SENATOR GARRIGUS.
MR. PRESIDENT--I may not consistently let this opportunity pass to join in the tribute to the memory of the late Governor Williams. I was one of the party which went to the gulf with him last spring, and I last parted company with him at Mobile. I shall ever remember with pleasure our acquaintance. As the representative of the Executive Department of Indiana, I remember his kindly addresses to the people of the Southern States in response to the welcome given at various points along the route. While he was not made Governor by my vote or influence, I hope the day is far distant when Republicans, at least, shall be so bitterly partisan that they can not or will not pay proper respect to all good men, living or dead, without respect to party. I believe Governor Williams was honest. He was kind and sympathetic. He never squandered his own means, and with his simple habits and tastes, he was opposed to wasting the people's money, and was in favor of economy in the interest of the people. I was pleased as much with his vetoes as with the bills he approved. He was gifted with plain common-sense. I liked his simplicity, and I hope the young men of Indiana may pattern after him in his straightforward course, his habits of economy, his regard for the truth, his fair dealing with all, and his sympathy with and identity with the people as he understood their interests.
Conformably to the last resolution reported by the Committee (see proceedings of last Friday)--
The Senate adjourned till Monday at 2 o'clock p.m.
