Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-04-05

women and the plaudits of the people
for her firm stand against the CON
gressional spree and vulgar demonstra-
tions of gutter snipes in high places.
She honored herself, and honored
her sex. in honoring the memory of her
husband Ly thus forbidding the pres
ence of a congressional committee at
the funeral.
1t would require great deal of time
to examine the books of the senate and
house of representatives, in order to
secure the statistics concerning the
cost of all congressional funerals. But
in a speech on this subject, delivered
in December, 1895, Senator PETER, OF
Kansas, gave some statistics which had
been carefully compiled, and from that
official utterauce the following facts
are gathered:
The first congressional funeral was
that of Senator Gaillard, of South Caro-
lima, which occurred February 26, 1926,
at an expense OF $s77.44. Twenty-four
senator's had previously died, and the
congress had lot paid their expenses
of interment. Read how the expenses
increased from time to time in the fol-
lowing funerals of senators:
John Fairfield, of Maine, December "a.
1877, $1,07225
Chester Ashley, Arkansas, April %, 1913,
S1,5O5.42.
John C. Calhoun, South Carolina, March
81 1850 $3,1O647
Henry Clay, Kentucky, June 90 1852, s5.-
HOP.
Solomon Foot, Vermont, March 2s, 1866
$4,399.5 81.
Charles Sumner, Massachusetts,, March
II, 1874, "a, ,GS7. so.
Matthew H. Carpenter, Wisconsin, Febru-
ary a. 1881 $3,0l2.34.
John F. Miller California, March s, 1885,
s3, 532. "a.
George Hearst. California, February %,
1891, 81 1925
just look at the difference in the cost
of the funerals of the two California
senator's. The funeral of Senator Mil
Ter cost 1882 34 The funeral of SEN
ator Hearst cos $2l ,322.55. The same
distance was traversed, and the eX-
penses should not have been very diff
ferent. Senator Hearst was popular
man, and ii good man in many respects.
If he could have had anything to say
in the matter his funeral would not
have been a three weeks iunket for
senator's, representatives and favorite
employees, twice across the continent,
i'll the course of which upwards of $15,-
coo should be expended for champagne,
cigars and luxurious banqueting. He
was a proud man. and rich man, who
would rather have paid all expenses
himself, even though they had been
twice as large, than to have had his
name recorded as it is in this manner
Some of those who disgraced his MEM
DRY in this manner still hold public
places.
This is but & brief presentation of
facts; only a partial culling of incl
Gents from Il vast accumulation of in.
ciderts of this nature. The people do
not know, and it is just as well that
they do not know. the many ways in
which sheir moneys are wasted. under
various preteNts and devices. But the
disgraceful funeral iunkets which have
occurred should be known, at least in
part. in order that the brave stand
taken by the wife of the late congress.
man from New York may the better be
understood ana the more fully appre.
ciated.
without redundancy, but for the
sake of emphasis. the statement may
be repeated that this good woman has
honored herself, honored the memory
of her husband, and honored her sex,
as well as rendered service to her colln-
try, by refusing to permit IA recurrence
of revolving scandal on the occasion
of the closing of the grave over the
body of her beloved.
SMITH d. TRY.