The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-03-18
THE NATIONS CAPITAL
HAT iuI tp>>S RIFT FATHERS
ARR DOING. ron THI PEOPLE.
Our offV> poad "a NEtsr- sgotoasis tn
Opposition to pabitc IstIas gaus.---
Good ords for >sustor Vance. ftt.I

Especial Cor STATE CHRONICLE
WASHINGTON. J. { NArvh i6 Seuztoy
Nlller'> funeral ln thu ~s7hssa 4 A#subaf 0f
SATURDAY waS >oicusH aE8 ,safss4E. Iar
service Mas rtsad be ksV I1s lc1uar1 ve.
tor ~ - johns ehurgh Thr ftsr ot thr
Senate oecup.ed hy tAs President l#.
Cabinet. Ghc Judge uf ttt- ~sstlr,.fl5a. ,...tg
the DIPLOMATS Eos1s. tssth House at $3.50.
gress and the family of The deceased ttv
Senators accompanied the rna4nk .u Is
body 10 the depot lIerc the Issmp and
ccrcmony should have cnd,rd There ls
ue4ther scnse nor taste Ia sending "a ,i.Ir.
CATION II Congrc>smen arrtvs thc rbutl-
neft, at this Iuuctarc in polite c,py, aJls
with the ca,ket The Post" ~ tAl, c.ls
Says in its leading editorial hat irlo1 tu
say IN former letter 10 the CHKuNI,IK. $50
forcibly and 50 truthfullv that ! szA Nuu go
permit me to reproduce II. AHew youg
sensible and practicable constituency wili
endorse every word of it. and IL l. tAc
duty of the people and the press TO orivr "a
halt III such nonsense Non DO uot fsy
taxes for this sort Of "A thing That a sra.
ditionai Congressional wake should lu
medlately follow the solemn and beautiful
ritual of the burial service is incougruuus,
absurd, farcieal, almost hlasphcmous
The Junketing party left, however. on
time last Saturday, and 10y this time Uayo
no doubt enjoyed themselves TO the fall
Here is what the Washington Post SAYS
Everything that could be done 70 honor
and sanctify Senator Mller's memory was
done on Saturday at the Capitol The
nation discharged its obligation 70 him
in the solemn gathering Al the Senate
chamber and the stupeudous celebration
there observed. Why should a party Of
Senators and Congressman have set ont
for California IN the wake Of the remains.
with a shameful record of expense ac-
counts against the Government for ~.,>hcs,
gloves, carriage hire. hotel bills. aud
champagne and cigars
The country is tired of all this Public
sentiment has been outraged beyond
endurance by it. Why could it not have
been done away with and the people
spared this fresh scandal and humiliation
y journey across the continent with a spe
cial car, a Sergeant al Arms and carte
blanche in the way of junkcting these
taings are not necessary To the common
Grafton of senator Miller's usefulness. ON
the contrary, they are a meckcry and Al
atfront-an indignity Ia the dead and a
reproach TO the living. II l. intolcrable
that, after all that has been said and done.
after all the exposure and the protest m
this matter, there should be 50 conspicu
Gus and unnecessary repetition of the
outrage"
a soon as the junketing party return, a
day will be set apart for delivering eulo-
gies. A day is $50 set apart of ad
journment in honor Of the deceased. This
may not be objectionable, for during
that day of ad iournment, the men who
are at all conscientious In the discharge OF
their duty to their constituents, "catch
up with their correspondence and com
mittee work. The day for ''eulogies"
ought to be stopped. II is useless for half
dozen on either side 10 get up and make
post mortem statement as 10 what they
thought of the transcendent merit of
their deceased comrade. If | understand
rightly the duties of a congressman, bis
constituents did not send him here ft
wind his Oratory over 4 cddaver Ihto"
''eulogiesH take time, cost money, retard
business, and every other eulogistlc sen
tence is freightcd with falsehood and de
ceit The eulogist gives utterance to sen
tments nothing could have forced from
him, if his dead comrade were sitting in
his accustomed seat The main object OF
the euloglst Is to show how well he, the
eulogist, can frame his sentences or how
deXtrously he can draw on some half for
gotten store of learning on classic and apt
1uOldlIDHA, HOW utlllS Ht tdil oAfal iU'
laurel from the brow of some dead poet
or statesman, that he may seem to add
the brightest leaf TO the chaplet his bonn
bastic periods attempts to form into me
mortal to his departed friend and fcl
low statesman. If this thing continue
and the country increases in its expected
ratio, there will be a departed fellow
statesman" about once month, over whom
there will be the wake the eulOgIes,
the day of Adjournment 1t ought 10 stop.
The people alone can stop 1t, and rest as
sured the day is not far distant when they
viii hold these wantou squandcrers Of time.
| money and official influence to "a rigid at
| countabllity.
Senator kenna has, 80 far. made the
best and most striking speech IN reply to
the Edmund's resolution In the begin
ming of this session regretted exceeding
| ly that Senator Vance was not made q
| member of the Judiciary Committee
| He could have met Senator Edmunds auC
his Republican allies more effectively than
! any two members Of the minority on tha
| committee. | ara not partizan enough Il
! claim that SeUatcr Vance Is a full mattel
| for EdmundS in point Of legal ability Hi
active political life would make that al
| impossibility But Senator Vance coulC
have answered Edmunds in this case ane
| with a preponderance Of native braif
power, general culture, and gifts as AZ
| orator in our Senators favor. the Demo
| cratic party would have had champion
in whom 1t could, with good reason, hav,
trusted. Besides Senator Vance is a har,
| working, conscientious student. and h'
would have brought every recognized lega
authority and every available prceedeu
to bear on this discussion. This added I.
his personal presence. ready Wit, and i'm
pressive. conclusive way Of meeting Al
adversary, would have been worth goo,
deal to the party ia the present crisis
Randall and Holman are two member
Of the Appropriation Committee who hav
expressed themselves in favor Of refusinI
TO vote money o defray the expense. %
the Civil Service Commission unless th
Law is amended. Already there Is sti
among the commissioners. The PresIden
want TO make Treuholm Comptroller O
the currency, and he hals not succeeded i
finding a Mugwulnp or "a Republican VII
is fit 70 take Mr.. Eaton's place.
The Library Committee Of Congress ha
purchased the North Carolina portrait {
George Washington painted by Gilbel
Stuart. This portrait is said by the arsn
and connoisseurs here, to he one Of I'll
finest Stuarts in existence. IL was bougi
in 1929 by Daniel Welfare, Of salem
North Carolina, of Edward Penniuctol
President Of the Philadelphia Acad
my of Fine Arts. Autograph letters fro