Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-26
TRIBUTE TO RAyNER
Distinguished Men to Attend
Funeral Tomorrow.
MANY DEATHS IN SENATE
Maryland Scion Fifth to Succumb
in Eight Months-Toll in
Twelve Years Heavy.
MANY DEATHS IN SENATE

Funeral services of the late United
States Senator Isidor Rayner of Mary
land at = o'clock tomorrow afternoon at
the Rayner home, at 1920 18th street
northwest. will be marked by a dis
tingushed assembly of public men. prom
inent in International, national and Mary
land state affairs. President Taft prob
ably will be accompanied by several men,
bers of his cabinet and other federal Off
Gals. and the diplomatic corps will have
d liberal representation.
In addition to the committee of senators
appointed yesterday by Senator Bacon of
Georgia as president pro tempore Of the
Senate, a committee of members of the
House has been designated to represent
the lower branch of the national legisla-
ture at the funeral.
The House committee members are Rep
resentatives Covington. Talbot. KONG.
Linthicum, Parran and Lewis of Mary
land. Burgess of Texas. Byrns of Tennes-
see, Doughton of North Carolina, Hum
phreys of Mississippi, Foster of Illinois.
Gillette of Massachusetts, Burke of South
Dakota. Campbell of Kansas Gardner Of
Massachusetts. Lawrence of Massachu
sets and Dalzell of Pennsylvania.
Condolences Continue to Arrive.
Messages of regret and coincidence con-
dence last night and today, and many
persons who held the dead solon in high
esteem or in close friendship called at
the home to give personal messages of
sorrow. Public men of all political parties
Joined in the mourning. for Mr.. Rayner
held the respect of those of opposite po-
litical faith even as well as those of his
own.
Mr.. Rayners death has served to direct
6xa1t he
ninety-siX men who form the United
States Senate. Counting the Vice Pres-
dent. Mr.. Rayner's death is the fifth in
the last eight months, or since the last
ert l.. Taylor of Tennessee passed away
last spring; Senator George s. Nixon of
Nevada was removed by death in the
summer. and Vice President Sherman and
Senator William B. Hepburn of Idaho
have died since the adjournment Of Con-
gress, about September !.
Toll in Twelve Years Heavy.
In the past dozen years many of the
most powerful men, intellectually and po-
litically, in the Senate have died in har-
ness. The list includes such men as
Mark Hanna of Ohio. George F. Hoar of
Massachusetts. John w. Daniel of Vir-
ginia, Stephen B. Elkins of West Vir-
ginia. Cushman *. Davis of Minnesota.
Matthew =. Quay of Pennsylvania and
Jonathan P, Dolliver of Iowa.
Here is the Senate's death list for the
last twelve years, in the order of the
deaths: Jonn H. Gear Of Iowa. Cushman
n. Davis of Minnesota, j. H. Pyle of
South Dakota. William j. Stewell of
New Jersey, James Mcmillan of Mich
igan. Marcus \. Hanna of Ohio. Mat
thew Stanley Quay of Pennsylvania,
George F.. Hoar of Massachusetts. Will
liam r. Bate Of Tennessee, Orviile II.
Platt of Connecticut. John H. Mitchell
of Oregon. Arthur Pue German of
Maryland Russell A. Alger of Mich
igan. John r. Morgan of Alabama, Ed
mund W. Pettus of Alabama. S. r. NAL
lory of Florida. \. G. Latimer of South
Carolina. Redfield Proctor of Vermont.
William Pinkney Whyte of Maryland.
William James Bryan of Florida. Will
liam B. Allison of Iowa. Martin n.
Johnson of North Dakota. a. j. Nc
Laurin of Mississippi, S, D. McEnery of
Louisiana. John w. Daniel of Virginia,
Jonathan P. Dolliver Of Iowa, a. S.
CLAW Of Georgia. Stephen r. Elkins of
West Virginia. c. J. Hughes, jr.. of
Colorado. William p. Frye of Maine,
Robert l.. Taylor of Tennessee. George
S. Nixon of Nevada, William b. Hey
burn Of Idaho and Isidor Rayner of
MARYLAND.