The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-12-15
He lntones DirefuI Dirge About the Fune-
raj Expenses for Deceased Statesmen.
4 RkATlNG DEMAGoGUE'S VApOUlNGs,
Werc All Senators of His IlIs Funerals
should be Strictly Privatc-Gniu-
shn Crows Pertinent Story Anent
the Barrett Impeachment Resoiu.
sion Senate Programme.
Especial Corresponence)
Eirginian Bureau,
washington, Dec. ii.

The bold embodiment of Senatorial
menducity which finds expression In
the unsuppressible Peffer. of Kansas.
has cropped out in new place, ana
this time he chants q dircful dirge
about the expenses attending the burial
OF the statesmen who die while clad in
Senatorial togas, and while engaged in
the daily duties for which they are Sc
lected.
Since the foundation of the Govern
ment there have been 107 such deaths,
an average of less than one per year.
| witnessed the funeral proceedings i'll
the Senate Chamber oyer the remains
of the late Senator Vance, of North Car
olna The President and his Cabinet
We're there, the members of the supreme
Court clad in their black silken robes
the diplomatic corps and the Senators
and Representatives combined to make
memorable and imposing occasion
The galleries We're throngcd with friends
and admirers OF the Iamented Senator.
II was u grand, sad scene. In front of
the Nicc-President's desk the casket
rested, covered with the rnrcst roses
that friendship ever places upon the
honorcd dead. The candles iliCkered in
the perfume ladcned air and the low
chant Of the priest alone broke the
silence that seals the lips of the null
titude in the awful presence of death
II was an imposing hour. Il right and
n worthy tribute paid BY II great ma
ton TO one of her own sons. With state
~ step tho cortcge left the Capitol fol-
lowed by Il. committee of his peers ana
colleagues and with tender hands his
mortal remains We're laid to rest be-
meath the whispering pines of his native
State.
Now comes this rantinC dcmnCogle
bearded like the pard prating about the
triflng sum of $4,000 to $1,000 that n
country spends when relentless Time
swings his ineXorablc sycthc in among
this ranks Of those whose wisdom and
cNDpTlpncn. Wnncn nd
are dedicated 10 the best service of the
nation.
Were ell the Senators like .Poffer
we might checrfu!ly say: LET the
funerals be as private as possible" but
happily there are those whom the coun-
try delighted 10 honor in life and revere
in death. When Pefer goes. as even
people like him do after Il while, It is
safe TO say there will be no clamoring
among the Senators to serve as escort
and it would be fitting to let the Ser
gcant-at-Arms hurry along with the cof-
lin and put II quickly into the only
safe cyclone cellars that dot the with
cred wastes of Kansas.
Hon. GnlUsin A. Grow.
The Hon. Galusha y. Grow first took
a seat in Congress forty-four years
ago this December, being then i'm his
twenty-cighth year. He was elected
Speaker of the House on the 4th of
July, 1851, the Thirty seventh Congress.
a few days ago, when the Bnyard
resolutions We're being discussrd by
MI. barrett, who was charging the
Ambassador with having spoken con-
temptuously and In disparag cement of
his countrymen before Il foreign au-
dlencc. and In his capacity as an Am
hassador. MIR. Grow arose In the House
ana asked permission to recitc Il case
which he considered pertinent and
this was his story: I'm 1851, at the be-
ginning of the war. Mr.. Charles Fran
els Adams was the American minister
TO the Court OF st. James One even
ing he chanced TO find himself i'm n
company of very distinguished Eng
hshmen, nearly all of whom were In
sympathy with the Confederate cause.
The fortunes of war up to that time
had been with the Southern soldiers
and one of the assembled company
with view of annoying Mr. Adams.
said to him, Mr.. Adams, / have OBJ
served that these Contederates are do
ing some splendid lighting
Mr.. Adams quickly replied, Yes. sir,
they are capable of it. They. sir, are
my countrymen."
Mr.. Grow took his seat amid the en-
thusiastlc applause of the Republi-
cans, who are still congratulatinG the
venerable congressman upon his apt and
timely Interpolation.
The Senate Programme.
There is scarcely any longer n aues-
the discussion lately indulged In re-
garding the reorganization of the SEN
ate. The Finance Committee will be
enlarged to thirteen members eight
Of whom will be free silver advocates
and the remaining five stand for somnd
money. This Is n sop thrown to the
Popullsts and for this alleged great and
good boom they have agreed to vote
once or twice for some candidates OF
their own. and then leave the old par
ties to fight 1t out which. as there are
AZ Republicans and 80 Democrats, will
be OF short duration. The Democrats
or great many Of them are not in the
Feast unwilling that this should be
done. as they say the Finance Com
mittee will surely bring in ii free coin
age bin and pass 1t through the Senate,
and thus place the Republicans in the
attitude of endorsing the measure.
should such n bill even pass the Sen
ate It would by no means be certain
OF success in the House. but would he
SIRE of q veto when 1t reached the
White House. In the enlargement of
the Finance Committee Senator Daniel,
OF Virginia, is slated for u place upon
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