The Washington times., 1901-09-19
THE CONGRESSIONAL PAR Y.
Starting of the Two Trains for the
FunernI at Canton.

| panied by few other distinguishes
guests left Washington yesterday after
| noon for Canton. Ohio. TO attend the fun
eral services over the remains of the iat'
President Mckinley in his home city. Th'
delegation of legislators left the city Owe
the Pennsylvania system in train run il
two sections. the first for Senators ant
the second for Repre-
The Senatorial train. consisting of three
sleeping cars. Alimeta, Dumas and Car
| tonia. dining car, and the combination
car Achilles, pulled out of the Sixth Street
| depot on its sad journey to the home of the
McKinleys. at 4:5O o'clock. 1t was fol
| lowed ten minutes later by the long trair
| bearing members of the House of Repre-
sentatives.
The second section consisted of ter
coaches. seven sleepers. the NADIA, Yaqui
Rhine Thalia. Chieftain. Corinthian
Spartan. dining car and two combination
parlor cars, the Admission and th6
Brutus. II was drawn by one OF
the most powerful locomotives op-
Grated by the railroad company. Ir
coach A, the Admission was ex-Speaker
Henderson. accompanied by his messenger
Henry Neal. and party of prominent
, members of the lower branch of Congress
Governor Shaw of Iowa and Governor
| Van SAINT rf Michigan were also in the
group>of prominent people upon the train
| They were the only State representatives
| who left Washington for the funeral OBJ
! sequies attending the burial of President
| Mckinley. The party will arrive in Can
ton at 1890 O'Clock this morning, and viii
| leave in time to arrive here Friday morn
| ing
Among the Senators who left on the
first section were Allison. Clapp
| Cockrell. Cullom. Deboe, Dillingham;, Ell
kins, Foraker. Harris, Hdtfeld, McComas
McCumber. McLaurin, Mallory, Mason,
Money, Nelsen Pritchard. Scott, Sim
mons and Tiliman.
A number of other Senators who were
in the city yesterday signified their in
tention- iat the last moment of going to
Canton and the train was comfortably
filed when the departure from Washing
ton was made. Senator Hanna accom-
panied the train bearing the remains OF
President Mckinley to Canton on Tues
day night. Senator Clark of Montana,
General Miles, and ]. ]. Hill, President
of the Northern Pacific Railroad, joined
the party in Pittsburg.
Col. Daniel NJ Ransdell. Sergeant-at-
Arms of the Senate, accompanied the
y.
ployes of the Senate. He had charge OF
all arrangements, gave out the cards 10
the Senators. and attended to the various
details incident TO securing a safe and
timely departure of the distinguished par
ty of statemen.
In the second section were the follow
ing members of the House of Represen-
tatiyes:
d. 3. Henderson. Iowa: c. II. Grosye-
nor, Ohio; c. a. Russell, Connecticut; a.
L. Capron Rhode Island: F. II. Giilett
Massachusetts; II. II. Bingham, Pennsyl-
vania: B. p. Dovener. West Virginia; Q.
New York; l.. Fletcher, Minnesota: A J.
Hopkins Illinois; ]. d. Richardson. Ten
nessee: John Daizell, Pennsylvania; J. G.
Cannon, Illinois; J. S. Sherman, New York;
Curtis. Kansas; ]. ]. Fitzgerald, New
York; r. w. Tayier. Ohio r L. Glenn, Ida
no; Jesse Overstreet. Indiana, II. Z. Van
Voorhis, Ohio; E. B. Vreeland, New York:
son, New York; c. O. Hildebrand, Ohio;
William Elliott. South Carolina; C.: L.
Hooker. Mississippi; G. W. Ray. New
York; j. A Beidler, Ohio; c. r. Thomas.
North Carolina; l. H. Ball. Delaware; ].
s. Salmon, New Jersey; F. C. Wachter,
Maryland: A G. Dayton. West Virginia;
]. w. Babcock. Wisconsin; 5 l. Powers,
Hampshire: f. ]. Burkett, Nebraska; f.
c. stevens, Minnesota: F. Storm, New
| York; c. !. Long, Kansas; S. Morgan,
Ohio; w. C. Adamson. Georgia; j. 7 Nc
Cleary. Minnesota; c. O. Terrell. Massa-
chrsetts: c. K. Schirm. Maryland: d. j.
Foster Vermont: J. p. Heatwole. Mime
s9ta; 7. E. Burton, Ohio; D. 5: Alexander.
]. j. Jenkins. Wisconsin; e. W. Martin,
South Dakota: f. w POu. North Caro-
lima: c. w Cromer Indiana; c. F. JOY,
Missouri: j. H. Bromwen Ohio: 5; ".
ana; f. Wayne Parker. New Jersey;
Adoiph Meyer. Louisiana: H d. Clayton,
Alabama; James McAndrews. Illinois; G.
P. Lawrence. MASSACHUSETTS,; c. A pugs-
Carolina; ID. E. Finley. South Carolina;
c. Kitchin. North Carolina; w 4. Nc
Dowell, Clerk House of Representatives;
Henry Casson, Sergeant-at-Arms; W. j.
Glenn, Doorkeeper; L. S. Pierce. Deputy
ScrCeant-at-Arms: Col. II. Clay Evans;
RECONNAISSANCE of Patents Duell. and
x-Representatiye White of North Caro-
lima were among the guests.
The members of the party reached the
station shortly before o'clock yesterday
afternoon. Each man wore upon his
sleeve a fiuttering band or knotted bow OF
Grape, the outward Semb,ance OF the sad
mission upon which they were bent.
Among them were men whose names have
made that of the country famous Sena-
tor Allison. the veteran statesman from
Iowa, Senator Cullom, of Illinois. and
Senator Mallory. of Florida, engaged in
conversation The two Governors of the
States of Iowa and Michigan exchanged
greetings with the Congressional Gelega-
tion. Senator Allison wore an oyercoat
of his familiar color, grey, with black
beaver. A band of Grape encircled his
arm.
On the opposite side of the station plat
| form at the rear of the track upon which
| the train would be run in, stood a large
| number of Representatives. Sergeant-at-
Arms Casson. who had charge of this del
| egation, was busy distributing among the
members of the party the cards for the
| cars and berths. In the station proper a
| considerable crowd had gathered, COM
| pletely blocking the entrance. Several po-
f, licemen preserved order, and maintained
an open line through the mass of specta-
| tors packed within the enclosure. Major
| Richard Sylvester, Superintendent of Po-
| lice. was present. exchanging greetings
with the Senators and Representatives, as
he kept In touch with the situation.
As the hand neared the AIS mark the
long train for the Senators backed into
the station. and the members of the Sen
! atorial party embarked. The train left a,
$3.50 O'Clock. The Representatives train
had entered the train shed few minutes
before, and the members of the dNega ION
going on the second section moved down
the long platform. The train extended
clear to the end Of the covered portion OF
the inner yard. Ten minutes later this
| section started.