Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-22
FUNERAL PLANS COMPLETED
President and All the Members of HIS
20 Cabinet viii Attend in
n Body.

WASHINGTON Nov. 21.-Vice President
Hobart's funeral on Saturday will be at
tended by the president and his cabinet, the
supreme court, the senate in body and a
large committee from the house of repre-
sentatives, besides many other high digni-
taries of the government who will journey
to Paterson to pay their last tribute OF re-
spect to the memory of the vice president.
Every senator has been invited to be pres
ent and the senate will meet at the Fifth
Avenue hotel in New York at II o'clock and
thence travel in body to Paterson
Sergeant at Arms Bright has engaged a
special train to convey the precedent and
his cabinet and the United States supreme
court to Paterson. The train will leave
Washington over the Pennsylvania railroad
at o'clock Saturday and will arrive on
the return at II p. m. Chief Justice Fuller
was not in the city today and in his absence
no one could say whether the court would
be able to attend the funeral in body; the
officials of that tribunal generally expressed
themselves as confident that it would do so.
Owing to the fact that the house of rep
resentatives is without speaker, no ar
rangements with reference to the house
committee were made today General Hen
herson. who will be the next speaker, tele-
BTap0eu TO MAJOR MCDOWSll, tue icih VI INC
house, at his home at Sharon, Pa, and
Major Mcdowell is expected here tomorrow.
Upon his arrival he will consult General
Henderson and other representatives who
are in the city and committee will be ap-
pointed to attend the funeral.
Recalls Death of Hendricks.
The death of Vice President Hobart natur-
ally recalls the death of, Vice President Hen
bricks, who suddenly expired with paralysis
OF the heart November 25,. 1885, At the
time the question of the succession to the
presidency had not been settled by law, al
though Senator Hoars bill, providing for
tho presidential succession through the cab
inet had been submitted on z December 4,
1888 and had remained unacted upon.
The news of Mr.. Hendricks death was
received in Washington late on the after
noon of November %. President Cleveland
was at dinner when the news was brought
to him by Secretary Lamont. Notices were
sent at once to all members of the cabinet
and q special cabinet meeting was held that
night President Cleveland's first act was
to dispatch a telegram of coincidence to
Mrs Hendricks, after which proclamation
was prepared, making an official announce
ment of the vice presidents death to the
public and establishing usage which was
followed today by President Mckinley.
On the morning following Mr.. Hendricks
death a meeting of such members of the
house and senate as were in town was held
at the capitol and committees from both
legislative branches were appointed to at
tend the funeral services, which were held
in Indianapolis on the Tuesday following.
Nine members were appointed on the house
committee and the unusual number of thir-
teen from the senate.
President Cleveland at first expressed his
intention of attending the funeral, but there
was an immediate protest among his advis-
ere. seconded by the press of both parties,
against his subjecting himself to even the
slight possibilities of an accident incident
to travel at time when there was no pro-
vision for successor in his office and when
his death might, have entailed serious con-
sequences.
After some days the president deferred to
the advice of his friends and remained in
Washington. The cabinet, however, attended
the funeral in a body and the supreme court
adjourned until after the service Pending
the presidents decision to not go to Indian
apolis, the most elaborate preparations We're
made by the railroad officials for the safe
guarding of his train in case the journey
had been made, special track walkers, pilot
engines and the like being detailed to insure
the safety of the whole route.
The vice president was in Indianapolis at
the time of his death and through singular