Mohave County miner., 1890-02-01
WASHINGTON lETrn.
Ccrrsspondsnes Of TINE NIsEs.


Ccrrsspondsncs Of TINE MIsEs.
WARRINGTON, Jan. %, 1890.
The funeral Of Walker Blaine, on Sat-
urday, attracted the largest and most dis
tinguished crowd Of spectators that has A.
sembledat any funeral in this.city for sey-
eral years. Special religious services were
held at the residence on Lafayette Place
1t 10 80 o'clock, 1t which were present,
in addition TO intimate friends and the
Maine delegation In Congress, the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Harrison and the members
Of the Cabinet. Service Of prayer was
conducted by Rev. DR.. Hamlin, pastor Of
the Church Of tho Covenant (Presbyte-
rian), where the main ceremonies were
held.
Before tho cortege reached the church
there was not even standing room for
those ruled out by the ropes Of smilax
from the pews reserved for invited spec
tators. Completely filing the north side
Of the audience room were Senators, Re-
representatives. and other public men. 1t
was striking group, and included all the
prominent men Of both Houses and Of
both parties in each. The Senate was
not in session and the House had post
poned meeting until ! O'Clock in order
that those who desired might attend the
church services. In the center Of the
church were seated the members Of the
Diplomatic Corps, the International
American Conference, and..the venezelan
Claims Commission, - impassive and
grave Of exterior as 30 many owls. The
members Of the Blaine household occu-
pied seats in front Of the pulpit on the
right, while on the left were seated the
President, Mrs. Harrison, the Vice Presi-
dent and the Cabinet and their wives,
and the pail bearers.
The pipes Of the great organ were buri-
cd by tall palms and potted fiower, as
also was the pulpit. Then the deft fin
gers Of Walter Damrosch swept over the
keys and there burst forth the sobbing
and moaning Of the deash-bersit, succeed
ed by the strong, harmonious and fami-
liar breathings Of hope Of abide with
Me-, hush fell upon the audience and
tears stood on many cheeks. Ali noise
Of strife had ceased beside the dead. The
silence was broken by the sobs Of Secre-
tary Blaine Is his eyes, wandering from
the organ. fell upon the black casket that
not all the heaping up Of roses and lilies
and violets could change or soften TO him.
The services at the church concluded
with the Lords Prayer and the benedic-
tion. In the Prayer the great majority
Of those present joined audibly. At the
cemetery the ceremony was::brief. The
Secretary and Mrs. Blaine were at DR.. |
Hamlin's side and steadfastly watched
the proceedings until the words "Dust to |
DUST impelled them to turn aside rather
than witness the last scene Of all.
To everyone who knows Mr.. Blaine's |
family it has always been apparent that |
the fathers favorite Of all was Walter
Blaine And by every one brought in
contact With them Walter Blaine was the |
one son liked. Though his wonderful
progress in public life for man Of only
thirty years Of age was due largely to lis
fathers influence. it is probable that u:i-
der any circumstances Walker Blaine
would have attained high position in
life. He had legal mind, comoined with
great patience and untiring In
dustry. His poiitsness was proycrbi.l
and owing to the many changes Of the
past decade in department life, thst ex-
cellens quality is growing unfortunately |
rare. Callers at the State department
with grievances would leave Walter
Blaine with sense Of being well treated
even II not relieved. People who came
alter information received it il possible.
To newspaper men he was uniformly
courteous
1t is probable that the question OF the
liability in the Silcott de-
falcation will be brought before legal
Mr.. PAynter, Of Kentucky,
has instructed bis counsel, ex-Congress-
man Phil Thompson, to bring suit against
The Government for $4l6 the amount Of
Mr.. Psynter's November salary, alleged
10 be due him from the United States asI
for services. Mr.. Paynter pro-
tests against the bill TO reimburse him
,elf, but he believes that be 10 entitled toI
bis salary and he desires an opinion from
some legally authorised tribunal. The
Ease will go before the Court Of Claimst
and the result will be watched a. test
Ease by other Congressmen. 1t win take
however, some time for the case to come
up. In the meantime the Congressman
who voted against sppropriating the
money to reimburse them do not know
whether to congratulate themselves or
not.
The Pension Office 10 falling behind in
10 work, owing TO lack of clerical force
md Commissioner Raum's passion for
:ying experiments. The Bureau Is food
ID with the letters Of inquiry Of Congress-
men as to the status Of individual claims
This calling up Of claims by Congress-
men does not expedite the individual
,laims, and Of course delays the claims
Is whole, a. II involves 90 much i'd