Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-10-24

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were appointed a committee to make
arrangements for the funeral. Mr-
/ Fillmore being iii the city as presiding
officer of the SENATE. WIS swern in in
| the presence of the two houses OF con
gress.
| On July IS the funeral took place. and
the same military companies from Bal
timore and elsewhere came here TO at
! tend, and additional companies came
from Maryland and Richmond and
| North Carolina: United States artillery
from Fort McHenry. the Ridgeley and
Ringgold Flying artillery. under COM
mand of Captain (afterward generaD
Sedgwick. The battery remained here
some days after the funeral and at
tracted crowds at their drills on the
Mail The display was a very iarge
and fine one. General Scott was mar
shaI-in-chief. Richard Wallack mar
shall of the District, With numerous
aids. had charge of the civic proc= ion
and of all whose names appear but
five remain today. namely, Walter D.
Davidge, A. S. H. White. General Peter
F. Bacon. Colonel James C. Berrit and
myself.
Looking over the names of pail
bearers. and, indeed, of all the officials
not one is alive today. The pailbear-
ers were Mr. Clay. Gnerai Cass. John
Mcpherson Berrian, Robert c. Win
throp. Hugh L. White. Governor Nc
Dowel1 of Virginia George W. z. Gus
tbs. Chief Justice Cranch. Major Gem
eral Jessup Colonel Thomas H Benton.
Daniel Webster Truman Smith, Lynn
Boyd of Kentucky. Commodore Bal
lard. Sam F. Vinton of Ohio. Isaac E.
Holmes of South Carolina, Robert j
Walker Joseph Gales, Major General
Gibson and General Henderson. Of
those who paid tributes to the departed
hero in the house of representatives
not one remains: Colonel E. d. Baker
of Illinois. Bayly of Virginia. John A
King of New York. Charles Conrad of
Louisiana. Robert NJ. Lane of Mary
land. Humphrey Marshall of Kentucky,
Governor Mcdowell of Virginia, Bis
sell of Illinois, Breck of Kentucky
CabeH of Florida. Kerr of Maryland,
Stanley of North Carolina, jacob
Thompson of Mississippi and Little
field of Maine.
In the procession rode Mrs. AleXan-
der Hamilton. accompanied by her
daughter. Mrs. Haley. and General
Walter Jones. The papers of the day
noticed as a conspicuous feature in the
funeral train "Old Whitley following
Denl1f1 MS ueclu master. " NOM ne l-eNtt
borne so often in battle. General Tay
lOr's brother, Colonel Taylor Major
Bliss. and DR. Wood represented the
family of the deceased president. The
crowd that filled the city was so great
that some of the visiting military en-
in the judiciary square and
others in the patent office square, not
then wholly occupied.
*&*%
I read in q recent ISSUE of the Sunday
Post an account of the death OF Edgar
A. Poe. 1 am familiar with the facts
stated. At that time dS4S) there could
have been no registry in Baltimore. for
on the eve of an election 'Coops.' as
hey We're called. were prepared in diff
terent localities. and men drunk on the
street were grabbed" up and cor /
allied" like the press gangs of old. III /
-hese ''coops, where they were kept |
drunk or drugged.
Edgar \. Poe was caught by one OF |
hese gangs and carried. as I under /
stood. at the time. to a coop in the /
ear OF tavern in old town kept by /
Ned Peterbridge, a famed political re- !
;ort in those days. when the contending /
political parties were WING and demo- 1
ratio. and from these "coops'' they /
ere Idheu Oh TIE liiOA lAAlAe7 VI N-NNNAC-A
md voted early and often Thus, /
While obIivious of his surroundings.
anne to death the great poet and ge-
illus of his age. I was in Baltimore at
he time. and it was generally known
hat Edgar a. Poe's death occurred as
tated. | had gone to Baltimore with
richard Wallack. who was president of
he Rough and Ready Club Walter
4enox and Harry Winter escorting to
be polls some negligent voters, whose
interest in politics required to be slim
lated.
The nomination of General Taylor
as brought about by just such enthu-
iasm over his victory at Buena Vista,
s today is witnessed for Admiral
Dewey 1t was doubted if he We're
-hig, or if he would accept a nomina-
ION. but his politics We're Youched for
Y his brother ColoneI Taylor, and MI.
rittenden. There was some opposition
-or1 the friends of Mr.. Clay and Mr..
Webster Mr. Clay said 1T was
ominatfon not fit to be made and
II. Webster said General Taylor was
a hard, swearing frontier colonel
9TH however, supported him ardently
hen the canvass opened The politi-
al contests in those days were very
liter and ardent. I remember in 1913
telegram came from Colonel STAN
ough a prominent and influential
emocrat. from Lancaster. in reply to
le sent him from here inquiring of the
kelly result. His answer was Very
Don't give majority,
10 much uncertainty, the wings are :
,bbing the cradles and the graves -
,hn F. Coyle in Washington Post.
ORIGIN Atty