The times., 1899-01-16
AT Mr.. DINGLEY'S bier
Ceremonies Today in the
House of Representatives.
An OFFICIAL FUNERAL
The President and cabinet to he
present-Thc Diplomatic Corps
VIII lie Well Represented-Ser-
vices by Rev. =. VI. Newman ana
Chaplain Couden-Morc Messages

funeral of Representative Dingley impress
sive in its simple majesty today. Especial
ly will any noise or confusion in the House
be guarded against. Admission to the gal
Ieries will be only by card, TWO Of these
only being allowed TO each senator and rep
-resentative.
At about . O'Clock the joint committee
of the Senate and House will go 10 the
Hamilton and will escort the remains to
the Capitol. where il will be placed before
the Speakers rostrum. At noon the serV-
ices will take place. They will be con-
Quoted by the Rev. 5. NJ Newman, pastor
OF the First Congregational Church, and
by the Rev. Or. Couden, chaplain OF the
House.
The funeral Will be official and the Pres
ident. members of the Cabinet and many
diplomats are expected to be present No
change in the Washington arrangements
were made yesterday.
1t was decided yesterday that the cere-
monies in Lewiston should be public and
official. The body will lie in state therG
for several hours and will be viewed by
the governor and by delegations from the
legislature and from various towns
throughout the State.
Few important kilograms were received
yesterday nearly all the friends of the
dead statesman having already offered their
condolences TO his family. Mr.. Dingley's $
brother, Frank, and his nephew arrived
yesterday and will accompany the body
back TO Maine.
1t is a somewhat curious coincidence
that the chairmen of both the revenue pro-
ducing committees of Congress should
pass away within a few days of each other.
Senator Morrill, at the head of the
Finance Committee of the Senate, and
Representative Dingley, at the head OF the
similar Ways and Means Committee in the
House have followed each other TO the
grave with but a short interval between;
one after forty-four years and the ether
after eighteen years of national service.
Morrill, came 10 the head OF the COM
mittee by slow degrees; Dingley reached
il at a bound. When the Democrats car
ried the House In 1890, Reed of course,
retired from the Speakership and II was
necessary TO make a place for him some
where, preferably on the Ways and Means
Committee. But every Republican place
at that board was filled and no room was
found for Reed until Mr.. Dngicy volun-
tarily gave up his place to hiT. The big
man was not ungrateful and when he re-
turned to power he put Ding.ey al tho
head of the committee. When Mckinley
was elected he asked Dingley tC become
his Secretary of the Treasury, but that
gentleman declined. He preferred 10
christen the new tariff law and to go into
history with Walker and Morrill, and vii
son and Mckinley, whose names will live
far longer than those Of any Secretary Of
the Treasury. Who can remembe- the
name of the Secretary OF ten or q dozen
years ago? But the tariff makers are not
forgotten.
There was also another reason why
Dingley declined-a pitiful reason enough
in view of later events He said his health
would not stand it The post of Secre-
tary Of the Treasury is most arduous
one. Windom died, Manning died; every
Secretary except, perhaps, Gage has had TO
pay with his health for the honor of bear
ing the heavy strain OF the management
Of its finances. Dingley was never strong
His voice was weak and he always lived
on the simplest food and took the great
est care CT himself, thus preserving the
spark of life in his frail body Had it
not been for the grip epidemic he might
have lived for many years.
Heartless as ii may seem, people are
already discussing the question OF Mr.
Dingley's successor, both in Congress and
as the Ways and Means chairman. Next
on the committee list stand Payne Dalzell
and Hopkins. in the order named. all men
OF more than the average degree of ability
But the first two are different from Mr.
liked and none hated Dingley, few like
either Payne or DaIzell Both of then
were candidates for the chairTnanship foul
years ago and were placed high on the
committee list to compensate for the re-
fused honor. Hopkins stands third. auC
he is a most loyable man, who always ha!
a good word for everyone. as well a,
being a man of unusual ability.
The Speaker is not restricted in hi,
choice 10 men already on the committee
and has often chosen from outside of it
In that case Sherman. at the hea,
OF Indian Affairs. or Cannon now at III
head Of Appropriations, might well b
chosen.
The chances are that the Speaker viii
choose no oue at present. Barely sevei
weeks of the session remain and the Way
and Means Committee has already decide
that il will attempt no legislation of i'm
portance during the remainder OF the ses
sion. The belief is that Mr. Reed will le
Payne remain at the head of the commit
tee without any action on his part for III
remainder OF this Congress. Then he wi
feel freer TO chose some other chairma
in the next Congress.
II is argued by members OF the Hous
that il will be difficult 10 find a more al
tentiye chairman than Mr.. Dingley. Da
after day he sat in the House especial
during tariff debates, apparently Oblivion
10 all that w:nt on around him. The
some one would say something that re
quired reply and he would rise to his fee
and make an answer that showed that h
had not missed word for hours
In the matter OF writing Mr.. Dingle
had peculiarly that made the lives
the Government Printing Office compos
tors j burden 10 them. He would begi
10 write well down on the sheet, leavln
good margin both at the top and side
When he reached the bottom he would fl
the left-hand margin, then the top rao
the right hand margin. until the who
page was one mass of writing which toe
the patience of saint to decpher Viii
the printers personally had a high regai
for the eminent Maine statesman the
language was not always gentle when III,
had 10 decipher the margined sentences.
One OF Mr. Dingley's weaknesses, whiC
is not uncommon with New Englande
was fondness for apples. 4 dish Of IA
fruit was always at hand in his apar
ments at the Hamilton, as it was at h
home in Lewiston. Me. when he vi
there. IL should be remembered that III
Is the fruit of New Eng and. par exec
lence, and that boys learn to thrive on
from the time they are first turned loo
in the excellent orchards that are Il
pride Of every New England State. In Il
rural regions apples are set before visito
as treat, and great apple eater is
colloquial term used of person who
very fond of apples.
Some well educated people especial
among the women OF the country, knC
little and care less about politics. Duri
the tariff debate there was party of tou
lists here from Boston, and their conduct,
in showing them the sights of the Capt.