Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-30
 THE REMAINS IN STATE. Thousands View the Vice P&ident's Body. PLANS FOR THE FUNERAL. Cleveland to Stay at the
 Capital.
IA TORY MAJORITY OF TWENTY.
ParneEl Put Down by Call
 Ian Me.

CLEVELAND WILL NOT ATTEND The Funeral of the Vice President
 Determined to Stay Home by Con
 alterations of His Duty to the
 Public.
 WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.-President Clevs land determined this afternoon not to make the trip to Indianapolis to attend Vice Presi dent Hendricks funeral His reasons fol not going are stated very fully to United Press reporter this evening, to whom he said 'sIn the first moment of the shock of MT Hendricks death I yielded to my inclination and declared my intention to be present st the funeral Of course, in reaching that conclusion did not put out of view per emptory press of public business or what deemed sufficient consideration of my duty to the people. The public business thought I could dispose of by additional application and more hours of work and considered il my duty to the people to answer a tender sentiment of respect and affection to the dead Vice President which does them great honor I am satisfied now that I was at fault in considering the question, in that did not take as comprehensive 8 view of the duty owe the public as l should; that is, I did not look at every phase of it and am afraid that my strong person al desire somewhat cloudsd my judgment. am reminded by some of the best and most patriotic and thoughtful of our citizens that ths real and solemn duties of my office are at the national capital and that in the present peculiar and delicate situation ought not to take even the remotest chance incident to travel, to gratify a sentiment so general and characteristic that involved in this subject. I have been profoundly impressed by these considerations, but most of all in- fuenced by their strong and unanimous pre- sentation by the devoted friends of the late Vice President living in his State and city and their indorsement by the noble and patriotic woman who in the infinite sorrow of her widowhood reflects the spirit and charac- ter of her honored husband in her solicitude for the public good. I am certain that nei- ther my desire nor the sentiment referred to nor the difficulties that attend in this case nor any stubborn idea of heroism will justify me in subjecting the country to any greater chance of disaster than attends my perform ance of strict duty here, and that ought not to infiict upon my countrGmen even the un- rest and anxiety attending my departure, ab- sence and return in attending upon the fune- ral ceremonies"
 Mrs. Hendricks views, as referred to by the President, were made known to him in the following letter which was received last evening from Mir Hord, the law partner and intimate friend of MT. Hendricks:
 INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Nov. 2S, 1885 To the President:
 Mrs: Hendricks requests me to thank you for land for her kind and baautiful letter. T She re quests me to say that your presence at the funeral her but ss sse eud Ps tbs to he public reasons % & that tex exist at this tme % against g your entirely by sf your sense of public duty 'e ofheo
 OSCAR B. HoRD.
 Four members of the Cabinet at least will attend Vice President Hendricks funeral Tqey are Secretaries Bsyard, Whitney and Lamar and Postmaster General Villas. They will leave for Indianapolis via the Baltimore 6 Ohio railroad at p. m. tomorrow.
 The Remains Lying i'm State and vEs-
 tied by Thousands of People.
 INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 29-The first steps toward the obsequies of Vice President HeE- drieks occurred to-day. Previous to 10 o'clock this morning no one was at the house except the immediate relatives and Rev. Dr. Jenekes. Mrs. Hendricks had rested we'll all in the house engaged in devotional exercis- es in the back parlor. These were led by Dr. Jenekes. At 10 o'clock, the hour announced for the removal of the body to the court house, large crowd of people had assembled In front. The caskes was placed in the hearse and with slow and measured tread to the melancholy strains of the music the pro- ,ession moved at 11:15 o'clock. The process sion was composed of detachment of po- lice, six independent military companies and the Columbus barracks band. The vari- ous committees of arrangements followed the hearse- The streets along the route were filed with people, while from doors and windows faces innumerable were seen The catafalque is in the center of point where the three entrances converge. It was built on g platform raised about foot above the floor. The canopy was very elab- orate and the floral designs were very hand some. The casket was guarded by soldiers. At Ii 40 o'clock the doors at the east end of the building were opened to the public. Dur ing the first five minutes three hundred and Roo5S~A was between sixty to seventy a minute At the very beginning g large crowd was packed about the eastern entrance. All day long the people passed through, not less than twenty thousand going through before six o'clock. The crowd is very large to- night. The remains will remain at the court house until o'clock tomorrow even ing, when they will be returned to the residence, from which the funeral will occur at noon on Tuesday A floral design representing the log cabin in which MT. Hendricks was born was purchas- sd by the citizens of the citizens of Shelby vile, his old home, and will arrive to-mor- row. It is estimated that two thousand five hundred Irishmep, including societies from other cities, will take part in the procession All the rooms st the various hotels are now engaged. General M. D. Mason, the lieuten- ant governor, has been selected as paIlbear- .r in place of Governor Porter, whose wife is seriously ill. The other bearers will be: Governor Isaac P. Gray, Hon. " H. Eng ish, Judge W. 4. Woods, Postmaster Aquilla Jones, NIT. Frederick Rand, MT. David Macy and Mayor Jshn L. McMaster.
 Am Elevator Burned To The Ground.
 CHICAGO, Nov. 29.-At 1 o'clock this morning the watchman discovered fire in shs second story of George A. Seanern s ele- Tator "C" on Grove near Twenty second