The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-30
WORDS OF WARNING.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND URGED ia
REMAIN AT THE CAPITAL
Prominent Men Picture to Him the po,si-
biiities of an Accident-Neverthei
He viii Probably Attend the
Vice Presidents Funeral.

WASHINGTON CITY. Nov 30. --Senatol
I'D mund' and Speaker Carlisle recent,
called on the President and urged him no
| 10 go out t, Indianapolis to attend the fun
eral OF Vice President Hendricks Ed
munds said t. him that he thought it wal
the duty OF tie president, in tho presen,
emergency, not to leave the scat of gov,
ernment for day. He ought moi
| 10 10 take any risk of danger un
I'll the senate had elected q
president pro tempor,. Eimunis went ON
| to say that when President Garfield was
about to be buried it was generally under.
stood that President Arthur intended to &c
TO the funeral in Cleveland. Thereupon he
lhimundsl and several other senators called
on President Arthur and persuaded him OF
TO go. Etmunds hoped the president would
/ see that his duty to the nation was higher
than his duty to the dead vice president.
Speaker Carlisle added like suggestions,
and similar advice was proirered and by
other public men, chiefly Democratic soma
tors AMI representatives, including several
from Indiana Some of them are reported
a' having said to the president that it
might be dangerou, for him to attend tho
funeral OF Vice President Hsniricks They
SAID that the public mind was some
what excited, and that the press was
commenting upon the fact that the death
OF President Cleveland would restore the
Republican party to power This they
were afraid might tempt some per ,on of
the Guiteau stripe to attempt the life of
the president.
Mr.. Cleveland's vi,itors did not like.
they said, to discuss the question of hi,
death, but they thought 1t their duty to ad-
wise him to guard his life carefully, as it
was now more important than ever
that he should not incur any
risks. The president thinks these appre.
tensions exaggerated. He does not look for
any dangers more serious in going to Indi-
ana to the funeral of Vice President Hen
bricks than those which might be encoun-
tered on any railway journey of several
hundred miles in winter, and those he
thinks will be reduced to the minimum by
the care taken by tho railway people. He
faeis that he ought to go to the funeral as
a personal anu official duty and
he is not the man to bo restrained by fear
from doing what he considers his duty. But
the representations mad, by gentlemen
induced him to submit the matter to the
cabinet. 1t is underst ood that the cabinet
reiterated the advice given him that
IL would be wise ami proper for
him to go. His present purpose
Is TO go. 1t may. of course, be changed
before Monday, when he would start Ope
OF the gentlemen who saw tue president,
said: The presidents Course in regard to |
the death of Mr.. Hendricks and his deter. /
lnination to pay the dead vice president ali |
Inc respect and honor possible without re-
sard to any personal considerations will |
.ndear him to the friends OF Mr. Hendricks.
It's effect will be to bury all feeling of dis
satisfaction that has arisen, and to make
he Democratic party unit, not only in its
'upport of, but in iti affection for, Mr.
Cleveland"
Several newspapers in different cite,
iave published editorials urging the presi-
lent to remain at the capital.