National Republican., 1883-03-28
FUNERAL PREPARATIONS.

II. q. Howo-Resolutions OF Respect
Adoptcd by the Officers and Employees
OF the Department.
KENosHA, Mar. 27.-Mai. Totten and Frank
Howe arrived this morning from Washington,
Rev. II. NJ. Simmons arrived from Minneap-
oils this evening, and Rev. Robert Collyer is
expected tonight. A dispatch from Madison
states that the entire state legislature and all
the state officers will be here tomorrow, in
cluding $50 persons. The citizens committee
from Green Bay will reach here tomorrow at
o'clock p. m. A delegation of forty-fvo will
be in attendance at the funeral from the
Chicago postotiice. special funeral train
will convey the party to Groen Bay to.mor.
row, starting from here at II o'clock. Busi-
ness places In the city will bo draped in
mourning, and all business will be suspended
during the afternoon of tomorrow. The Ke-
nosha fire department and the various secret
orders will attend the funeral in
body. On account of the large number TO
be in attendance it has been decided to hold
the services in the Unitarian church in order
that rs many MS possible may have an oppor-
tunity to see and hear. The committee of the
bar will meet the funeral train in Green Bay.
Tho remains will be conveyed first to the
house, where short service will be held before
proceeding to the grave. About two hundred
will come from Milwaukee.
The following gentlemen will act as pail
bearers at the funeral; Chief Justice Cole,
Gov. Rusk, Secretary Lincoln, Secretary Tel
Ter, Hon, Horace Rublee of the Milwaukee
Sentinel, Senator Sawyer, and Mr.. Frank Hat
ton. A plaster cast of Postmaster General
Howe's face was taken yesterday even
ing. Expressions of sympathy have been re-
Ceived from President Arthur Secretary Fre-
linphuysen, Hon. N. ID. Sperry, Frank Hatton,
Senator Angus Cameron, Atty Gon. Brewster,
aud others.
The heads of tho divisions, clerks, and other
employees of the Postonice department. to the
number of 200 or more, assembled in the
book keepers room at o'clock yesterday
afternoon TO formally express their respect
for the late postmaster general and their
sympathy for his family and friends. Acting
Postmaster General Elmer presided. MIR. E e.
Fowler OF tho first assistants office, was sec
rotary. Joseph Ii. Blackian, Judge G. A. Ray
and Mr. f. n. Bassett we're appointed Il COM
nittee to draft resolutions. While tho COM
.mittee were absent, a number of the gentle
men present feelingy expressed their sense Of
regret at his DEATH and the convictions OF the
loss the country had sustained.
Judge Ray, the law clerk, said substantially
MANY of us have known the late postmaster
general for years. He had been identified
with the postofce system nearly all his life
in one or another capacity. Ho had been II
postmaster and was acquainted with the
laws and regulations of the department, he
was well able to decide the complex questions
that came continually before him. As man
he was Away kind and courteous and listened
patiently and sympathetically to all who ap-
coached him. j mourn his death"
Mr.. Stratton said: II owe it as q duty to
the gentlemen in my bureau to say for them
and myself that we deeply sympathize with
the stricken family of our late chief. 1t seems
to us that in his death we have lost a near
and dear friend, not merely our official head.
Mr. Howe had the faculty of winning aflec-
ton and inspiring respect and he has gone
down to the grave beloved and honored by us
ALL"
DR.. Howard said "The life of the late post
master general was an exceptional one. have
failed to find stain upon his public record OF
blot upon his character His life has been
the flower of noble manhood. Where he is
now none but God knows, but if In that trans
ition from this life to the next any of us
should be so fortunate to walk in or near the
path he trod, we shall assuredy receive the
blessed command, We'll done, good and faith
full servant, come up higher''
Mr.. Bailey said Timothy o. Howe il
dead and we who served with him come here
to publicly mourn his loss. He was noted IN
all the relations of life for purity, integrity
and honesty. He leaves a precious memory
behind him as @ priceless legacy TO hi
friends"
Mr.. George d. Drake said az speak fol
the south, which unatfectedly sympathize'
with the people of our late chief. When hi
was appointed postmaster general men said Il
me- You have now at the head of your de
partment man of undoubted integrity ant
unimpeachable character That judgment
was Just and correct. Over his grave, as w
stand mourning at its verge, we cast thu
wreath which sincere respect and affection
have woven"
Gen. Elmer said: "within less than yeaI
we have,been called to mournI four postmasters
general. First Dennison; next, Maynard
then Jewell and lastly, Howe. Tho Post
office department has always stood close t
and worked for the interests Of the peopl
and the government. A more faithful publ
servant government and people never ha
than our late chief" Gen. Elmer then spok
of the numerous position tho deceased post
master general had filed during his life, al
of them with honor to those he served ant
with credit to himself. He did not manage thi
for the good of the whole people and ther
alone. "My feelings" continued the genera
"are such that | cannot say all / would lik
to say cannot tell what feel nor what W
all feel in the loss we have sustained"
Travis Ross, Mr., Howes messenger, said
." If L live beyond the allotted time of ma
will always remember Timothy o. How,
He had kind word for every one. He ha
reached the highest point in well spent lif
He was a kind and honorable gentleman, an
i consider il an honor that am able 10 ca
such man my friend He was friend {
the colored man. lie lived like u man an
died like man. May we all follow in h
footsteps"
The following resolutions were then II
ported and adopted
The officers clerks and other employees of III
Poslutfce department have heard OF the sudde
death ut Kenosha. Wis, on Sunday, the twent
fifth of March, OF their respected chief, the HOi
Timothy o. Howe, and desiring tOtesliy their aI
probation of his high character and their sense
ihe loss sustained by his death, do Tesolve--
|. That the uniform courtesy. kindly interes
and consideration manifested by our lameute
chiei In his personal and official intercourse wit
his suboTdinntes of every grade endeared him rs
true and sympathzlng friend 10 all who assist,
him In supervising and conducting the vast an
constantly increasing postal operations OF IL
country,
H. That we bear testimony TO Mr.. Howe'R hg
sense OF Justice and 10 his clear and dscIimina
ing judgment in deciding the many difficult an
complicated questions submitted for hisiconside
atioi IN the daily administration OF the busine
of this department .
Ill That we esteem 1t q privilege, individual
aud collectively, to have been associated with
chief officer of such marked ability and purity
character; and while we feel that his death is
peculiar sense our personal loss we mourn
common with our fellow citizens OF this great nj
tion, the death OF one Of the ablest, purest, al
best Of It's public servants, whose long publ
career on the bench Of his adopted state and
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