Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-12-04

not taken the oath of office. Sec
ton Is of the revised stitutes say.
the oath of Office shall be admins
tered Wy the President Of the Senate
to each Senator before taking hi,
| seat. Now this means that the
President of the Senate must he II
his chair before the new Senator.
are sworn In, and General Loyal
cannot be sworn in until there is 8
President of the Senate to admins
ter the oath. This Was settled al
the extra session in 1881. 1t was
then decided that the President pre-
tenn. must be elected before new
Senators are sworn in. OF course
the Republicans can elect q man
temporarily, and after he has sworn
in Logan, make him give way to
Logan"
A New Political Move.
MANHATTAN, (kan.), Dec. "a
call has bas been issued here, signed
by several hundred residents of this
and adjoining States, for a National
Convention of Anti-Saloon Republi-
cans, to be held at Toledo. Ohio, in
May, 1886. The call directs that
primaries be held in all precincts on
April 2lst, county conventions on
April 2Sth, and State conventions on
May 9th, for he g ection of double
number of delegates to which each
is entitled under the call of the Re-
publican National Convention. The
call declares for immediate national
prohibition. but does not intimate
that national ticket will be nomi-
mated, except in the alternative of a
failure OF the Republican party 10
do So.
Funeral Of the Vice Pre- sident.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec 1.-The mortal
remains of Thomas A. Hendricks
The fifth Vice President of the United
States that has died during his term
of office, were conveyed to the tomb
to day. The event was made
memorable in many respects, by the
presence OF tremendous concourse
Of people from all parts of the nation
to witness the simple rites which
preceded the interment.
The early morning trains on all
tho railroads brought delegations
from the national capital and from
all the leading cities of the Union,
together with large influx from the
towns throughout the State.
The Cabinet was represented by
the Secretary of State, the Secretary
OF the Interior, the Secretary of the
Navy, the Secretary of War and the
Postmaster General.
The Supreme bench of the United
States was represented by Associate
Justices Matthews and Blanchard.
The United States Senate was rep
resented by Senators Eimunds, Al
lison, PuSh, Conger, Blair, Dolpb,
Vest. Beck, Camden, Vance, Jones,
Voorhees,, Payne, Palmer and Har.
ris.
The committee representing the
House of Representatives was com
posed of W. II. Morrison, j. V.
Biount, IL. 4. Herbert. w. L. Hol
man, Vim. Springer, w. p. Hep
burn, $. B. Ward, W. w. PHELPS,
J. j. klemer: Thos. Ryan and 2.
Dunn.
The number of active and ex.
members of the Lower House pres.
ent, in addition to those named, was
very large. The Governors of In
diana, Ohio, Illinois and Kentucky
were also present. attcHdcd Ivy their
Stats and numerous State officers.
Major General Schoiield was the
only representative of the United
States Army present. x-Presiden.
Rutherford b. Hayes and General
W. L. Sherman were distinguished
guests, the latter accompanying the
delegation from St. Louis.
The officiating clergy, four in num-
ber-Bishop Kuickerbocker, of the
diocese; Rev. DR.. Stringfellow, of
Montgomery, Ala, the first rector of
st. Paul, and under whose minis,ra-
trations Mr.. Hendricks joined the
church; Rev. DR.. Fulton, of St.
Louis, former rector of st. Pauls.
and Rev DR.. Jenckes, present rector
IN their robes of office, met the re-
remains at the main entrance of the
cathedral on Illinois street, proceed
ed by guard of the indianapolis
light infantry. The body was
borne up the central aisle, the clergy
men and members OF the vestry 90.
Ing IL advance.
Bishop Knickerbocker voiced the
opening sentence of the burial SER
vice. 81 am the resurrection and the
life" and was followed by the Rev.
Drs. Stlinsfellow and Fulton in their
recitation of the other verses used
for the dead, until the caskot had
been carried and placed outside the
chancel. The great audience stood
while the impressive scene was
enacted.
One Hundred and Seventeen.
LOUISVILLE, Dec. 2.--Charlotte
'Wickliffe. colored, died hero tonight,
aged III years. She has Ii living
children, the Oldest being nearly 100
years old. and GO grand children.
She claims to have handed Washing
ton cup of water at the battle OF
Yorktown. Her second husband
reached the age of 112 years. She
was hale and hearty until recently.
Somewhat Aged.
CHARLOTTE, N. c., Nov. 30.-Mrs.
Cole, of Madison county, died on
Friday. by those who have care
fully investigated the matter, her
age is said to have been 100 years.
She was married twice. Her first
husband served in the revolutionary
war. Her last husband served in the
war of 1912, under Jackson. These
facts. being we'll authenticated, prove
the deceased TO have been the oldest
person known in the annals of this