New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-19

nj his official associates. u was thcreupoR deter
mined that secretary Charles Foster, of the Treasury
secretary Noble secretary Risk ana P0s'm~s'er'"ch
cral Wanamakcr should proceed to Fremont Us 'ne
representatives. OF the President The War Depart
mcnt Will be represented at the funeral 10y General
ircckinridge. Inspector general; Colonel C"rD'h ana
colonel Rugglcs assistant adiuant general, and Colo
mel Ludingtop assistant quartermaser general lhe
Navy Department has Designated captain Hover" anu
Commanders Dickens and Houston t" represent IL al
the tUneIa- They left Washington Tor Fremont 10
nignt.
Attorney General Miller called the attention OF the
Supreme Court to the death and said:
1T Is my painful duty 10 announce to the
court the death Of Rutherford j. Hayes cXPreSidcnt
OF the United states, at his home in Fremont. oio
after n brief Illness. At the ripe age OF ti'te'corc
years and ten this eminent public servant last night
Ii,sscd from the life that now Is Into the lie here
after. This is not the time for cuogy. vet am con
strained to say that in his death the country has lost
who good citizen. good soldier. goou
President and above all good man,
The Chief Justice responded The Court receives
the announcement OF the death OF eNPreSdcn Hayes
with the ssnsbllity due to his eminent pablo services
and private virtue: nrd mark % respect to his
memory will now adjourn mill 10 morrow nj the usual
hour"
While the knowledge OF OK President Hayes serious
Illness had somewhat prepared the senators ana Repre-
scntatives for the sad news OF his DEATH SUI IL came
with q shock TO many OF those who had known MN
intimately and hopeful OF his ability to resist
this last attack. The senators who came carly 10 the
Capitol tbs morning conferred together and. looking
up prccedcnts-the last being the death OF cXfrcsi
dent Monroe decided that the senate should adjourn
Immediately after reading the Journal H. token
Of respect for the deceased and this decision was car
risd out. AS the journal OF yesterday was
rad Mr. sherman and said
Mr. President, II becomes my painful duty TO an
nounce TO the senate the death OF Rutherford Bur
chard Hayes. at his residence in Fremont OHIO, last
evening at IL O'Clock. BY the usage ~ the senate
heretofore. when distinguished persons who have been
President of the United states have died during the scs
sion OF the senate, that fact ha, been formally noted
ExPresdcnt Hayes held high and important posi-
lions during his life. having been member Of Con
cress a gallant and distinguished Union soldier dur
Ing the war, three times Governor OF the state oI
Ohio and President Of the United States. lie was
man OF unblemlshcd character. against whom no
word Of reproach could be uttered Personally
knew him well and feel personal sense OF sorrow
that he l. taken from lie was man OF great
nbilty-giratcr than he sometimes displayed IN MS
public actOns-because he was always hones'' a"aSS
courteous and kind to every person who approached
him. always generous TO friend and foe. lie hau
no sympathy with hatred or malice. therefore
simply make the motion which Is usual on such oc
Caslons that the Senate do now ADJOURN III Fespc'' W
the memory of the deceased"
Tho motion was agreed TO-. and the Senate adjourned
til tomorrow.
senator sherman was perhaps more intimately as
sociacd with ex-President Hayes than any o'her
senator. and as a member of his Cabinet was also
officially associated with his Administration lie was
deeply moved and after the Senate had adjourned he
said
Il knew him as we'll. perhaps. rs any one man can
know another He wa, always fair and just to irehu
and foe and sometimes failed TO say no wheh /"
woud have been better for him 10 lave ooh" So
iecau>e of his disposition 10 oblige every one IN"
houth should feel profoundly grateful TO him Tor WIN
er,,o couroce be extended TO the white men OF that
..c,,on an opportunity 10 rcorganze their states III
, Time when they had been bitterly unjust 10 im
The death of cx-Pr"sident Hayes comes ID me "Nc
sudden blow. expected him to become MY s'eS' q"
the Inauguration of the incoming President. 'c 81
,ainIv had no expectation of death and m'd' ar'hI
m,nts for the future with confidence ana V''oIl"'
.s r,,i 7 be,ieve that he was as well prepared Tor
death "a uman nature will permit any OF Us 10 w.
Senator Br.ce spoke very fcelngly OF MI ii"''s
whom, lie knew well. al WILL at tue proper NM
sojd he "pay my tribute to the worm Vi "r' my
~ man n citizen ard public Official. As u
Democrat I criticized with iDuch neat 'l'" e.'''
feeling the conduct and course OF afairs pS "m'''
IN 1870 and 1877 he became President, anu ha'o
ever since felt a deep sense OF wrong at the o"'oo'
the warmth and kindness. the Hairncs' "'" ~
,osx ~ tho OK President was such that was never
able 10 feel any sense OF resentment at''", W
Ind
u,ona OF his record his bravery and ability as so'
dior HE noble and faithful service as member oil
onrrc-. his digniRed judicous and satisfactory haha
ling NJ affairs rs Governor OF oho ana Vi NJ
temperate management Of his ADMINISTRATION aS IT'S,
dan, an Administration which can 10" sec so'"''''
the asperi,ies growing out OF tho civil war; ""u
led 10 that perfect union me o'e''"o "a
are now enjoying -.
The House also adjourned out OF respect TO inc
memory OF the ex President. Among few extreme
Democrats .herc at first some lax OF i'9'"'"'o
In the motion, but 1t subsidized as soon rs 'h' ''e''
who INDUCED In 1t discovered that thcir ae"u"e"'s
roro shared by onIy an insignificant number OF mem
hers and that opposition on Their part "o"'u "o'
only be futile but make them worse 'hah f''''"''"'
Tho ,rn,h Is now freely acknowledged by mos' VI
the Democrats In Congress that Mr. Hayes was i''h
and honestly elected President OF the 'ni'ed H'"e
a truth which many Of them dehicd hio'u ''''
ago. Moreover. they are now ready an" WHINE
acknowledge that his Administration was one OF me
ahcs, cleanest ard strongest IN the history VI Wv,
country II there wac The hint Of ai>eua nm " uo,
10 tho speecb OF any Democrat 10 day, u was no.
Inspired BY personal III WILL nor by oonD n A.
he PATRIOTISM or prcby Of the late iresdent.
A Sas from ohio and the four Demo.
Gratis from that state Who spoke ESa VIII. wrS np"n
;;eppsra HAYES as patriot statesman as pri;
vse citizen and as Sns Shnc heerc the Io",e
Is Democrat who had been ncghbor; ir,eh1 o anu
fellow d General ia 1 aeon for Iec %aEy Wmic
Colonel I HAYNES is not orator his speech toaa Gay
80 alignment In its sincerity and caihesthcss' ana
81 rrtravai Of the life and character Of the DEAD en-
commanded the eoH a'te nf D 81 '"e oSna
I,eynes was himself a gallant Union soldier ana nc
naturally dwelt with s..lderly pride upon General ld
iIaves,s disnguis he'd military career well as upon
IDS civic virtues. Mr.. tuthwalte another ono i
democrat paid hIic 9nt eloquent 'rs so aid % two
other ohio Democrats Captain Owens and Mr.: Pa1 oy
con Tho latter who closed the debate spoke OK ten
crs, HAYES as an active and devoted Christian" MOI
n mere church member, but as man whose daiy
walk and conversation were giided BY me 'r"e
The Ohio Republicans who spoke wore Messr~. J.
II roylor En- )cl Storcr and Doane and their speeches
re,e All marked BY earnesness and sincerity when
shnwed that tey realize the loss which the state as
hos