Show mi till iv SI TI is 15 hasten Transcript the death of Senator Vm ut of or Mis Missouri 1111 has hu followed close upon his hll re rt retirement from long public service and though the conclusion of ot his life lite work practically came before that event it will bring sorrow to te many who while differing strongly with him hint In opinion entertained for tor him genuine respect reelect and personal affection lie He was III among the last lac of or the tho th old school of southern men who Iho throughout their lives 1118 held views to those that have dominated the Iho nation natlan but who were honest and able and to whom we may ma concede the limo appeal of ot that much abused term corn roue rouB New York World The last ant member r of ot the ont Senate passed away awn when Oe rge Urn lira Irah h ham an r Vest I died lia Hardly ilardI rd a I handful In o of members of nt the Ihl old ohl secessionist ment meat Is in left Irl Se tor Vest sorvel nerve nc I 1 In both bath houses of or the he Confederate Login Legis Legislature lature during the war sear After Uler the tho re ro reconstruction construction period came to un an end he hewn hewan was wan wn elected to In the United States Stales Sen Ale tite from Missouri and served twenty four roul years retiring in it 1903 1003 Senator Yeas Vest 11 was wan tint not a II statesman n of r the first Or t tank rank but hul his hi talents were respectable his hl convictions firm Orm und anti his hili skill In do the bate lIto exceptional Doston Herald The death of ex Senator 0 U 1 Vest Veat of or Missouri urt has hns ha a been so nn l long d nn g ex cx x peeled parted that the tho announcement does not ns nil B n Ise He lie was tint not well known In put part of or the country except ex except by his record in In the Iho Senate where he Ito wan Willi recognized ns nn one cne of at the fore tore foremost foremost most debaters although he was wan never neler a II frequent speaker In Missouri he laid Imd high repute in ns n lawyer wyer us un well as ns n It apolitical political orator Ho ito was n short hort man with a n large head henl and great earnestness of or manner t Ho lIo was u se noted also ns a n aboon boon companion abounding In wit and amt pleasantry apt to 10 bo but bill net nev nevertheless n well hiked 1 on both sides shies of ot the Senate chamber His Bla mind 1 was vigorous find New Nell York fork I Post Mr Ir Vests pr Judgment was Will not always sound Early In IS J tor for example hu ho ol de lared that the nomination of lit Mr Cleveland whom he Ire himself favored was teas wa Impossible Ills HI course tins erratic but bul no ono one doubted his hones honesty All In all ho howan howart wart wan a n worthy t type ITIC po of or the III Senator of or tradition of or which too few survive to u allow us u to 10 note Isle liU hi disappearance without regret Chicago Vest Test was tins senator front from Missouri for more than Ihan a 1 score of or years yearn during a great part of ot the tho period pariah In which he served petted ho he was one nf of the most conspicuous Democrats In Inthe Inthe Inthe the country cOli II try This statement which Is in III connection with tt fh the announce m nt of or his hll death may possibly sure sur surprise prise people whoso whose I Interest In III politico Is I nf of recent origin orl III for tor the he senator animator was Willi much enfeebled before he ho retired from public life Ilia anti censed t from ac nl active tive UI participation in public Hut But It Is after alt all huh but n II short time since linen he ha h wan IR distinguished for tor Ids his vigor In debate his resourcefulness r l his ready wit uit his hie sarcasm his 1111 good allaround ull fighting equipment The Thin courage that thai he ha showed n im eyed sV wh lh h n he ha located In Missouri Irl because a 11 1 mob proposed to 10 drive him I out nut wan waR characteristic Threats pro yoked without 1111 hOIl I terrifying him hind and he hI hew w ON prepared at any ony time lime to 10 meet rill nil antagonists Kansas City elt Times Senator Vest was a I great exemplar of or orthe the power and publics service serke which yet et remain and wilt will always remain to 10 tho the orator ora lor He lie had hall and a needed none of or orth thin th affectations and II nil mannerisms of or orthe the mere dispenser of oC His In Influence fluence ns nn n a speaker r was great because he ho wn moved by great subjects and waited wailed until the tho Apt occasion called There will bo be none non either among limon II Mr Vests proud fellow f lIow citizens of Missouri nr or among his former associates In tho the national forum who will not nay that his hl masterful eloquence merited the tho high and no not l le estimate of Judge Phil Philips Ipa |