The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-12-22
PRESTON y. PLUMB.
horn, Oct. II, 1887,
Died. Dec. 70, 1871.

During the night the only watchers at
the residence OF the deceased were a detail
Sof messengers from the capitol and his
private secretary. This morning there were
Ii few callers at the house, mostly senate
employees. At 10 o'clock the casket was
borne from the house to the hearse BY
eight capitol police. Arriving at the capt.
tol tho casket was placed near the presi-
dents chair in the senate chamber on a
black catafalque and all persons were re-
uuested to retire. When the senate met at
noon the chamber was partly arranged for
the funeral %obssquies. The desk and chair
81 the deceased senator were heavily
draped. The galleries were crowded with
spectators, except the diplomatic ana vice
presidents galleries. which were reserved.
In tho opening prayer, tho chaplain re-
ferred in q feeling n to the death of
Senator Plumb. On motion Of Manderson
the reading of the journal was dispensed
with. and Senator PETER rose to make the
following announcement of Plumb's death
and offer the usual resolutions. He said:
Mr.. Pr~eBident-l esteem myself pecul-
iarlv unfortunate in that before | am a
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 the death of my dis
tlnquisheds colleague upon whose wonderful
resources / expected largely to rely
PETER eulogized his late colleague elo-
quently, and concluded by offering the fol-
lowing resolution:
Resolved. That the sudden death of Pres
ton b. Plumb causes profound sorrow and
deep regret to his associates in the senate.
Resolved, That a committee of five sena-
tors be appointed by the vice president to
take charge, with q like committee from
the house Of representatives, in superin-
tending the funeral Of the late Senator
Plumb, and as a mark of respect for his
memory that his body be removed from the
capitol to the state of Kansas in charge of
the sergeant alarms and attended by the
said committee, which shall have full
power to carry this resolution into effect;
and,
Resolved, That the senate will at 1920 to-
day attend in its chamber the exercises in
cident to his funeral, and that this 1esolu-
ton DO communicated to the house of rep
regentatives.
The resolutions were unanimously agreed
to, and the vice president announced as the
committee on the part of the seuate Sena-
tors PETER, Dolph, Paddock, Ransom and
Palmer.
Shortly before one O'Clock President Har-
rison and the cabinet officers and the assist
ant secretaries of the executive departments
began to arrive and were shown to the
Presidents room. At LEO the speaker and
tho members of the house were announced.
The speaker was escorted to u seat on the
right Of the vice president and the members
took the seats assigned. 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 Justice and
associate justices OF the supreme court,
who took seats in front of the diplomatic |
corps.
At exactly 1870 O'Clock Captain Bassett
announced the presence of the president
and his cabinet. The senators and specta-
tors stood up to do them honor. President
Harrison and the members of the cabinet
were shownt to the armchairs On the right
of the area. Gen. Schofsld and Commo-
dore Ramsey preceded the president and
cabinet and had taken the two end chairs
on the same row. Tho floral offerings were
large. Az 1:45 the funeral committee of the
Two houses. escortlng the dead
body Of the senator, appeared at
the main entrance, and while all
IN the chambers stood up the procession
moved up the aisle, the chaplain raclting
the opening sentences of the funeral SCR
vice. The chaplain finished reading the
eAe R3DPAAht bCiCCGlOlS |
from tho Scriptures ana closed with PRAYER.
The house appointed the following COM
mlttee to act with a like one from the
senate in escorting tho doad senator to
Kansas; Funston and Broderick, of Kansas:
Cate aud Peel, of Arkansas; Youmans, of
Michigan, Post, of Illinois, and Cosggwell.
OF Massachusetts.
The body Of the deceased senator was
borne out to be taken to the rail-
way station. Following the remains came
the senators and representatives who
formed two by two, with Vice President
at the head, and accompanied the
body on foot to the station. Tho president |
and his cabineu and other distinguished /,
persons we're ushered to their carriages and
Joined the procession. The body was
placed in tbs car and then another car for
the special use Of the congressional COM
m1ttee was attached to the train which left
bhe city at 1926 p. M.
To Wear His Mantle,
ToPEKA, Dee. 2.-The list of probable
to the late Senator Plumb ia
Increasing rapidly. The candidates most
prominently mentioned ara Cbiaf Juu+;,a