Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1891-12-22
Obsequies Held in the Senate
Chamber.
Public Officials Pay Their Last
Tribute Of Respect.
The Remains Sent to Emporia, Kan,
for Interment.
An Awkward Pause During the Funeral
Services-Only Two Senators Pres
ent When the Senate
Adjourned.
Associated Press Dispatches.


of representatives, the executive and
judicial departments of the government,
the representatives of foreign powers,
and his many friends among the Wash
ington public, paid their last tribute OF
affection and respect to the memory OF
the late Senator Preston Plumb. Early
this morning the body was placed in
handsome cloth-covered casket OF cedar,
on the lid of which was a plain silver
plate bearing the following inscription:
''Preston B. Plumb, born Oct. II, 1887;
died Dec. 20, 1891"
During the night the only watchers at
the residence of the deceased were de-
tail of messengers from the Capitol and
his private secretary. This morning
there were few callers at the house.
mostly senate employees. At 10o'clock
the casket was borne from the house to
hearse by eight Capitol police. I'M
mediately upon the arrival OF the small
funeral cortege, consisting of the hearse
and single carriage, at the Capitol, the
casket was placed near the presidents
chair, in the senate chamber, on black
catafalque, and all persons were re-
quested to retire.
When the senate met at noon, the
chamber was partly arranged for the
obseQues. The desk and the chair of
the deceased senatora were heavily
draped. The galleries were crowded
with spectators, except the diplomatic
and Independents galleries, which
were reserved. In the opening prayer,
the chaplain referred in a feeling man
ner to the death of Senator Plumb. On
motion OF Henderson, the reading OF
the journal was dispensed with, and
PETER rose to make a formal announce
ment of Plumb's death, and offer the
usual resolutions. He said
''Mr. President, / esteem myself Pc
culiarly unfortunate in that before [ was
member of this body long enough to be-
come familiar with even the dimensions
of the chamber in which we sit, am
called upon to announce the death of
my distinguished colleague, upon whose
wonderful resources | expected largely
to rely"
PETER eulogized his late colleague
eloquently, and concluded by offering
the following resolution:
Resolved, That the sudden death of
Preston B. Plumb has caused profound
sorrow and deep regret to his associates
In the senate.
Resolved, That a committee of five
senators be appointed by the vice-presi-
dent to take charge, with a committee
of the house of representatives, and
superintend the funeral of the late
Senator Plumb, and as a mark of re-
spect for his memory, that his body be
+ bo otNIf oil tn 10 cto of q nj
Kansas in charge OF the sergeant-at-
arms, and attended by said committee,
which shall have full power to carry
this resolution into effect.
Resolved, That the senate will at
1880 today attend in its chamber the
exercises incident to his funeral, and
that these resolutions be communicated
to the house OF representatives.
The resolutions were agreed to unan-
imously, and the vice-president an
nounced as a committee on the part OF
the senate: PETER, Dolph, Paddock,
Ransom and Palmer. The senate then
took recess.
ALP. m. it was called to order. Dur
ing the half hours recess, the work OF
preparing the chamber for the funeral
ceremonies had been completed. A
row of arm-chails placed in the area in
front OF the clerks desk and the west
ern side of the chamber were set apart
for the occupancy OF the members of the
house of representatives. The public
galleries had in the meantime become
crowded to their utmost capacity, and
even the halls and corridors leading to
them were packed with people seeking
to gain admittance.
Shortly before | O'Clock President
Harrison and the cabinet officers and
the assistant secretaries of the eXecu-
tive departments began to arrive and
were shown to the presidents room.
Mrs. Harrison, escorted by Lieutenant
Parker of the navy, occupied a seat in
the reserved gallery.
At O'Clock the speaker and members
of the house were announced. The
speaker was escorted TO a seat on the
right of the e-president, and the
mem ers took the seats assigned to
them.
The members of the diplomatic corps,
some twenty-five in number, arrived
and were shown to their seats in front
of the members of the house. They
were followed by the chief justices and
Justices of the supreme court, who took
seats in front of the diplomatic corps.
At exactly l 80 Captain Bassett an
nounced the presence Of the president
OF the United States and his cabinet.
The senators and spectators stood up to
do them honor. President Harrison and
the members of the cabinet were shown
to arm chairs on the right side of the
area.
General Schofield and Commodore
Ramsey preceded the president and
cabinet, and had taken two end chairs
on the same row with the house com
mittee, which consisted Of Fungton and
Broderick of Kansas, Peel and Gate of
Arkansas, Youmans of Michigan, Post
of Illinois and Coggswell of Masss-
chusetts.
The floral offerings were numerous.
At As the funeral committees Of the
two houses, escorting the body OF the
dead senator, appeared at the main
entrance, and while all in the chamber
stood up, the procession moved up the
aisle, the chaplain reciting the opening
sentence of the funeral service. The
chaplain finished reading the funeral
services and appropriate passages of |
scriptures and closed with prayer. The
body of the deceased senator was then
borne out to be taken to the railroad |
station.
Following the remains came the sena-
tors and representatives. who formed by |
twos, with Vice-President Morton at the |
opd iad tho hndu On foot