The Portland daily press., 1893-01-19
EX.PRESIDENT HAYES.
His Memory Honored by an Ezecu-
tive Proclamation.
OFFICIAL AND UNOFFICIAL TRI-
BUTES TO THE SOLDIER AND
STATESMAN.

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STATESMAN.
| Congress Adjourns Out of Respect to the
Decentralization Taken by Various
State Legislatures-A Sketch Of the
Life of an Upright Magistrate and Gal
liant Soldier.
FREMONT, o., January 1s.-The funeral
of ex-President Hayes will take place
Friday afternoon
The news of the death Of Mr.. Hayes
was received this morning by the citi-
zens with great sorrow. The whole clIy
is now in mourning; flags are at half
mast, all testifying to tho regard with
which the General was held. kilograms
of coincidence are still pouring in from
all directions from prominent and lead
ing men of the country.
Executive Proclamation.
WASHINGTON, January 1S.-A special
meeting of the cabinet was held this
afternoon at which the following execu-
tive order was adopted:
To the People of the United States.
The death OF Rutherford B. Hayes, who was
President of the United States from March 4,
1877, to March 4, 1881, at his home in Ire
mont, Ohio. at IL p. m. yesterday is an event
the announcement of of which Will be received
v WITH very general ana very sincere sorrow HIS
over wide range of official dnty. He was a
patriotic citizen, lover of our flag and onr free
civil officer. a soldier of dauntless courage a
loyal comrade and friend, a sympathetic and
helpful neIghbor, the honored head Of happy
Christian home. He has steadily grown in
public esteem and the impartial historian will
not fail to recognize the conscientiousness,
manliness and courage which so strongly
characterized his whole public career.
ed that the Executive Mansion and tae several
executive departments in Washington be
draped IN mourning and the flags thereon
and that on the day of the funeral all public
business in the departments be suspended.
Suitable military and naval honors under orders
of the secretaries o the war and navy will be
rendered on that day.
BENJAMIN HARRISON. 3
The President has expressed regret at
not being able to attend the funeral in
person. He expressed the wish that he
should be represented by some of his
official associates. 1t was determined
that Secretary Charles Foster, Secretary
Noble, Secretary Rusk and Postmaster
General Wanamaker, should proceed to
Fremont as representatives of the Presi-
dent.
Eulogies in the House.
Mr.. Haynes, of Ohio, who represents
the town and district in which ex-P Presi-
dent Hayes formerly lived, and which he
once represented on the floor of the
House, announced in feeling language
the intelligence Of the death Of the ex
President. and eulogized him as citizen,
soldier and statesman.
Mr.. O'Neil, of Pennsylvania, who
served with Mr.. Hayes in the 39th Con-
gress spoke in the highest terms of the
ability and fidelity of the deceased and
mingled his tears with those of the
bereaved family.
J. d. Taylor and Enoch S. Outhwaith
of Ohio paid loving tribute to the charac-
ter of the late ex-President, Mr.. Curtis
Of New York added his need of heart
felt sorrow. After further remarks by
Messrs. Storer, Owens, Doane, Holman
and Pattison, the House as a mark of
respect to the memory of the deceased
adjourned.
Action of the Senate.
WASHINGTON, Jan ary 1S.-As soon as
the journal of yesterday was read in the
Senate, Mr.. Sherman arose and said:
Mr.. President-lt becomes my painful
duty to announce to the Senate the
death of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, at
his residence in Fremont, Ohio, last eve
ming, at II o'clock. By the usage of the
Senate heretofore when distinguished
persons who have been President of the
United States have died during the ses-
Ii e. I 1.