Evening star., 1898-12-29
THE DEAD senate r
Departments Ordered Closed at IL o'clock
the Day of the Funeral.
callers and Messages Of Condolences
Gossip as to His Successor
in the Senate.

There was a continuous stream of call
ers at the home of the late Senator Morrill,
today. and letters and kilograms of con-
doience continue to arrive for members of
his family.
The President has ordered that the ax-
ecutive departments and the government
printing office be closed al II o'clock next
Saturday out of respect to the memory of
the late Senator Morrill,. whose funeral
will take place at noon that day.
The Succession Gossip.
A Vermont man who called at the White
House today said that much of the talk
of a successor to Senator Morrill, showed
ignorance of Vermont politics. He said
that ever since Vermont was admitted to
statehood there has been an unwritten law
that the Green mountains shall divide the
state in the selection of senators, and that
the law has never been violated. Senator
Morrill, was from the east side of the
mountains and his successor will come from
there unless all tradition is broken. This
disposes of the talk of several well-known
NermonterS who live on the west side.
Seward Webb and Representative Powers
have been spoken of as being favorites in
the race. Both of these men live on the
west side of the state and the only hope
they can have is to some day step into
Senator Proctors shoes. The men most
talked of who live on the east side are
Representative GrOut, Ex-Governor Grout
and Ex-Governor Dillingham;. The legisla-
ture does not meet until October 1900, and
Governor Smith will have to appoint a sue
cessor for two years. Whether he will
appoint either of the men spoken of will
have to be determined. If the fight be-
comes too hot he may confer the two
years honor upon some man who will not
be a candidate before the Legislature, and
who would appreciate a temporary seat in
the Senate. MIR. Telfair, wealthy citizen
of Montpelier, Is mentioned as such per-
son. He would not become candidate
after serving out the time of his appoint
ment.
Congressional Funeral Committees.
The Vice President and Speaker Reed
have announced the names of committees
of their respective houses to accompany
the remains of Senator Morrill, to Vermont.
The Vice President has telegraphed that he
will be here to attend the funeral in the
Senate chamber.
The committee of senators named by the
Vice President consists of Messrs. Proctor,
Allison, Cockrel, Hoar, Morgan. German,
Cuiiom, Vest, J. P. Jones, Turpie, Aldrich,
Gray Chandler. Faulkner. Fairbanks. VOL
colt. The House committee announced by
Speaker Reed follows: Representatives
Grout, Powers, Hit. Dngley, Mccall,
Grow, Bankhead, Catchings Richardson,
Foss and Joseph Wheeler.
The Funeral Train.
The special train which will bear the re-
mains to Vermont will consist of three
cars. From Jersey City the train will go
north via the New York, New Haven and
Hartford railway to Montpelier, where an
honorary escort will meet the train. The
remains will be taken to cemetery there
and placed in a vault pending removal to
the mausoleum now under construction at
STAFFORD, VT, their final resting place. A
number of other senators and representa-
tives besides the regularly appointed com
mittees expect TO go on the funeral train.