The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-05-17
THE DEAD SENATOR.
SERVICES OVER THE REMAINS OF
SENATOR BARBOUR.
The First Occasion Upon Which the
Catholic Church has Conducted
the Religious Ceremonies.

Catholic Church has Conducted
the Religious Ceremonies.
By Telegraph to the State Chronicle.
WASHINGTON, May l6.-(Senate. y
The ceremonies attending Senator
Barbour's funeral were simple but i'm.
pressive and were unusual in this, that
for the first time in the history of the
Senate, priest of the Roman Catholic
church conducted the religious portion
OF the ceremonies. at ii o'clock the
body. escorted by the sergeant-at-
arms OF the Senate, was brought from
the mansion on Capitol Hill, where the
Senator resided, to the capitol and
placed in the marble room, covered
with flowers. The Senate met
at It's usual hour at noon,
the chamber being arranged as is usual
on such occasions. The chair which
al the last session of the Senate on
Friday held the form of the Senator
from Virginia, was heavily draped in
mourning. After prayer by the chap
lain and the reading of the journal, the
Senator from West Virginia, Mr..
kenna, was recognized by the Vice.
President and spoke eloquently. He
said "John S. Barbour was in all the
relations of this world an elevated
character and an upright man. His
sterling qualities of mind and heart
were the practical fruit. His genius
for affairs made monuments in the
business and public walks of men, as
IN narrower sphere. His humanity
made gratitudes which will follow
him like angels, guarding to the tomb"
Mr.. Kenna closed by offering resolu-
tlons OF respect and regret. The vice.
president announced as the committee
to take action with the committee an.
pointed by the House, Senators Daniel
of Virginia, Kenna of West Virginia,
German of Maryland, Walthall of
Mississippi, Carlisle of Kentucky,
Stewart of Nevada, Mcmillan of Min.
nesota, Cullom of Illinois and Wash.
burn of Minnesota. The resolutions
were adopted and the Senate took
recess until 1880 p. m. Promptly at
1890, the vice-president again called
the Senate to order. Very shortly
after l o'clock the funeral cortege en-.
tered, the august assemblage rising
in reverential silence. Preceded by
acolytes in purple and white vestments
bearing aloft crucifx and lighted
tapers and carrying in their hands in
censors and holy vessels of the church
and accompanied by Bishop Keane,
father Gillespie, and five assistant Gel
ebrants, the body was borne into the
chamber and placed on a catafalque.
The imposing embroidered vestments
of Bishop Keane and the celebrant
priest, the broad, white silk sashes of
attendant senators and representatives,
the magnificent flowers under which
the casket was buried, the perfume of
the incense, the burning tapers
and the hushed silence of the great
throng combined to make re-
markable and impressive scene.
Bishop Keane, taking his stand at the
head OF the corpse, delivered an elo-
quent and impressive funeral address.
At the close of Bishop Keane's address
the vice-president announced that the
funeral procession would reform and
that the attendant dignitaries would
leave the chamber in the reverse order
to that in which the entered. The
bearers Ga picked squad of the capitol
police)raised the massive silver trimmed
casket with its covering of
beautiful flowers; priests and
acolytes, crucifx and candles
resumed their allotted places and the
cortege slowly wended it's way by the
main entrance of the Senate chamber
back to the house of the late Senator.
There the body will lie until to NOR
row when, at 9 a. m, it will be escort
ed by the chosen committees of the
Senate and House, to its last resting
place at Poplar Hill, Md. Shortly
after 2 p. IN. few Senators ssraggled
black to the Senate and the vice-pre si-
dent declared the Senate adjourned
until tomorrow.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The House went into committee of
the whole on the sundry civil approp
ration bill, the pending paragraph
beng an appropriation of $4,000 for
International exchanges under direction
OF the Smithsonian institution. Lost.
PENDING further business, the COM
mittee rose to receive message
from the Senate announcing
that that body had appointed
committee to act in conjunction with
a similar committee of the House, to
attend the funeral of Senator Barbour
'o'day' and to accompany the remains
70 MS former residence at Poplar Hill,
ND A resolution, accepting the in.
m'atlon of the Senate to be present at
the funeral of Senator Barbour, was
adopted. Mr.. Holman moved that
upon the conclusion of the services
'ney return to the hall for the transac.