The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-11-06
THE DEAD SENATOR.
Funeral Services at NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Attendance of Distinguished Persons
Impressive Ceremonies.

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 5.-From the opening of
the Court House doors this morning till 1890
o'clock, an uninterrupted throng, viewed the
remains of the late Senator Morton. At that
h8gE th PAL bsageFs 81 t1ek las look when
the late residence of the deceased, escorted by
the military. The rooms OF the house were
gracefully draped with. flags and rich for
al tributes. AS soon as practicable, after de-
posting the remains for the last time in the
room so familiar to him in life, the house was
cleared and the family were left for a brief
hour with their dead and their grief. Upon the
opening of the doors the time was occupied
prior to the removal of the remains to the
hearse, by the committees from the Cabinet,
Senate and House Of Representatives, distin-
guished guests and letter carriers in taking a
last look, after which the funeral cortege was
formed and proceeded to the church. The
decorations of the church, in keeping with the
noble auditorium, were massive, rich and
abounding in digLitied simplcity, while
bending with the black walnut wood work and
evergreens and upholstery did not distract the
attention from the sad scene itself, which was
the great OBJECT of interest The fagsiused
were all national colors The large space in
side the altar-rail and between it and the pull
pil-stand was cloaked with a mass Of the most
beautiful and touching decorations, all gifts
from friends at home and abroad.
At II 25 O'Clock the great organ sounded the
opening notes of Beethoven's funeral march,
ION the death of heroes;'' then came in order
the Farewell from Jeptha by Handel, the
"March Funebre" of Chopin, "Lachrymosa"
from the Requiem of Mozart. funeral march by
Mendelssohn, "Eegy of tears by Schubert,
by VIM. 81. Clark, and last the ''And antel'
from the seventh symphony by Beethoven
The choir of $50 voices filled the space between
the organ and pulpit, stretching around the
turn into the gallery above. While the "Fare-
we'll from Jeptha was waling out from the
ORGAN the latter carrlRrS in q he do
door, each bearing the floral tributes which had
been sent to the Morton homestead. On two
stands at the head and foot of the bier stood
broken pillars of flowers. Around the altar
rail and on each side of the pulpit stood the
floral anchor from President Hayes and the
Tyre and pillow from Mrs. Hayes. The anchor
from the colOred citizens of Philadelphia was
placed under the pulpit. These floral offer
logs were the most elaborate, being made of
tube roses, chrysanthemums, camelias, carna-
tOnS and the rarest roses.
At one o'clock the remains were brought into
the church preceded by the officiating clergy
men and followed by the pall-bearers-Hon. E.
A. Martindale, Hon. j. N. Tyner, Assistant
Postmaster General, DR.. W. G. Thompson, ex-
Gov. Conrad Baker, Gen. James A. Ekin, As
slstant Quartermaster General, Hon. John f.
Kibbey, Hon. Henry Taylor, Hon. 4. G. Por.
ter-followed Eby the family and relatives,
Then came Senators Davis, Burnside, Bayard,
Mcdonald, Cameron of Pennsylvania, Booth,
Burchard. Davidson and Kenna. Then follow
ed the Secretary of War, Secretary of the Ma
w, Attorney General and Burchard Hayes, ex-
Gov. Hendricks, Gov. Williams. Hon. B. Fl.
Bristow. Gen. John M. Harlan, Gov. Yonng of
Ohlo Gov Cullom of Illinois, Col Ingersoll.
Murat Halstead, Mayor Moore Theodore Cook,
Judge Cox of Cincinnati, and many other dis
tingnished visitors both from abroad and every
section of this state. Then came the Indiana
state officers. Mayor Caven and City Council of
this city.
At Ito the choir sang the anthem, "Cast thy
burden upon the Lord and he shall sustain
thee" At 100 Rev. Myron W. Reed read
from the scriptures, fir the Goth Psalm and
then the 18th chapter of Ecclesiastics. At 125
prayer was offered by Rev. DIR. Henry Day.
Thee was vas suug At 14S fane a1' sermon ap
was delivered by Rev. Joseph Bradford Cleaver
from I'd Samuel, Sd chapter, part of 7th verse
saul is dead" At 2.25 the anthem, "Aud am
only born to de- was sung. At 23O the
eulogy was delivered by Rev. DR.. j. Boyless
took place.
At 3.O2 the anthem ''No room for mirth or
trlfting here" was sung. After the be nediction
by President futile of Wabash College, the
casket was removed to the hearse and the fun
eral procession moved under command OF Gen.
Levi Wallace, the Odd Fellows having taken
charge Of the corpse by their pail bearers The
first division was composed of military. the
second division of Odd Fellows comprising
the Grand Lodge of Indiana and lodges of this
city and various parts of the state including
lodge and Encampment from Centreylle, of
which Senator Morton was a member; third
division, clergy, hearse, family, United States
Senators, members of Congress, governors.
United States army officers county officers,
mayor of Indianapolis and city officers; fourth
division, citizens in carriages and citizens on
foot.
1t was 5 o'clock when the Odd Fellows cere-
monies were begun, which were necessarily
shortened by the lateness of the hour. The re-
mains were deposited in the vault of the chap
ell at Crown Hill Cemetery.