THESE WORDS WRITTEN BY THOMAS MOORE ARE SO FITTING THIS
           AFTERNOON AS I, IN MY LIMITED AND FEEBLE WAY, ATTEMPT TO PAY
           HONOR AND TRIBUTE TO THE LIFE OF SCOTT BATES. A MAN WHOM WE ALL

           AD MIRED AND RESPECTED AND WHO WAS TAKEN FROM OUR MIDST
           VIRTUALLY IN THE TWINKLE OF AN EYE AND WITHOUT WARNING. IT WAS
           ON THE EVENING OF FEBRUARY 5 THAT THE P A. LID MESSENGER
           BECKONED SCOTT TO DEPART THIS LIFE. WE CAN BELIEVE THAT HE
           AWAKENED TO SEE A MORE GLORRUSS SUN P RISE WITH UNIMAGINABLE

           SPENDER ABOVE A CELESTIAL HORIZON AND THAT HE YET REMEMBERS US
           AS WE REMEMBER HIM. FOR WE HAVE THE CONSOLATION THAT HAS COME
           DOWN TO US FROM THE LIPS OF THAT ANCIENT MAN OF OZ WHOSE NAME
           WAS "JOBE." O, THAT MY WORDS WERE WRITTEN IN A BOOK AND
           ENGRAVED WITH AN IRON PEN UPON A LEDGE OF ROCK FOREVER, FOR I

           KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVETH AND SOME DAY ESH STAND UPON THE
           EARTH. WHEN IRMA AND I LOST OUR DEAR GRANDSON MICHAEL, NOW
           ALMOST 17 YEARS AGO, I FELT THAT MICHAEL WAS RESTING AND THAT
           HE WAS AT PEACE IN THE ARMS OF GOD. AND DEEP WITHIN MY SOUL, I

           WAS AWARE THAT MICHAEL KNEW OF MY GRIEF. HE, TOO, WAS TAKEN
           FROM US SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. AND HE LEFLT US WITHOUT A
           WAVE OF A HAND -- AND HE LEFT US WITHOUT A WAVE OF A HAND OR
           WITHOUT SAYING GOODBYE, AND SO IRMA AND I KNOW WHAT THIS FAMILY
           IS GOING THROUGH. WE, TOO, HAVE WALKED THROUGH THE VALLEY OF

           THE SHADOW OF DEATH. AND IRMA AND I JOIN IN SAYING TO SCOTT'S
           FAMILY TODAY, SCOTT KNOWS OF YOUR GRIEF. I'VE KNOWN SCOTT BATES
           SINCE THE VERY FIRST DAY THAT HE BECAME A MEMBER OF THIS SENE
           FAMI. I WATCHED HIM GROW. I WATCHED HIM AS HE INCREASED IN
           KNOWLEDGE AND IN HIS LOVE FOR THE SENATE. OFTEN WHEN I WAS THE

           DEMOCRATIC LEADER IN THE SENATE AND MANY TIMES SINCE I HAD THE
           OCCASION TO CALL UPON SCOTT FOR HELP. HE WAS ALWAYS READY,
           ALWAYS COURTEOUS, ALWAYS ACCOMMODATING ACCOMMODATING. FROM TIME
           TO TIME WE TALKED ABOUT THE SENATE AND HOW IT WAS DIFFERENT
           FROM WHAT IT USED TO BE. HE WAS A SENATE EMPLOYEE WHOSE TIME IN

           THE SENATE EXTENDED BEYOND THE TENURE OF MANY OF THE MEMBERS OF
           THIS BODY. AND LIKE MANY OF THE MEN AND THE WOMEN WHO HAVE
           TOILED IN THE SENATE OVER THE YEARS, SCOTT APPRECIATED THE
           SENATE, LOVED IT, AND UNDERSTOOD IT -- BETTER EVEN THAN MANY OF
           ITS OWN MEMBERSLOVED AND UNDERSTOOD IT. HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO

           THE SENATE HAVE BEEN MANY AND NOTABLE. ALTHOUGH PUBLIC SERVICE
           IN GENERAL AND CAREERS IN WASHINGTON HAVE, IN SOME QUARTERS,
           FALLEN OUT OF FAVOR, I BELIEVE THAT SCOTT BATES' LIFE AND WORK
           EXPERIENCE PRESENT A COMPELLING CASE AGAINST THE CURRENT
           CYNICISM ABOUT THE MANY FINE PEOPLE WHO SERVE IN THE SENATE IN

           VARIOUS CAPACITIES. THEIR NAMES ARE NEVER IN THE NEWSPAPERS.
           THEY EXPERIENCE FEW PUBLIC KUDOS, AND YET THEY WORK AS LONG
           HOURS -- PROBABLY LONGER -- THAN WE DO. THEY ARE DEDICATED,
           THEY'RE CAPABLE, THEY'RE PATRIOTIC INDIVIDUALS WHO REPRESENT

           THE BEST THAT AMERICA HAS TO OFFER FROM ALL OVER THIS NATION.
           SCOTT WAS ONE OF THOSE RARE INDIVIDUALS ABOUT WHOM NO UNKIND OR
           UNGENEROUS WORD WAS EVER, EVER SPOKEN BY ANYONE WHO KNEW HIM.
           HE PERSONIFIED WHAT WE POLITICIANS LIKE TO REFER TO AS "FAMILY

           VALUES." HE LIVED THEM. HE WAS ACTIVE IN HIS CHURCH AND HE
           DEEPLY LOVED HIS WIFE, RICKI AND THEIR THREE LOVELY CHILDREN --
           LISA, LORI, AND PAUL. AS ALL OF US KNOW, ONE OF SCOTT'S
           OFFICIAL DUTIES AS LEGISLATIVE CLERK WAS TO CALL THE ROLL OF
           THE SENATE DURING VOTES AND DURING QUORUM CALLS. THOUSANDS OF

           TIMES -- THOUSANDS OF TIMES -- I HAVE HEARD HIM CALL MY NAME,
           "MR. BYRD." NOW THE THREAD OF LIFE IS CUT, THE IMMORTAL IS
           SEPARATED FROM THE MORTAL, AND THAT RICH VOICE WHICH WAS WONT

           TO FILL THE WALLS OF THIS CHAMBER IS HUSHED IN ETERNAL SILENCE.
           BUT WHILE THE PORTALS OF THE TOMB HAVE CLOSED POVEN THE REMAINS
           OF A GIFTED -UPON THE REMAINS OF A GIFTED MEMBER OF THE SENATE
           FATHERS THE GRAVE IS POWERLESS TO HOLD IN ITS BOSOM THE SPIRIT
           OF MAN. IN THE WOS OF WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANT, IF THE FATHER

           STOOPS TO GIVE TO THE ROSE BUSH WHOSE BLOSSOMS FLOAT UPON THE
           AUTUMN BREEZE, THE ANOTHER SPRINGTIME, WILL HE REFUSE THE WORDS
           OF HOPE TO THE SONS OF MEN WHEN THE FROSTS OF WINTER COME?
           IF MATTER MUTE AND INANIMATE, CHANGE BY THE FORCES OF NATURE
           INTO A MULTITUDE OF FORMS, CAN EVER BE DESTROYED, WILL THE

           IMPERIAL SPIRIT OF MAN SUFFER ANNIHILATION AFTER A BRIEF VISIT
           LIKE A ROYAL GUEST TO THIS TENEMENT OF CLAY?
           NO, I'M SURE THAT HE WHO NOTWITHSTANDING HIS APPARENT PRODUCT
           GALT CREATED NOTHING WITHOUT A PURPOSE. AND WASTED NOT A SINGLE
           ATOM IN ALL OF HIS CREATION, HAS MADE PROVISION FOR A FUTURE

           LIFE IN WHICH MAN'S UNIVERSAL LONGING FOR IMMORTALITY SHALL
           ACHIEVE ITS REALIZATION. I AM SURE THAT WE SHALL LIVE AGAIN, AS
           SURE AS I AM THAT WE LIVE TODAY. AND I'LL ALSO SURE THAT
           SOMEDAY I SHALL HEAR THE VOICE OF A NEW ANGEL CALLING MY NAME

           AGAIN AGAIN. THIS TIME ON THE HEAVENLY ROLLS
           
           -- "MR. BYRD." TO LISA, TO LORI, AND TO PAUL
           
           PAUL:, I THINK YOUR FATHER WOULD HAVE WANTED ME TO SAY, LIVE AS

           HE TAUGHT YOU TO LIVE AND STRIVE ALWAYS TO MAKE HIM PROUD.
           BECAUSE HE KNOWS. ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON WE GATHERED IN A CHURCH
           IN VIENNA VIENNA. IT WAS A LARGE CHURCH, PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

           OUR CHAPLAIN WAS THERE, AND HE HAD ARRANGED THE PROGRAM, AND HE
           DID A MARVELOUS JOB. THE VICE PRESIDENT CAME, THE PRESIDENT OF
           THE SENATE, THE HEAD OF OUR SENATE FAMILY, SENATOR BYRON DORGAN

           WAS THERE THERE, SENATOR CHUCK ROBB WAS THERE, SENATOR GREGG
           WAS THERE THERE, FORMER SENATOR ROBERT DOLE WAS THERE, AND
           THERE WAS A HOST OF FRIENDS. THE CHURCH WAS FILLED, THE BALCONY
           WAS FILLED. IT WAS AGREAT OUTPOURING OF GENEROUS TRIBUTE AND

           LOVE FOR SCOTT BATES. ALTHOUGH I'D KNOWN SCOTT FOR 30 YEARS, I
           HAD NEVER KNOWN HIM AS I CAME TO KNOW HIM LAST SATURDAY
           AFTERNOON WHEN I HEARD LISA AND LORI AND PAUL SPEAK OF THEIR
           FATHER, THEN AND ONLY THEN DID I REALIZE WHAT A TRULY GREAT

           FAMILY THIS WAS. ONLY THEN DID I REALIZE WHAT A FATHER'S LOVE
           COULD BE FOR HIS TWO DAUGHTERS AND HIS SON. AND ONLY THEN DID I
           REALIZE WHAT A DEEP AND ABIDING AND LIVING LOVE SCOTT'S

           CHILDREN HAD FOR HIM. HIS WIFE, RICKI, WAS THERE. SHE HAD BEEN
           BROUGHT IN, AND SHE LAY THERE ON A COT. SHE HAVING NOT YET
           RECOVERED FROM THE INJURIES SHE SUSTAINED WHEN THE ACCIDENT
{END: 1999/02/22 TIME: 13-15 , Mon.  106TH SENATE, FIRST SESSION}