The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-22
WIN SPY ctators except the diplomatic
and ice-President's galleries.

and Vice Presidents galleries.
The Vice. President announced as tho
committee on the part of tho Senate to
accompany the remains to Kansas.
Messrs. PETER, Dolph, Paddock, Ran
som and Palmer. The Senate then, on
. .U',oh OF MIR. Sherman, took q recess
till p. IN.
AT ?. m; the Senate was called to
order by Vice. President. During the
half hours recess the work of nrenar;nS
the chamber for the funeral ceremon;es
hao oeen completed. A row of arm
cnalrs mad been placed in tho area in
'front.' OF the clerks desk, and western
sioe OF the chamber, the on. occupied
by Democratic Senators, had bean ar
ranged and set apart for the occupancy
OF the members of the House renrese1-
tatives. The public galleries had. in
the mean time, become crowded to their
utmost capacity, and even the balls and
corridors leading to them were packed
with people seeking to gain admittance.
shortly before l o'clock the cabinet
ofhcers and assistant secretaries of the
executive departments began to arrive
ana were shown to the Presidents
room. Among them were Secretary
Blaine, Secretary Rusk, Assistant Sec.
rotary OF War, Grant; Solicitor General
Taft and Assistant Secretaries of Treas
ury, Nettleton and Paulding.
The President accompanied by Pri-
vate Secretary Halford, arrived few
minutes past and joined the others in
the Presidents room. Mrs. Harrison.
escorted by Lieutenant Parker, of the
navy, occupied seat in the reserved
gallery.
AT l:2o Captain Basset, the door
keeper, announced the Speaker and
members Of the House. The Speaker
was escorted by Sergeant-at-arms Val.
entine to seat on the right Of the vice.
President, and the members filed in
and took the seats assigned them on
the Democratic side of the chamber.
Inc number included many Of the older
mem ers of the House who had known
Senator Plumb for years.
Five minutes afterward the members
OF the diplomatic corps, some twenty
five in number, not wearing their
official uniforms, arrived and were
shown to their seats in front of the
members of the House. They were
followed by tho chief justice and Jus.
tlces OF the supreme cours, who took
seats in front of the diplomatic corps.
AT exactly half past one Ca ptain
Bassett announced tho presence of tho
President of the United States and his
cabinet Senators and spectators stood
up to do them honor (as they had done
also in the cases Of the diplomatic corps
and OF the supreme court) Then Presi.
dent Harrison and the mem bers of the
were shown to arm chairs on tho
right side OF tho area.
AT l:40 the committee OF the two
Houses escorting the body of the dead
Senator appeared at the main entrance,
"a in hn la, 10,
the procession moved up the aisle, the
chaplain reciting the opening sentences
OF the funeral service: II am tho resur-
rection and the life, saith tho Lord"
and the casket, which was borne by the
capitol police. was deposited on the
catafalque in front of the clerks desk.
There have been several changes in
the personnel of the House committee
That is to accompany the remains to
Emporia. The Speaker did not have an
opportunity to consult all of the men,
berS of the committee he DESIGNATED
last night, some Of whom have found it
impossible to go. AS finally constituted
the committee consisted of Funston and
Frederick, of Kansas; Cate and Peel, OF
Arkansas; foumans, OF Michigan; Post,
OF illinois, and Coggswell of Massachu-
sets.
@The chaplain finished from the clerks
desk the reading OF the funeral services
and appropriate selections from Scrip
lures, closing with the recitation of the
poem, "Oh, to be ready when death shall
come; Oh, TO be ready to hasten home"
Then he closed with prayer.
When prayer was concluded the Vice.
President rose and said: "The sergent-
alarms, under the direction OF the com
mittee, will execute the order of the
Senate and escort the remains of the
late Senator Plumb to his home in
Kansas"
Then, with the whole assemblare
standing in respect for the deceased.
the procession was reformed and the
body OF the dead Senator was borne out
to be taken to the railroad station.
The body, preceded by the congress
ional committees, was tnen carried
through the corridors to the east front of
the Capitol, and thence down the MANY
steps Vt the marble stairway to the
hearse.
Following the remains came Senators
and Representatives, who formed by
twos with Vice-President Morton at
the head accompanied the body on foot
10 the station. The President and his
cabinet and other distinguished per-
sons were ushered to their carriages
and joined the procession.
Arriving at the station the members
OF the Senate aud many other friends of
the dead Senator went inside and
ranged themselves in two lines along
the car in which tho body was to be
placed. The casket, preceded by
the congressional committee, was then
conveyed to the car. Congressional
committee had special car for their
use during the trio. Two cars at
tached to the Columbian express train
which left the city at 3:25 o'clock. The
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