The morning call., 1894-11-02
The Funeral of the Dead
Secretary.
SERVICES HELD IN ALAMEDA.
Rev. w. %. Scudder Pronounces
Eulogy.
HARVEST OF LIFE GARNERED.
The Remains Are Taken to Sacra-
mento TO Be Inferred With
Civic i1onors.
HARVEST OF LIFE GARNERED.

Looking into the pallid upturned face OF
the dead, tremulous voice giving tongue
TO the sorrow he felt, the Rev. w. ID. Scud-
der delivered himself of a most touching
eulogY TO the memory of his deceased
friend. Honorable Edwin Green Waite,
yesterday.
Clad in the cerements of death, encased
in a sable coffin, the dead Secretary of
State was borne to the First Congrega-
tional church. Central avenue and Chest
nut street, Alameda, where the beTeaved
widow and the sorrOwing daughters paid
their last tribute of love 10 the lifeless
clay, surrounded by sympathiZing friends.
Gently the life long companions OF the de-
ceased bore him from the hearse. up the
steps of the sacred edifice and down the
center aisle to the chanceI, the organ
sounding forth a solemn requiem. Around
and upon the cGsKet were palms and ferns
and tender green bamboo. intertwined with
smilax and white and red roses; nOdding
chrysanthemums. the flowers OF autumn,
sweet emblems of the three score and ten
Of the year, nestled modestiy in The banks
of green, while on the casket, tied with a
purple ribbon, was sheaf OF wheat, en-
blematic of the harvest garnered. OF the
fruits of full life gathered in.
And the sunlight of an autumn day
streaming through the tinted panes in the
church windows sAone on the faces of
hundreds who had known and loved the
dead Secretary in life. showed how deep
was their sympathy for the bereayed ones,
and how gentle iheir trust that it was at
the Lords behest and was well. With
Staip cd
beloved widow, the sorrOwing helpmeet of
the honored dead, and his three young
daughters, sat in their grief, desolaIe in
the presence of friends. solaced only in the
thought that they too had shared in the
hours OF JOY OF the life so we'll spent
sadly cOmtorted at the expression of SYM
psthy from all sources.
'And the days of our years are three
score and teD." read the clergyman,
giving expression to the one-hundredth
psalm, and as his voice fell at the last
beautiful word the choir took up the strain
in that grand anthem, at Is Well With
My Soul" and it seemed to all as if the
response was from the silent lips. ut is
well with my SOUL"
I'VE meet here as neighbors and
friends" said the pastor, $50 sorrow for
LUc UtdJu VI d uoiSuUUi anu 1iIouus we
knew him in life, some of you for the past
forty years. my acquaintance having been
only for the past nine years. But in that
time, l can say, think [ have the right to
Judge of the whole. Peaceful. loving,
kind. loyal. fearless, independent. char
acter unsullied-these are some of the
terms in which the press of the State has
been pleased to accord to reviews OF his
4l,ao TF nV,Ia n,
that tell you of a life well spent.
This is hardly the time for me to speak
of bis civic virtues, nor is il hardly neces-
sary. as l understand there is to be a civic
ceremonial, at which his services to the
State must be more ably reviewed than
am able TO review them, but L cannot re-
frain from saying word or two of the
man whom you all knew.
''ln all bis dealings with men. in his in
tercourse with friends, in his family,
toward the public which he so long and
faithfully served. be was always the same
genial, amiable. lovable man. Honest as
the day was long, unpretentious unswerv-
inc 10 his duty, tender hus band, loving
father. AS Secretary of the State of
California be reduced expenses ana placed
the finances of his Office on the basis they
should always have been. He went into
tile Office poor-he came out poor. To use
his own words. L cannot leave my family
worldly goods; there is TOO much distress
Oh every hand, but can leave them good
name
And the record Of that convention
which refused him a denomination. tina,
record of which you read in the last ad.
dress of our dead friend, easily explains
his character Had he boon willing to
irucke, to become the creature of politi
clans, lie would have had no trouble in
getting what he sought He scorned, how.
ever, to seek 1t in such way; and he got
it not. Faithful always to the people, one
of them, lie could not see his way to polit
zeal preferment at their cost"
Turning to the religious lesson in the
death Of such an honored and lovable
character Rev. Mr.. Scudder made touch
ing appeal to all to renew their faith in
the mercy of the son of God, to believe
that in that rather than in professions OF
actions came the hope of salvation.
81 Know That My Redeemer Liveth'
sang tue choir after heartfelt prayer BIZ
the pastor, in which all the congregation
joined. and the casket was once NOR.
borne to the hearse. From the church il
was taken to the undertaking parlors Of
Weaver d Halstead and placed on the
train for Sacramento at 4 o'clock, ac.
companied by the widow and orphaned
daughters.
AT the State capital to-day the body vii
lie in state, afterward to be Inferred witt
the highest civic honors.
The palI-bearers. all warm friends of
the deceased, were: a. J. Robinson
&. l.. Birkmaier, E. j. Dodge.
Colby Collins. Charles Elliott and d
G. Daniels. Among the State officials
who came from Sacramento to attend
the funeral were: Justice McFarlane of
the Supreme Court; E. 2. Colgan, Stat,
Controller. ana j. r. Hebron and L. C
Moreho use Of the State Board of Equal