Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-02-28
GARFIELD.
Memorial Exercises at Washington
Yesterday.
Ex-secretary BIaine's Address-An elo-
quent and Fitting Tribute to the
Memory Of the Dead, as Soldier,
Statesman and President.
GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF THE SCENE.
Snecia, Dispatch TO the Register.

Spec1dt DSpu{ch 20 Tue ncytAeTs
wAsH1Neros, February 27.-Never, per-
haps, in its history has the hall of the
House of Representatives presented SO
extraordinary an appearance as to-day.
Five thousand tickets had Zee printe /
emitting the holder to admission to the
Garfield memorial exercises, and as many
were offered and sold at from five to nifty
dollars each, it is probable that most OF
them were issued. The
Hall of the House
will hold about fifteen hundred persons
comfortably, and within twenty minutes
after the doors were opened the main gal
leries and lobbies were filled to overflow
ing. The Press gallery, thanks to the new
committee, was kept free from outsiders,
and was comfortable.
Looking at the floor and galleries from
behind the Speakers stand, the scene, for
an hour preceding the opening exercises
was
Full OF Interest.
With admirable good taste, and in accord
ance with the suggestion of the Committee,
most of the ladies were in mourning cos
tune, and the galleries presented rather
somber appearance, the shadow being only
relieved here and there by gleam OF color,
red or white, in the attire Of some visitor.
Most
OF the N0tables
were on the floor of the House, but the
President and the the diplomatic gallery
were filled with we'll known faces, and the
main gallery had their fair share, besides
the wives of Cabinet officers: The
first contained Mrs. Jas. G. Blaine,
Gail Hamilton, Mrs. Justice Mat
thews, Mrs. Justice Field, Mrs. David Dud-
ley Field Mrs. Attorney General Brewster,
William Curtis and Henry James, the nov
elist. and others, equally we'll known in
Washington society, were conspicuous IN
other sections of the same tier.
The Marine Band
was stationed in the lobby of the House,
and rendered the following programme:
Overture SSnuper
Andande Religionia-Organ. Senate Yolkmar
Stabat Mater Paiestina
Elegy OF Tears
Paraphrase~ Nearer my God to Thee..%MaSon
Hymnsafe in the Arms Of Jesus.
Down stairs and OIL the floor, the mem.
bers gathered early, and for the most part
occupied their own desks, with the excep-
ton of the first row, which had been re-
moved to make room for the distinguished
guests. Shortly after IL o'clock the
Officers Orthe Army
arrived, Sherman and Sheridan looking like
Field Marshals at an Irish pic mic, Howard
and Meigs still more respectable, and Han
cock as usual catching eyerybodys eye by
his handsome face and figure.
The Foreign Laeafi@""
filed in about the same time --aof t1e
I.lISIIsu speaking Nations c0ntrasted.
yividly with the gilt and tinsel OF the min
listers and their suites from Asiastic and
the Governments Of Southern Europe
After these came our
Navy Department
represented by Admiral Porter Rear Ad-
mirals C. P. Rogers and John Rogers, and
Admiral Warden, looking as weather
beaten and antiquated as the ships they
represent. These were followed by the
Justices of the Supreme Court, in black
silk gowns, and bald headed, for the most
part, who were in turn followed by
The President and Cabinet
with ex-secretarys and other dignitaries
and invited guests. The latter were given
front seats. President Arthur, who was
attired in black suit with a cutaway
coat, wore black silk scarf,
Derby collar and black gloves, setting t.
the left of the main aisle, faBked by Cyrus
w. Field, w. w. Corcoran and George
Bancroft, while opposite to him sat Blaine's
successor, Secretary Frelinghuysen,
courtly looking, clean shayen Jersey
man, Folger. with good, massive
head and blunt manner, kir&wood, looking
more like President Lincoln than Lincoln's
son, who sat in the same row, Brewster,
whose scared face reminded me of the pic
ture of Curran, the Irish orator. Hunt
and Dick Thompson, the present and past
Seretarys OF the Navy, two of the hand
rear were Fred. Douglass and ex-senator
Bruce, ex-Attorney General Williams, of
Oregon, DR.. Bliss and others whom l do
not now remember.
Al Twelve O'Clock
the House was called to order by the
Speaker, and Chaplain Parsons offered up
an invocation. The Speaker had hardly
concluded his formal announcement of the
occasion, when the Senate was announced,
and filed in, two by two, with nothing
noticeable about them except that Malone
looked as though his recent stay in
Richmond had had the same effect
on him stay with the cats
had ON the monkey, and then came
The Orator OF the Day, Blaine.
leaning on the arms Of his old antagonist,
John Sherman, and Mckinley, of Ohio.
Close behind him were his two best friends
in the shape of w. f. Chandler and ex-
Delegate EIkins, and behind them couple
of Secretaries bearing the precious Grafton
in linen bag.
The Ex-Premier
looked little worn and bent as he came
down the aisle, but Strengthened up, when,
after second prayer by Chaplain Power
President Davis, of the Senate, introduced
him as the orator of the day, and spread
ing out his manuscripts on the reading
desk, he began, in clear, full voice, and
with much impressiveness Of manner, the
delivery of the address.
The Grafton
was written on letter sheets of paper heay-
lily bordered with black, and the orator
lifted up the sheets as he spoke, although
at times he seemed to be speaking entirely
from memory. In his opening, when he
spoke of the two Presidents, and quoted
Webster's picture of the
CsId-Blooded Assassin,
the orator indicated that his address was to
be something more than an ordinary recital
of Garfield's virtues, and the audience set
tied down to a close attention which rarely
tagged. His sketch Of Garfield's ancestry
and the distinction between his early sur
roundings and the poverty which seeks aid
from charity, seemed to be keenly appre-
ciated. The history Of the military services
was more of the nature of recital and
evoked less interest. When he spoke OF
Garfield
As q Legislator,
and sketched the trials of a parliamentary
leader, the audience seemed to recognize
part Of the speakers own experience, and
when he spoke of a term on the floor OF
the House being the best test of q mans
worth there was perceptible smile on
great many faces. As he described the ex-
Presidents career as candidate and as
President and approached the period OF