394 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Feb. 26,

Remarks of Mr, Waters.
Mr. President;

It is with a feeling of profound sadness, that I arise
to lay a modest unpretending flower, but nevertheless
a very sincere tribute of respect upon the bier of our
lately departed brother Senator.

My acquaintance with Mr. Talbot commenced very
shortly before the opening of this session of the
Senate. But since he came here, and until he was
stricken down, I have had frequent, I may say,
almost daily opportunities of seeing and measuring
the man.

From the proximity of this seat, which is now cov-
ered with the habiliments of mourning, to mine, I was
probably more frequently consoled by him, in regard
to matters concerning his duties here, than perhaps
any other Senator on this floor.

I found him to be a man of modest and rather retiring
manners, but of painstaking and methodical habits, a
conscientious and faithful representative of his people,
and a courteous Christian gentleman. I know of no
one, who has in so snort a time, more impressed me
with his modest worth than our departed brother. And
it is but a fitting tribute to his memory that I should

say so.

No praise, however deserved, that we can bestow can
reach him. Nor can flattery soothe the dull cold ear
of death. But it is due to the memory of our brother
'Senator, it is due to one who so deservedly occupied a

seat in this body, it is due to ourselves and the dig-
nity of the Senate of Maryland, that we should give
suitable and proper expressions of the sorrow this
occasion inspires.

I second the adoption of the resolutions and move
they be spread upon the journal of the Senate.

The resolutions submitted by Mr. Hayes were
adopted.

REPORTS OF SELECT COMMITTEES.

Mr. Seibert, from a Select Committee, reported fav-
orably, the following bills:

House bill entitled an Act to regulate the compen-
sation of registration of voters in Carroll county.