Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-08-12

followed the pail bearers and took seats
in the blue room adjoining the parlors.
These were from the Bar Association
headed by the Hon. William M. Evarta,
the New York board of Aldermen, Tam
many Hall Irving, Hall, the County Demo
oracy and several other organizations.
President Cleveland entered the room
with Secretary Endicott, Secretary Whit
ney and Mr. Lamont. Following next
came the members of the family MIR. TIL
denis nephews and nieces.
Governor Hill arrived just as tho core
monies were beginning. He was seated
next to Mayor Grace. The hundreds of \
people collected in the hill on sither side /
of the blaok drap ry that hung in front |
Of the blue room II 'ked up the entire |
passage and extende9 out on the porches |
and groundsin front and at the rear of the |
house. Then the Rev. DIR. William j.
Tucker, who had come from Andover,
Mass, to perform tho ceremonies, read |
the funeral prayer of the Presby-
terian church. The choir of the Madi- |
son Avenue Presbyterian Church, which |
had taken up position at the foot Of the
main staircase, sang "Abide With Me-"
The Rev. DIR. Tucker next delivered
short address on the personal qualities of
4
spoke with great feeling that several
| times showed itself in choking his utter
ances. He said he would not undertake
| to speak of Mr.. Tilden's public life and
| great public qualities. The press had
tude, but he could not help
thinking of and referring TO
Mr.. Tilden's generous hospitality, which
none who had partaken of it would fail
to appreciate. Mr.. Tucker continued
"a friend wrote to me not long ago re-
ferring to the death of an eminent physi-
clan that nothing was so plain in an
attempt to give the meaning Of death az
that we suddenly fail TO communicate
with those who have been all in all to us.
Death is the withdrawal of affection and
love in the time that we'need it. 1t is an
irreparable waste. A great mind
cannot be replaced what the mind
grasped, the books from which ii learned,
and the facts embraced, will remain but
the process of reasoning, the power to
foresee and appreciate ia gone. 1t is like
the destruction of fine library or the
loss of precious jewel. Few men have
been of such greatness of mind in this
generation as our deceased brother.
Whether he considered men or plans he
was always wise, ,sagaciouB and honorable,
whom all loved TO listen to and to honor.
There was o fine constructiVeness
of ideas in his reasoning that made
his great mind. great light is gone
out. That is the meaning of death, some
thing is wasted. Does death mean any
more than an interruption Of his COM
munication with us2 According to his
: simple faith this mortal must put ON i'm
mortality. There are obligations 10 live
again, as there are to die. lie was a
simple, broad, clear believer in our faith.
} In that faith we surrender our death. The
eternal is Thy refuge"
After the address Miss Antonio Henne
sang very effectively, Zone Sweetly
Solemn Thought" and Mr.. Tucker made
. another brief speech. The choir sang,
aBeyond the Smiling and the Weeping, y
I and the casket was closed.
The body was borne out to the hearse
i at 10. SO o'clock and carried to the train
q for New Lebanon. The President, gov.
ernor, mayor, cabinet officers and delega.
J tions followed with the pail-bearers in 20
a carriages. As the casket was borne
Q through the marble-Hoored hall, the choil
s sang "ltock of Ages"
: Eight Of Mr.. Tilden's employees carried
7 the body. Among them were the captain
] of the yacht Viking, the gardener, the valet
n and the coachman OF the dead statesman
. The President and his secretaries, Gov.
: Hill, Mayor Grace and the delegations
: followed the oasket in carriages, but
neither boarded the funeral train.
Along the three-mile route to YonkerB
, the sides Of the road were alive with
. people. Just as the cortege started from
y the house brisk rain set in, but that die
. not drive the spectators from the path
y Many sought shelter under the trees ant
\ awnings Some raised umbrellas ant
! some remained uncovered. When thu
:, hearse passed between the crowds hat
!. were raised and other signs of respec
. were continuously shown.
Il When the depot was reached, the mem
bers of the family, the Misses Tilden
! Miss Gould, the Messrs. Tilden and Mr.
- Charles F. MacLean with their intimat
]. friends, the Rev. DIR. Tucker and severn
of the delegations entered the cars.
a The train left Yonkers at Ills, thre
y minutes behind time. II is due at Hud
:, son at 1.95, Chatham at $50, and NeN
= Lebanon, where the remains will be in
y TERED in the family lot, at 5. 45. The trail
II is due Mt New York, ON its return, at 10. 40
AZ p. m.
~ ~ Secretary George W. Smith said tha
"A the services at the grave would be OF tn
n ~ simplest kind. It is unsettled whether o
h not the will will be read tonight. II
m rumored, however, that 1t will be read 0
~ the old family homestead at New Lebanon
! Among the eminent persons present 9
- -, the funeral not named above were Oof
e pressmen Merriman, Hewitt and Camp
y ~ bel, Major general SchoHeld, u. s. A.
:. %, commandant of the Atlantic station; Con
oe ee modore Chandler of the Brooklyn navy
90 90 ward ; ex- Congressman Roswell P. Flower
=, Joseph Pulitzer, Waldo Hutohins, w.
~ Purcell of Rochester, Justice Charles
y ODonohue of the supreme court, jaime
a. Gallagher, chairman of the Connect
w cut state Democratic Committee
a Assistant Treasurer Charles j. Candi
ad NJ. j. Fryer, superintendent OF th
o 'at Washington post office building; Stat
Iss COMPTROLLER A. q. Chaplin, State Ban
~ Superintendent Maxwell, M. s. Eustis
~ Governor Hills staff, ex-senator Charlie
M;te M II. Hughes and Clifford N. Bartlett an
i@ General James d. Pearsall formerly
~ the governors staff.
H. H. The Tilden family is one OF the olde
M in the country. Joseph Tilden OF Tente
IN @ den. county Of Kent, England, was OF
,n5 of the merchant princes who fitted o.
bIa the good ship Mayfiower, that brougl
ny the Pilgrim fathers over to New Englan
~ His brother, Nathaniel Tilden, came
". .n' this country as early as 1884, and fro
~, him the subject of this sketch descende
VIC Iohn Tilden, grandfather of Samuel
~, ~ Tilden. was the first of the family to mo
@ eio from New England to New York. M
W. w Tilden's mother was descendant OF w
' on liam Jones, one Acknowledgements
y;I sH' the colony of New Haven.
" Samuel Jones Tilden was born in NJ
in Lebanon, Columbia county, New Yor @
~ February 9th, 1874. His father was Eia
VI IIlden. a staunch farmer, who had thr
,hu ., sons. Moses, Henry and Samuel !
the the latter being the younge
leai Samuel j. Tildcn took an aetl
ny. ns interest in politics as early as his ls
IN wear, when he wrote pamphlet agalI
iiho fbe absurd anti Masonic crusade OF lot
ifee which was published in the Albany arg
of October 9th of that year. The sal
'ohS ,o wear he entered the sophomore class
'lah Yale College, but did not graduate th'
tns an account Of i'll health. Subsequent
luei he Graduated at tho University OF N
IAN Yo,R soon nfter his graduation he beg
,l'. ,ua, tho study of law in the office oil the
IN John Edmunds OF New York, ana ul
voI' his admission to the bar opened an on
u o. and began the practice of his proiessl'
uoh For several years Mr.. Tilden was gu
Jlup active in political affairs, his article IN
Ayor Albany Argus having made him gu
uers famous and he took a leading part IN
zen nublic discussion of the existing pohti