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Excerpt from Russell Alexander Alger, Late Senator in the Congress of the United States From Michigan
This volume is published by authority of the Legislature of Michigan. In compiling it the chairman of the committee in charge has endeavored to make it a fitting tribute to the distinguished character Of the subject of the Memorial exer cises. On the occasion of the Memorial exercises the Hall of Representatives was filled to over?owing. Nearly every member of the House and Senate answered the roll call, the Governor and his staff were present in uniform, and the Justices of the Supreme Court and all the state Officers occupied the space reserved for them. The immediate members of the family of the departed Senator were also present, and the galleries of the hall were crowded with friends from near and far who had come to pay their last respects to the memory of the man who had honored the state in so many prominent positions in life. The volume contains the full text of the addresses on that occasion, together with the Legislative proceedings pertaining thereto, and letters of regret from the President and cabinet officers; also a comprehensive sketch of the life of the late Senator.
The resolutions adopted in the Joint Convention were handsomely engrossed and presented to the family of the deceased, the receipt of which was graciously acknowledged. The concluding act has been the placing in the Capitol by the family of a handsome life-sized portrait Of the distinguished Senator.
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