FRANK WELCH, (A REPRESentative FROM NEBRASKA ), DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND IN THE SENATE, PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF CONGRESS. WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1879. LIBRARY THE PAS FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, THIRD SESSION. CONGRESS OF THE UNITED States, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, February 27, 1879. Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That there be printed twelve thousand copies of the memorial addresses delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives upon the life and character of the late FRANK WELCH, late a Representative from the State of Nebraska; of which nine thousand shall be for the use of the House and three thousand for the use of the Senate. Attest: GEO. M. ADAMS, Clerk. AN ACT providing for the engraving and printing of portraits to accompany memorial addresses on the late Representatives Leonard, Quinn, Welch, Williams, Douglas, Hartridge, and Schleicher. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be engraved and printed portraits of the late Representatives Leonard, Quinn, Welch, Williams, Douglas, Hartridge, and Schleicher, to accompany memorial addresses delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives in honor of the said deceased Representatives, and to defray the expenses thereof the necessary sum is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sum to be immediately available. Approved, March 3, 1879. ADDRESSES ON THE DEATH OF FRANK WElch. PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE. FEBRUARY 19, 1879. On motion of Mr. SAPP, by unanimous consent, Ordered, That the memorial services in honor of the late FRANK WELCH, late a Representative from the State of Nebraska, be held to-morrow evening, at the session heretofore ordered by the House. FEBRUARY 21, 1879. Mr. MAJORS. I offer the resolutions which I send to the desk. The Clerk read as follows: Resolved, That this House has heard with profound regret of the death of Hon. FRANK WELCH, late a Representative from the State of Nebraska. Resolved, That the House do now suspend the consideration of public business, in order to pay proper respect to the memory of the lamented deceased. Resolved, That in token of regard for the memory of the lamented deceased, the members of this House do wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days. Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the House do communicate these resolutions to the Senate of the United States. Resolved, That out of further respect to the memory of the deceased this House do now adjourn. 194575 3 ADDRESS OF MR. MAJORS, OF NEBRASKA. Mr. SPEAKER: At nine o'clock in the evening of September 4, 1878, at Neligh, Nebraska, Hon. FRANK WELCH departed this life, the victim of a paralytic stroke. He died in his chair, away from home and family. He was surrounded by warm and dear friends, but no wife, no relative was near to utter words of cheer as he passed into the dark valley. More than a year ago the warning stroke came, which, while it did not blast, yet so affected his stalwart frame that he never fully recovered his wonted health and vigor. Possessing a sanguine disposition, and trusting to the recuperative energies of his nature, he refused to spare himself, and entered upon and continued his labors in this body with characteristic ardor and energy. When he returned home last July his changed appearance was marked by his acquaintances, and caused his friends no little anxiety. It was thought that the pure and bracing air of his western home, together with needed rest and recreation, would bring back the luster to his cheek and restore vigor to his frame. But when hope ran highest, when least expected, the lightning again descended and consumed the life that was left, remembering that— 'Tis the twink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath, Mr. WELCH died in the meridian of life, at the period of his great usefulness as a citizen and public servant. With large capacity for usefulness; with wide, varied experience in public affairs, and great responsibilities on his shoulders, at a time when his influence was sweeping into a broader arena, when the fervor of youth was still in his blood, the shadowy hand beckoned him to his journey across the dark continent to the land beyond the sun. |