The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-30
The State at Large.

AT G~REENCASTLE,
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
GR~EENcAsTLE, Ind, Nov. ga large meet
ing of citizens. irrespective of party affiliations,
was held last evening in the Circuit Court room
to do honor to the memory of the late Vice-pres-
ident Hendricks. The meeting was called to
order by Hon. Willis G. Neff, and Hon. James
F. Darnall was chosen chairman. Short ad-
dresses, eulogizing the departed statesman, were
delivered by President Alexander Martin, of De
Paw University, Judge A. G. Downey, Mai.
John Birch, James j. Smiley, Willis G.. Nef
and John w. Gordon. A committee on resolu-
tions, consisting of j. F. Darnall, A. G. Downey.
John Birch, Howard Briggs, F.. A. Arnold and
j. G.. Ridpath were appointed, and the follow
ing was their report:
Whereas, Thomas A. Hendricks, Vice president of
the United States, has been called from the supreme
council chamber of the Nation to the court above,
whose DEGREES are eternal, and from whose judgments
there is no appeal; and, whereas. it is becoming, when
an i~liustrious citizen, endeared to the people by the
purity Of his life and his services to the state, is taken
from their midst, to bear testimony to his worth, and
fore, be it
Resolved, That while lamenting the death of one
who held the second place in the gift of his country
men, we bow with humble submission to the decree of
Him who doeth all things well" reminding us as
they do, both by their suddenness and inexorableness,
of the shadows we are and the shadows we pursue"
Resolved, That in the presence of the grim messen-
ger all personal a~sperites and political divisions
should be forgotten, and that, as citizens of the State
and Nation, whose servant he was, we will ever cher.
ish a proud recollection of his services, and of the
probity OF character that distinguished his public and
private life.
Resolved, That by his answering devotion to moral
principles, his ability to rise above the vices of court
life, his encouragement to the young, and his efforts
in behalf of our system of popular education, he has
left an example that challenges our admiration and is
worthy OF emulation by coming generations.
Resolved, That as a mark of our respect for the
memory of the departed statesman, we invite our fell
low-citizens to attend the funeral obsequies at the city
of indianapolis.
Resolved, That our deepest and sincerest sym,
wife of the distinguished dead. May she find in the
love and devotion of all the people of this great Nation
that support and strength which she so much merits
in this her hour of affection.
In addition to the large number of citizens
that will attend the funeral on Tuesday, there
will be in the procession two companies Of
DePauw Cadets, with drum corps. The univer-
sity and public schools will close on the day of
the funeral in honor of the SAD occasion.
At KoKoMo.
Special to the indianapolis Journal
KoKoMo, Ind, Nov. 29.-At a citizens meet
ing, called by Mayor Moulder, held at the court
house last night and presided over by Rev.
Robert McCune, the following memorial on the
death of Vice-president Hendricks was unani-
mously adopted:
For the fifth time in the history of the Republic.
the citizens of the United States have been bereaved
of an acting Vice-president. In the demise of Vice
president Hendricks the Nation has sustained a be-
reavement that touches every heart and awakens
every kindly sentiment of the human heart.
In common with the stricken country we weep at
the bier of our i~lustrious dead and deplore his taking
off us a public calamity. In a peculiarly striking
sense was he an honored and trusted and beloved SON
of Indiana, whose achievements have frightened the
pages of the States history. For twenty-five years
he was the crowned and unquestioned leader OF his