St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-06
FITTING TYPES OF SORROW.
Both Branches of Congress Re-
speCt the Memory of Senator
Beck.

Both Branches OF Congress Re-
spect the Memory OF Senator
Beck.
WASHINGTON, May SIN the senate
to-day, as soon as the journal of Satur-
day was read, Mr.. Blackburn rose and,
in voice tremulOuS with emotion, said !:
"Mr. President. my colleague is dead.
1t is not my purpose at this time to
speak either of him or of the great
services which he has rendered to his
country In the freshness of the SOr-
row the love which | bore him would
blind with Its tears. The drapery of
his desk furnishes fitting type of the
sorrow which pervades every heart in
this chamber. a great commonwealth,
with bowed head. to-day puts ON the
weeds of mourning. AT an appropriate
time, and in the early future. L will ask
the senate to afford to his friends an
opportunity to pay their tribute to his
memory. | will now ask the senate to
consider the resolutions which / send
to the clerks desk:
Resolved, That the senate has heard with
great sorrow of the death of Hon. James B.
Beck, late senator from the state of Ken
lucky.
Resolved, That a committee of seven SEN
ators be appointed by the president pro tenn
pore to take order for experimenting the
funeral of Mr.. Beck. which will take place
tomorrow Cruesday) in the senate chamber
at o'clock p. NJ, and the senate will attend
the same.
Resolved, That as further mark of re-
spect entertained by the senate for his mem
Ory his remains be removed from Washing
ton to Kentucky in charge of the sergeant
alarms, and attended by the committee,
which shall have full power to carry this res
olution into effect.
Resolved That the secretary communicate
these proceedings to the house of representa-
tives, and invite the house of representatives
to attend the funeral tomorrow, Tuesday, at
1 o'clock, and to appoint like committee.
Resolved, That invitations will be extend
ed to the president. his cabinet and the chief
justice of the supreme court to attend the
funeral in the senate chamber.
Resolved AS further mark of respect,
that the senate do now adjourn.
The resolutions were adopted unani-
mously ana the following senators were
appointed as the committee to superin-
tend the funeral: Messrs. Blackburn,
Harris. Vance, Kenna, Dawes, Evarts
and Henderson.
The House Also Adjourns.
In his prayer this morning in the
house, DIR. Milburn. the blind chaplain,
eloquently and feelingly alluded to the
sudden death Of Senator Beck. He
spoke of the dead senator as a man large
in understanding. Schooled by work,
ripe in experience, dauntlesS in courage,
kindly by nature and habit,
whose patriotism was unsullied,
his integrity and honor above suspi-
days, powers of mind and body, to the
pnnXyQalth ohcnlnfa Tho
house agreed to the conference report
on the Oklahoma tOwnSite bill. The
formal message having been received
from the senate announcing the death
of Senator Beck, and inviting the house
to be present at the funeral services to-
morrow, Mr.. Breckenridge offered
resolution accepting the invitation, and
requesting the speaker to appoint a
committee to act with the senate COM
mittee at the funeral. The resolutions
were adopted, and, after the speaker
named the committee, the house adj
journed.
Arrangements for the Funeral.
The committee on arrangements for
the funeral of Senator Beck met this
afternoon and adopted the following
plOS dullllO lOl LILO oOl tiCCo ui tilC Cdpl-
tol tomorrow: The committee of ar
rangements of the two houses of con-
gress and the palI-bearers will meet at
the house of Hon. w. G. P. Breckin-
ridge, 2l3 East Capitol street, at $3.50
a. m. (the honorary pall-bearers on the
part of the senate are MeSsrs. Morrill,,
Sherman, Allison, Hale, Mcpherson,
Vest. Pugh and Gibsonl. At 10 o'clock
the body will be taken to the marble
room of the senate and the remains will
be viewed by the public until 11:3O
o'clock. The public will pass through
the reception room to the east door of
the marble room and pass out at the
west door of the senate lobby. After
the two houses have assembled i'm the
senate chamber the body will be taken
there by the pall-bearers and committee
on arrangements. The doors of the
senate wing of the capitol will be open
to the public at 1915 a. m. The diplo-
matte gallery will be reserved until IL
O'Clock for the diplomatic corps. The
families of the president and vice pres
ident will occupy their reserved seats
in the east gallery. The reserved gal
leries will be occupied by the actual
members of families of senators. men,
bers of tine house of representatives and
of justices of the supreme court and
members of the cabinet. The reporters
gallery will be reserved exclusively for
the members of the press. The remain
ing seats in the galleries will be open
without discrimination to all. At