The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-02-26
In BETTING Public Funeral Services
in Senate Chamber.
EULOGIUM BY CHAPLAIN
Notable Assemblage Gathers to Wit
ness Solemn Proceedings Body
Sent to Cleveland.

ate and house OF representatives, OF
dlgnitaries from all the other branches
OF government, and of the chief official
representatives of most of the foreign
powers, the funeral of the late Senator
Marcus A. Hanna occurred in the SEN
ate chamber Wednesday at noon.
Seldom has more distinguished
ington to do honor, either to the living
Of the dead
In the front rank of the eminent as
semblage gathered Immediately about
the bier Of the depared statesman
sat the president. He was flanked
by the members of his cabinet, all OF
whom had been closely affiliated with
Senator Hanna by ties of friendship
and political association. There were
scarcely any absentees from among
the members of the senate. All of
them were visibly affected The desk
of their late colleague was heavily
draped.
All the people in the galleries rose
as If with one impulse as the casket
was borne to it's place The pallbear-
ers had scarcely retired when the SEN
afterward the house OIL representa-
tives, with Speaker Cannon at its
head, was announced.
Mrs. Hanna, leaning upon the arm
1o1. ID
chamber and took a seat in the front
row on the left side of the presiding
officer. She was followed by her
daughters and their husbands and 9th
er members Of the family, and imme-
date friends, all of whom were given
seats in the immediate vicinity of the
casket.
President Pro TEN Frye then ad-
dressed the senate, saying:
Senators: You have solemply and
lovingly devoted this day to an OBJ
servance Of proper funeral ceremony
over Marcus A. Hanna, late distn-
guished member of this body, and all
business will be suspended to that
end"
Chaplain Couden, of the house, then
offered an invocation.
Immediately afterwards DR.. Hale de-
livered his funeral dress. Although a
man of over eighty years of age, his
voice penetrated every corner Of the
hail. He said in part:
nf
large, who makes it their profession
to ascribe the worst conceivable mo,
tives for every human action, could
not make Mr. Hanna out when he ap-
peared in what is called public life.
They made the mistake which such
men always make of thinking that the
mind with all it's maneuvers and gym
nastics and memories and Imagination
is greater and stronger than the soul
of man. when it works in sincerity and
truth. in faith and hope and love.
Here was no contriver, no schemer,
no mere inventor; least of all was here
any copyist. Here was whole-souled
child of God, who believed in success
and who knew how to succeed by
using the infinite powers"
After the prayer with which Or.
Hale closed his sermon, the Gridiron
quartet. composed of newspaper cor.
at the capital stationed
in the press gallery, sang Nearer,
NV God, to Thee" This was the last
tribute of an organization with which
Senator Hanna had been great favor
lite. and was a tender and a delicate
farewell from those who had known
and loved him.
The hymn concluded, President Pro
Tenn Frye addressed the assembly.
saying:
1--WE commit the body of our beloved
senator now to the two committees OF
the houses of congress and to the OH
GERS of the senate to be conveyed TO
his late home in Ohio and to its final
resting place. May God sanctify MS
life and death to us who loved him
we'll"
The services which had occupied
about half an hours time were closed
with a benediction by Dr. Hale.
There was a crush about the senate
door TO see the remains, but no one
was admitted, and they were left in
the closed chamber surrounded by the
floral offerings and under guard OF
canitol police. At O'Clock they were
4a1,ar m the PENNSYLVANIA station, es
corted by the two committees of con-
gress. The funeral train left Tor
Cleveland at O'Clock.