The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-23

ALSAO-N L. H.
| remaks, as be progressed, had q
visible effect on those who were present.
! He referred to the death of Senator Plumb
as one of the saddest events in the history
| of the state, and one that every true heart
in Kansas was full of sorrow for. witch
ita, said the speaker, had no truer OF
better friend than Senator Plumb, and
Kansas never had man in Congress who
represented so ably the people of Kansas
Individually as well as collectively. The
friend of Wichita is dead; that voice that
spoke for US TO often is hushed; that arm
which struck many blow in defense of
the union is powerless, and the magnifi-
cent frame which contained so great and
so good a heart is PROSTATE. A great man
has fallen and we are here as his fellow
citizens and as his constituents TO mourn
his loss and to bear testimony to his great
worth as our representative" The
ex-mayor's speech was truly eloquent and
as it was an impromptu address it is i'm
possible to give either the words or the
spirit of it, and therefore a great treat has
been missed. At the conclusion Of his
speech he Stated that it was necessary to
nave a NOhiLAAbtSC dbPOALICo VIM NONAO
draft suitable resolutions expressive of the
sorrow OF the people of Wichita and he &C
cordingly appointed the following named
gentlemen; Hon. George L. Douglas, Col.
Milton II. Stewart, J. r. Mead, 4. B.
Jewett and l.. ID. Skinner of the State
National bank. After being absent a few
minutes the committee returned with the
following expression Of their sentiments
which was unanimously adopted:
We, the citizens of Wichita. in mass
meeting assembled, desire to express the
profound personal sorrow we feel at the
death of our distinguished senator and un-
wavering friend, Preston 3. Plumb.
In common with millions of his fellow
countrymen, we recognize In his now
finished life and work great and unex-
ampled career of public usefulness, extra
ordinary ability and answering fidelity.
For fourteen years we have beheld in
Preston b. Plumb a senator who, In each
recurring year, with ever expanding hori-
zon and growing powers, filled his exalted
station with increasing honor TO himself
and the people he served.
We have beheld in HIM the ablest friend
in the American congress of the vast and
varied interests of the great west, as well
as the untring advocate OF ali that he
deemed for the best interests of the whole
people IN every corner OF our land.
In guarding the special interests OF the
state whose commission he held he labored
with a faithfulueSs beyond all mead of
only with the measure OF his tireless actIv-
ity; while in the field of national states
manship he has left his impress deep and
wide upon the legislation and the policies
OF his nation ana his time.
With exceptional capacity for the most
mental toll, with the rarest de-
votion to the service of his beloved state;
with an euergy born of patriotism; I'M
mindful of all mere personal ease and COM
fort; regardless even of the demands
of wearied nature for rest; thoughtful
only of the great work entrusted to him;
am bilious only that il should be well done
and all done-day after day and year after
year he labored while others rested, until
suddenly, not il may be, in the fullness of
time, bat at the height of his fame-the
summons came that called him to rest.
And so he rests his fame beyond and
above all cavil or criticism, secure not less
in the esteem OF the whole American peo-
pie, of whose life in many respects he
stood as an exalted type, than in the un-
dying love and affection of his neighbors
and his friends.
Resolved, that in token OF the feeling
among all classes in this community,
chairman to join with the rep
of business and other
Of this city in attendance at
Emporia upon the funeral OF our Glstin-
zuished statesman, fellow-citiZen and
friend, whose death we deplore and whose
memory Will be honored while the annals
Of Kansas are told.
After the adoption Of the resolutions the
chairman announced that it would be
proper TO appoint committee to attend
the funeral at Emporia Thursday after
noon, TO represent the citizens OF Wichita,
As committees had already been appointed
10 represent the Board OF Trade and the
Grand Army of the Republic, and, upon
motion, the following gentlemen were
selected:
Colonel NJ NJ Murdoch, Hon. George L
Douglass, Geo. w. Clement, o H Bent
ey, w ) Morris. Judge c. Reed, K. Z
Lawrence, J. h. Mead, J. r. HalIowell, A
: Munson, 7. q. Fitch, c. Z Potts, Geo
W. Lsrrimer, Howard Case, ESQ P. Glaze,
D. NJ Dale, John 7. Carpenter, S. NJ.
Tucker, W. D. Mccormick, Rudolph Hat
ield. T. w. Seargant, II. ". Sturdevant,
leo w. Adams, f. w Moore, W. J. VIII
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HatZ. Il. Z. Murdoch, hos Harris, W. Z.
stanley.
\ committee consisting of Postmaster
Jewett. County Attorney Morris and sec
rotary Pierce of the Board OF Trade was
appointed on transportation.
\ committee consisting of Senator
Bentley. County Attorney Morris and Col
mel p. II. Rohrbaugh Of Humphreys
,tsff, was appointed to secure proper
badges for the delegates TO the funeral
Ex-Mayor Clement then stated that
Judge Henry c. Sluss would make an ad-
iress, but as that gentlemen was very Ill
with la grippe he could not be present, a
TACT which everybody regretted, as no one
,oGld do more justice to the occasion than
Judge Sluss.
In Judge Sluss' absence Senator Bentley
Vas called out Unexpectedly and he re-
,ponded. He spoke as follows in sub
tance:
Mr.. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen:
The demise OF Senator Plumb is an ire
parable loss TO Kansas. learned of Sen
Itor Plumb's death yesterday morning.
On my desk, delivered by the morning
,ost found two letters signed p B,