Excerpt from Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of John Edward Kenna (a Senator From West Virginia): Delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives, February 27 and March 2, 1893 Mr. Blackburn. Mr. President, it has never fallen to the lot of man to deliver a sadder message than I now bear to the Senate Chamber. Because of the absence from this city of Mr. Faulkner, a Senator from the State of West Virginia, the painful duty devolves upon me to announce to this body that john E. Kenna, late a Senator from that State, died in this city in the early hours of this morning. After a long and lingering ill ness, during which the fatal malady of which he was the victim made steady and relentless progress, the end came. About 3 o'clock this morning, surrounded by his wife and family, he ceased to live, and the soul of the great Senator passed behind the veil and made its entry into the realms of that unknown world. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.