The herald., 1893-01-28
GLOOM AT THE CAPITOL.
Both Houses OF Congress Adjourned II
Respect to Blaine.

Both Houses OF Congress Adjourned in
| Respect to Blaine.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-The senate met
at noon with gloom, which the intelli-
gence of Blaine's death an hour before
naturally cast over the body and even
the capitol. The sad event was appro-
priately mentioned in the opening
prayer of Chaplain Butler. As soon as
the reading of yesterdays journal was
completed, Hale arose and announced
Blaine's death. He said: "We are again
summoned into the presence of death.
A very great man has passed
from the earth. His long ILL
ness in some measure prepared us
for the news, but the dread event will
carry sadness and mourning throughout
all the United States and will awaken
interest wherever civilized man lives on
the face of the globe. This is no time
or place for me to speak in detail of his
distinguished public life. I do not
think there is one senator here who
would not deem 1t fitting that we make
9 precedent at this time, and although
Blaine was at the time OF his death
private citizen, that this body take an
immediate adjournment"
Cockrell (Dem.) of Missouri made q
formal motion for an adjournment. The
vice-president put the motion and de-
clared the senate adjourned until tomor-
row.
THE HOUSE SHOWS IT'S RESPECT.
In the opening prayer OF the house the
chaplain referred to the death of Blaine
in feeling and sympathetic terms. Then
amid profound silence Milliken (Rep.)
OF Maine, who represents Blaine's old
district, rose and said: 1T becomes nv
sad duty to announce to the house the
death OF James g.. Blaine. Blaine for
Ia years was prominent and leading
member of the house. Every position
ne held he gilded with the light of gen
lus, and he has given to the public SER
vice for generation such devotion and
such industry and such labor as has
brought him to death today. 1 do not
doubt that every member of the house
will be glad to pay him a tribute of
respect by adjournment"
Holman Dem.) of Indiana said "The
death OF James g. Blaine will profound
ly impress the eensibilities of the
country. Great in statesmanship
known not only to our own country, but
to the statesmen of the world; and not
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illustrated the value of free institutions,
but beyond that he was great in the field
of literature. As the historian of the
grandest epoch in the history of the
world, he did his work well. 1t would
seem, Mr.. Speaker, to be eminently
proper and fitting with the announce
ment of his death, here on the theater
of his greatest achievements, that the
house, out of respect to his memory,
should adjourn"
The motion was agreed to and the
house adjourned.
THE RAvAGEs OF TIME.
The ravages of time on the vicissi-
tudes of political life are strongly &C.
centuated by the fact that in house
composed of 1872 members, today there
are but IL members who served in the
house with Blaine in the 44th or prior
congresses. Holman, O'Neill of Penn
sylvania, Harmer, Hooker, Blount, Bur-
rows, Springer, Forney. Culberson,
Bland, Henderson of Illinois and
Ketchum.
"But seven of those who served with
Blaine in the senate are remaining.
They are Senators Allison, Cockrell,
German, Mitchell, Morrill, and Ransom.
Hale, the junior, senator from Maine,
who perhaps stood nearer to Blaine than
any other man in Washington, was too
greatly moved by the personal sorrow
that came to him to express his views
concerning the life and work of the great
party leader.
The acquaintance of Frye, the senior
Maine senator, with Blaine was of very
long standing. He said: ''I was mem
ber of the Maine legislature when Blaine
was speaker of the Maine house, and I
have been closely connected with him
ever since. 1 think he was the most
brilliant man ever knew"