Speaker. the people of the district I have the honor to represent on this floor had great affection for Senator McENERY while living. and now that he is no more they respect and venerate his memory. His name is not only treasured by the people. but his achievements in the upbuilding of his State are recorded in her history. His crowning public service is usually considered as having been the development of the levee system of Louisiana. because of his great and successful efforts in that behalf. but in my judgment his work in encouraging emigration from other States resulted in the betterment of conditions in Louisiana more than any other act of his public career. cI remember that in 1887 he convoked a great interstate agricultural convention at Lake Charles. United States Senators. Representatives. and others high in every line of human endeavor gathered there and obtained at first hand knowledge of the possibilities of the State.
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