Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-26
NATION IN DEEP MOURNING
Impressive Funeral Service Over Remains Of
Late Vice President.
OMIT ALL OFFICIAL PoMp AND DISPLAY
President and Cabinet and Great
Array of Distinguished Pcrson-
ages i'm Northumberland
beautifully Decorated.

PATERSON, N. j., Nov. 25.-With the i'm
pressive religious services of the Presby-
terian church and with the dignity due to
his hign office, all that is mortal of the vice
president, Garret A. Hobart, was committed
to the earth this afternoon. The president,
Secretary of State John Hay, Chief jus ice
Fuller, former Vice President Levi p. Nor
ton, former Secretary of War Alger, Secre-
tary of the Interior Hitchcock, the supreme
judges, members of the senate, members OF
congress and the vice presidents personal
friends filled the beautiful Church Of the Re-
deemer and with moistened eye and bowed
head testified silently and eloquently to his
worth as a statesman, friend and neghbor
Through the west window from the center
of the stained glass Maltese cross pierced a
shaft of crimson that shed its light around
the catafalque and covered the orchids, mar
clssus blossoms and roses in bright tints. The
eye of the clergyman travelled along the
shaft of light to the cross as he repeated
the words "The Lord gave and the Lord
hath taken away; blessed be the name Of the
Lord"
The chief magistrate Of the country
bowed his head in his hands. He was visibly
q
the crowded edifce, and the widow was, ap-
parently, the, most composed.
All the pomp of an official pageant, which
was omitted in Difference to the wishes Of
the deceased, could never have equaled in
impressiveness the scene in the church.
The imposing and solemn strains of Chopin s
funeral march filed the edifice with its
solemn melody as the casket was borne
,;gl, ~ o1x,,o ~
members of the capitol police and placed
upon the bier prepared for it in front Of
the pulpit. Following it came the pail
bearers. members of the senate. Following
them came the family, the widow and her
son, President Mckinley, the government
digntaries and intimate friends. They all
sat close around the casket.
On every side of it the floral offerings
were banked in a wealth. 4of beauty and
color. The funeral services were opened
by Rev. DR.. Charles S. Shaw, who read a
portion Of Psalms xc, 1-6 and 1912 This
was followed by a selection from Job xiv
1-2 and TIP, and concluded by reading
from the fifteenth chapter of Corinthians
After prayer sixty male voices filled the
church with the beautiful melody of
Nearer, My God, to Thee.
tribute from tne fulD1t.
The sermon was preached by Rev. DR..
David Magic, who said in part
'Tn this day of national calamity and grief
1t is fitting we should come into the house
of God and bow In submission before the
Most High. Garret A. Hobart, the man
whom it learned to trust has fallen in
death.
'If today no warlike sound is heard, none
theless do we know this life was given in
the service of his country and it's last off,
cial duties were done under the very shadow
of death.
"This spirit OF fidelity and courage was his
by inheritence. The blood which flowed in
his veins was from good English stock and
was mingled with the martyr blood of Dutch
and Huguenot ancestors. He would have
been untrue to all his ancestral tendencies
if he had not served the cause of freedom
of education and Of God; the ideals of his
home life under which he was trained were
OF high and holy character. They infiu-
enced and guided his life to its close. Had
he lived as men ordinarily live he might
have reached the limit of four score years
He has died in the ripeness of his powers;
full OF honors, not of years.
"To the president of the United States he
gave true affection, unchanging confidence
and constant support. l may be permitted
to say even in this presence that in private
interviews, speaking of the president, the
words he most frequently used were, He Is
a good man. And / may be permitted to
add that outside this bereaved home there
is am sure. no more sincere mourner than
the president of the United States.
Genial, kindly. hosptable, no one ever
had more friends, no one ever had fewer enc
mics. Indeed 1t may be questioned If he had
an enemy. He made friends and never lost a
friend. And yet he had opinions and ex-
pressed them freely He loved, however, to
say pleasant words and to do kindly acts.
His generosity was unbounded No one can
tell, no one knows the greatness of the kind
deeds he was constantly doing. He was
never too tired for the cheering word nor
too busy to do the kindly things himself.
He must be written down 'as one who loved
his fellow men, 1t is written "A man that
hath friends must show himself friendly
And it is true the poor and lowly feel that
they have lost a friend. 1t can be said of
him those did not know him who did not
know him In his home. Those knew him
best who knew him there The load of bust
ness cares, the worry OF political life were
there, all and all together, laid aside. In
his most happy home he found relief from
every care and carried from it day by day
fresh courage and purpose.
Here where he was best known and loved
he came back to die All that science and
skill and care and love could do was done
in vain"
City in Mourning Garb.
The city wore it's most somber garb today
in mourning All the mills, big business
houses and stores were closed. The munich
pal buildings, banks ard factories looked
gloomy in draperies of black and purple. On
every hand were signs of grief for the loss
Of New Jerseys statesman.
Out of Difference to the wishes OF Mrs
Hobart, there were no visitors this morning
to Carroll Hall, except the immediate rela-
tives of the family.
The body of the vice president rested In
its casket of oak on the catafalque In the
library His right hand rested lightly on
his breast and held bunch of yiolets, placed
there by his widow On the coffin was
bunch of Gala lilies, a sheaf of palm, some
smilax and roses. Around the room were
many floral tributes, conspicuous among
them being several pieces from the White
House conservatory. The coffin lid bore the
inscription: ."1S44-Garret A, Hobart-1S99."
There were never gathered in New Jersey,
and seldom in any part of the United States,
so many mourners OF eminence in the ma
ton. They represented distinct stages OF our