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The special order being resolutions relative to the death of Hon. R. S. Smith, Senator from the Thirty-ninth District in the Twentyfourth General Assembly, Senator Craig offered the following resolution:
WHEREAS, On August 27, 1893, Hon. R. S. Smith, a member of the Twenty-fourth General Assembly, died at Iowa Falls, Iowa, while on his return home from the Democratic State Convention, and was buried at Cedar Falls, Iowa, August 29, 1893; therefore,
Resolved, That in the death of Senator Smith we mourn the loss of an able and conscientious member of the Legislature, one devoted to the best interests of his constituents and the people of the State, whom he served with such signal ability on the floor of this Senate. We remember the kindly qualities of his generous heart, the noble attributes of his manhood, and shall ever cherish with fond and sincere recollection our departed friend and brother.
Resolved, That these resolutions be entered on the journal of this Senate.
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate be instructed to send an engrossed copy of these resolutions to the family of the late Senator Smith.
GEO. M. CRAIG,
JOHN EVERALL,
J. D. YEOMANS,
Committee.