbors, 
 and they knew and loved him. They were his real 
 friends, the ones who had aided and encouraged and ever 
 pushed him upward and upward. His success was their 
 success and his triumph was their triumi)h. They were 
 proud of his achievements, but it was a pride i)orn of 
 love, for his heart was theirs and their hearts were his. 
 They loved the man, and they mourned his death. 
 
 Grief and sorrow were everywhere, and well might they 
 be, for there had been stricken down in the zenitii of his 
 pow-er and u.sefulness a distinguished citizen and a trusted 
 and tried friend. The mourners were not all from Daw- 
 son. They were there from many places, for the love 
 for him who lay dead was not local only. It extended 
 throughout his district, and wherever he was known, and 
 from far and near came bruised and aching hearts to 
 swell the woe of grief that was universal, (ireat as 
 were the deeds in life of him for whom they mourned, 
 we might well ask if there was not in the hour of his 
 death the greatest of all his achievements. Surely a life 
 has been worth the living when its ending could provoke 
 so much of sorrow and of mourning as were here seen. 
 Words were not needed, extravagant eulogies were 
 unnecessary to point tiie feeling that swelled each heart 
 present almost to the bursting point. There could be no 
 greater tribute to worth and real manhood, and no 
 grander demonstration of loving confidence than tiiis 
 great concourse of people, silent and subdued, paying 
 tributes of honor and love, by their presence, to one who 
 
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Addhkss ()1 Ml). I5h.\mli:y, oi (1i;(ih<.ia 
 
 never more would smile upon lliem and who no more 
 could serve or aid or love. 
 
 What manner oT man was this, so mueh loved by his 
 neighbors, and in whose memory this House has met 
 to-day? The answer is upon the tongue of every one 
 who here served with him. He was a manly man; he 
 was a man who loved his I'ellow-man. and by his fellow- 
 man was loved in turn. In this simple statement is told 
 the secret of his success. The same (pialities that brought 
 him the confi<ience and esteem and (rust of those who 
 sent him here, gave him that same confidence and esteem 
 from those willi whom he served here. 
 
 A great divine once said that God and one man might 
 constitute some religions, but that to constitute the Chris- 
 tian religion God and at least two men were required, 
 and for the reason that Christianity is the service of 
 humanity. God is served by serving His creatures, and 
 in no other way can we really and truly serve Him. We 
 can not by taking thought discover anything that i)oor 
 finite man can do to add to the greatness, the glory, or 
 the power of the Almighty. We can be Christians and 
 we can glorify His name only by loving and serving our 
 fellow-men. 
 
 Truly the poet wrote that the proper study of mankind 
 is man. This world in which we live has beauty and 
 grandeur of sea and mountain, of hill and valley and 
 river. It has unaccountable riches of stone and wood and 
 metal. Its countless treasures of forest and mine and of 
 art are everywhere. It is a beaulilul world, filled with 
 beautiful things of sight and sound and touch; but all 
 these things arc as dross compared with the humanity 
 that peoples it. Man is the noblest, as he is the greatest, 
 work of God, and he who lives but to feast upon and 
 hoard the inanimate riches of the earth, with no thought 
 or care for mankind, does not know life and is a stranger 
 
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Memorial Addresses: Representative (iRiccis 
 
 to the teachings of the Ahiiighty. Our dear friend wlio 
 has gone from among us knew this great lesson of life. 
 Whether his knowledge came to him by intuition or 
 whether he learned it through his own observation be- 
 comes immaterial. That he knew it and measured his 
 conduct by it his life reveals. 
 
 The great thought of his life was humanity, and so it 
 was that he had a ready smile, a cheerful word, and an 
 extended hand for all who approached him. His mis- 
 sion was to scatter sunshine and to plant seeds of kind- 
 ness. The gift of wit and jest was his to a large degree, 
 but his jest was ever a merry one and left no sting behind. 
 His flow of humor dispelled the clouds of care wherever 
 it went, and as he moved about from place to place and 
 from man to man he banished gloom and despair and 
 made light the hearts that were heavy. Men loved him 
 because he was always glad. His joy was the joy of 
 living. 
 
 He first took his seat as a Member of the House on March 
 15, 1897, at the extra session of the Fifty-fifth Congress, 
 the session called to enact the Dingley tariff law, and from 
 that day until death claimed him on the 5th day of last 
 January, in the forty-ninth year of his life, he was con- 
 tinuously a Member of this body. During that period, cov- 
 ering almost 13 full years of active service, he personally 
 met and knew practically every Member wiio served with 
 him here. Genial and whole-souled, full of the love of 
 humanity, and craving companionship, it was as natural 
 for him to know his associates here as it was natural for 
 him to know and be in touch with the people he served. 
 Few men have ever had a place in this Chamber who 
 enjoyed to a greater degree than he did the confidence, 
 the friendship, and the personal interest of the entire 
 membership. Tlie tributes paid him to-day are the sincere 
 outpourings of the hearts that truly mourn his absence. 
 
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AnDKESS OK Mr. BhaNTI.EV, of (iEOIUilA 
 
 Cheerful and light heartod as he always seemed lo he. 
 Judge ("iRiGGS was no idler in the serious work of life, as the 
 achievements to his credit so well show. Looking back 
 upon the short span of life allotted to him, we find a record 
 of which any man could well be proud. Fortune, nor 
 family, nor influence gave him the proud position that 
 was his, but he claimed and won it through sheer force of 
 ability and unwearying energj'. The great distance that 
 lay between his humble start and the goal he finally 
 reached would have dismayed a less stout heart, but fail- 
 ure formed no part of the program he mapped out for 
 himself, and, imdiscouraged by his surroundings and with 
 unfailing hope, he pursued adversity until adversity fled. 
 In the great school of experience he learned to master 
 and overcome each difiiculty that he encountered, until 
 at last honors were his for the asking, and fame and dis- 
 tinction and acknowledged success became his just 
 portion. 
 
 He successively filled the ofiice of prosecuting attorney 
 and circuit court judge, and his record was such that the 
 people of the second congressional district of Georgia gave 
 to him seven successive terms in Congress, and only 
 stopped because he died. That their trust in him was 
 fully justified, those of us who knew him here can well 
 attest. 
 
 From that day during his first term when he arose in' 
 the House to protest against the frequency with which the 
 South was being received back into the Tnion, protesting 
 that one time was enough and that the South was in the 
 Union to stay, and as loyal as any other section, his stand- 
 ing in the House was secure. In that same speech he gave 
 a fleeting glimpse of the humor that was ever in him when 
 he defined the Mason and Dixon line as the line separating 
 hot bread from cold. 
 
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Memohial Addkesses : Representative Ghic.gs 
 
 His long and arduous service here on the Post-Ofiice and 
 Post-Roads Committee will ever mark the fidelity with 
 which he worked. The rural delivery of the mails enlisted 
 from the start his active support, and he lived to see 
 during his stay here the appropriation for this service 
 grow from $40,000 per year to almost as many million 
 dollars per year. 
 
 Faithful, diligent, and active, the time came when he 
 was called to a place on the Ways and Means Committee. 
 He took an active part in the hearings before this com- 
 mittee preceding the enactment of the present tariH' law, 
 and Republicans and Democrats alike agree that in tlie 
 service there and later in the House, when tlie tariif 1)111 
 was on its passage, he was moved and actuated by loyal 
 devotion to his conception of the Democratic faith and 
 to the interests of the section of the country in which he 
 lived. The needle was never truer to the pole than was 
 he to the people who trusted him, or tlian he was to the 
 political party whose connnission he lield. His partisan- 
 ship, however, was not of the narrow and bigoted kind, 
 for he was broad minded and patriotic enough to know 
 that " he serves his party best who serves his country 
 best." 
 
 It was liis broad statesmanship and his intimate knowl- 
 edge of men fliat caused him upon two occasions — in 1902 
 and in 190G — to be placed at the head of the Democratic 
 congressional campaign committee, an honor worthily 
 bestowed and well deserved, as the results of his admin- 
 istration demonstrated. His place here was a higli one, 
 and it, like all others he ever held, was of his own mak- 
 ing. He was the arcliitcct of his own fortune, and as he 
 builded only in the liearts of men. he was a great archi- 
 tect and a master builder, for none knew better tlian he 
 the real heart of the true man. 
 
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AdDHKSS ()1 Mh. l>liAMI.i;\, Ol (iKOlU.lA 
 
 Words fail us when we attempt to pay to liini liie 
 tribute that love suggests and that his worth demands, 
 but we know tiiat his name and his lame are seeurt' not 
 alone with us, but with all who knew him, even though 
 we spoke no word to-day; and we know also that liis 
 deeds are spread upon the imperishable records of our 
 common country, and will live long after we, too, have 
 followed in the way that he has led. 
 
 When the present, the Sixty-first, Congress convened 
 there were present ii'i Members of the House who came 
 first to the Fifty-fifth Congress, the Congress of which 
 Judge (iRiGC.s was first a Member, and of this 32 it so 
 chances that 16 of them were Democrats and 16 Repub- 
 licans. It is somewhat remarkable that this even division 
 should have existed, but it serves to emphasize the fact 
 that no division to-day exists in the purpose for which 
 we have met, for in the loving esteem in which Judge 
 Griggs was held party lines were unknown. Jim (Iricgs, 
 as we knew him and called him, knew no party in the 
 personal friendship he gave and received. 
 
 W^e do not claim for him that he was without fault, but 
 in the greatness of his virtues the smallness of his faults 
 have to-day been swallowed up and lost forever. Full 
 well, too, we know that such weakness and frailties as he 
 had were of the flesh and not of the heart. If harm they 
 did, it was to him and not to mankind. His ideals were 
 high, his purpose was noble, and his heart was clean. 
 He stood in the way of no man's success. He strove to 
 help and not to hinder. His life was useful, and the 
 memory of it will be helpful and encouraging in the days 
 to come, for he taught that the love of humanity is the 
 highest and noblest of all virtues, and that honesty of life 
 and of purpose is ever a shield and protection against 
 everv slander and calumnv. 
 
Address of Mr. Lee, of Georgia 
 
 Mr. Speaker: A life of great usefulness came to an end 
 when James Mathews Griggs closed his eyes in death. 
 The people of the second congressional district of Geor- 
 gia lost the services of an able Representative who had 
 conscientiously furthered their interests in and out of 
 Congress for a dozen years, and his State is the poorer 
 in the passing away of one who added luster to her name. 
 He had not yet reached the measure of a half hundred 
 years when the grim i-eaper cut him down. But, sir, the 
 value of a man is not to be gauged by periods of time, 
 but by deeds alone, and by the application of this stand- 
 ard we shall approximate the true worth of our departed 
 colleague and friend. 
 
 His life has been sketched so fully that 1 need not ad- 
 dress myself to that grateful task, but it will be no less a 
 pleasure to review briefly the career of a man who wrote 
 success on all he undertook. Mr. Griggs had been a 
 school-teacher, an editor, and a lawyer. In the last- 
 named profession he achieved an enduring reputation. 
 He readily assimilated the fundamental principles of 
 jurisprudence, and whether as prosecuting attorney, or 
 pleading for a client, or as a judge on the bench, he 
 applied them with rare insight to the case at issue. His 
 pleadings were always incisive, his judgments illuminat- 
 ing. He had the rare gift of getting right at the heart 
 of a controversy, the results of which were logical deduc- 
 tion and expression- luminant with clearness. Had he 
 remained on the bench he would have been sure of 
 mounting to the topmost round of the ladder. 
 
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Addkkss ()i- Mh. Lei:, of ("iKoiuiia 
 
 There was, however, in his eoniposiliuii that whicli 
 made him eager for the more exciting domain of poHtics. 
 Thus, while tlie bench lost an able judge, his party gained 
 an able exponent of its doctrines, his district a most val- 
 uable representative, and the Congress of the United 
 States a diligent legislator. He proved liis mettle in many 
 a hard-fought campaign, and his conquering quality was 
 proved by the fact that his career in this House was not 
 interrupted from the day he first entered it until the day 
 of his death. For nearly 14 jears he served his people, 
 and there is none among us that served more faithfully. 
 
 There is no assembly anywhere in which a man's real 
 worth is more quickly and more clearly made manifest 
 than in the House of Representatives of the Congress of 
 the United States. Of course passing success is vouch- 
 safed to some, but lasting recognition falls to him only 
 whose gifts of mind, and whose integrity in all the vicis- 
 situdes of legislative shifts and combinations disclose the 
 man of comnuuuling power. From the very moment of 
 his advent here these qualities were observed and appre- 
 ciated. In the first session of the Fifty-fifth Congress he 
 was assigned to the Committee on the Post Office and 
 Post Roads, and on that committee he served with dis- 
 tinguislied ability for ten years. 
 
 On that committee there is no opportunity for display; 
 it is essentially a committee for hard, prosaic work. In- 
 numerable problems of legislative and administrative 
 reforms constantly present themselves; appropriations 
 larger than those for any other branch of (lovernment 
 work have to be discriminatingly provided; hundreds of 
 millions of dollars subjected to proper application. In 
 either branch of Congress the Post Office Committee 
 stands for the unremitting hard work of every one of its 
 members. 
 
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Mi;m(ihial Adi)hi;ssi;s: RKiM!i:sKNT\rivi: ("iP.i(>(.s 
 
 Mr. Griggs soon established himself as one of the most 
 valuable members of this committee. To the labors that 
 devolved upon him he brought unllagging industry and 
 zeal; a ready grasp of all the points involved in any 
 given question; an absolute honesty of purpose to reach 
 a proper judgment. He worked early and late on the 
 tasks allotted to him, and when his work was done it bore 
 the stamp of completeness. 
 
 It is but natural that conspicuous service on so impor- 
 tant a committee should bring promotion. In the Six- 
 tieth Congress Mr. Griggs was appointed on the most 
 important committee of the House — that on Ways and 
 Means — and he held that assignment at the time of his 
 death. The same diligence that had marked his service 
 on the Post Office and Post Roads Committee and the 
 Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures was dis- 
 played here in even fuller measure. 
 
 The supreme opportunity of his whole congressional 
 career came to him in the first session of the Sixty-first 
 Congress, when the present tariff law was framed and 
 elaborated. To the thousand and one intricacies con- 
 nected with that piece of legislation is required unre- 
 mitting attention for the solution of the many problems 
 involved in the construction of the dilferent schedules. 
 
 On the floor of this House Jim (Iriggs, as he was affec- 
 tionately called by his friends, was as efficient as he was 
 in the connnittee. He was a fluent debater, ready at all 
 times; never taken unawares by an opponent. He held 
 his own without trouble in any controversy in which 
 he became involved. He was always an entertaining 
 speaker, for he knew how to mix philosophy and humor 
 in telling proportions. While in debate, giving blow for 
 blow, his assaults left no smarting wounds, for the sting 
 of the moment was quickly forgotten under the never- 
 failing impress of a kindly nature. 
 
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Address ok Mr. Lee, of Georgia 
 
 111 his privato lilV lie was greatly beloved and a delight- 
 ful companion. His was a sunny disposition, under 
 whose iniluence those about him were irresistibly im- 
 pelled to a like state of" mind. He had wit with a gentle 
 sarcasm. He was popular to a degree among his fellows, 
 a man ^lerfectly at home in every company', and who 
 could make men feel at home with him. 
 
 I am conscious, Mr. Speaker, of having dont' but scant 
 justice to the many excellent traits of character of our 
 departed friend. But whatever is spoken here is in 
 reality but the gratification we have in paying tribute to 
 one we knew. He himself is his most eloquent eulogy, 
 and to us is only left the regret that he should have been 
 cut ofl" at tlie very time of life when such a man's mental 
 powers are in their fullest fruiting. 
 
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Address of Mr. Adamson, of Georgia 
 
 Mr. Speaker: Judge Griggs and I had been constant, 
 warm, and intimate friends practically ever since our 
 boyhood. He was born at Legrange, Ga., in the district 
 which honors me with its suffrage. 
 
 Springing from the best Americanized English stock 
 his advent into this world was most auspicious in its 
 location. From the organization of Troup County and 
 the foundation of Lagrange, the county seat, both have 
 been celebrated for the character of their population in 
 point of refinement of manners, benevolence of feeling, 
 general intelligence, and moral worth. Splendid archi- 
 tecture and well-ordered groves and flower gardens 
 adorned the town and vicinity. Music, learning, and elo- 
 quence elevated the sentiment and spread their influence 
 far and wide. There Ben Hill lived and made his fame 
 as lawyer, patriot, and statesman. There David B. Cul- 
 berson was given to the world. 
 
 Excluding a host of other great men, living and dead, 
 Lagrange could here close her contribution to the earth's 
 list of great men with Hill, Culberson, and Griggs and 
 still not suffer by comparison with any other city on earth. 
 Starting life amid such surroundings, young Griggs un- 
 doubtedly had inspiration enough, but he was poor, the 
 child of a widowed mother, and not her only burden. 
 Fortunately she was equipped mentally, physically, and 
 religiously for her task — supporting and educating for 
 her country such a boy. Higlily educated hei'self, and 
 ornamented with all womanly virtues and graces, as well 
 
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Address or Mr. Adamson, of (Ieorgia 
 
 as aniu'd with determination and skill to I'orm and curry 
 forward her plans, she moved with her children to the 
 adjoining county of Coweta, blessed equally with Troui) 
 County in the high-toned, splendid character and pro- 
 gressive disposition of her people. In fact, those two 
 counties, the county of Griggs's birth and the county in 
 which he was reared and educated, occupy high position 
 in that Heaven-blessed region stretching from east to 
 west about a hundred miles in width, entirely across the 
 State, long and far-famed as middle Georgia, which, with- 
 out exaggeration, has given to the world more good and 
 useful, truly great men and lovely women than history 
 accredits to any other equal portion of the earth's surface 
 in the same length of time. 
 
 In far-off Mexico in the days of the Montezumas a high 
 order of Indians, also battling against the conquest of 
 Cortez, had been stirred by fable and tradition about a 
 goodly land to the far northeast, abounding in fatness 
 and all the advantages that could make life attractive. 
 Routed from their ancestral lands, they journeyed for 
 generations, after the manner of Israel in the wilderness, 
 wandering as far north as the Wabash, and then, chang- 
 ing their course, ultimately realized their hopes by taking 
 possession of the land of promise on the banks of the 
 Flint and Chattahoochee and Tallapoosa. In this lovely 
 land and matchless clime they lived and loved and 
 roamed. When the English found them here they called 
 them Creeks, on account of the numerous streams water- 
 ing the land. Many of these streams fake their I'ise in 
 Pine Mountain, which itself surpasses imperial Massa- 
 nutten, although, being surrounded by a vaster stretch of 
 better country than even historic Shenandoah Valley, it 
 must be lovelier and grander, else there would not be so 
 much contrast to aid its majestic appearance. Rising 
 suddenly from the lovely and fertile plains, it extends for 
 
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Mf.mohial Addresses: Representative Griggs 
 
 40 miles cast and west, varying in width iroin 3 to 15 
 miles. The many and varied springs issuing around its 
 base will in the future furnish water for 50 thrifty towns 
 and cities. The qualities of those waters, as well as 
 their abundance and variety, will ultimately make them 
 famous throughout the world. If they were in Germany, 
 Switzerland, or even in the Northern States, and could 
 be accompanied by their climate, they would attract hun- 
 dreds of thousands of health and pleasure seekers to 
 scatter their wealth in that favored clime. In exchange 
 for the five counties organized from the lands around that 
 mountain Georgia ceded to the United States both Ala- 
 bama and Mississippi, completing the negotiations for 
 which the great chief Mclntosli was assassinated on the 
 banks of the romantic Chattahoochee, and to compel 
 compliance willi whicli the intrepid and immortal Gov- 
 ernor Troup conducted the only successful contest ever 
 maintained against the United States by anybody or any 
 power. The Federal Government removed the Indians, 
 and that territory now comprises most of the counties of 
 the district in which Judge Griggs was born, and also the 
 one which he represented in Congress. None of those 
 counties are yet a hundred years old, and yet their splen- 
 did people have filled the world with their fame. 
 
 At Senoia, in Coweta County, young Griggs's mother 
 arranged to maintain herself and children and at the 
 same time provide for their education. Well did she 
 perform her work of love and sacrifice, but her labor 
 brought abundant reward in the accomplishments of her 
 son. As well as any other woiiian. she deserves to have 
 applied to her the scriptural l)eatilude: 
 
 Many daughters liave done virtuously, l)ut tliou excellest 
 tlieni all. 
 
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Address oi" Mh. Adam son, oi- (iKORdiA 
 
 GRUUis always asserted tliat he did not study liis books 
 nnieli, hut studied mischief more. As he must have been 
 a very boyish boy, that is possibly true, but he managed 
 somehow to acquire considerable training and gather 
 much valuable knowledge, so that he was able to make 
 gooil time in completing his coiu'se in college. When 
 he went to work in the world he met with unvarying suc- 
 cess. For a while he taught school, giving satisfaction, 
 making reputation, and earning good salary, which was 
 much needed. He was an editor for a wliile, then he 
 read law and was admitted to the bar and opened an 
 office in Berrien County. Clients immediately flocked to 
 him and he prospered from the beginning. He began to 
 feel in his soul an inspiration akin to the promise made 
 to Job — 
 
 Tliough thy beginning was small, yet tliy latter end shall greatly 
 increase. 
 
 Then he moved to Terrell County, married a good 
 woman, who helped his good mother make him a still 
 better man. He was well calculated, witli such help, to 
 make a good impression among new neiglibors and asso- 
 ciates, for, like Joseph, he "was a goodly person and well 
 favored." Like Saul — 
 
 There was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person 
 than he. 
 
 In fact, it could be truthfully said of him as of 
 Absalom — 
 
 From the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there 
 was no hlemish in him — 
 
 And his mental strength and activity were in just pro- 
 portion to his physical perfection. 
 
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Memorial Addresses: Representative Griggs 
 
 When first impressions chain the attention a distinct 
 advantage is gained, and fortunate is the man worthy 
 and alert enough to hokl that advantage by liis future 
 deportment. Griggs was thus fortunate. He was soon 
 made solicitor-general of the circuit, and discharged the 
 duties of the othce with great elliciency, integrity, and 
 distinction. Then he Ijccame judge of the circuit, wherein 
 he presided with ability, dignity, justice, modesty, and 
 mercy until elected to Congress in 1890. His services 
 here for 13 years are known of all men. His superior in 
 intellect has not occupied a seat in either House of Con- 
 gress during my experience here. His manners were so 
 pleasing, liis heart so kind, liis intercourse with his col- 
 leagues so courteous and cordial and honorable that all 
 were his friends. He knew every man in the House, and 
 first and last contrived to render some service or kind- 
 ness to most of them. Consequently, he was well fortified 
 in their esteem and gratitude, so that any reasonable thing 
 he wanted or proposition he mainlaincd received the 
 support of the House. He was perhaps the most pleasing, 
 versatile, and ready speaker in this body. Full of anec- 
 dote, illustration, good humor, yet never silly, never dry 
 nor tedious, and always pointed — " thrice armed," because 
 "he had his cause aright." He could bring in the Mem- 
 bers and fill up the seats when he arose to speak, and 
 hold attention and carry liis hearers with him at will as 
 long as he cared to hold the floor. He was broad and 
 patriotic, as all great minds are. He loved the flag and 
 the Union, loving both a great deal more ardently than 
 some sectionalists and centralists who prate about them 
 for what they get out of Ihem or iiopc to get out of them. 
 
 He loved a constitutional Union, working in dual har- 
 monj- as planned by the fathers, and could never reconcile 
 his mind to countenance that heresy professed by some as 
 patriotism which would utilize the Union and the Federal 
 
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Address of Mk. Adamson, oi (Iicoiu.ia 
 
 Goveriiincnt merely as the means to persecute, abuse, 
 hold, and exploit portions of our common country for 
 selfish sectional and financial purposes. He loved the flag 
 as the emblem of a grand, indissoluble Union of sovereign 
 independent self-governing States, to protect which con- 
 dition the Constitution and the Union were formed. Ik- 
 rejoiced always that the flag itself did not carry upon its 
 face to mar its beautiful folds the stains and disgrace 
 inflicted on our history and country in the last 50 years 
 under the false plea of exercising patriotism and pi'eserv- 
 ing the Union. The pure patriot and true supporter of 
 the Union is he who comprehends and appreciates the con- 
 dition of civil liberty and boon of local self-government 
 guaranteed in perpetuity to all the States and by all the 
 States to one another through and by the powerful arm of 
 one common Federal Government using the strength of 
 all the States for that purpose in administering the dele- 
 gated afi'airs of the Union. Such a patriot was Judge 
 Griggs, so plain, honest, and void of deceit he never failed 
 to call down an unseemly demonstration of the spurious 
 brand of patriotism and fraternity. 
 
 He believed that every community ought to do its duty, 
 contributing not only good citizenship, but material and 
 lasting improvements to the general goodness, prosperity, 
 and greatness of a common countn% and he was the kind 
 of a man and lived and hoped to help make the kind of 
 liberty-loving people described by the prophet: 
 
 Their nobles sliall be of themselves and their governor shall 
 proceed from Ihe midst of them. 
 
 He was such a bright, handsome, and promising boy 
 that his elders took notice of him, talked with him, encour- 
 aged and inspired him with desire to take station with 
 them. .That, of coui'se, was helpful and fraught with no 
 evil nor raised any obstacle among wise men. Unfor- 
 
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Memorial Addresses: Representative (iRioGS 
 
 tunately it carried with it the disadvantage usually encoun- 
 tered by precocity, that his ambition and aspirations 
 brought him in competition with older men who could not 
 brook rivalry by a youngster. So that often in his career 
 he had to sutTer from the resentment and envy of older 
 men who bitterly resented his phenomenal success and 
 progress. His record is made up. In every period of life 
 he was a complete success. As a lawyer and solicitor he 
 was one of the best. As a judge he was never accused of 
 injustice nor oppression. He could not be denounced as 
 one of — 
 
 them that decree unrighteous decrees and that write grievousness 
 wliich tliey have prescribed to turn aside tlie needy from judg- 
 ment and to take away the riglit from the poor of my people, 
 that widows may be tlieir prey and tliat they may rob the 
 fatherless. 
 
 But as of Samuel, the just judge, it could have been said 
 of him : 
 
 Thou hast not defrauded us nor oppressed us, neither hast thou 
 taken ought of any man's liand. 
 
 As a Member of Congress he came fully up to the stand- 
 ard of courage, integrity, patriotism, and statesmanship 
 set up by the great men who organized this C.overnment 
 and conducted its destinies to greatness and glory in the 
 exercise, enjoyment, and protection of liberty, justice, and 
 fairness for 70 years. Verily, he was the beneficiary of 
 the same loving care and providence the Lord described 
 to David through Nathan the Prophet: 
 
 I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have 
 cut off thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a 
 name like the name of the great men that are in the earth. 
 
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AdDHKSS (II' Mh. AdAMSOX, of (ii:<)H(.lA 
 
 \lv was the soul of honor, but full of self-respect and 
 extremely sensitive and jealous to resent and rebuke inten- 
 tional wrong or discourtesy, yet courteous awd genial; the 
 most considerate of men, he accorded to everybody fair 
 treatment and unselfishly deferred to the wishes and con- 
 venience of others. He was the best poised man I ever 
 knew. Nothing could disturb his ecpianimity. Though 
 vexed and chagrined btyond ordinary endurance, he could 
 disguise his feelings, and, though inwardly moved by pas- 
 sion, even the deepest anger, no facial expression nor out- 
 ward symptom betrayed his emotion. Though i^rave as 
 the bravest, he was discreet and adroit. He never courted 
 trouble of any character, but his moral and physical cour- 
 age was such that, having done all he could to avoid 
 conflict, he was ready, if it came, to dispose of it earnestly, 
 properly, and swiftly. His conduct most exactly followed 
 the ad\ice of Polonius to Laertes: 
 
 Beware 
 
 Of entrance to a tiuarrel, but beinj,' in, 
 
 Bcar't that tfie opponent may beware of thee. 
 
 His intellect was not of the laborious or plodding order. 
 His mind ran and leaped, sometimes Hying with the 
 celerity of tlie lightning to unerring conclusions. He did 
 not have to reason and figure out problems; his intuition 
 was equal to that of a woman, who can usually see the 
 end from the beginning and announce the conclusion 
 when men first begin to reason. If he had been a hunter, 
 he would not have ridden all day to the music of the 
 hounds following the quarry, but would have leisurely 
 ridden straight across forest. Held, fence, and gorge and 
 taken the exact position to be "in at the death." His 
 facility to apprehend at a glance any situation, to detect 
 instantly salient and weak points, and his alacrity to 
 reach accurate results without labor and toil brings to 
 
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Memorial Addresses : Representative Griggs 
 
 mind another great and immortal genius of whom Pol- 
 lock thus speaks in comparing him to — 
 
 Others, though gri-at, 
 
 Beneath their argument seemed struggling; whiles 
 
 He from above descending, stooped to touch 
 
 The loftiest thought; and proudly stooped, as thougli 
 
 It scarce deserved his verse. 
 
 Pollock says in further describing him : 
 
 And on the loftiest toi) 
 
 Of Fame's dread mountain sat; not soiled, and worn, 
 
 As if he from the earth had laboured up; 
 
 But as some bird of heavenly plumage fair. 
 
 He looked, which down from higher regions came. 
 
 And perched it there, to see what lay beneath. 
 
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AdDKKSS of Mk. BkLL. OI' (iKOKC.IA 
 
 Mr. Spkaker: 1 accept this opportunity to pay my 
 tribute to the memory of one who in life was my warm 
 personal friend, and whose death I feel keenly. It might 
 well be said: 
 
 Tlicise who kiU'W liiiii best lovt-d him most, mikI those who 
 knew liirn littU' loved liim much. 
 
 James Mathews CiRiGOS, born at Lagrange, Ga., March 
 29, 1861, was educated in the common schools of Georgia 
 and at Peabody Normal College, at Nashville, Tenn., 
 from which institution he was graduated in May, 1881. 
 From the time he taught a countiy school at Martin, Ga., 
 in his early life, up to the time of his death he filled 
 many important and high positions. He was a lawyer by 
 profession, and after a brief but successful practice at 
 the bar he was elected prosecuting attorney for the 
 Pataula judicial circuit, in 1888, in his native State; was 
 reelected to this position, after which he resigned and 
 was appointed judge of the same circuit and twice 
 reelected without opposition. In 189() he resigned the 
 office of judge and was elected to the Fifty-fifth Congress, 
 and succeeded himself six times to this high position. 
 
 It was my pleasure to serve several years in Congress 
 with Judge Grigcs, during which time I was intimately 
 acquainted with him, and my knowledge of him con- 
 vinced me that we had no stronger advocate of the great 
 princi|)li's for which we stand than he, and surely no man 
 
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Memorial Addresses: Representative Griggs 
 
 had a higher sense of justice and right. His record in 
 Congress is convincing of liis hrain and ahility, and his 
 desire to treat everyone fairly was indicative of his great 
 heart and soul, and his removal from the activities of 
 public life is a distinct loss to Congress and to the Nation. 
 
 He was full of liumor, which went Iiand in hand with 
 his knowledge both of men and books, and a more agree- 
 able companion, a more interesting man in conversation, 
 it would have been impossible to find; but his charm as 
 a companion and friend rested on those deeper and 
 stronger qualities without which the most compelling 
 charm is fleeting and superficial. 
 
 He was eminently loyal to country, to party, and to 
 friend. I have had many heart-to-lieart talks with liim 
 about his public career, and the one tiling uppermost in 
 his mind and heart was to leave a good name, believing, 
 as he said, that " a good name is more to be desired than 
 riches." I remember distinctly on one occasion lie was 
 telling me of a proposition a friend had made him to 
 aid him in a matter lie was directly interested in, when 
 he turned to me and said: 
 
 You are also my frit'iul, and do you think it would be per- 
 fectly proper for me to accept this proposition, as I do not 
 want to do anything which is not right and free from criticism. 
 
 I could see nothing wrong in the proposition, but found 
 afterwards he did not accept it, as he felt some scruples 
 about it. Such traits of character do not belong to the 
 weak, and no man could be thus moved without feeling 
 in his heart that " it is not all of life to live nor all of 
 death to die." His personality was one of his strongest 
 points, and no man ever made stronger friends than he. 
 He carried sunshine with him wherever he went, and all 
 with whom he came in contact loved him and had the 
 highest regard for him. He was a good counselor, and 
 
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Ai)»ni:s.s (11 Mi(. Ri;i.i., oi (ii:oiu;iA 
 
 his jiidgnu'nt was never al a discounl, and his conclusions 
 were clear and iininistakablc. 
 
 It is hard that we should he separated from one so nohle 
 and true, hut we must how to the inevitable, and witli 
 pleasure look hack upon his eventful life and trust that 
 his great soid has returned to the (iod who gave it. 
 
 I attended the funeral of my friend and witnessed the 
 last sad rites which marked the passagi' from this world 
 of this truly great man. The \ast throng of peoph' there 
 to pay a last tribute of respect to their departed leader and 
 friend was a touching scene, for then' the high and the 
 low, the rich and the poor, brought me face to face with 
 the fact that the people who knew him best loved him 
 most, and that, indeed, a great man had departed this life. 
 The tloral contributions bore eloquent testimony of the 
 high esteem in which he was held by the people all over 
 the district which he so ably represented. We can hardly 
 bring ourselves to a sense of realization that our friend 
 has gone from us, but it is true, and the great soul of this 
 brother has passed to the beyond, " from whence no trav- 
 eler e'er returns," but we are steadfast in the hope that 
 he is — 
 
 On tlic otiier side of Jordan, in tlic swuet fields of Eden, 
 AVhcTc the tree of life is blooming. 
 
 .\li, life, what art thou. 
 
 With thy smiles and with thy fears? 
 
 And what is love, 
 
 That kisses youth and lingers through the years'? 
 
 And what is death, 
 
 That chills each heart and stills all troubling fears'? 
 
 l)ost thou not know, thou wanderer of mine'? 
 
 Dost thou not harken to the breath of spring 
 
 .\nd hopes that thrill and pine'? 
 
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Memorial Addresses : Representative Griggs 
 
 Dost thou know enougli, tluit lite is good; 
 
 Tliat life is joy untold. 
 
 As free and broad as sunset ray? 
 
 A clay it is, for thine own hand to mold; 
 
 To make or mar if, as you may. 
 
 And what is love? 
 
 Ah, foolish child, to ask it in thy mood. 
 
 What it is thine own heart knows, 
 
 And strives to do its bidding. 
 
 It serves thee well and tenderly. 
 
 What else it is thou canst not know. 
 
 And what is death? 
 
 Ah, friend of mine, seek far and well 
 
 Before you turn from me. 
 
 A dream is but a rose's breath, so pure and free; 
 
 And so is death. 'Tis but a dream, 
 
 A sleep, a tender kiss, 
 
 A pillow for thy care and tear; 
 
 It is not, then, amiss. 
 
 And what is life? 
 
 And what is love? 
 
 And what is death? 
 
 Seek no more, nor worry with thy queries. 
 
 For life is love, and love is death, 
 
 And death is peace and sweet — 
 
 Sweet rest for one who wearies. 
 
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Address of Mr. Bartlktt, of (iEOKdix 
 
 Mr. Speaker: The lateness of the hour, the completeness 
 witli which nij' colleagues and those who have spoktii 
 have covered the subject of the life, character, and public 
 services of our dead friend, wlioni we liave met here 
 to-day to memorialize, admonish me liiat there is scarcely 
 anything left to say; but 1 would not ()l)ey the promptings 
 of my own heart were 1 not to acUl a few words to what 
 has been said. 
 
 To every man upon tliis earth 
 
 Death cometli soon or late; 
 And how can man die better 
 
 Than facing fearful odds 
 For llu' ashes of his fathers 
 
 And the temples of his gods? 
 
 That was written of tlie lieroic deed of an illustrious 
 Roman soldier wluj fougiit the enemies away from the 
 gates of the Eternal City. 
 
 Our friend at the time of his deatli was not a soldier, 
 but when the sudden summons came, like a Hash of light- 
 ning from a clear sky, we can but recall and say, " How 
 can man die better than facing fearful odds?" as he did 
 for nearly fourteen years in this Chamber, with all his 
 armor on and always ready in defense of the theories 
 and principles of his fathers and his people, whom he so 
 ably represented. 
 
 1 knew Jim Griggs from his early boyhood. I knew him 
 when he was a struggling young lawyer and an editor. I 
 knew his grand parents, l)ecause they were born in the 
 
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 good old county of Jasper, in niiildle Georgia, my own 
 native county. It was tlicre, nestling among those red 
 hills of (ieorgia, amid the oak and hickory groves, within" 
 a few miles of where iiis father was born, that distin- 
 guished and immortal orator of Georgia, to whom refer- 
 ence has Ix-en made, Benjamin Harvey Hill, iirst saw the 
 light; who moved from Jasper County to Lagrange, where 
 our deceased friend was horn and reared. He was a 
 Georgian, and witiiin the warp and woof of his body was 
 woven the strength of iron of our old red hills. From her 
 hymettus he drank the honey that made his tongue utter 
 eloquent words wiienever he spoke. Born just at tlie 
 beginning of tiial great struggle lliat convulsed not ouly 
 this Republic, hut gathered about the conflict the gaze and 
 wonder of the world, he never knew liis father, because 
 upon a battlefield in Virginia thai father laid down his 
 life in defense of the principles that lie and his comrades 
 fought for. to preserve constitutional liberty and the rights 
 of the States to control and govern their own affairs. 
 
 Left, like the mothers in the balance of that country, in 
 poverty, in distress, and amid devastation, tiie mother 
 struggled to rear iier two boys until James Griggs grew to 
 manhood, and by teaching himself and by deprivations 
 and the struggles of his mother he obtained an education. 
 
 Wlien a member of tlie Georgia Senate well do I remem- 
 ber he appeared in 1888 before that body and asked to be 
 elected as solicitor general of the Pataula district. He 
 then made the beginning of a career wliich lias become 
 illustrious and great, and would have been more illus- 
 trious and greater but for his untimely deatli. His genial 
 appearance, his frank and honest appeal to the members 
 of that legislature so won their hearts, so challenged their 
 admiration, that there was no resisting voting for him, and 
 he was overwhelmingly elected and began his public 
 service then. 
 
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Ai)i)iu:ss oi Mu. HMtTMir. i>i' (ii;<)iu.i\ 
 
 As jiiflgc on ail adjoining circ-nit I presided for weeks 
 in Pataula circuil trying cases in which he, as solicitor 
 general, represented the Slate, linixirlant eases of seri- 
 ous magnitude, some of them capital cases, came u|) for 
 trial in wiiicli he represented the State. He was always 
 fair, lie was always just, lie was always earnest, and wiien 
 convinced that the law had been violated, that the man 
 was guilty, he left no fair or honest means unresorted to 
 to secure the enforcement of the law. 
 
 His power before the jury was remarkable. Some men 
 have i)ower like the smooth tlowing water of a deep 
 stream that moves slowly on; some like our friend have 
 greater power similar to that which has been referred 
 to as possessed by Benjamin Harvey Hill, of a great 
 strong-flowing current which rolls over everything that 
 opposes it. 
 
 1 happened to be in Atlanta in 1893, when, being upon 
 the bench, I received information that there was a vacancy 
 in the Pataula circuit and that an cfTort would be made 
 to appoint some nuin then named for a judgeship. I 
 immediately wired to my friend, Jim Grigos, that he was 
 the man who should be appointed. Upon the reception 
 of that telegram he immediately set to work to secure 
 the indorsement of the bar of his own circuit, and with 
 the aid of the lawyers at Macon and elsewhere in the 
 State, when the resignation came the governor was not 
 able to resist the insistence of the lawyers and people 
 to appoint James M. Griggs to the vacancy. 
 
 I watched him on the bench as judge, because he was 
 called to preside in my city to try quite a mmiber of 
 cases in which I was disciualified to preside by reason of 
 previous employment, and no member of the bar, from 
 the youngest to the oldest, from the newcomer to the most 
 experienced, ever had a word of complaint or anything 
 except words of praise and commendation for his upright- 
 
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 ness, for his patience, and for the care and attention wliich 
 he gave to the hearings of the cases and the justice of the 
 decisions wliicli he rendered. 
 
 Some people were disposed to say, by reason of the 
 fact that he was jovial, good-natured, always in good 
 humor, ajiparently never devoting himself to study, that 
 he was not a good lawyer. Tiuit is a great mistake. In 
 those cases tried in my circuit where he presided, involv- 
 ing large amounts of money and intricate questions which 
 a country lawyer and a country judge, as he was, on a 
 country circuit, rarely had occasion to investigate or to 
 try; in the cases in which he rendered these important 
 decisions appeared not only local counsel, but eminent 
 counsel from New York. 
 
 Those decisions rendered by him were all upheld by the 
 supreme court of our State to which they were appealed, 
 for his keen, good common sense always guided him, and, 
 generally, to a coiTect judgment. 
 
 And so he went on from student to lawyer, lawyer to 
 editor, editor to solicitor general, to judge, ami, iinally, 
 in 189(), the people of the second congressional district 
 sent him here, in this, the greatest representative body of 
 all the nations of the earth, to represent that district and 
 that glorious people and their interests here, where tiiey 
 have been represented by men of distinguished character 
 and ability, such as Henry G. Turner, Smith, and others. 
 
 He scarcely had taken his seat before he became 
 acquainted with the membership upon both sides. No 
 man during my stay here has formed friends, associates, 
 and companions on both sides more quickly than he. 
 Recognizing his ability and devotion to the interests of 
 the party to which he belonged, the national congres- 
 sional committee twice elected him chairman, and while 
 we all believed that the task was herculean he discharged 
 the duties of that ofTice and that position with fidelity and 
 
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AdDHKSS ()1 Mh. BaRII.ETT. OI" (iKOlUilA 
 
 ability, and in each case, in each eleclioii, lie leihRcd (he 
 menibersliip of the opposition from what it was before 
 the ek'clion A\as lield. 
 
 I do not desire to detain the House niueli longer. Like 
 all of us — 
 
 Our acts our angels are, or good or ill. 
 Our fatal shadows that walk by us still. 
 
 We do not undertake to say that our friend was with- 
 out fault. Who is there who is? No man who ever 
 breatiied the air of Heaven has been in the ages past or 
 will he in the ages to come, without fault. Only one, and 
 he was (iod-like and (iod. Our friend's faults were never 
 undertaken to be concealed; but his virtues, the manly 
 traits of his character, his devotion to principle, his love 
 for his friends, his ever readiness to lend his hand to 
 charity and lo forgive an injury, so overshadowed his 
 faults that wc can well omit to refer to them here to-day. 
 His work is done, nobly done. Never more in the temples 
 of justice or the halls of legislation or on the hustings 
 will be heard the cheering and eloquent tones of his voice. 
 Yet wc feel convinced that the lessons of his successful 
 life and the virtues and many manly qualities of character 
 he exhibited will not he forgotten, for — 
 
 The dead arc like the stars by day 
 
 Withdrawn from mortal eye: 
 But not extinct, they hold tlieir sway 
 
 In glory through the sky. 
 
 Plato, the great philosopher, Plato who. though he liad 
 no revelation and no religion taught by the Bible, yet felt 
 and saw that the soul was immortal. Instinctiveh^ he 
 knew it, and he said: 
 
 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 
 
 'Tis Heaven itsell' tliat points out an hereafter 
 
 And intimates eternity to man. 
 
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 Eternity! thou pleasing, dreadful thought! 
 The soul secured in her existence smiles 
 At the drawn dagger and defies its point; 
 The stars shall fade away, the sun himself 
 Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years. 
 But thou shall flourish in immortal youth. 
 Unhurt amidst the war of elements, 
 The wreck of matter, and the crash of worlds. 
 
 Our friend is goiio. Thanks be to the religion of tliis 
 day, both in the Old Bible and the Revealed, we know , and 
 our friend knew and believed, as Plato did, that the soul 
 is immortal and will live hereafter, for Christianity and 
 revealed religion teaches us and taught him — 
 
 To the dead He sayeth, arise; 
 
 To the living, follow me; 
 And the voice still soundeth on 
 From the centuries that are gone 
 
 To the centuries that shall be. 
 
 That voice has called our friend; it has called him 
 higher, to " follow me," and he has obeyed. 
 
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Address of Mr. Michael E. Driscoee, of New York 
 
 Mr. Speaker: While the House is in session for the 
 express purpose of doing honor to our departed friend and 
 colleague, permit nie to pay uiy humble tribute of respect 
 to his memory, and to state in a few words my high appre- 
 ciation of his many manly virtues and great ability as a 
 jurist and legislator. Those of you who have thus far 
 spoken are Democrats, and all, save one, southern Demo- 
 crats. You loved him for his loyalty to his friends and his 
 genial and sunny disposition, and for his rare good fellow- 
 ship and sweet and wholesome nature, and admired him 
 for his genius for organization and wise counsel, as well 
 as for the distinguished service he rendered his party and 
 the countrv'. 
 
 Let me, as a northern Republican, speak of him. Dur- 
 ing the last 23 years much has been said and written of the 
 new South, of the enterprising and progressive spirit of 
 its people in many fields of industrial activity and their 
 readjustment to the new and different conditions which 
 were forced upon them by the abolition of slave labor and 
 the discontinuance of the old system. The people of the 
 North have been intensely interested in their awakening 
 into new life and energy from the temporary paralysis 
 which seemed to afflict them for some years after the war, 
 for we rejoice in the progress and prosperity of all parts 
 of our common country. It was but natural that the elder 
 statesmen and the old planters and slave owners should 
 sulk in their tents with their abandoned hopes and live 
 
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 out their remaining years in bitterness and despair. To 
 the generation which grew to manhood after the close of 
 tlie war is mainly due the credit and glory of regenerating 
 the Southland and starting it on its present career of 
 splendid and permanent achievement. 
 
 To my mind our late colleague typified, and in a com- 
 prehensive sense personified, the new Soutli. We served 
 together 10 years and I was fairlj^ well acquainted with 
 him, for he was big hearted, whole-souled, very approach- 
 able, and companionable. He was born on the 29th of 
 March, 1861, only 14 days before the firing of the first 
 hostile gun which inaugurated one of the most determined 
 and destructive wars that have ever been waged between 
 men. He was l)orn in Georgia, in the heart of the Con- 
 federacy and at a time wlien the people of the Southland 
 were inspired with hope and faith and sublime confidence 
 that if war must come they would succeed in the arbit- 
 rament of arms, for it is inconceivable that men, and 
 women too, would have maintained that unequal struggle 
 so long and so bravely and sacrificed so much did they 
 not believe in the eternal justice of their cause. 
 
 Mr. Griggs's buoyant and hopeful disposition and tem- 
 perament and resolute courage illustrated what 1 con-. 
 ceive was the prevailing opinion in his State and through- 
 out the South during the montlis which elapsed between 
 Mr. Lincoln's election to the Presidency and active hos- 
 tilities. Tiiough an infant in arms during that dreadful 
 conflict, it doubtless made some impression on his plastic 
 mind. The martial spirit in preparation for that war 
 pervaded every hamlet in the South. Georgia responded 
 to the call for volunteers with the flower of her youth. 
 This child in the cradle saw them recruiting, training, 
 and inarching away toward the North and the front. His 
 infant ears became attuned to tlie martial strains of Dixie, 
 which he learned to love. Then later on and ere he 
 
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Ai)i)Hi;ss 01 Mii. Dkiscom,. oi- Xi:w \uhk 
 
 reached tlie age of 4 he hearil from the invading hosts 
 the dominant and inspiring air of Marching Through 
 Georgia, when Siierman hroke through tlie sliell of the 
 Confederacy and made his triumphant march from 
 Atlanta to the sea. 
 
 Georgia sufTered in tiiat war. Her homes were hurned, 
 her property appropriated, and lii'r fiekls hud waste, and 
 she lay crushed, exhausted, and hieeding at the mercy 
 of a conquering army. Her political status was unsettled. 
 She tried to secede and failed. Practically she was 
 neiliier in nor out of the Union as a State. She was 
 under military government during the ])eriod of read- 
 justment. Her white population was decimated hy the 
 ravages of A\ar. and many who survived were crippled 
 and enfeebled in health. Her people were desperately 
 poor and discouraged, and for a time they remained pur- 
 poseless and torpid. Then, as by magic, from the wreck 
 and ruins of their material prosperity, from the annihila- 
 tion of tiieir political ideals, and llie travail and liumilia- 
 tion of defeat and reconstruction they arose in their 
 might, girded up their loins, and resolved to face the 
 future and the new and different conditions. 
 
 Mr. Griggs was one of the effective forces in tiiis move- 
 ment. He was now a strong, sturdy, and handsome boy 
 approaching manhood, a splendid development of body 
 and mind, and a typical representative of the new South 
 in its determined effort to look forward and accept the 
 situation which was forced upon tiiem, and reestablish 
 their prosperity in harmony with the changed political 
 and industrial conditions. He was not only a type, but a 
 development— a product of the regenerated and virile 
 South. He was one of those young men who resolved not 
 to waste their energies in vain regrets, but to face the 
 future with stout hearts and resolute determination to 
 rebuild the business and commercial interests of their 
 
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Memokial Addrkssics : Heprksentativk ClKiods 
 
 State and to restore her to her pUicc of influence and 
 power in the councils of the Nation. His energy, buoy- 
 ancy, and refreshing optimism encouraged his people in 
 their renewed efforts, ami his genial disposition, good 
 cheer, and attractive personality did much to soften tlie 
 asperities engendered by that dreadful conflict. That 
 he imbibed with his mother's milk and inhaled with the 
 southern breezes a deep prejudice against the people who 
 wrought such havoc in his land was but natural. But his 
 broad and open mind and willingness to consider a ques- 
 tion from the other's viewpoint, and his natural disposi- 
 tion to be friends with all, enabled him to subdue this 
 prejudice. He did his part toward the obliteration of the 
 Mason and Dixon line and in bridging the bloody chasm 
 created by the war, and for that he deserved the gratitude 
 of all his countrymen. 
 
 He had a pleasant word and cheerful smile for all. He 
 was generous and charitable, open-hearted and open- 
 handed to the limit of his means. The man who lives only 
 to grasp and hoard, whose god is gold, and never has 
 enough, misses much of the sweetest joys of living, for he 
 becomes narrow, sordid, mean, and hardly honest; while 
 he who lives to get and give, who works and earns and 
 spends on those he loves, whose heart is warm and hand 
 is open, always ready to help and comfort a brother in 
 distress, lives a happy life and full; and when his sum- 
 mons comes to pass away he is missed and mourned by 
 multitudes of sincere friends. Such a man was the late 
 JiM Griggs. 
 
 In wit and humor, jest and repartee, he had few equals 
 in the House; but so free was his heart from malice and 
 his tongue from venom that when he shot his darts and hit 
 the mark they never rankled in his opponent's breast; and 
 he had no foes. He was a laughing philosopher, to whom 
 it was a delight to scatter sunshine and make men happy. 
 
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Address of Mr. DRisroLi., of New York 
 
 And yet to liim life was not all a jol<i' or coiiliiuious holi- 
 day. He was a serious-minded man, with definite aims 
 and purposes. He had strong convictions, whicli he was 
 ever ready and able to defend. The storm and stress in 
 which his early years were spent did not embitter his soul 
 or make him a carping critic. He spent no time in looking 
 backward or in contemplating what might have been, but 
 promptly adjusted himself to the new conditions, resolv- 
 ing to make his way and forge ahead. As student, teacher, 
 writer, attorney, solicitor, judge, and Congressman he was 
 a marked success. With fine natural gifts and earnest, 
 faithful, well-directed work, he made his way upward 
 and onward; and at an age when most men are looking 
 forward with hope and confidence to the realization of 
 their ambitions his summons came. He died in the har- 
 ness and in the full tide of his activities and usefulness. 
 His record is made, of which his district and his State 
 may be justly proud; and he will long be remembered with 
 esteem and affection by his colleagues on both sides of 
 this Chamber. 
 
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Address of Mr. Ai.kxander, of New York 
 
 Mr. Speaker: My opportunity lor knowing Mr. Griggs 
 was limited to the corridors, the cloak rooms, and the floor 
 of this House. I did not have the pleasure of sharing his 
 iionie life or of serving with him upon a committee, which 
 is the mating ground of Congress. And yet I felt that I 
 knew him well, for no one could be about him almost daily 
 for a decade witiiout catching the joyous spirit that gov- 
 erned his treatment of men. Indeed, he was one whose 
 biography, though it might convey some impression of 
 what he did and of the influence of his work and of his 
 life, must necessarily tail to give any adequate impression 
 of his personality. 
 
 To unlock the treasures of his delightfid nature one had 
 to see and luar and know him as lie appeared among men. 
 He belonge<l to those who speak most bj' what they do not 
 say. His smile, his sympathy, his love of helping, his 
 social qualities, and his himior, always of a generous and 
 suave sort, made at home in all circles, and the companion 
 and friend of everyone. He was unaffectedly true to a 
 nature constantly sincere and kind and simple. It was due 
 to this quality of his personality that expressions of sor- 
 row after his death came from men of all parties and all 
 classes, and in tiie contemplation of his life it is this sense 
 of his character which will remain most distinctly and 
 firmly. It can be said of him as it has been written of 
 another: "His wide blue eyes were as gracious deeds; 
 
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.VDDHiiss 01 Mii. Ai.i;.\\m)i;h, oi' Ni;w Wmw 
 
 old sunsets lingered in his cheeks; he was honesly in 
 bloom — one of Time's elect who asked no bribe to be glad, 
 wished naught that noonday cloud had not; sweetened 
 insipid hours with gratitude for being, took ills as promises 
 of better things, and smiled throughout the day in token 
 of a kinship with all mornings from the first." 
 
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Address of Mr. Kahn, of California 
 
 Mr. Speaker: The grim reaper has been active during 
 the present Congress. His aim has been directed at shin- 
 ing marks. His shafts have stilled the heart throbs of 
 distinguished Members on both sides of the center aisle. 
 And these memorial ceremonies which have occurred 
 with such distressing frequency in recent weeks but serve 
 to remind us that — 
 
 We are no other than a moving row 
 Of magic shadow shapes that come and go 
 'Round with the sun-illumined lantern, lield 
 hi midniglit by the Master of the show. 
 
 But lielpk'ss pieces of the game lie plays 
 Upon this checkerboard of nights and days; 
 Hither and thither moves and checks and slays, 
 And, one by one, back in the closet lays. 
 
 Mr. Speaker, it seems but yesterday that our lamented 
 colleague, James Mathews Grioos, full of the vigor of 
 life, occupied his seat upon this tloor. It seems but yes- 
 terday that we heard his cheeiy, infectious laugh; it seems 
 but yesterdaj' that we listened to the words of counsel 
 that fell from his lips. It is hard to realize that he has 
 gone from among us; that he has answered his last roll 
 call; that he has taken his "station in the silent halls of 
 death." 
 
 While I did not know Judge Griggs intimately, I had 
 learned to esteem him highly. It was always a pleasure 
 to listen to him in debate. His native good humor and 
 his strong personal magnetism naturally drew men to 
 him and made him a host of friends. It was therefore 
 
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Address of Mr. Kahn. of California 
 
 to 1)0 expected that the announcement of his untimely 
 (lea til should have cast a gloom over the entire meinher- 
 ship of this House. 1 say his untimely death, for he was 
 cut down in the vei-y prime of life. Witli liis rohust phy- 
 sique, we all felt that he would conquer in his struggle 
 with the "angel of the darker drink" and that he would 
 be spared to his countiy and his State for many years of 
 usefulness. But it was not to be. 
 
 I can readily understand why he was beloved so devot- 
 edly by his constituents, and why they delighted to honor 
 him. Although constantly engaged in attending to the 
 larger wants of Ids country and his State, he was never 
 above attending to tJie little matters in which those con- 
 stituents had a personal intei-est. Even while he lay upon 
 his sick bed at his home in Dawson he did not cease to 
 interest himself in their individual wants. I know that 
 from actual experience, for dui'ing that period of illness 
 he wrote me, on several occasions, in behalf of one of his 
 constituents who had gone to San Francisco to live. And 
 after all, there is no doubt but that it is the fidelity dis- 
 played and the close attention given by the Member to the 
 seemingly trifling matters in which individual constitu- 
 ents are interested tliat measure his standing in his own 
 district. 
 
 There is notliing tiiat 1 can add to what has already 
 been said of our late colleague. Those who were more 
 intimately acquainted with him than I have sung his vir- 
 tues in language much more eloquent than mine. He 
 rests peacefully under the red sod of his beloved Georgia. 
 The oak and the hickory sing an eternal requiem over his 
 grave. To those who were nearest and dearest to him, I 
 would say, in the language of Califoi*nia's distinguished 
 poet, Bret Harte — 
 
 Tliink it not all a too presumptuous folly, 
 Tliis spray of western pine. 
 
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INIkmokiai, Addressks: Reprkskntative (Iriggs 
 
 Mr. Brantley. Mr. Speaker, I desire to ask unanimous 
 consent that general leave to print on the suhject of to- 
 day's eulogies be granted for 10 legislative days. 
 
 The Speaker pro tempore. The Members have heard 
 the request of the gentleman from Georgia that permis- 
 sion be given for 10 legislative days to any Member who 
 desires to print remarks on the subject of to-day's eulogies. 
 Is there objection? [After a pause.] The Chair hears 
 none, and it is so ordered. 
 
 In pursuance of the resolutions already adopted, the 
 House will now stand adjourned until 12 o'clock to- 
 morrow. 
 
 Accordingly (at 2 o'clock and 37 minutes p. m.) the 
 House adjourned. 
 
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Proceei>in(.s in thi: Sknatk 
 
 Satihday, Mai/ 28, I'.ltd. 
 T\\v ("liai)laiii. Rev. Ulysses G. B. Pierce, D. D., offered 
 the following prayer: 
 
 Our lu'avenly Fatiier. in coninuiiiion with Thy faithl'iil 
 servants who, ha\iiii< sli-iven to tlo Tliy will on eartii, June 
 gone to Thy nearer presence, we offer unto Thee our 
 prayer of grateful homage and of iieartfell adoration. 
 We thank Tiiee for the life of Him whom our lips siiall 
 name, and rejoice in the witness of such as have put their 
 trust in Thee and were not ashamed. Make us woithy, 
 we pray Thee, of the fellowship of those who in newness 
 of life dwell in heavenly places, and unite our hearts in 
 love that we may live in Thy presence, now and forever 
 more. Amen. 
 
 Mr. B.ACON. Mr. President, 1 ask tiie Chair to lay hefore 
 the Senate the resolutions of the House of Representatives 
 whicii are on the table. 
 
 The President pro tempore. 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 of Representatives, 
 
 April 77. 1910. 
 Resolved. That tlic biisiiu'ss of ttie Houst' lie now suspended, 
 tliat opportunity may Ix- given for tribute to the memory of Hon. 
 Jami-s M. (Ihkics. late a Member of this House from the State of 
 Georgia. 
 
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Memorial Addkesses: Representative (Irkicis 
 
 Resolved, Tliat as a particular mark of respect to the iiU'inory 
 of the deceased, and in recognition of his distinguished career, 
 the House, at the conclusion of these exercises, shall stand 
 adjourned. 
 
 Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to llie 
 Senate. 
 
 Resolved. That the Clerk send a copy of these resolutions to 
 the family of the deceased. 
 
 Mr. Bacon. Mr. President, I offer the following resolu- 
 tions and ask for their adoption. 
 
 The resolutions were read, considered by unanimous 
 consent, and luianiniously agreed to, as follows : 
 
 Resolved, That the .Senate expresses its profound sorrow on 
 account of the death of the Hon. James Mathews Griggs, late a 
 Member of the House of Representatives from the State of 
 Georgia. 
 
 Resolved, That the business of the Senate be now suspended, 
 in order that fitting tributes may be paid his high character and 
 distinguished public services. 
 
 Resolved, That the Secretary communicate a copy of these reso- 
 lutions to the House of Representatives and to the family of the 
 deceased. 
 
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MEMORIAL ADDRESSES 
 
 Address of Mr. Clay, of (JEORCiiA 
 
 Mr. President: Afttr Congress adjoiiriud in December 
 for the Christmas holidays I immediately left for Georgia. 
 The next morning I found on the same train with me 
 Hon. James M. Griggs, a Member of Congress from Geor- 
 gia, and we spent the day together on our way to Atlanta. 
 There we parted. I went to my home in Marietta, (\a., 
 and he went to his home in Dawson, Ga. This was the 
 last time I ever saw Judge (iRiGGS. Little did I think this 
 would be our last meeting. He was apparently in good 
 health. He had gone through a fierce political campaign 
 for reelection and had been triumphantly elected by an 
 overwhelming majority over a very strong opponent, 
 which was the highest evidence of his popularity in his 
 district. 
 
 When 1 left him, so far as I could see, he was in perfect 
 health, and his jovial disposition clearly indicated that he 
 was happy and hopeful as to his future usefulness. I 
 thought he had before him many years of honorable 
 service for his country. On the morning of the 6th of 
 January, 1910, the wires flashed the news throughout the 
 country that Hon. James M. (Iriggs was dead. He died at 
 his home in Terrell County, in the bosom of his family, 
 on the evening of January 5, 1910. 
 
 The annoimcement of his death brought sadness not 
 only to the people of his district, but to his host of friends 
 throughout Georgia and his former associates in Congress. 
 
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Memorial Addresses: Representative Griggs 
 
 When Judge (Iuiggs died, a most remarkable man passed 
 away. Judged by his achievements his life has had few 
 parallels. 
 
 He was a comparatively young man when he died. I 
 had known him since 1882. When I first knew him, he 
 was a teacher striving to make money to get ready to 
 engage in the practice of law. He was born on the 29th 
 day of March, 1861, in Lagrange, Ga., consequently he 
 was in his forty-ninth year at the time of his death. He 
 was the son of a widow without money, huj in his youth 
 he determined to secure an education by his own efforts, 
 and he did so. He graduated from the Peabody Normal 
 College at Nashville. Tenn., in 1881, and spent 2 years 
 teaching and at the same time studying law. He was 
 admitted to the bar in 1883. He died within less than 27 
 years after he became a lawyer. During these 27 years 
 his achievements were most remarkable. 
 
 He was elected solicitor general of his circuit in 1888, 
 and I was a member of the legislature at the time, and 
 had the pleasure of voting for iiim. He was reelected in 
 1892, hut resigned tiie office tiie same year and was 
 appointed judge of tiie circuit. He was twice reelected 
 to this office. He resigned the office of judge in 1896 to 
 become a candidate for Congress, and after a spirited con- 
 test was elected by a large majority. He retained his 
 seat in Congress until his death, and, had he lived, would 
 doubtless have been reelected. Thus it will be seen that 
 Judge GRi(i(;s held public office for nearly 22 years pre- 
 vious to his death. He was solicitor general, judge, and 
 Member of Congress. Judge (iRKUis was never defeated 
 for public office by the people. He was chairman of the 
 Democratic congressional campaign committee in 1904 
 and 1906. 
 
 As solicitor general he was a vigilant and forceful 
 prosecuting attorney. As a judge, he enforced the law. 
 
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Address oi Mk. Ci.ay, oi (Ieorgia 
 
 but was just aiul imTcirul. As a Mi'iiibcr of Congress, he 
 was industrious, attentive to tlic wants and needs of liis 
 district, popular- with his associates, and had the liai)py 
 faculty of making and retaining his friends. He was a 
 ])ractical legislator, possessing an unusual amount of com- 
 mon sense; he knew how to control men, and the records 
 will show that Judge Griggs secured for his district public 
 buildings, rural free-delivery routes, and almost every- 
 thing needed in this line, and left little work of this kind 
 for his successor. For years he was a member of the 
 Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. He was 
 thorougldy familiar witli the workings of the Post Otlice 
 Department and a stanch friend of tlic rural free-delivery 
 service. He has often said to me that it was the and)ition 
 of his life to see the mail carried daily to eveiy farmer 
 in his district before he left Congress. Had he lived a 
 few more years this work would liave been completed. 
 He had already secured appropriations for public build- 
 ings in most of the towns in his district where they w'cre 
 needed. He was wide awake to the wants of his constitu- 
 ents. Before his death he had been made a member of 
 the \Yays and Means Committee of the House, and had 
 his life been spared be doubtless would have become a 
 most powerful and useful member of that great committee. 
 
 When we study the life of this gifted and remarkable 
 man, we necessarily ask the question why he was so popu- 
 lar with the masses? How was it that he was successful 
 in all his aspirations for public office? Why was it tliat 
 he accomplished such satisf acton' results for his district? 
 I knew him for 27 years, and during this entire time we 
 were personal friends. 
 
 He had his faults. I believe in perfect candor on all 
 occasions. I will tell you why, in my judgment, his life 
 work was crowned with success. Judge Griggs believed in 
 the universal brotherhood of maii. He studied human 
 
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 nature. He had the happy faculty of teaching men to 
 think as he thought and to see as he saw. He taught those 
 who came in contact with liim that he was their friend, 
 and men trusted and followed him hecause the^' had confi- 
 dence in his integrity. Judge Griggs was the friend of 
 the masses. He was not selfish. He was happy when he 
 was doing some kind deed for the humblest citizen of his 
 district. He was brave, generous, magnanimous, tender, 
 humane, and loyal. He loved the great masses of the 
 people. He sympathized with them in their struggles and 
 in their aspirations. He sought diligently to make their 
 burdens easier and to secure for his constituents eveiy- 
 thing that would advance their happiness. 
 
 Judge Griggs at all times was thoroughly in touch with 
 the plain people of his district. His kindness of heart, his 
 ready and expansive sympathy were qualities that 
 marked every step in his career. He was for the whole 
 people of his district and served them faithfully. His 
 native endowments and his knowledge of human nature 
 kept him in close touch with almost evei^' voter in his 
 congressional district. In social life he was cheerful, kind, 
 and considerate. These qualities made him the idol of 
 the people that elected him to Congress for seven con- 
 secutive terms. 
 
 Judge Griggs in political warfare struck hard blows, 
 but he never cherished malice. After the contest was over 
 he was ever ready to do every possible kindness for his 
 antagonist. He was a most powerful debater on the 
 political hustings. He neither gave nor asked quarter. 
 He was a man of splendid native ability. In joint debate 
 he was at his best. He possessed a pleasing and pene- 
 trating voice, a sound logic, and sustained his positions 
 with great clearness and force. I repeat that he was a 
 most remarkable man. His career was not an accident. 
 It had its origin in a strong and noble mind. Every aspi- 
 
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Address ok Mr. Ci.ay, or GnoRdiA 
 
 ration of his political life was crowned with success. No 
 ordinary man could have achieved the wonderful success 
 that crowned his efHorts. He could master the most diffi- 
 cult problems with little etfort. In debate he was able and 
 always well tempered and just. His intellect was original 
 and constructive. When he talked he had something to 
 say, and he used no surplus words. His speeches were 
 never long, but short, incisive, and to the point. His 
 audiences would follow him with delight. 
 
 I had the pleasure of enjoying his friendship for 27 
 years. His devotion to his friends was beautiful. He was 
 always ready to fight their battles, and he never deserted 
 them in tlie hour of trouble. I have been his guest and 
 knew something about his domestic life. He married Miss 
 Theodosia Stewart, of Randolph County, Ga., and his wife 
 and two children survive him. A beautiful and accom- 
 plished daughter has passed away since his death. Mrs. 
 Griggs is a lady of rare personal attraction, a refined, 
 devoutly religious, and highly cultured woman. She was 
 to her husband a devoted and dutiful wife, a faithful and 
 loving companion. To my certain knowledge Judge 
 Griggs was a most affectionate and devoted husband, an 
 indulgent and loving father. I have seen him in Wash- 
 ington with and without his family, and he was never 
 happy when away from them. 
 
 His devotion to his family was fully appreciated by his 
 friends. The news of his death was received everv'where 
 throughout Georgia, and especially in his district, with 
 most heartfelt expressions of sorrow and sympathy. His 
 loss is an irreparable one to his famil3% his State, and his 
 district, and his name will ever be remembered with 
 gratitude by the people whom he served so well. 
 
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Address ok Mr. Clrtis, ok Kansas 
 
 Mr. Presidknt: It is a privilege to pay tribute to the 
 memory of Judge James M. Griggs. He was a splendid 
 and leading type of the noble and useful American citi- 
 zen which forms the bulwark of this Nation to-day. It 
 was my good fortune to know him well. It fell to my lot 
 many times to oppose him on great and important ques- 
 tions, and I early came to recognize the sincerity of his 
 convictions. The elements within liim, and wliicli con- 
 trubuted to his success, were those which are always dis- 
 covered in the analysis of great cliaracters. Possessed of 
 a strong mentality, lie was enabled to readily grasp and 
 solve the difficult and important problems which from 
 time- to time presented themselves to iiim. He was hon- 
 est from principle and habit, not as a matter of policy. 
 None came in contact with him without being impressed 
 with his gooil faith and iiis readiness and al)ility to defend 
 logically and firmly his position. His industry was a mat- 
 ter of knowledge to all familiar with his life. He was a 
 student and reached results by clear and analytical proc- 
 esses, whicii made him formidable in debate and valuable 
 in consultation. Not ope of his colleagues in the House of 
 Representatives kept in closer touch with the details of 
 legislation than did he. He probed deeply into the ele- 
 ments composing every proposed enactment, whether of 
 far-reaching or local character, and his allegiance or 
 opposition to any measure was based not on selfisii or 
 narrow grounds, but on broad and patriotic principles 
 as revealed to him from his point of view. He was ever 
 
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Ai)i)iu:ss (11 Mh. Crinis, oi Kansas 
 
 a (icrcMulei' ol' tlu' I'ailli williin him, yd lie was an inde- 
 fatigable seeker for that whieli was just and ii<j;lit and 
 best in any matter to whicli lie gave liis attention. 
 
 Mr. President, in the years of my association witli 
 Judge (;Ri(i(;s as a Aiember ol' the House, I have heard 
 none say ol" him an unkind, ungenerous, or harsh word. 
 We all loved him as a brother, and it is a formal but a 
 heartfelt tribute of atfectiou aud esteem wliich we to-day 
 pay him. 
 
 Mr. Presideut, the strongest eulogy which eoidd be 
 
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 uttered for oiu' late frien<l is tliat evidenced by the liigli 
 degree of confidence imposed in and afTection entertained 
 lor iiim by his own people. Tliey feel that they have 
 lost a true friend and a tried and faithful servant, whose 
 watchword was duty, and in carrying out that duty lie 
 allowed no personal inclination or sacrifice to stand 
 between him and what he believed to be the right. 
 
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Address of Mr. Overman, of North Carolina 
 
 Mr. President: Death makes no distinction of persons 
 or places. Its dark sliadow liangs over the halls of Con- 
 gress, over the home, over the palace and the hovel alike. 
 It sooner or later sweeps down with its silent, chill, 
 destroying wing over every spot whithersoever man jour- 
 neys in our short earthly pilgrimage and carries us 
 away to the unknown, from whence no traveler has ever 
 returned. The sun shines on, the flowers continue to 
 blossom, nature's springtime breaks forth in song, the 
 world goes on, all oblivious of widows' tears, orphans' 
 sobs, and the sorrows and burdens of life. We are soon 
 forgotten, save that now and then some traveler may 
 stop to read words of praise of those who participated in 
 the history of the past. 
 
 Within a few weeks we have been called upon to hold 
 exercises in this Chamber to the memory of three dis- 
 tinguished men of the House of Representatives, all three 
 of whom were conspicuous for their ability, tlieir patriot- 
 ism, splendid achievements, and long service in Congress — 
 David A. De .Vrmond, Francis \V. Cushman, and James 
 Mathews (iKuuis — and it is in the memory of the latter 1 
 wish to pay a simple tribute, leaving it to others of his 
 own State and to those who knew him more intimately to 
 give a history of his life more in detail, to draw a true 
 picture of the man and his achievements for which he was 
 cherished, and for which he will be remembered. 
 
 These men came from different sections of our coun- 
 try — Cushman from the Pacific slope, De Armond from 
 
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AiH)ui:s,s oi Mh. Overman, of Xoktii Carolina 
 
 Missouri, and (iRKitis rroni the far South — aud while 
 widely differeut iu their characteristics, they each had 
 made a national reputation for himself, honored their 
 States that had honored them, and were honored and 
 loved by their immediate constituents as few men in 
 public life are. 
 
 Mr. Griggs was a commoner in every sense of that term. 
 He was one of the people. He loved his people and his 
 people loved him. While he loved with true devotion 
 his own State, Georgia, he loved his country, and no 
 sectional or party prejudice could swerve him from doing 
 that which he conceived to be his duty under any and all 
 circumstances. There was no honor his people would 
 not have conferred upon him. They trusted him and 
 made him their leader, and he never betrayed their con- 
 fidence. So jealous was lie of their rights and so dili- 
 gently did he look after their interest that they continued 
 to honor iiim from time to time. They first made him 
 their prosecuting attorney. They then made him a judge 
 to preside over their nisi prius courts, and then they sent 
 him to the Fifty-fifth Congress. Still trusting him — for he 
 never betrayed them — seven times they conferred this 
 great honor upon him. 
 
 He died at his home in Dawson, Ga., during last Janu- 
 ai-y, while he was still a Member of Congress. He passed 
 away at his own home, in the midst of those splendid 
 people among whom he cast his lot, surrounded by his 
 own devoted family and loving friends, lamented by the 
 people of his whole district as few men ever have been. 
 His faithful wife, his friend and life companion, for whom 
 he always showed such great respect and devotion, was 
 with him in the last hours to administer to his comforts. 
 
 To say that he was a successful lawyer, a diligent prose- 
 cuting ofiicer, an impartial judge, a faithful party leader, 
 an able Representative in Congress, is in itself a great 
 
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Mi:m(ihi,\i. Addhi;ssi:s: 1\i:i'KEsi:mativi: (lisuiGS 
 
 tribute to pay to any man. James 'SI. Griggs was all of 
 this, and more. He had a sunny disposition, he was kind, 
 opeu-heartfd. open-handed, generous to a fault, and 
 always approaeluible. 
 
 In politics he was an uncompromising Democrat, and he 
 stood high in the councils of his party, both in State and 
 Nation. He was looked upon as one of the leaders of his 
 party in the country, and was twice made chairman of the 
 Democratic congressional committee. Soon after coming 
 to Congress his ability was recognized, anil he was placed 
 upon some of the most important committees of the 
 House of Representatives. At his death he was a member 
 of the Committee on Ways and Means, which is considered 
 the most important committee in the House, where he 
 served witli conspicuous ability. His work and influence 
 were not alone confined to the committees on which he 
 served, but he frequently debated with eloquence and 
 ability the great questions which from time to time came 
 before the Congress to be settled. He was a fluent speaker, 
 possessor of a store of rare wit, was quick at repartee, and 
 had all of those splendid qualities which make a popular 
 and eloquent speaker, which always please the people and 
 captivate the audience. He was loved and esteemed by 
 both Democrats and Republicans, and 1 doubt if there 
 was any man in the House of Representatives who was 
 loved more by both sides of the Chamber than James 
 Mathews Griggs. 
 
 Mr. Griggs was a member of the Baptist Church, which 
 he loved, and to the cause of Christianity he was always a 
 liberal contributor. 
 
 " He did as he thought best for his country, which be 
 loved with all bis heart under a sense of duty to God." 
 
 Death is the lifting of the thin veil separating time and 
 eternity, and as be left this earth he simply went upon the 
 other shore, " across the river to rest under the shade of 
 
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Ai)i)Hi:ss ov Mn. 0\erm\s, oi' N'ohtii Carolina 
 
 the trees." His place is vacant. His name is recorded 
 among our jjuhiic men wlio lived in tlie past. 
 
 Mr. President, it is sad to contemplate that our friends 
 and associates, "like the leaf which chill autumn ijreeze 
 tears rudely its hold from the wind-shaken trees," one hy 
 one are passing away. 
 
 To the past go more dead faces 
 
 Every year, 
 As the loved leave vacant places 
 
 Every year. 
 Everywhere tiieir sad eyes meet us; 
 In the evening's dusk they greet us. 
 And to come to them entreat us 
 
 Every year. 
 
 You are growing old, they tell us, 
 
 Every year; 
 You are more alone, they tell us. 
 
 Every year. 
 You can win no new affection; 
 You have only recollection. 
 Deeper sorrow and dejection 
 
 Every year. 
 
 But the truer life draws nigher 
 
 Every year, 
 And its morning star climbs higher 
 
 Every year. 
 Earth's hold on us grows slighter. 
 And its heavy burden lighter. 
 And the dawn immortal brighter 
 
 Every year. 
 
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Address of Mr. Dixon, of Montana 
 
 * 
 
 Mr. President: During tlic pressure of the public busi- 
 ness that always attends the closing days of a session of 
 the National Congress, we pause this afternoon to pay 
 tribute to the memory of one of our recent colleagues at 
 the other end of the Capitol. 
 
 It was my pleasure to have served four years in the 
 House of Representatives with James M. Griggs, who so 
 ably represented the second (ieorgia congressional district 
 for a period of 13 years. 
 
 When I entered the House in 1903 he was already 
 counted one of the leaders on the Democratic side of that 
 body, holding membership on the important committees 
 and always active in tlie work of the House. The recogni- 
 tion by liis party associates of his ability as a leader of 
 men and his knowledge of public measures and political 
 conditions led to his election as chairman of the Demo- 
 cratic congressional committee in the campaigns of 1904 
 and 1906. 
 
 He was stricken down in the very prime of an active life 
 and at a time when his long public service had enabled 
 him to be of great value to his State and to the country 
 at large. " His work was not done, but his column is 
 broken." 
 
 He had reached that point in long, continuous congres- 
 sional service which leads to a fuller measure of accom- 
 plishment tlutn falls to the great majority of the Members 
 
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Address of Mb. Dixon, of i\U)NTANA 
 
 of the Federal Congress, as the average term of service in 
 the House of Representatives only reaches the short period 
 of three years and in the Senate only seven years. 
 
 In reading the hiography of the Memhcrs of the House 
 and Senate, it is reniarkahle to see Iiow the earlier life 
 history of the individual Members so closely coincides. 
 
 Laying aside the recital of military service, in either the 
 Union or Confederate armies, tliat formerly, almost with- 
 out exception, was included in the biographical liistory of 
 most Members of Congress, and in the great majority of 
 cases you will read something like this: *' Graduated from 
 college," "taught school," "studied law," "admitted to 
 the bar," " elected prosecuting attorney," " member State 
 legislature," "elected judge," and then follows the recital 
 of " elected to Congress." In other words, the life story 
 of most of those who have served under the Dome of this 
 Capitol sliows the working of tlie processes of elimination 
 and strikingly confirms the immutable law of "the sur- 
 vival of the fittest " in the warfare of politics. Leaving 
 out tlie recital of " member State legislature " and you 
 find Mr. (iRioo's biographical sketch conforming in every 
 detail to the standard of congressional biography. 
 
 Congressman Criggs was a typical product of the post- 
 bellum period of the new South. He was an infant in his 
 mother's arms when the reverberations from Fort Sumter 
 awakened the Nation to the fact that the struggle for its 
 very existence was at hand. His first recollections were 
 those of the tattered and defeated veterans returning from 
 the broken ranks of Lee and Longstreet. He saw and felt 
 the terrible results of that conflict in the wasted fields and 
 desolate firesides of his native State. He was born at a 
 time when his youthful energies were given to the restora- 
 tion of the industries and homes of Georgia. 
 
 He lived to see his native State proudly bear the title of 
 the " Empire State of the South." As a worthv and 
 
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Memorial Addresses : Representative Griggs 
 
 distinguished son of that State, which honors tlie names of 
 Crawford, Johnson, Stephens, Hill, Crisp, and Gordon, 
 he bore his part with honor and fidelity. 
 
 James M. Griggs fought well the battles of life and won 
 more victories than fall to the lot of most men. In his 
 death his country, his State, and the Nation have suffered 
 a serious loss. 
 
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Addrkss oi "Sin. Bacon, oi' (ii:()H(ii.\ 
 
 Mr. President: Diuiiii» luy term ol' service in this jjody 
 the Senate has boon llirce times called upon to pay its 
 tribute of respect to the memory of a deceased Reiire- 
 sentative from (icorgia, and in each case it has fallen to 
 my lot tt) speak the last otlicial word to l)e littered of 
 them in the Halls of Congress. 
 
 Each of these Representatives was the victim of a sud- 
 den death. One of them lost his life in a tragic accident, 
 while each of the other two fell under a sudden and 
 unseen stroke of death, with no preceding illness. 
 
 The first of these was Charles F. Crisp, who had as 
 Speaker and through a recognized leadership reaped the 
 highest honors in the House of Representatives, and at 
 the time of his sudden death had through a ])opular pri- 
 mary election been already practically chosen to a seat 
 in this Chamber as a Senator from his State. 
 
 The second of these was Rufus E. Lester, then the 
 longest in service from Ceorgia in either Senate or House, 
 who, in his tragic death, closed a most distinguished and 
 useful career in the Representative branch of Congress. 
 
 The last, whose loss we now mourn, James M. (Iriggs, 
 was a younger man, cut off in the very meridian of his 
 life, in the midst of the full development of all his powers. 
 He was with us diuung the present session of Congress. 
 In December last, at the beginning of the session, he was 
 in his seat in the House of Representatives. When, a 
 few weeks later, the holidav recess was taken, he went 
 
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Memorial Addresses: Representative Griogs 
 
 to his home in Georgia, there to meet with his kindred 
 and friends in the joyous Christmas season. And there, 
 before the close of that season, consecrated to festivity 
 and loving greetings and unrestrained pleasure, while all 
 hearts were still beating high with its joys, suddenly, as 
 a bolt from the sky. the light of his earthly life went out, 
 in the darkness of unending night. 
 
 1 had known him personally from liis early young man- 
 hood. He was born in La Grange, where I had passed 
 my schoolboy days. In my earliest meeting with him he 
 had excited my interest by telling of the house in that 
 town where he was born, one that I well knew as the home 
 of my former family physician, a cottage which set back 
 some distance in a garden almost hidden in the foliage 
 of trees and shrubbery, and midway between it and the 
 street gate a little brook spanned by a rustic bridge. 
 
 I remember him well, just out of college, a ruddy- 
 cheeked, blue-eyed, ligiit-haircd youth, full of enthusiasm 
 and eager expectancy. At that time I was a member of 
 the Legislature of Georgia, and it was during its sessions 
 that 1 met him at the capital of the State and grew to 
 know him and to mark him as one of the coming young 
 men of the Commonwealth. Even then, boy as he was, 
 eagerness for political life, with its exciting struggles and 
 its varying fortunes, had already stirred and quickened 
 his pulses. Through the mists of the years, the vision of 
 which stretched out before him, imagination beckoned 
 him on to the arena of political contention, and his eager 
 ear caught the echo of llie future strife in wliich he saw 
 himself an active participant. Through this natural bent, 
 so it was that, although then effervescing with youthful 
 spirit, nevertheless he sought and enjoyed the compan- 
 ionship of maturer men who were in public life. His 
 interest was marked in their talk of political battles 
 fought and campaigns to be waged. 
 
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Address of Mr. Bacon, of Georgia 
 
 And this brings me to note at this point a curious para- 
 dox in his make-up and development. It is that, while 
 the early development of his bent for political life caused 
 him, when scarcely more than a lad, to seek the com- 
 panionship and association of older men, his youthful 
 tastes and spirits, his love of boyish fun and frolic, 
 remained with liini nol only then, but throughout his life, 
 so that in his last days the man of 19 years had in his dailj' 
 habit and demeanor all the exuberance and gayety of 
 spirit of an enthusiastic boy of 20. 
 
 The joyous, cheerful spirit was so habitual with him 
 and was so written upon his countenance that, when in 
 more serious mood, his gravity had the appearance of 
 being assumed. Indeed, this sunny temperament, this 
 joyous habit, which were his throughout life, were perhaps 
 his most striking personal characteristic. His happy 
 moods were infectious, and his companionship was a very 
 antidote to dullness and despondency. To him life was 
 not a dreary, dismal round, whose duties and burdens 
 clouded its sunshine. 
 
 His cheerfulness and buoyancy of spirit never failed 
 him. While giving due time and heed to the serious things 
 of life, dull care and weary despondency were no welcome 
 guests with him, and he drove them forth with jest and 
 mirth. From every situation, however adverse, he drew 
 the happiness of life, even as the honey sucked from 
 the poisonous flower. He shirked not the duties of life, 
 nor did he avoid its conflicts and struggles. On the con- 
 trary, he sought them and bravely met them with sturdy 
 and never failing courage, a smile upon his face, a song 
 upon his lips. 
 
 As valuable as it is rare is the combined gift of both wit 
 and genial, unwounding humor, and richly was he 
 endowed with them — a sparkling wit, combined with tiie 
 kindly humor w hich can be known only to one of generous 
 
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Memorial Addresses: Representative Griggs 
 
 and synipatlu'tic heart. With him they were ever in con- 
 stant play, liringing pleasure to all and pain to none. His 
 wit was keen and ready and his humor hright and rollick- 
 ing, and these, spiced with a large and varied fund of 
 anecdote, joined to a rare faculty and skill as a raconteur, 
 made him personally indeed a most delightful companion. 
 
 Friendship with him was not an empty affectation, a 
 hollow pretense, worn upon the sleeve and laid aside when 
 no longer valuable to serve a purpose. It was with him a 
 vital growth from deep-struck roots. There was no more 
 widely known man in (ieorgia than he, and there was no 
 man within her borders who could number as his own a 
 greater number of personal friends. Had he lived, there 
 was in the State nothing of public honor or of political 
 preferment that was not within his reach. 
 
 Devoted to his public duties as a Representative, diligent 
 and faithful in their discharge, bound to his people by the 
 strong cords of long and faithful service, of confidence in 
 his fidelity and in his ability, and as well by the unsover- 
 able ties of personal friendship and long personal inter- 
 communion and association, in his congressional district 
 he was invincible. It is no idle word when I say that no 
 public man has fallen at his post who has been more 
 deeply and more sincerely mourned than has he, by tlie 
 devoted people whom he has so long and so, faithfully 
 served. 
 
 Mr. President, the touching and loving tributes of his 
 colleagues of the Housi' and Senate, all of them long his 
 personal and political associates, have told the story of 
 his life, and it only remains for me to speak the final word. 
 And, sir, as I speak it my vision turns to the plains of south 
 (ieorgia where he sleeps; and I see again, as I saw in my 
 childhood, the wide stretches of field and forest, and I 
 hear again, as 1 heard as a child, the soughing of the south- 
 ern j)iius. When apparently no breeze stirs their thick- 
 
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Ai)niu;ss oi Mw. Bacon, oi (ii;r)H(ii.\ 
 
 set iiiul lofty tops, when all else is still, to the listeniiia ear 
 there strangely conies down from their towering height 
 the continuing, awesome, distant sound, mysterious as the 
 never-silent mm-miu- of the sea shell, solemn as the weii-d 
 moan of the far-olT waves. 
 
 And there, sir, safe in the loving keeping of his own 
 sorrowing people, and above him the ever-recurring 
 recpiiem of the soughing i)ines, may he rest until again 
 awakened to a brighter and a still hajipier day. 
 
 Mr. Pi'esident, 1 oiler the resolution which I si'ud to the 
 desk. 
 
 The President pro tempore. The Secretary will read 
 the resolution submitted by the Senator from Georgia. 
 
 The Secretary read the resolution as follows: 
 
 Rrsolt'ed, That as a furtluT mark of rcspict to the miMiiory of 
 the deceased the Senate do now adjourn. 
 
 The President pro tempore. The question is on agree- 
 ing to the resolution submitted by the Senator from 
 Georgia. 
 
 The resolution was imanimously agreed to, and (at 2 
 o'clock and 58 minutes p. m.) the Senate adjourned imtil 
 Tuesday, May 31, 1910, at 11 o'clock a. m. 
 
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