I accept the duty which devolves upon me as representing in part the great Commonwealth of Massachusetts in paying tribute to the memory of the late Senator GEORGE FRISIE HOAR. realizing my inability adequately to express the just appreciation with which the constituents I have the honor especially to represent held this most marvelous and distinguished man during his long and eminently successful life. The city in which I have lived from my youththe city of Fall Riveris one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the country. having within its limits possibly every nationality on the face of the earth. more than 80 per cent of its population being of foreign birth or being by direct descent from those born on foreign soil. His tender sympathy with the oppressed and the downtrodden. his courage and fortitude in defending freedom of thought and freedom of action in both religious and secular affairs. found a ready response among a people who had emigrated from other lands to seek an asylum where the rights of men would be respected and the privileges of religious freedom would be guaranteed. To them Senator HOAR represented the highest type of American citizenship. and the people of that community rejoiced whenever he cane among them. They read with satisfaction his vigorous criticisms of those who tried to confine him within the narrow limits of religious prejudice in determining the worth or qualification for public service of his fellowmen.
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