The record-union., 1891-12-22
Special TO the RrcoRD-UN1or.

Special 30 the RECORD UNION.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2l.-To-day the
United States Senate, the House of Repre-
sentatives, the Executive and Judicial
Departments of the Government, the
representatives of foreign powers and his
many friends among the Washing
ton public, paid last tribute of affection
and respect to the memory of the late
Senator Preston B. Plumb
Early this morning the body was placed
III handsome cloth-covered casket of
cedar, on the lid of which was plain
silver plate bearing the following inscrip-
ton: Preston B. Plumb, born October
Il, 1887; died December 20, 1891"
During the night the only watchers at
the residence Of the deceased were detail
messengers from the Capitol and his
private secretary. This morning there
were few callers at the house, mostly
Senate employees.
At 10 O'Clock the casket was borne from
the house to the hearse by eight of the
Capitol police. Immediately a small
funeral cOrtege was formed, consisting of
the hearse ana a single carriage. Arriv-
ing at the Capitol the casket was placed
near the Presidents chair in the Senate
NlilIAlbCI, ClL 81 D4iCh CdlGllIlt tlG, dllll dll
persons were requested to retire.
ACTION N THE SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2l.-When the Sen
ate met at noon the chamber was partly
arranged for the funeral obSequieS. The
desk and chair Of the deceased Senator
were heavily draped.
The galleries were crowded with spec
tatorS, except the diplomatic and Vice
Presidents galleries. which were re-
served.
In the opening prayer the Chaplain re-
ferred in feeling manner to the death Of
Senator Plumb.
On motion of Manderson the reading
Of the journal was dispensed with, and
Pfetfer rose to make a formal announce
ment OF Piumb's death and offer the usual
resolutions.
He said: ''Mr. President, I esteem my
self peculiarly unfortunate in that before
| have been member Of this body long
enough to become 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 / ex-
pected largely to rely"
Pfetfer eulogized his late colleague elo-
qGently, and concluded by offering the
following resolutions:
ReSotved, That the sudden death of Preston
b. Plumb has caused profound sorrow and
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ReSoiUed, That committee of nVe s ,nators
be appointed by the Nict-PreSident to take
charge, with committee OF the House of Rep
reSGnlatlVeS, and Sulerintend the funeral of
! the late Senator Plumb, and as mark of re-
! spect for his memory that his body be re-
moved from the Capitol to the state of Kan
saS in charge of the Sergeant-at-ArJnS and
that it be attended by said committee, which
shall have full power to carry this resolution
into effect.
ResoIUed That the Senate will at 1880 to-
day attend in its Chamber the exercises Incl
dent to his funeral and that these resolutions
be communicated TO the House of Representa-
tives.
The resolutions were agreed to unani-
mously, and the Vice President an
| nounced as committee on the part Of the
Senate Pfeffer, Dolph, Paddock, Hanson
and Palmer.
The Senate then took recess.
At P. NJ. the Senate was called to or
der. During the half-hour's recess the
work of preparing the chamber for the
! funeral ceremonies had been completed.
| A row of armchairs had been placed in
the area in front of the clerks desk, and
! the western side of the chamber was set
! apart for the occupancy Of members of
the House of Representatives
The public galleries had, in the mean
time, become crowded to their utmost
capacity, and even the halls and corridors
leading to them were packed with peo-
pie seeking to gain admittance.
Shortly before o'clock President Har-
rison and the Cabinet officers and the AS
sistant Secretaries OF the Executive de-
partments began to arrive, and were
shown the Presidents room.
Mrs. Harrison was escorted by Lieu
tenant Parker of the navy, and occupied
q seat in the reserved gallery.
At l:20 the Speaker and members of the
| House were announced.
The Speaker was escorted to seat
on the right of the Vice-President, and
the members took the seats assigned to
| them.
| The members of the diplomatic corps,
some twenty-five in number, arrived and
/ and were shown to their seats in front of
! the members of the House. They were
! followed by the Chief Justice and Justices
of the Supreme Court, who took seats in
| front Of the diplomatic corps.
! At exactly l:30 O'Clock Captain Basset
announced 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 armchairs
on the right side Of the area.
General SchOfield and Commodore
Ramsey preceded the President and Cab
met and had taken two end chairs on
the same row as the House Committee,
which consisted of Funston and Broder-
icll of Kansas, Cate and Pete of Arkan-
sas, YoGmans of Michigan, Post of Hi
nois and Coggsweu of Massachusetts.
The floral offerings were numerous.
At l:45 o'clock the Funeral Committee of
the two houses eScorting the body of the
dead Senator appeared at the main en-
trance, and while all in the chamber
stood Rp the procession moved up the
aisle, the Chaplain reading the opening
sentence of the funeral service.
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funeral service and appropriate selections
/ from the scriptures, and closed with a
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 Representative who formed by
twos, with Vice-President Morton at the
head, and accompanied the body on foot
to the station.
The President and his Cabinet and
other distinguished persons were ushered
to their carriages and joined the pro-
cession.
The body was placed in car, and that
and another car for the use of the Con-
gressional Committee was attached to the
train, which left the city at 2:25 o'clock.
The body is expected to arrive at EN-
poria, Kas., on Wednesday afternoon.
At 3 o'clock the Vice President took
the chair again with two Senators pres
ent. when the formal motion was made
and agreed 10, and the Senate adjourned
until tomorrow.
AN EMBARRASSING SCENE.
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