Show WHEN A congressman DIES when a congressman dies the house solemnly passes a resolution ot of ac kaow and then adjourns but usually by common consent the resolution la Is held on the speakers desk until the business of the day has been completed and at about 5 or the resolution Is read passed mind and the house stands adjourned the resolution always runs the tame same it reads resolved that tho th 1 house house has heard with profound sorrow borrow of the death of ilon hon mr blank a representative from thi state of resolved that the clerk communicate these resolutions to the senate and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased resolved that as a further mark of respect this house do now BOW adjourn few things ere permitted to interfere with the business of the house the work goes grinding on through the weeks and months the house passes laws setting apart holidays that others may rest and celebrate and revere the memory of notable men but the house goes on with the nal nation lour business without resting or celebrating the th house evidently thinks that the nest best respect it can pay to the memory of the count rys notables and its own dead Is to go on with its important work and so it does doeg usually occasionally if business Is not too pressing and it if the deceased member enis more or less prominent the resolution Is IP passed soon after the house meets at noon and whan when that happens I 1 dare say gay that most of the members nirm bers feel a good deal as the schoolboy feels when a teacher or a fellow pupil dies and school Is dismissed they enjoy getting a day oft off seventeen members embers ra are usually appointed p hinted to attend the funeral and when a member dies in office he be Is likely to have a notable gathering at ills his graveside A day is set apart when those who knew him best oar day tribute to his work and memory here again the economical tendency of congress Is shown is the day set Is always a sunday when other business Is not up for consideration the speeches delivered on this occasion are published in the congressional record and a little booklet containing them Is made up each member being given a few copies the other day I 1 looked up a copy of one of these memorials tor for a gentleman in pueblo it was the memo memorial raal I 1 address on the life and character of james N burns of missouri delivered 23 1889 although this was over 33 years a ago 0 1 I was surprised to note how many gentlemen spoke on that day whose names are well known to us of this day and some of the addresses are notable examples or of eloquence ex Es speaker henderson dockery holman randall breckenridge butterworth Dutter worth stone grosvenor cockrell voorhees nale gorman and vest surely an array of brilliant names it Is customary for congress to vote tote a years pay to the widow of a deceased member there are many deaths in congress I 1 nm told about eighteen a year and the flag on the house office building flies at half mast a good deal of the time in the present congress there have been deaths and it Is only about halt half over they are as follows fred L El Elack ackmon nion of alabama sam net nel SI 11 tailor of arkansas john A elston ot of california william E maton mason of 1111 illinois william II 11 frankhauser of michigan charles F van do de water of california henry D flood of virginia prince J kuhlo kuhio Ka dalania lania caole of hawaii lucian W parrish of texas and samuel M brinson of north carolina two of these members committed suicide and two were killed in automobile accidents over in the senate when a deathos dea death thoc occurs the go governor arnor of the state appoints a senator to fill the vacancy until the next nest regular state election A constitutional tut ional amendment has been suggested to provide that vacancies canles va in the house should be filled in like manner such an arrangement would save the tha states much money which special elections necessarily cost |