The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-21
LAST TRIBUTE
 ID A GREAT MAN Impressive Services Mark
 Funeral of DOIivei MANY ADDRESSES MADE Senator Cummins Speaks FeeIingly of His Dead Colleague and Other
 Speakers Pay Tribute to His
 Great Qualities

| fOTI DOQS6t 1OWds OClODtl Su- " lliiS cold rain fell in torrents and added gloom to the already sorrowful occasion, the body of Senator Jonathan P Doli-
 yer was laid to rest in Oakdale cemetery
 on a hillside overlooking the city, this afternoon.
 | The rain, driven by a raw, cold wind, | began to fall early this morning and
 compelled the family to abandon the orig
 inal plan of holding the services on the
 lawn of the Deliver home. The funeral, therefore. was held in the Fifty-sixth regiment armory, which accommodated 6000 people.
 | Contrary elements could not keep away the devoted friends of Senator Deliver,
 however who crowded all available space
 in the big building.
 | Standing outside the building, straining to catch a word of the eulogies being pro-
 nounced upon the departed statesman,
 were almost 5000 people, and finally Sena- | tor Clapp of Minnesota left the services inside and went outside, making a short | speech to them.
 | From 9 until Il o'clock this morning the | body of Senator Deliver lay in state in
 
 Hundreds of, people there looked upon
 the form of the late senator as it lay, | it's gray casket banked and surrounded by floral decorations
 | Immediately upon arrival of the United | States Senate and House committees at | 1:D o'clock the simple service at the | home. consisting of a prayer by Rev. | William H. Spence of the Methodist Epis- copal church of Fort Dodge, was held. The body was then conveyed to the ar mory.
 Troops Act as Escort Lined from the door of the Deliver home down to the street were troops of the Fifty third and Fifty-sixth regiments of the Iowa National Guard. As the pallbearers carried the caslket | from the room to the waiting hearse the soldiers stood with arms presented. The United States senators and con- gressmen and the few prominent men | who had come to the home then took tcarriages and followed the funeral pro cession.
 The six blocks to the armory from the
 Deliver home were jammed with people
 who stood in places of vantage and walt | ed with uncovered heads, despite the | downpour of rain.
 | At the armory door more soldiers were drawn up in double line, keeping the
 crowds back.
 | On the stage of the armory were seated the clergy, the United States senators and congressman, the com
 mittees from the two houses and of | the general assembly, all state offi- | cers and others.
 The space in front of the stage was a mass of flowers. Particularly notice | able was the huge wreath sent by the | United States Senate. In the center | of this mass of flowers the casket was wheeled.
 Beautiful Services | The services in the armory were hr' and beautifully impressive. A half dozen men, representing the church | the state, the government and the pri- vate citize(> of the country, eulogized | the departed senator.
 The music was rendered by the Empyrean quartet from Mason City. an | organization which has appeared many | times on Chautauqua and other plat l forms with Senator Deliver. Preceding the speeches at the ar mory the regular Methodist Episcopal burial services were held. Rev. D. A. McBurney read the burial ceremony as the casket was being brought into the | armory hall. He was followed by Dean Luther Fireman, president of Morning | side COlleRe, WHO Ttdu d Hyltln Dtdil | Chandler of the same school then read the Nineteenth Psalm after which Rev. | IF. s. Johnson offered a short prayer. | Following the ritualistic services of the church eulogies- were delivered by the following men: The Rev. Charles M Stuart, Chicago. editor of the North western Christian Advocate, on Doll ter. the Man" Governor Carroll, on behalf of the people of Iowa; Senator Ir,. five of tho In r. ed States Senate; Harvey Ingham, ed flor of the Register and Leader, on behalf of the press; Judge R. M Wright of Fort Dodge, for the people of Fort | Dodge; the Rev. Robert Smylie of Sioux | City. for the northwest Iowa Meth odist conference; the Rev. W. H Spence of Fort Dodge on "rhe Sena- tors Relation to the Home Church :" Rishop Frazier Mcdowell of Chicago on "A Fallen Leader"
 | George E. Roberts of Washington, | D. C.. formerly resident of Fort | Dodge. now director of the mint ar rived in time for the services but could
 not speak.
 place on the programme and did so. While these men were paying their | tribute to Senator Deliver, Senator Moses E. Clapp of Minnesota, standing | with uncovered head in the rain, was sneaking to a crowd of several thous- and people outside of the armory. Tribute of Cummins | Senator Cummins, speaking in behalf of 1 the Senate, paid q glowing tribute to his departed colleague. He said in part: "In behalf of his colleagues of the Sem ate. I am bidding my last goodby, rather than utterng the eulogy which later will nour from the lips of his friends in the chamber which he so often filled with the lofty strains of his inspiring elo- ouence I am lamenting over the irre- parable loss we all have suffered. I am thinking of his work, nightly advanced
 but still unfinished. We shall miss him
 as we would miss no other man. To him WAS given measure of affection, rich in quality and royal in its extent. Not the least of his striking and shining char acteristics was the abounding good fel- lowship with which he enveloped not only his associates, but all humanity.
 Notwithstanding his acknowledged pre-eminence in debate, T hazard the pre- diction that when we meet again around
 his vacant chair the first thought will be of his kindly presence, his cheerful greeting as he passed from desk to desk during the hours of the tiresome discus
 sion, of the never-failing wit and humor
 with which he illuminated the most cas-
 ual conversation. He was always well come because his heart was not only overrunning with friendliness, but because as he went his way he left behind him the smile born of his felicitious comment