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The Religious and Social Elements In
His Character Noted, and IA Graphic
Picture of the

The Religious and Social Elements IN
His Character Noted, and IA Graphic
Picture of the
Cruel Taking of of One Who Was Great
in Life and Surprisingly Great In
the Unfriended Hour Of Death.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-Prior to ten
O'Clock this morning admission TO the
capitol was refused to all save members
Of congress and employees, but at that
hour the doors were thrown open to per
sons holding tickets to the memorial
services in honor of the ,ate James A.
Garfield, and soon the galleries were
filled to their utmost capacity. A large
majority of the spectators out of respect
to the occasion had, for the most part,
discarded bright colors and sombre
black was the prevailing hue. There
were no signs of mourning. A full length
portrait of the late President hung just
back of the chair of the presiding Off
Ger being itself undraped. The members
of the house were early in attendance,
all being arrayed in black. In the lob
by back of the speakers desk the Ma
rine band was stationed and at intervals
from 10 O'Clock until noon discoursed
solemn music.
Among the distinguished guests
first TO arrive were Judge Ban
croft, Cyrus W. Field and Admiral
Ward who took seats directly in front of
the clerks desk. Among the guests
who at an early hour occupied seats
upon the floor were Gen. Schenck, Gov.
Foster, of Ohio, Hamilton of Maryland,
I Gaor HOvf IF PpunsUlvaOia and
Bigelow of Connecticut. At IL 80 Gen
erals Sherman, Sheridan, Hancock,
Howard, Meads, and Admirals Ammen
and Regain entered and were assigned
seats to the left of the speakers desk,
and a few moments later members of the
diplomatic corps, in full regalia, were
ushered in, headed by the Hawaiian
minister. OF course the brilliant cos.
tunes only served to throw into strong
er relief the dark attire of members of
congress who sat Immediately behind
them. The supreme court of the dis
trict, headed by Marshal Henry, were
the next arrivals. DIR. Bliss was also in
attendance. Mrs. Blaine occupied a
front seat in the gallery reserved for the
friends ofthe President.
At precisely 12 o'clock the house was
called to order by Speaker Keifer, and
prayer offered by the chaplain. The
speaker then said: This day has been
dedicated by the action of both houses of
congress to services In commemoration
of the lite and death of James Abraham
Garfield, late President Of the United
States; this house is now assembled and
ready to perform its part" The resolu-
tion setting apart today for memorial
services was then read by Clerk Nc
Pherson At 1910 a. m. the senate was
announced, and all rose as the senators
headed by the officers of that body, en-
tered and took assigned seats. They
were followed by the chief justice and
associate justices of the supreme court,
dressed IN their robes of office. The as
sembled multitude arose as the Presi-
dent of the United States and his cabi-
net were announced. They were accom-
panied by Senator Sherman and Repre-
sentative Mckinley, chairman of the
committee of arrangements. The Presi-
dent took q front seat on the right of
the presiding officers chair.
The orator of the day, James G..
Blaine, was announced.
The ceremonies then opened by a
short prayer by Chaplain Power, of the
house, after which President Davis said
This day is dedicated by congress for
the memorial services of the late Presi'
dent of the United States, James A. Gar.
| field. Hon. James q. Blaine has been
| fifty chosen as the orator of this histori'
cal occasion"
Mr.. Blaine, then standing ut the
clerks desk in front of the two presid
| ing officers, proceeded with impressive
ness Of manner and in a clear tone to de
liver his eulogy from manuscript as fol
| lows:
MIR. PRESIDENT: For the second
| time in this generation the great depart
| ments of the government of the United
States are assembled in the hall of rep
resentatives to do honor to the mem
DRY of murdered president. Lincoln
fell at the close of mighty struggle, il
which the passions of men had been
deeply stirred. The tragical termina
ton of his great life added but another
to the heightened succession of horror:
which had marked so many Intel
with the blood of the first born.
! Garfield was slain in day of peace
when brother had been. reconciled Il
brother, and when anger and hate had
been banished from the land. Whoever
shall hereafter draw the portrait of muir
derer, let him not give it the grim Wis
age of MOloch, the brow knitted by re
venge, the face black with settled hate
Let him draw rather a
| DECOROUs, sMOOTH-FACED, NOODLES
DEMON,
not so much an example of human ma
ture in its depravity and in its paroxysmi
of crime as an internal being, a fiend il
the ordinary display and development o
his character.
From the landing of the pilgrims a
Plymouth, till the uprising agains
Charles l.. about 10000 emigrants came
from old England to New England. A.
they came in pursuit of intellectual
freedom and ecclesiastical independ
ence, rather than for worldly honor anG
| profit, the emigration naturally ceased
when the contest for religious liberty be
| gan in earnest at home. The man who
struck the most effective blow for the
| freedom of conscience, by sailing for
the colonies in 1920 would have been
ACCOUNTED A DEsERTER
| to leave after 1910. The opportunity
had then come on the soil of England
for that great contest which established
the authority of parliament, gave reli-
gious freedom TO the people, sent Charles
to the block and committed to the hands
of Oliver Cromwell the supreme execu-
tive authority of England. The Eng
lish emigration was never renewed, and
from these 10000 men, with q small en-
descended the vast numbers who have
New England blood in their veins. In
1886 the revocation of the edict of Nan
ties by Louis XIV. scattered TO other
countries 100000 Protestants who were
among the most intelligent and enter
prising of French subjects; merchants
of capital, skilled manufacturers and
handicrattsmen, superior at the time to
all others In Europe. A considerable
number of these Huguenot French came
to America. A few landed in New Eng
land sud became honorably prominent
in its history. Their names have in
large part become anglicised or have
disappeared, but their blood is traceable
in many of the most reputable families,
and their fame is perpetuated in honor.
able memorials and useful institutions.
From these two sources the English Pu
ritan and the French HuguenOt, came
the late president, his father, Abram
Garfield, being descended from the one,
and his mother, Elizabeth B4llou, from
the other. 1t was good stock on both
sides; none better, none Drawer, none
truer. There was in 1t an inheritance of
courage, of manliness, Of imperishable
love of liberty, of undying adherence to
principle. Garfield was proud of his
blood, and with as much satisfaction as
if he were British nobleman, reading
his stately ancestral record in Burke's
Peerage, he spoke of himself as ninth in
descent from those who would not en-
dure the
OPPRESSION OF THE sTUARTs,
and seventh in descent from the brave
French Protestants who refused to
submit to tyranny even from the
Grand Monarque. General Garfield
delighted to dwell on these traits,
and during his only visit to Eng
land he busted himself in discover
ing every trace of his forefathers in
parish registries and on ancient army
rolls. Sitting with friend in the gal
lery of the house of commons one night
after long days labor in this field of
research, he said, with evident elatIon,
that quarry xH-ar for fhnaa as