National Republican., 1883-12-18
THE FUNERAL SERVICES
Of tho Late Congressman Haskoll.at His Resi-
dOnCe Yesterday
Ncv. DIR. RnnIsin's Discourse Over the Body
The Last Prayer Made.

nanled by his family, nnd confessional commit
tee consisting OF Senators Plumb, Of Kansas, ana
CocLrcll, of Missouri, and representatives Ryan
and Hanback,, of Kansas; Kasson, OF Iowa;
Browne, OF Indiana; lie Fevre, of OHIO, ana
Burnes, Of Missouri, left Washington yesterday
morning in special car over the Pennsylvania
rond for Lawrence, Kan. The funeral cortege
will arrive in Lawrence Wednesday morning.
Short services conducted by Rev. MI Rankin, OF
the Congregational church, were held at o'clock
Yesterday morning, at the residence of the late
representative.
Al the services prayer was offered by Rev.
John Dudley, father of Commissioner Dudley OF
the pension office. The deceased was named after
Mr. Dudley, under whose ministrations, when
Young, he was led to embrace To life ofa Christian,
aud II was all interesting fact that the pastor who
received the deceased into his first Christian COM
munion should offer up beside his cohined re-
mains the last prayer for the renose OF MS soul
Rev. Dr. Rankin preached the following sermon
sam, H. 80: "Them that honor Nc Will
God rules in public affairs by controlling the
d spensation Of honors. This is the meaning of
tue text. Not that all men who are put forward
deserve 1t or get IL as favor from God. The
worst thing that can happen to some men Is TO be be
always wither the moment they meet the MONDAY
ofpublic life. They are weighed in the balances
and found wanting B%asns are put SPGbn
under which they fail, or they are tempted ana
go down.
which he Is fit and where be can serve his fellow
men and his God. This is tue honor which God
promises to give 10 men who honor Him.. There
is such thing as pretending TO honor God forthe
sake Of being honored by Him. The man who
tries this is usually unmasked before he is through
But the man who honestly means the honor OF
God in his life God has promised TO make con.
spicuous-to put him where what he is ana what
is his worth will be known of all mon.
regard this man, Dudley Chase Haskell who, at
the age OF 4l, lies in deaths silence before us,
striking proof OF the truth Of the text Them that
HONOR !,
God has honored him. Not one word too much,
here atthe nations capital, where those who knew
four successive terms 10 serve the nation in con-
greSs. and where his integrity, ability and manlt-
been applied to them, but where all do him
honor; not one word too much there in the state
that has trusted him for so many years VIII be
said in his praise. There was nothing fictitious
about him. lie had no secret arts Of winning the
favor Of the people. There he stood, as from lad
tdd T. b ne hG S1 sISwhh thew R Srew S be Rnd S
never disappointed or deceived them. Tall as he
was, head aud shoulders, above most men, he
stood straight up, every inch man. He never
stopped nor truckled, but always walked with
head erect, and true mans heart beating In his
breast.
had he lived had honOrs greater before him. II
was inevitable. He would have honored God
God would have honorGd him. He filled every
place he occupied SO full with conscientious SER
vice; he so grew to 1t in all its dimensions, that
he was sure to hear the. voice, go up higher"
sense OF what public man owes his country.
Mr.. Haskell was born In that stronghold OF
freedom and freemen, the state OF Vermont, March
2S, 1872; went with his father TO Kansas in 1855,
when, Rs territory, she wns enduring those birth
phngs which were only the prelude Of the great
when he was only 49, returned TO the New Eng,
land of his fttner, studied the classics at East
hampton, and the sciences at Yale college, and
settled down TO mercantile pursuits in his
adopted stnte At 80 he was a member of the
Kansas Legislature; nt "a the speaker of the house.
Al 35 he came TO Washington as Il member OF the
y.fNh congress, and has been successfully a
lnember of the forty-siXth and fOrty-seventh. and
was reelected to the forty eighth.
Nature had given him large fitness for legisla-
tive duties Calm, iudicions, conscientious, fear
les',, patient, industrious, he gave himself
detern,ined TO master tt them. | veil remember
some two years ago taking TO him the invitation
oi the Home Missionary society TO speak at their
mouism, aud how readily he accepted it because
II was II question which he needed to investigate
more thoronshly as a legislator He took his
AID II he could discover on which side Of qucs,,
tion right and God were he was sure TO be found
there. Amid his other duties he had found time
tO read the profession of law, and II was his in
tcntion had lie lived to seek admission to the bar.
Mr. Hassell's father, one olthe men who laid the
died when the deceased was 10. have heard him
describe from his boyhOod recolectinns tho first
mecling III u rude hut or dug-Out Of few like
minded souls, who. by the light of q single tallow
dip. came together to organize the first Congrega-
tional church IN Lawrence, ltreminded you of
that meeting on board the Mayhower, where be-
fore the landing, those first great followers OF the
s'ar of empire westward entered into league and
covenant as citzeus of the kingdom of God Both
father and son were men OF that temper. An only
brother, some years his senior, survives him: q
man. for sometime after the death OF his iuthor,
lis guardian, and one whose unbroken love aud
JOY at q brothers honorable preferment prove
him to be worthy of such kin. This brother had
been summoned from Kansas to Mr.. Haskclls
bedside, but. before ne started on his journey here
another message announced his brothers death
A wife and two daughters, an uubroken circle
Of loved ones constantly with him, whether in
Washington or in Lawrence made up the earthly
home that he so much loved. one, the eldest, O
son, bearing his fathers name, was not, Tor Goo
had taken him Seventeen years had he pre-.
ccded his father TO our Fathers house with many
mansions and now, doubtless, they are reunited
there.
MIR. Haskell came back here to be at his post o
duty He was not we'll enough TO come. II wa
Ike him. He knew no other way. Sick or wei
his conception OF duty was TO do IL. And 81
anxious was he lest some public interest which
lie was sent here to represent should suffer tina
he had requested that the oath of office might b.
administered TO him in his sick chamber; lie wh
was SO soon to anhWer summons to higher ser
vice. Never had constituency better servnn
than he. And IL earthly fidelity Is the measure O
heavenly reward as we know 1t to be, God ha
ALREADY made him ruler over many things.
In his Christian character Mr.. Haskell wns q
decided and conscientious rs III his public life
For many years deacon Of the church which hi
iather helped 10 organize, Sunday schoC
teacher, an enthusiastic supporter of the sanctu
AIRY ut home, he WAS consistent Christian ma
here He loved his home, and made II Chrstia
home. His wife aud daughters have always al
tended him here, and they always sat together J.
the house OF God. His public duties were
p easure 10 him, and their presence contribute
TO make his public life more like his lite at home
And untirlng have been their ministGatons Of 10y
during his illness.
Mr.. Haskell, probably did not expect so soon t
die. But he was ready to die. II 1t was sur
prise to him to awake in Heaven, 1t was u pleas
ant surprise. II was country OF which he In
oilen spoken TO those who survive him. lie kne
itwel he knew the way. Kansas Will take sacret
cure OF his dust. He has honored her here, quit
asmuch as she has honored him. Those liz
always spoke the thing they meant
those hands never took n briba that heal
always beat true 10 her history; true to the mem
Dry Of her baptism of blood. She has been nobl
served and honored by other sons by none noble
tTuer than he. But he was not her servant alon
He served the nation as well. IL is great publ
loss when such man MS Dudley Chase Haskell
taken from the councils of our nation She neeC
her wjsest purest, truest sons, and he was one
them. But he rests from his labors, and his worl
do follow him Patriot, Christian. statesman
husband, father, brother, we bid him farewell.
"what would we give to our beloved?
The hero's heart TO be unnioved
The poets stnr.tuned harp 10 sweep;
The patriots voice TO teach and rouse
The mOnarch's crown to light the bTows?
He giveth His beloved sleep"
There were present number Of congressmel
including Speaker Carlisle and eX.Speaker Keiie
Mo- llNaaR w Enn nlYas Latl Ds