New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 8, 1918, Page 13

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 191S. the reguiations he could not enter un- til 1861, in the class of 1865. “The young men of that time. liko our voung men now, felt the call of country, and in his sophomore year, ; 1863, he tried to enlist, but was still i too voung, so he took the only opens g that presented itself and enteved in the Quartermaste Department as assistant to his brother Maj. As- Glowmg Tl‘lbu[es 0 Mem[}ry OI bury Hill and thero remained uutil he end of the war. not complete his under- Deceased Connecticnt LegiSIAtor | radunce sonvee, bt in 1855 " Yoio | conferred upon him the degree of A. M. in recognition of his public ser- (Special to the Herald) | | Washington, D. C., March §.—Sel-| “U ymn reentering civil life after the ! war he at once went into active bus- ine: not neslecting his public dutics | more glowing tributes been paid to a | anq responsibilities. v deceased member than the eulogies| ‘To indicate his varied activity it delivored to the memory of Repre- | may be mentioned that for 25 years wentative Ebenezer J, Hill of Con- |apd until he was elected to Congress necticut, one of the veteran members | he was in the lumber business; and, of the house. Republicans and dem- | also. at different timcs, he was pres- | o { 1 ocrats alike paid tribute to the mem. | ident of the Norwalk Street Railway | B { A r ory of the Connecticut man and someo | Co.. Norwalk Gas Light Co., Norwalk 3 f : / b of the most prominent members in | Mills Co., and later vice president Congress rose to praise his maw.y|and then president of the tional * good works and his virtues. shec|Bank of Norwalk which office he held o i ORE B ! opening speaker was Representative |at the time of his death. : : Th!‘()llup, iy, P"}‘Q ,,f »‘l"mou | Merritt, who was elected as his suc- | “During this period he was activa cessor. Some of the eulogles follow: | in performing his duties as a citizen 9 - : the Stafldi.. 3 f» i!% u{ Plynfiath :b Mr, Merritt: in the town and borough of Norwalk, | “Mr. Speaker, it is hard for me to | serving as a member of the city zov- £ 7 & k h e e S e S e B - stock of ends, most of which are $ vices. dom in the history of Congress have | merely as Mr. Hill’'s friend and con- | school itors. = 3 1 stituent but as his successor. He had | “In 1884 he wus a delegate to the | s ls there more than i5 yaraes Of ARV, for so many years and so adequate- | Republican national convention at K .r} a3 0 t i ly represented the district that he had | Chicago, which nominated James G. f h }' avYaam 3 O ]l ) become an institution, and, I may | Blaine; and in 1886 he was elected a act that the yardage 15 100 siza. 0» 2dd, an institution which the district | member of the Connecticut Stato | [ sira enti 3 f and the country could ill afford to | Senate, and some valuable construc- | S : hO“SBS, Wh"} requive entire pieces for lose. The district regarded him with | tive legislation was credited to him | B & half 1l : e T e ch e e e me at ahom one-half the regular price. dom, and those who knew him, with “In 1894 he was elected to the Fif- 5 affection, also. While it is true that |ty-fourth Congress, and began that : l co er that 1 own these gOOdS for he was a strong party man, it is true, | service which lasted, with the excep- | i - also, that he regarded all individuals | tion of a single Congress, the Six ] b o P o ld and all interests in his district as un- | third, until his death, in 1917. € I)Oll ‘“t aga ain. i“’ L&HV H shou‘d ho / em ader his care, and they received it, [ *This period of service in the b M B Democrats and Republicans alike. so | House, consisting of more than 20 make a ATCfit out of the heavy lOSS taken y r. erg that after election was over all par-|years, was longer by over two years | | ; ties regarded him their Represen- | than that of any man who had pr o A " . . tative and he accepted the trust in | viusly represcnied Connecticat. : BU and this is a little word that I cannot overlook, I must do S(;mmhmg‘ to ‘force business. Two weeks ago the weather gave hat broad way. e had a peculiar “His ability and industry early : e . 5 3 i 3 2ut- la=. wt tho=e¢ i i 2 HRs sl e e i e L # promise of an early spring, the earliest in year BPut—alas, where are those omens that we pinned our faith on? ‘here have been in this country no | which time and experience confirmed | B We have had instead of the balmy breezes of snring a cold that has sei husiness back and I am frank to admit I am address- hereditary titles or privileges, Dbut|and strengthened. Asido from other # ing this adv. today to a few brave foresighted men who can realize that Spring is really just outside the deor, and who have fortunately there are 'some families | commiitee work, he served for & a5% 5 o «with hereditary ability and character. | years on the Banking and Currency | B8 ¥8 the courage to anticipate the warmer weather and buy now at big savings. The Hill family is one of these, and | Committee and 14 years on the Ways its paternal ancestors have been res-[and Means Committee. Of his work idents in Fairfield County from its|on those committees and in Congress | [B ] carliest settlement. Andrew Ward, | his colleagues here present can spoa A 3 ; SR the only man appointed by the Col-|with more intimate knowledge and | §8 3 V' ny of Massachusetts on both its Com- | greater authority than 1. We in his Y [ R mittee of the Church and Commiitee | district, however, had good reason to £ §i 2% q:} s, of the ite to organize the Coiony [ know of his untiring devotion to his of Connecticut, was an ancestor. work, his constant study of economic “William Hill, the first Hill ances- | conditions, especially with regard to | § 4 tor in America, was a member of the | manufactures in this country afd INTR (7T B ATV J Gt cnloniail Connecllout iemaai ool | <o aifans 1 ororraiteav | ALL GARMENTS CUT AND MADE ON PREMISES. at Hartford, and so continued until|lation of facts, which was indeed his death encyclopedic. “Two hundred and fifty years later | «In his later years he had a de- his descendant, Ebenezer J. Hill, was { cerved national reputation as an au- & ¥ g a member of that same legislature. by { thority on matters of the tariff aud Ea \ £ B 4 i 3 = _394___ that time, however, the legislaturc of | panking. In addition to his studics he a sovereign State. added to his store of knowledge by i\ B/ & & > “During that interval of two hun. | ywjge travel and careful and accurate X g E & b . EE ! dred and.fifty years there was no | observation. Scarcely a vacation time when members of the family ] passed without his going to some for- were not serving the church @nd|eign land for pleasure and . study state. c¢ombined, and he always added to bis The 1tev. John Jones, of Concord. {store of useful information. Mass., the first minister of the town “I say useful advisedly, because he of Fairfield, was an ancestor, and wWas | was no collector of dry facts but | publicly recognized as active in for-|yather of facts as tools for use, warding the interests of the colony e e e d et o wiedre tnot S OEtheof Tuly Do Many other persons prominent in| " o0 e T 4 forward- | speech in the house \h;u attracted the made a brilliant | years in this great arena of intellectual { never Wi 1 k al- | though his words would M)rn——{l duced in many years is sirnggles i ’ ] had {used to wonder sometimes, looking at | story well known t s e ‘;:n“\n V]”\ht(‘!“)l‘('\‘ltllkl.[”"qu\((:.1‘3?‘:”“1’ looking statesman. This is shown by | attention [»: th of the hou . x\yl]‘(\ln T l\)“““i = wu\‘ ;]ix :nd % m»wn" m heu i \y . t 1 flm \\l:, lhmr nh. '\13}2(‘\’11 \.” led ({Ox\:\\‘»l crs of the housc e g RICA e the fact that he not merély helped on | country Then he went ome, and o il i S jC9 o 1 € w a ommit- | to car again. 1 wou come | y his ancestors. ; the very next day, though suffering | sation with facts - and illustrations {ce, of which, for many s, he was | that genial smile following the in-[having been . y good measures, but he either origin- 2 Lo Ny e 1 i ! And a study of this ancestry | oo T T ong the pioneers in | from exhaustion and overwork, he rnered in foreign lands—always to i leading member. ¢ gi argument, showing that his feet | times on the floor of ¢hows also how and why he was|&ed or was a A : ;| went to the station to join in the|the edification of his heare and taken many hard blows, hut were on the ground all the time. I[on the stump in mans imong the earliest to form and avow | legislation which was now and DA | farewell to the boys of the Sixth com- “He was an intense protectionist, | never loft a sore spot on cith wer saw him when he was so in-{ campaign. the conviction that women should hu{;‘o X,‘:.?:tabf‘e“fl‘,i‘.',”p.’,x:.‘t::sc::l‘x';l ;:’: ny of Coast Artillery, of which his | but he nev felloutRwith nicalon iGN Baa o o Rl e tense that he could not be a good- BBl seonetiof Mo Bl > el ohts and ) ities & Srey el s ~ ephe’ e ssman, is different views or .underrated their jje Seni 5 el e ; -terupered gen- 4 5 . -7 L ave equal rights and opportunities |, = %o 4 Giandard, his speech in n nephew, Albert Mossma ere | highest esteer 1w happs Latured : mipered gen- | a public speaker and de with men e tenrd that subject being used | captain. e spoke inspiringly to thoso ; capacity { belief that we enjoyed one anoth tleman no secret at all Mzl iillslownt mothert was the | - ooExces SonRtely U ‘J(“\ "3_‘ . | young men, pointing out to them that “He was an agrecable companion ' onfidence and friendship. ¢ it ot Ny own condition | s5 much in fine Bhr ¥ ol s mmiser ol Barial 200 :h‘:s‘;:;o:(l);u:n‘xre'm‘t'r?;:fitl\' \'1(.1 l{;q:‘tir(‘\l(» they were not going out for conquest Wl cstimated highly the value of ‘He frequently visited g office, | | should bo glad to speak longer.| any kind as in' the when her husband was ill for some | ‘X% e Y od the estab. | but for the fulfillment of a patriotic {riendship » especially in the sixty-fourth con- | This is the first time, Mr. Speaker,| of the logie of ekt Teondic e Kins servicesfin | ouscl AyaTcRtoRhe N“”T ,( by ,l duty 1d then called on those re- His death was a positive 1085 10| prece mhe last - iea that I have spoken in the house since | with stubborn. fac. ‘ : k2 o ishment of rural free delivery, his ; St Gl S e e last time he visited 1 wt [ have spok ith stubborn facts the satisfaction of the congregation. :)‘\“m‘ o O Tl Iree e ystrios | maining at home to fulfill thelr duty | this house, to his state, and 0 the | capitol wo spent tozether in my of- | toward the middle of last July, and { ment that it way His grandfather Hill was one of the | oW W HE Ht B0 fioery was cs. | in the maintenance of democracy in, countrs lfice an hour of most pleasant con- | it was only because of my intense ad- | ter to dislodse carly Methodists in Connecticut and | o v 0 %0 /0 10101 for the acts; | 11S best form. | Claude Kitchin. ference " sick wman, | miration and affection for Mr. Hill{a position. He spared n g was alfo a_leading abolitionist and | tAblished: froo aleohol fOF HhE S| wrhat was his last public appearance. | yir Kitohin. “Mr. speaker, when | Mt his mind was ax vigorous ws cver ihat I folt obliged toduy to satisty | op ¢ Sacdiond suffered considerable persecution on 595 T5€ LEAM AY SiG B mises to [ and from then until the ¥th day of || b M B, back in the Afty- is then Xeenly interestad in and myself in making these few remarks| and armine himself that account. e TIchiits dveturinansiy lin tnis [iseptexber B1IL7 SwhenBhe io e | S Sy | anxious over coming legislation. I in memory of one of the great men{ facts, and so carefull “His maternal ancestors were:| S7L A s 5 Ereniis tea il Viwealccr RIS e Sventh U;“g‘e HES 5"‘”5"] term and ' pever saw him. well or sick. that his or the house, a distinct loss to the{marshaled that : Scotch and came to Portland, Me., | UMY ] . tor | sPlendid constitution was worn out, |y first, he impressed me as a Most(nele i e e e e e e e et al 0 He was also an ardent supporter| s .. pis mind remained clear and | forceful character and a most cour- ; h i+ mes to use them t then called Falmouth and under tne| 5 ¢ wom.- | 2lthough | the fighiter. | observed it with admi- | my particular friend. el o i ¢ of national enfranchisement of wo o til the last. And I think we |teo 1d considerate gentleman. In against all jurisdiction of the Colony of Massa- e e || 2lertiumEU IR ARt k ] | us a era < @ noogg I st occasion. As the John Q. Til e chusetts. en—and this years before it becal can say of him that he, like his friend [ my 15 years of service with him herc e e John Q, Tilson. uring the Phese ancestors were of the same | @ POlitil issue or even popular. In- ) 4, priest, died clasping to his heart | [ never saw anvthing to impair, but ! i Tilson. “Mr. Speaker, others sort’ and. being nearer the frontier, | d€d, he stood on this platform in the | 3; o 1ocary of public duty. ! cverything to strengthen that impre i e - s referred to the long and honor- Strange as it noy ;:;J{ (d\'(\n. o ».(\(;Lu part in the | f2ce of threats that it might imperil ““Gentlemen, this seems to me a rec- | sion or more than a decade p 4 - 3 lo history of the Hill family in| Were formerly Indian and colonial wars. his renomination. He was Promii-| ..q of a happy and well spent life. | coding his death Hill was a e nunecticut. . 1 shal] touch upon that ndian and colonial wars. ent in the Methodist Church and in | piocgens Fliot has said that the only | mar el e e ; i (e e t that ‘Pacifists were at that period | Cht In the Alethodse ~bu resident Eliot has said ¥ | mar ure in the house. s in- .y Tt P el ¢t no further than to say that nelther popular nor numerous, and if | the order of Oda Fellows real happiness is in doing some good | tellect, his integrity, his courage, his e e Hill it was not only a mat- there were any slackers they were ‘And with all this tremendous act| yping well. Our friend did many |sense of right and truth, his diligent rdonable family pride but was such is we sucoes L t difficu him or drive him f equipy with esse. he was read at 1vand comers, tween sessions v membe plenish endin il n Haracter 1 d the slightest tivity and diversity of interest andi .,,q things in the service of his town, | study of legislation, his courtecous aiection « e Ka 5o of inspiration ot e a estry. ¥ g ~apacit for | S 2ot D v"','“ ",'(“lf\” . occupation he had a fine capacity for| . state, his country, and his fellow | (cportment, his sympathetic im- ¢ fhe v et d walienge to best eff n will not permit to friendship and goad fellowship. 2 hdl Lo diqlehem all welll ber comblnel to uwiiy v e i mes to o sutlying pe quently to foreign coun time all the way around pul s )i i tent | These trips he made interest to note that the wife of the Instead of beinz content | 1 this inquiry over the seas, but it is of | " ., - s . is distric ily S . < 1 Y i There was no town in his district | can readily elieve that he o And he looked the part e b : Nd ol oror »ut to e P s ends; 1 ster sav ‘Wel o ‘ ¢ : e R AT P o Sl iwneel He Had inot i;‘o ts of frie 483 | heara the master say ‘Well done, If wo except the sentléman from g (vhricing won ! tecl oF Tersias yovrda 4 no assembly where he was not wel-|ihou good and faithful servant; enter | fjinois (Mr. Mann,) the incompar- gepse. T + st upon laurels won by those, Pleasure, not even for his er of Ig ius Jourdain, who was | . )¢ where his coming did not > jo y Lord. ” B pilg 5 RSS! £ C : Del 0 n or education me nor where his com tou into the joy of thy Lord *ble minozity leader, I doubt if any . ¢hich he served so lone gone before, he acted upon the belief Mation or educatio deputy mayor of Exeter, in England: | ,q4 to its pleasure. To illustrate one which could Pose of more thorouzhly and he, during a plague, when the hase of his character which did not Champ Clark. man in congress in the last 15 years ' g. ably, were most fortunatc 1 that he nad a heritage i u S x Lh - was as tireless a worker -or as dili- ing such a mun to represent raintained oniy by his own high- hims th tive mayor had fled, remained at his post | ylways appear cn the surface, may I Mr. Clark of Missouri. “Mr. Speaker, nt student of legislation as he e 2% i g teavor. The record of Mr. Hill ©f his duties as representat el e Son Sl oo enecdolen I served several years with our la- \\‘:.x'»‘ e e i S an u:\ Jublic official * the Deople. Tt taral "’ reg work. Later he was summoned be- | “Among . his friends was a catholic| )., tcq friend, Ebenezer J. Hill, on Ve ez : His loved ones who isin man and publy s 2 . fore the star « S o , > ATl (i e P cct of islation, he was more of gjeath have full right an to his first election to this body lowe e ore the star ber under the Stu- | priest, Father Furlong, -of Norwalk. | ho great committee on Ways and ! . ? deatn A1 right and , q S ] ts for refusi 1 1 1 e 1 e el A n expert on questions of finance and 1¢ proud of his career and yeen referred to also and may be gth ir arts for refusing to vieid his religiots | Before his trip to the Holy Land Mr. | 3j.ans, long service on which i e s proud of his ca : ) : : als oo e S ALY Hill called on his friend, then sick | \.ithin itself, a liberal education. First A i e tJf the late Mr. home. The house in honoring today summed up hy saying l"vm B e “And so, to represent this line of | unto death, and asked him if there|g.q last, strong men of almost all |, ot tagoms \(‘.( day had more ac- | the memors of one o worihy does | Were worthy of the man whom later fective ,d-fearini and man-serving peopls, | was ansthing he could bring him. | amcupadens. on professians. testify or | (lrafc information with ~respect 10 konor 1o itsclf. The opportunily ex- | You came to know iere, worthy of the ' his peos Ebenezer J. Hill was born in Red- | Said the father, “If T live so long T| . .ye befare it—in fact, every class of cralfonigae B0ILARSI0SEREIC iended by his distinguished suec- | long linc of his forbears, and worthy Vha ding, Conn., in 1845 houid like, abave all things, o Hive | 1\ o test faols So far as Thnow : had Mr. Hill. st sl tol v sk e nple words of the zveai state that he loved, house . “This lincage and this background | you bring me a rosary from the 1 OF nal ! remember hearing Speaker | of appraiseme ' A e serve d honored by servin they never appeared before that com- : appraisement of ou and honored rving. o8 were a precious inheritance and o Floly City”. When Mr. Hill was in'| ittee. Mr. Hill was a working mem- strong incentive, and well did ha the Garden of Gethsemane, Which Was { her of botl} the committee and the profit from the first and respond to under the:care of monks of the|y,, s e (GG 1 (e RET e the second Franciscan order, he noted an old| gustrious of mortals, and by constant | “His ability and industry w olive tree said to have been there| | he sccumulated a vast quantity P 5 e 5 S early shown by the fact that since the days of our Lord. In con-| ¢ information on a variety of sub- | (:liff. schedule by schedule, I regard-' Mr. Mann. “Mr. Speaker was . nothing on the surface at that time to passed his entrance examination for reation with the abbot he learned | j .t particularly on economic sub- | Mr. I]v\\ the most aggressive, the | chocked and inexpressibly dened | indicate that he would prove W Yale at the age of 14, but owing to | that the olive stones were carefully|j ... on which he was an expert } most e, and the most dangerous | when I learned of the death of Mr, | more than simply a worthy member frésersodl Bng made Intolrosariess bittilleeiia etpiegion S0 G0 5o ooy oM cpponent of the several revision | Hi)\l. Of course, T knew that he had | of that honorable class of ; measures. Irequently 1 was Struck | peen ill, like myself. We had mu- | men of affairs known here | were Teserved strietly for the Mem- | quently said that some people had [T SR bers of the order and mever sold.: jemories like a tar bucket, to which | With amazem it the fund of in- | tyally advised each other to cut out | level headed, and dependat whenTired OFf |mherca vir i told theabbot the | NIl ihat touch it stuck. Cer- | formation, and the accuracy of it, he | work and rest. i e e 1 i 2 displayed on this umw Uv was . ' : i | story cf. his dying friend, the priest in | (4injy Mr. Hill's memory was of that “Mr. Hill was a real statesman. He ! men Common CflrnFlakfis ‘Nnr\\qlm and what a solace and in- | \ariety. Consequently he probably | SPlendid vlv'an’Hnnu i Nleen S Dene R e Ceime il oo snized 'althority par- “In this respect Mr. Hull FiRiros 5 = fr s % Loorhy anv | trating mind saw at one spiration this rosary coming from this | ;,;ccessed as much information as an i e the | ticularly upon economic problems, | in some measure a parallel TRY THE CHOECE | particular place wnd made by tho{ boeohd 8E MER SO cak and strong points Of everyland especially upon finance, and e | monks of his order would be to thi He was not an orator, hut a force- tion farsument, for position. " He| vin darl that on! banking currency: and | nefer to the larsentail Se He | was a factor to be reckoned with in Svery conteat WIS Niosiclana Nerputl e AarLl Platt, who, coming to et 1 : ; ; | “When I becamc 1w republican thout being known mentafincenienlconvincing WIETCN w20 DR SEEREEE PG L SEER / g Kk vever rhetorical. He expressed his 3 2 PO 4 y urned " boun | 5 ito Mr. Hill for advice and infor no « | which, fartunately, he was able. 10|y enjoyed n mental and linguistic | (houghts with emphatic clearness. Hig | (oo MT* FI €05 SERCE aned infor RO oueTdy | delivery was earncst and forceful and | s 5 : SpeEdindi | place in the hands of his friend be-| .;htest, and when he thought he had w L o e er a ; Orncst a { with him, and his remarkable ¢ e | fore he died: and when he died this|ine hest of a clash the evidences of | oftentimes picturesque. At times ho | ooy o008 S0 00 (OO0 HEYC i | | Glark oy once! that Mr.' Pavne dnew lbssonq o Agiies o e pinc il i He took his seat in this body more about the tariff than any HvIng | privilege, as it is e 0 at the beginning of the Lho nan. In the sixty-second cOngress, ' poce' { fourth Con s. He came with no know vhen the house under democratic | previously wcquired reputation as a e o ey = revise the James R, Mz ;. trol was attempting to revisc th imes B, Mann [ public speaker. In fact, there was | aying man. The abbot was touched | py; gpeaker—a crack debater. | by the story and said that he felt| . ,q exceedingly tenacious of his opin- | dustified in breaking the wule, and|jons advocating and defending them | presented Mr. Hill with this rosary, | with energy—indeed, with vehemence rosary was clasped in his hand. | his pleasure were patent to all ob- | rushed on his opponent like a whirl- | ) (B0 WOR S FEiine. 1le “""‘“ 13 “Mr. ‘s hig sation to duty | gepvers 1d. In the fiercest combut he never - Mr. Hill's high devot | servers. wind g e °"iters that [ have cver met. [ usced ime, known never left him. Although he was 00| «“A staunch republican partisan, ho |gave offense — but .remained eivil |4 " R h cines in the 1 Dot ieat e ill, he made a special trip to Wash-] was a thoroughgoing American, fight- | #nd courteous throughout. He was | fndeeint s ceans il it ) it i t i < foeman worthy of . the best o1l M ST e R eba e BT gelorientiotisn ington last July in order to speak On | jng for his country in his yvouth. serv- | 2 that fiery carnestness and inter oatl torcernl (@8 iwportant pending measure. On | ing here th b ”“‘““‘1 reel ! LR e vas a hard hitter but YT with his hand and finger pointed ichaters this ho