The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-01-24

(F'rom our regular correspondent.)

(From our regular correspondent
WASHINGTON. ID. G., Jan. 90, 1890.
The funeral of Walker Blaine, on Satur-
day, attracted the largest and most dlstin-
guished crowd of spectators that has as
sembled at any funeral i'll this city for sew
eral years, Special religious services were
held at the residence Oh lafayette Place at
10. 80 o'clock, at which were present, in
| addition to intimate friends and the Maine
delegation in Congress, the President and
Mrs. Harrison and the members Of the Cab
met. Service of prayer was conducted by
Rev. DIR. Hamlin, pastor of the Church Of
the Covenant (Prcsbyterian), where the
main ceremonies were held.
Before the cortegc reached the church
there was not even standing room for those
rallied out by the ropes of smilax from the
pews reserved for invited spectators. Com
pletely filling the north side of the audience
room were Senators, Representatives
and other public men. 1t was a 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 postponed meeting until |
| O'Clock in order that those who desired
might attend the church services. In the
center of the church were seated the mem
bers of the Diplomatic Corps, the 1nterna-
| tional American Conference, and the We
! nezuelan Claims Commission, IS impressive
and grave Of exterior as so many owls.
The members of the Blaine household &C.
cupied 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 buried
by tall palms and ported flowers, as also
was the pulpit. When the deft fingers of
Walter Damrosch swept over the keys and
there burst forth the sobbing and moaning
of the death bereft, succeeded by the strong,
| harm 0nious and familiar breathings of
hope of 'Abidc with Me-, a hush fell up
on the audience and tears stood on many
cheeks. All noise of strife had ceased be-
| side the dead. The silence was broken by the
sobs Of Secretary Blaine as his eyes, wan
deriLg from the organ, fell upon the black
casket that not all the heaping up of roses
and lilies ard violets could change or soft
| en- to him.
The services at She church concluded
with the Lords Prayer and the benedic-
ton. In the prayer the great majority of
those present joined audibly. At the cem-
| etcry the ceremony was brief. The Secre-
tary and Mrs. Blaine were at DIR. Hamlin's
side and steadfastly watched the proceed
ings until the words "Dust to dust" i'm
PEELED them to turn aside rather than wit
ness 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 Walker
Blaine. And by everyone brought in con-
tact nth them Walker Blaine was the one
| son liked. Though his wonderful progress
in public life for a man of only thirty-five
years of age was due largely to his fathers
influence, it is probable that under any
circumstance Walker Blaine would have
attained a high position in life. lie had a
legal mind, combined with courage, great
| patience and uniiring industry. His po-
likeness was proverbial and wing to the
many changes of the past decade in de-
partment life, that excellent quality is
growing unfortunately rare. Callers at
the State department with grievances
would leave Walker Blaine with u sense of
being well treated even If not relieved
People who came after information receiv-
ed it if possible. To newspaper mtn he
was uniformly courteous.
1t is probable that the question of the
Governments liability in the Silcott defal-
cation will be brought before a legal tribu-
nal. Mr.. Paynter, of Kentucky, has in
strueted his counsel, Ex-Congressman
Phil. Thompson, TO bring suit against the
Government for s41G, the amount of Mr..
Paynter's November salary, alleged 70 be
due him from the United States as pay
mcnt for services. Mr.. Paynter protests
against the bill to reimburse himself, but
he believes that he is entitled to his salary
and he desires an opinion from some legal
Iy authorized tribunal. The case will go
before the Court of Claims and the result
will be watched as 4 test case by other
Congressman. 1t will take, however, some